| "Baker Street" | ||||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Baker_Street_by_Gerry_Rafferty_1978_UK_single_side-A.png) Solid centre variant of the 1978 UK single | ||||
| Single by Gerry Rafferty | ||||
| from the album City to City | ||||
| B-side | "Big Change in the Weather" | |||
| Released | 3 February 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1977 | |||
| Studio | Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Oxfordshire, UK | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 6:06 (album version) 4:10 (single version) 5:56 (US 12-inch promo single version) 6:29 (1989 “Right Down The Line” compilation remix version) | |||
| Label | United Artists | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Gerry Rafferty | |||
| Producer(s) | Hugh Murphy, Gerry Rafferty | |||
| Gerry Rafferty singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Baker Street" on YouTube | ||||
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"Baker Street" is a single by the Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty, released in February 1978. It won the 1979 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically[2] and reached the top three in the UK, US and elsewhere. The song is known for its saxophone riff, written by Rafferty and performed by Raphael Ravenscroft.
- ^ Molanphy, Chris (31 July 2021). "What a Fool Believes Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ Lister, David, Pop ballads bite back in lyrical fashion, The Independent, 28 May 1994