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

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