 In 2004, Al Green's original version was ranked number 117 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.Al Green originally recorded the song for his 1974 album, "Al Green Explores Your Mind", produced by Willie Mitchell and featuring musicians Charles, Leroy and Mabon Hodges (The Hodges Brothers), drummer Howard Grimes, and the Memphis Horns.Green and Mabon Hodges wrote the song while staying in a rented house at Lake Hamilton, Arkansas, for three days in 1973 in order to come up with new material.