song played at the end of the great outdoors
Land of a Thousand Dances
Wilson Pickett recorded the song during his first set of sessions at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals , Alabama , backed by the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and the Memphis Horns . ( He had previously recorded in Memphis . ) His recording was released as a single and appeared on his album , The Exciting Wilson Pickett . The single became his third Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs No. 1 hit and his biggest ever pop hit , peaking at # 6 . In 1988 a re-recorded version by Pickett was featured in the end credits for The Great Outdoors . In 1989 , the earlier Pickett version was ranked number 152 on Dave Marsh 's list of The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made . Pickett 's version appears in a 2017 TV commercial for Hulu . 
Wilson Pickett recorded the song during his first set of sessions at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals , Alabama , backed by the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and the Memphis Horns . ( He had previously recorded in Memphis . ) His recording was released as a single and appeared on his album , The Exciting Wilson Pickett . The single became his third Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs No. 1 hit and his biggest ever pop hit , peaking at # 6 . In 1988 a re-recorded version by Pickett was featured in the end credits for The Great Outdoors . In 1989 , the earlier Pickett version was ranked number 152 on Dave Marsh 's list of The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made . Pickett 's version appears in a 2017 TV commercial for Hulu .
In 1988 a re-recorded version of Land of a Thousand Dances by Pickett was featured in the end credits for The Great Outdoors.
Wilson Pickett recorded the song during his first set of sessions at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals , Alabama , backed by the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and the Memphis Horns . In 1988 a re-recorded version by Pickett was featured in the end credits for The Great Outdoors .
In 1988 a re-recorded version of Land of a Thousand Dances by Wilson Pickett was featured in the end credits for The Great Outdoors.
Wilson Pickett recorded the song during his first set of sessions at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals , Alabama , backed by the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and the Memphis Horns . In 1988 a re-recorded version by Pickett was featured in the end credits for The Great Outdoors .