Lido Shuffle
1977 single by Boz Scaggs
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"Lido Shuffle" is a song written by Boz Scaggs and David Paich and introduced on the 1976 album Silk Degrees.[6] It was released as a single in 1977 and was produced by Joe Wissert.[7]
| "Lido Shuffle" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
A US vinyl reissue | ||||
| Single by Boz Scaggs | ||||
| from the album Silk Degrees | ||||
| B-side | "We're All Alone" | |||
| Released | February 1977 (USA)[1] 15 April 1977 (UK)[2] | |||
| Recorded | September 1975 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:43 | |||
| Label | CBS[4] | |||
| Songwriters | Boz Scaggs, David Paich[5] | |||
| Producer | Joe Wissert | |||
| Boz Scaggs singles chronology | ||||
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| Official audio | ||||
| "Lido Shuffle" on YouTube | ||||
Background
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.'"[8]
Members of the backup band on "Lido Shuffle" include David Paich, Jeff Porcaro and David Hungate, who later formed Toto.[9]
Reception
Released as the album's fourth single, "Lido Shuffle" reached number 11 in the US and 13 on the UK Singles Chart.[10] 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.[11]
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[21] | Platinum | 30,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Personnel
- Boz Scaggs – vocals, guitar
- David Paich – acoustic piano, Hammond organ, Minimoog, Moog synthesizer
- Fred Tackett – guitar
- Louis Shelton – guitar
- David Hungate – bass
- Jeff Porcaro – drums
- Vincent DeRosa – horns
- Jim Horn – horns
- Tony Terran – horns
- Paul Hubinon – horns
- Dick Hyde – horns
- Plas Johnson – horns
- Tom Scott – horns
- Bud Shank – horns