Do It Again (Steely Dan song)

"Do It Again"
Single by Steely Dan
from the album Can't Buy a Thrill
B-side"Fire in the Hole"
ReleasedNovember 1972
RecordedAugust 1972
StudioThe Village Recorder, Santa Monica
Genre
Length
  • 4:14 (7" version)
  • 5:56 (album version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Gary Katz
Steely Dan singles chronology
"Dallas"
(1972) 		"Do It Again"
(1972) 		"Reelin' In the Years"
(1973)
Official audio
"Do It Again" on YouTube

"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 as its opening track. 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.[5]

  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. ISBN 0-415-93835-X.
  3. ^ Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 471. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
  4. ^ Sampaio, Gerard (2005). "Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. London: Cassell Illustrated. p. 257.
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