Song "Rikki Don't Lose That Number"

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"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" is a 1974 jazz-rock single by Steely Dan, noted for its sophisticated songwriting and memorable piano riff.

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instanceOf single
song
album Pretzel Logic NERFINISHED
artist Steely Dan NERFINISHED
chartPositionAustraliaKentMusicReport 30
chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles 3
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 4
composer Donald Fagen NERFINISHED
Walter Becker NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
followedBySingle Pretzel Logic NERFINISHED
genre jazz rock
pop rock
soft rock
hasBassist Walter Becker NERFINISHED
hasBSide Any Major Dude Will Tell You
hasDrummer Jim Gordon NERFINISHED
hasEngineer Roger Nichols NERFINISHED
hasGuitarist Denny Dias NERFINISHED
Jeff Baxter NERFINISHED
hasKeyboardist Donald Fagen NERFINISHED
hasMusicalQuotation intro inspired by Horace Silver’s Song for My Father
hasMusicStyleCharacteristic complex jazz-influenced harmonies
smooth, radio-friendly production
hasPercussionist Victor Feldman NERFINISHED
hasWikipediaPage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number NERFINISHED
includedInCompilation A Decade of Steely Dan NERFINISHED
The Very Best of Steely Dan: Reelin' In the Years NERFINISHED
isSignatureSongOf Steely Dan NERFINISHED
labelCatalogNumber ABC 11439
language English
length 4:32
lengthSingleEdit 3:57
lyricist Donald Fagen NERFINISHED
Walter Becker NERFINISHED
notableFeature memorable piano riff
sophisticated songwriting
partOf album Pretzel Logic NERFINISHED
performer Steely Dan NERFINISHED
precededBySingle My Old School NERFINISHED
producer Gary Katz NERFINISHED
recordedIn The Village Recorder, Los Angeles NERFINISHED
recordLabel ABC Records NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1974-04
trackNumberOnAlbum 1
writer Donald Fagen NERFINISHED
Walter Becker NERFINISHED
yearOfRelease 1974

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Song for My Father influenced Song "Rikki Don't Lose That Number"