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1972 single by Steely Dan

"Do It Once again"
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Unmarried by Steely Dan
from the album Can't Buy a Thrill
B-side "Fire in the Hole"
Released November 1972
Recorded
  • Baronial 1972
  • at the Village Recorder, Santa Monica
Genre
  • Soft rock[1]
  • funk rock[2]
Length
  • 4:14 (seven" version)
  • v:56 (Anthology version)
Label
  • ABC (United states of america)
  • EMI (Europe)
Songwriter(s)
  • Walter Becker
  • Donald Fagen
Producer(s) Gary Katz
Steely Dan singles chronology
"Dallas"
(1972) 		"Do Information technology Again"
(1972) 		"Reelin' In the Years"
(1973)

"Do It Once more" is a song composed by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, performed by American stone group Steely Dan, which was released as a single from their 1972 debut album Tin't Buy a Thrill. The single version differed from the anthology 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 vi on the US charts in 1973, making it Steely Dan'due south 2nd highest-charting unmarried.[3]

Song [edit]

"Exercise 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-angle control.[four]

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

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

Chart performance [edit]

Cover versions [edit]

  • In 1980, Waylon Jennings released a version of the vocal on his album Music Man.[xviii]
  • In 1983, Italian group Club Firm released "Exercise It Once more 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 after covered by the American studio group Slingshot.[nineteen]
  • Austrian vocaliser Falco covered the vocal on his 1988 album Wiener Blut.[21] His version was also released as a unmarried.[22]
  • In 1997, Paul Hardcastle offered his version from the album Comprehend to Cover.[23]
  • In 2017, Lydia Lunch and Cypress Grove covered the song on their album Nether the Covers.[24]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Mason, Stewart. "Do It Again – Vocal Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  2. ^ Hoffmann, Frank, ed. (2005). "Steely Dan". Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound. Routledge. ISBN0-415-93835-10.
  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). Greenbacks Box. November iv, 1972. p. 20. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  7. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.West.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN0-646-11917-half-dozen.
  8. ^ "Superlative RPM Singles: Issue 5297." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  9. ^ "Steely Dan – Do It Once more" (in High german). GfK Amusement charts. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  10. ^ "Nederlandse Summit xl – calendar week i, 1973" (in Dutch). Dutch Summit xl. Retrieved September v, 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. Tape Research. p. 228.
  13. ^ "CASH BOX Elevation 100 Singles – Week ending FEBRUARY 17, 1973". Cash Box. Archived from the original on October 2, 2012.
  14. ^ "The Singles Chart" (PDF). Record Earth. February 24, 1972. p. 27. ISSN 0034-1622. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  15. ^ "Official Singles Nautical chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September v, 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 v, 2014.
  18. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Waylon Jennings – Music Human being". 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 Nautical chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, Northward.Southward.W.: Australian Nautical chart Book. p. 278. ISBN0-646-11917-6.
  21. ^ Green, Jim; Robbins, Ira. "Falco". Trouser Printing . Retrieved viii Nov 2017.
  22. ^ "Falco – Practice It Again". Austriancharts.at . Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  23. ^ Yanow, Scott. "Paul Hardcastle – Cover to Embrace". AllMusic. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  24. ^ Van Isacker, Bernard (April 27, 2017). "Lydia Luncheon & 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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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_It_Again_(Steely_Dan_song)