Mess Around

In popular culture

• It was covered by The Animals in 1965 on the albums The Animals on Tour and Animal Tracks.
• Dr. John included it in his 1972 collection of New Orleans classics Dr. John's Gumbo.
• Professor Longhair covered the song on several of his albums, including Rock 'n' Roll Gumbo.
• It was covered by the UK new wave band Squeeze and featured on their 1980 album Argybargy deluxe edition as a live version. Jools Holland said Ray Charles was so impressed that Squeeze were doing a version, Ray sent the band his suit.
• The song was featured in the 1987 American comedy film Planes, Trains and Automobiles, during a scene in which Del Griffith dances to the song while driving a car at night on the freeway. This scene was spoofed in the 2015 American comedy film Ted 2 and the American animated sitcom Family Guy parody of Return of the Jedi titled "It's a Trap!".
• It was featured in the 2004 biographical film Ray of Ray Charles.
• The song was played on the piano in the series Lucifer season 1 episode 8, by Lucifer Morningstar and Father Frank.