Lido Shuffle

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

"Lido Shuffle"
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

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 Paich and he helped me fill it out. It ended up being "Lido Shuffle"."[7]

The song was also adopted by the Philadelphia Eagles to play when cornerback Lito Sheppard would make an interception.[8]

Song structure

"Lido Shuffle", written in the key of G major (like many of Scaggs' other memorable songs), uses the familiar I-IV-V chord progression that is the foundation of blues, pop, and rock. It later modulates up a minor third to the key of Bb for the chorus.

"Lido Shuffle" begins with an intro, followed by the first verse, the chorus, second verse, chorus again, an instrumental bridge, and chorus.

Members of the backup band on "Lido Shuffle" include David Paich, Jeff Porcaro and David Hungate who later formed Toto.[9]

Song performance

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".

Personnel

Chart performance

References
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  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. 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.
  9. "Silk Degrees album information". Artistdirect.com. Retrieved 2014-06-16.
  10. Boz Scaggs Chart History Archived January 24, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  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
  14. "Old-Charts". Old-Charts. 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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