Gimme Three Steps

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"Gimme Three Steps" is a Southern rock song by Lynyrd Skynyrd that tells a humorous barroom tale of a man pleading for a head start to escape an angry boyfriend.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) NERFINISHED
artist Lynyrd Skynyrd NERFINISHED
composer Allen Collins NERFINISHED
Ronnie Van Zant NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
duration 4:30
genre Southern rock
rock
hasBside Mr. Banker NERFINISHED
hasCharacter angry boyfriend
narrator
woman named Linda Lou
hasCriticalReception considered a classic of Southern rock
hasInfluenceOn Southern rock barroom narrative songs
hasMusicalFeature guitar-driven arrangement
prominent boogie rhythm
twin guitar leads
hasNarrativeTheme barroom encounter
escape from jealous boyfriend
humorous storytelling
hasNotableLyric "And you'll never see me no more"
"Gimme three steps, mister, gimme three steps toward the door"
hasStyle story song
up-tempo
includedIn Lynyrd Skynyrd live setlists
classic rock radio rotation
isTitleTrackOf Gimme Three Steps (single) NERFINISHED
language English
lyricalMotive plea for a head start to escape
lyricist Ronnie Van Zant NERFINISHED
originalReleaseYear 1973
partOf (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)
Lynyrd Skynyrd discography NERFINISHED
performer Lynyrd Skynyrd NERFINISHED
producer Al Kooper NERFINISHED
recordedBy Lynyrd Skynyrd NERFINISHED
recordLabel MCA Records
Sounds of the South NERFINISHED
releaseType album track
single
setting bar
side Side one
singleReleaseYear 1973
trackNumber 3

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Lynyrd Skynyrd notableWork Gimme Three Steps
Lynyrd Skynyrd notableSong Gimme Three Steps