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Do It Once more (Steely Dan vocal)

Practise It Again (Steely Dan vocal)

"Do It Again"
Single by Steely Dan
from the album Tin can't Buy a Thrill
B-side	"Fire in the Pigsty"
Released	November 1972
Format	7" 45 RPM
Recorded	August 1972
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	4:fourteen (7" version) five:56 (anthology version)
Characterization	ABC
Writer(southward)	Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
Producer	Gary Katz
Steely Dan singles chronology
"Dallas" (1972) "Practice It Once again" (1972) "Reelin' In the Years" (1973)

"Practise Information technology Once again" is a song by American jazz-stone group Steely Dan, which was released as a single from their debut 1972 album Can't Buy a Thrill. The single version differed from the album version, shortening the intro, outro and two instrumental sections of the vocal.

Released in 1972, the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on Nov eighteen, 1972 and reached #6 on the The states charts in 1973.

On the 1972 release, the vocal was credited equally "Trad" (for traditional), although it was actually written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. ^[ane]

Information technology was also included in the 2008 video game Guitar Hero World Tour.

Structure

The original version of "Exercise Information technology Again" is in the key of One thousand pocket-size, with Donald Fagen on lead vocals. The song uses a large amount of syncopation in the vocal melody, non particularly common in rock music of the time.

The song was among the first in popular music^{[ citation needed ]} to include an organ solo featuring a pitch-shifting technique. The melody as well features an electric sitar solo by Denny Dias.

Cover versions

• The Brazilian funk jazz instrumentalist Eumir Deodato recorded an extensive funk jazz orchestration on the 1973 concert recording Live at Felt Forum: The 2001 Concert. He has covered the song on numerous occasions in the studio and live. A Deodato hit collection released in 2007 bears the title Do it Again.
• Waylon Jennings recorded a cover of this vocal in 1980 on his album Music Homo. Played at a faster pace, Waylon'south version of the vocal is shorter than the original. This version also features his distinctive guitar solo in the middle of the song.
• In 1983, Italian trip the light fantastic music deed Clubhouse released "Exercise It Once again / Billie Jean", a mashup/medley of the track with Michael Jackson'south (then recent) hit. This charted well beyond Europe. In the United States, while the Clubhouse version performed best in pop markets, a cover version by Slingshot performed improve in R&B and dance markets. Another version of the same medley was made in that twelvemonth by Brooklyn Express, a disco group from New York.
• Austrian pop star Falco covered the vocal on his 1988 album Wiener Blut.
• Fine art of Noise sampled the song for their version of Prince's "Kiss" with Tom Jones in 1988.
• The disco-funk orchestra Rhythm Heritage covered the song, coupling it with State of war's "Cisco Kid".
• A short lived funk/alternative ring, The Organisation, composed of all former Decease Angel members, less Mark Osegueda, covered this song on their 1995 album Savour The Flavor.
• In 1997, Paul Hardcastle offered his version from the album Cover to Encompass. ^[ii]
• Latin urban group Kumbia Kings released a Spanish-language rendition of the song, entitled "Ella Sabe" ("She Knows") on their 2004 album, Fuego.
• The electro-Latin 2007 release Bossa Nova Is Non A Crime by The Juju Orchestra features a encompass with Carolyn Leonhart and Robert Smith^{[ disambiguation needed ]} on vocals.
• Alternative rock band Smash Mouth covered the song in 2000 for the Jim Carrey picture show Me, Myself & Irene. The song is played during the end credits of the motion-picture show.
• Italo disco deed Asso covered the track during the 1980s.
• Soul vocalist Ronnie Jones included the song on his album Once more (2006).
• American musician Tori Amos covered the song in 1998 during the recording sessions for her fourth album, From the Choirgirl Hotel. The song can be establish on the UK edition of the single "Spark".
• The Jamaican band The Jolly Boys recorded a mento style cover of "Do It Again" on their 2010 album Great Expectations.

Sampled by

• Reggae fusion band Sublime in their encompass of Peter Tosh's "Steppin' Razor" on their album Robbin' the Hood

References

1. ^ "Do Information technology Once more". ACE Championship Search. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=340140994&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,west,p,b,5&results_pp=twenty&start=1 . Retrieved 2009-03-28.
2. ^ "Cover to Comprehend overview". Allmusic.com . http://www.allmusic.com/album/r318238.

v · d · east Steely Dan
Walter Becker • Donald Fagen Denny Dias· Michael McDonald· Jeff Porcaro· Royce Jones· Jeff "Skunk" Baxter· Jim Hodder· David Palmer
Studio albums	Tin can't Buy a Thrill (1972)· Inaugural to Ecstasy (1973)· Pretzel Logic (1974)· Katy Lied (1975)· The Royal Scam (1976)· Aja (1977)· Gaucho (1980)· Two Against Nature (2000)· Everything Must Go (2003)
EPs	Four Tracks from Steely Dan (1977)
Alive albums	Alive in America (1995)· Costly TV Jazz-Rock Party
Singles	"Dallas"· "Do It Again"· "Reelin' In the Years"· "Testify Biz Kids"· "My Quondam School"· "Rikki Don't Lose That Number"· "Pretzel Logic"· "Black Fri"· "Bad Sneakers"· "Kid Charlemagne"· "The Fez"· "Haitian Divorce"· "Peg"· "Deacon Blues"· "FM (No Static at All)"· "Josie"· "Hey 19"· "Babylon Sisters"· "Time Out of Listen"· "Reelin' In the Years" (Live)· "Cousin Dupree"· "What a Shame About Me"· "Jack of Speed"· "Janie Runaway"· "The Terminal Mall"· "Dejection Embankment"· "Things I Miss the Most"
Compilations	Greatest Hits (1978)· Steely Dan (1978)· Gilded (1982/91)· A Decade of Steely Dan (1985)· Reelin' In the Years (1987)· Exercise It Again (1987)· Citizen Steely Dan (1993)· So and Now (1993)· Showbiz Kids (2000)· The Definitive Collection (2006)· The Very Best of Steely Dan (2009)
Related articles	Discography· Gary Katz· Marian McPartland'south Pianoforte Jazz with Steely Dan · Roger Nichols
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