Deacon Blues

Not to be confused with the racehorse Deacon Blues, or Scottish rock band Deacon Blue.
"Deacon Blues"
Artwork for German vinyl single
Single by Steely Dan
from the album Aja
B-side"Home at Last"
Released24 March 1978 [1]
Recorded1977
StudioVillage Recorder, Los Angeles
Genre
Length7:36 (album Version)
6:33 (7" Version)
LabelABC
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Gary Katz
Steely Dan singles chronology
"Peg"
(1977) 		"Deacon Blues"
(1978) 		"FM (No Static at All)"
(1978)
Audio
"Deacon Blues" on YouTube

"Deacon Blues" is a song written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen in 1976 and recorded by their group Steely Dan on their 1977 album Aja.[2] It peaked at number 19 on the Billboard charts[3] and number 17 on the U.S. Cash Box Top 100 in June 1978.[4] It also reached number 40 on the Easy Listening chart.[5] In Canada, it peaked at number 14, a position it occupied for two weeks,[6] and number 20 Adult Contemporary.[7] In 2021, it was ranked No. 214 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[8]

The single's B-side, "Home at Last", another Becker and Fagen composition, was also taken from the album.

  1. ^ "Steely Dan singles".
  2. ^ Meyers, Marc (September 10, 2015). "How Steely Dan Created 'Deacon Blues'". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  3. ^ Steely Dan USA chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  4. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 6/10/78". Tropicalglen.com. 1978-06-10. Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 228.
  6. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  7. ^ RPM Adult Contemporary, July 15, 1978
  8. ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and also represents the Iowa Hawkeye offense in football". Rolling Stone. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2022-07-19.