"Lido Shuffle" is a song written by Boz Scaggs and David Paich and introduced on the 1976 album Silk Degrees.[5] It was released as a single in 1977 and was produced by Joe Wissert.[6]

"Lido Shuffle"
vinyl label
A US vinyl reissue
Single by Boz Scaggs
from the album Silk Degrees
B-side"We're All Alone"
ReleasedFebruary 1977 (USA)[1]
15 April 1977 (UK) [2]
RecordedSeptember 1975
GenrePop rock, blue-eyed soul
Length3:40
LabelCBS[3]
Songwriter(s)David Paich, Boz Scaggs[4]
Producer(s)Joe Wissert
Boz Scaggs singles chronology
"What Can I Say"
(1976)
"Lido Shuffle"
(1977)
"Hollywood"
(1978)
Official audio
"Lido Shuffle" on YouTube

Background

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Scaggs recalled: "'Lido Shuffle was a song that I'd been banging around. I...took the idea of the shuffle [from] a song that Fats Domino did called 'The Fat Man' that had a kind of driving shuffle beat that I used to play on the piano, and I just started kind of singing along with it. Then I showed it to [David] Paich and he helped me fill it out. It ended up being 'Lido Shuffle.'"[7]

Members of the backup band on "Lido Shuffle" include David Paich, Jeff Porcaro and David Hungate, who later formed Toto.[8]

Reception

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Released as the album's fourth single, "Lido Shuffle" reached number 11 in the US and 13 on the UK Singles Chart.[9] In Australia the track spent three weeks at number 2 as a double A-side hit with "What Can I Say".

The song was adopted by the Philadelphia Eagles to play when cornerback Lito Sheppard would make an interception.[10]

Chart performance

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Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Lido Shuffle". 45cat.com.
  2. ^ "Lido Shuffle". 45cat.com.
  3. ^ "Discogs". Discogs.com. 1977. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
  4. ^ "Lido Shuffle". Musicnotes.com. 2 January 2002. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
  5. ^ Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2023-05-13
  6. ^ "Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle - ultratop.be". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  7. ^ "Boz Scaggs songwriter interview". SongFacts.com. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
  8. ^ "Silk Degrees album information". Artistdirect.com. Archived from the original on 2005-01-15. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
  9. ^ Boz Scaggs Chart History Archived January 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Szczypiorski, Matt (2019-12-20). "The Top Ten Eagles-Cowboys Moments of All-Time". sportstalkphilly - News, rumors, game coverage of the Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Flyers, and Philadelphia 76ers. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  11. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 265. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  12. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  13. ^ "Flavour of New Zealand, 19 June 1977". Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  14. ^ "Old-Charts". Old-Charts. Archived from the original on 2017-11-10. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  15. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  16. ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending May 7, 1977". Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 2018-05-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)Cash Box magazine.
  17. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  18. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  19. ^ "Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles". Cash Box. December 31, 1977. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
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