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"Do It Again" is a 1972 song composed and performed by American rock group Steely Dan, who released it as a single from their 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.

"Do It Again"
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)

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

"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] The song is written in the key of G minor and has a tempo of 125 beats per minute. It follows a chord progression of Cm-Dm-Eb-Dm7-Gm-Cm-Dm-Eb-Dm.

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]

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[18]	Silver	200,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Cover versions

• In 1980 Waylon Jennings released a version of the song on his album Music Man.[19]
• In 1981 Israeli singer Gary Eckstein גרי אקשטיין released an Hebrew version of the song on his album Lo Leshidur (Off The Air).
• 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".[20] The song peaked at number 79 in Australia.[21] It was later covered by the American studio group Slingshot.[20]
• Austrian singer Falco covered the song on his 1988 album Wiener Blut.[22] His version was also released as a single.[23]
• In 1997 Paul Hardcastle offered his version from the album Cover to Cover.[24]
• Smash Mouth covered the song for use in the 2000 movie Me, Myself & Irene.^{[citation needed]}
• In 2017 Lydia Lunch and Cypress Grove covered the song on their album Under the Covers.[25]

References

На других языках

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[de] Do It Again (Steely-Dan-Lied)

Do It Again ist ein Song der Jazz-Rockband Steely Dan, der 1972 als erste Single aus dem Album Can’t Buy a Thrill veröffentlicht wurde. Er erreichte Platz 6 in den Billboard-Charts.[1]

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- [en] Do It Again (Steely Dan song)

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[ru] Do It Again (песня Steely Dan)

«Do It Again» — песня, написанная Уолтером Беккером и Дональдом Фейгеном и исполненная американской рок-группой Steely Dan, она была выпущена синглом с их дебютного альбома Can’t Buy a Thrill 1972 года. Сингл версия песни отличается от альбомной, на ней короче вступление и заключение, а также отсутствует соло партия на органе.

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