Blues Brothers: Soul Man - SNL

In reality

1967 song 

Written and composed by Isaac Hayes & David Porter

Genres considered - Southern soul, R&B

First successful by soul duo Sam & Dave

Samuel "Sam" Moore and David "Dave" Prater 

Selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry (Library of Congress, 2019)

Rolling Stone's Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time - No. 458 (2004) ... No. 463 (2010) 

Personnel -

Sam Moore & Dave Prater - Vocals

Booker T. & the M.G.'s (Instrumentals) & the Mar-Keys Horns

Booker T. Jones - Piano

Isaac Hayes - Organ

Steve Cropper - Guitar

Donald "Duck" Dunn- Bass 

Al Jackson Jr. - Drums

Wayne Jackson - Trumpet

Charles "Packy" Axton - Tenor saxophone

Don Nix - Baritone saxophone 

Noted Covers

- Ramsay Lewis 

(Up Pops Ramsey Lewis, 1967, No. 64 in Canada)

- Lou Reed & Sam Moore

(Soundtrack to the 1986 comedy film Soul Man, No. 30 in the UK)

- Prince

(During 2004 Musicology Tour)

...and more

Weekly Charts - 1967 (Sam & Dave)

No. 1 on Cash Box Hot 100

No. 1 on Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles

No. 2 on Billboard Hot 100

No. 24 on UK Singles

No. 2 on Canada RPM Top Singles

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Year-end Charts (1967)

No. 14 on Cash Box

No. 19 on Billboard Hot 100

No. 32 in Canada

Weekly Charts - 1978-1979 (Blues Brothers)

No. 9 on Cash Box Top 100

No. 14 on Billboard Hot 100

No. 19 on Canada RPM Top Singles

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Year-end Charts (1979)

No. 92 on Cash Box

No. 144 in Canada

Charts - 1990

No. 79 in the UK

No. 21 in Ireland

Certified Gold in the UK

(Wikipedia)