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Meaning of Do It Again Steely Dan

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1972 single by Steely Dan

"Do It Again"
Do It Again45.jpg
Single by Steely Dan
from the album Can't Buy a Thrill
B-side "Fire in the Hole"
Released November 1972
Recorded
  • August 1972
  • at the Village Recorder, Santa Monica
Genre
  • Soft rock[1]
  • funk rock[2]
Length
  • 4:14 (7" version)
  • 5:56 (Album version)
Label
  • ABC (US)
  • EMI (Europe)
Songwriter(s)
  • Walter Becker
  • Donald Fagen
Producer(s) Gary Katz
Steely Dan singles chronology
"Dallas"
(1972) 		"Do It Again"
(1972) 		"Reelin' In the Years"
(1973)

"Do It Again" is a song composed by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, performed by American rock group Steely Dan, which was released as a single from their 1972 debut album Can't Buy a Thrill. The single version differed from the album version, shortening the intro and outro and omitting the organ solo.

Released in 1972, the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 18, 1972, and reached number 6 on the US charts in 1973, making it Steely Dan's second highest-charting single.[3]

Song [edit]

"Do It Again" features an electric sitar solo by Denny Dias. The "plastic organ" solo by Donald Fagen was performed on a Yamaha YC-30 with a sliding pitch-bending control.[4]

David Palmer fronted the band during their live show, and sang "Do It Again" when the group played The Midnight Special in February 1973. Donald Fagen sang the vocal on the album version.[5]

Cash Box described it as a "fine commercial effort with plenty of potential as a hit record," going on to say that it "is highlighted by some fine vocal harmony and superb arrangement."[6]

Chart performance [edit]

Cover versions [edit]

  • In 1980, Waylon Jennings released a version of the song on his album Music Man.[18]
  • In 1983, Italian group Club House released "Do It Again Medley with Billie Jean," a mashup/medley of the track with Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean".[19] The song peaked at number 79 in Australia.[20] It was later covered by the American studio group Slingshot.[19]
  • Austrian singer Falco covered the song on his 1988 album Wiener Blut.[21] His version was also released as a single.[22]
  • In 1997, Paul Hardcastle offered his version from the album Cover to Cover.[23]
  • In 2017, Lydia Lunch and Cypress Grove covered the song on their album Under the Covers.[24]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Mason, Stewart. "Do It Again – Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  2. ^ Hoffmann, Frank, ed. (2005). "Steely Dan". Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound. Routledge. ISBN0-415-93835-X.
  3. ^ a b "Steely Dan – Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  4. ^ "Discography, or Who Played What On....?". Combo Organ. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  5. ^ Greene, Andy (7 March 2013). "Flashback: Steely Dan Live in 1973". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Singles Reviews > Newcomer Picks" (PDF). Cash Box. November 4, 1972. p. 20. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  7. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN0-646-11917-6.
  8. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 5297." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  9. ^ "Steely Dan – Do It Again" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  10. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 1, 1973" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  11. ^ "Steely Dan – Do It Again" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  12. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 228.
  13. ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending FEBRUARY 17, 1973". Cash Box. Archived from the original on October 2, 2012.
  14. ^ "The Singles Chart" (PDF). Record World. February 24, 1972. p. 27. ISSN 0034-1622. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  15. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  16. ^ "Top 100 Singles of '73". RPM. Vol. 20, no. 20. December 29, 1973. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  17. ^ "Top 100 Hits for 1973". The Longbored Surfer . Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  18. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Waylon Jennings – Music Man". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  19. ^ a b Halstead, Craig; Cadman, Chris (2003). Michael Jackson the Solo Years. Authors On Line Ltd. p. 48. ISBN978-0-7552-0091-7.
  20. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 278. ISBN0-646-11917-6.
  21. ^ Green, Jim; Robbins, Ira. "Falco". Trouser Press . Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  22. ^ "Falco – Do It Again". Austriancharts.at . Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  23. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Paul Hardcastle – Cover to Cover". AllMusic. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  24. ^ Van Isacker, Bernard (April 27, 2017). "Lydia Lunch & Cypress Grove cover The Doors, Tom Petty and lots more on 'Under the covers' cover album – available on vinyl too". Side-Line . Retrieved June 24, 2017.

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