"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" is a single released in 1974 by rock/jazz rock group Steely Dan and the opening track of their third album Pretzel Logic. It was the most successful single of the group's career, peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1974.
The song features Jim Gordon on drums, as does the bulk of the Pretzel Logic album. The guitar solo is by Jeff "Skunk" Baxter who would soon go on to join The Doobie Brothers.
Victor Feldman's flapamba (a variant of the marimba) introduction to the song, which opens the album, is cut from the original ABC single version. The MCA single reissue (backed with "Pretzel Logic") includes the flapamba intro but fades out just before the actual end of the track. The introductory riff is an almost direct copy of the intro of Horace Silver's jazz classic "Song for My Father",which is a root to fifth bassline.
Video Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Chart performance
Maps Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Personnel
- Donald Fagen - lead and backing vocals
- Jeff Baxter - electric guitar
- Dean Parks - acoustic guitar
- Michael Omartian - piano
- Walter Becker - bass, backing vocals
- Jim Gordon - drums
- Victor Feldman - percussion, marimba
- Tim Schmit - backing vocals
Cover versions
- 1983 - Kenji Omura recorded his version of this song on his fourth album Gaijin Heaven.
- 1984 - Tom Robinson recorded his version for the album Hope and Glory.
- 1992 - Hank Marvin did an instrumental of the song on his album Into the Light.
- 1994 - Far Corporation made a cover of the song for their album Solitude.
- 2007 - Chuck Loeb did an instrumental cover of the song on his album Presence.
- May 2012 - indie pop trio Hospitality performed a version of the song for The A.V. Club's A.V. Undercover series.
References
External links
- Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
- Listen to "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" on YouTube
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