A monthly update on our latest interviews, stories and added songs, The keyboard riff was taken from "Song For My Father," which was released in 1964 by the jazz composer and pianist Horace Silver. You might use it if you feel better, When you get home. it's there, but it's not omnipresent. Among 10 total top 40 hits on the chart, the act returned to the top 10 with 1974's "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" (its highest-peaking song) and "Hey Nineteen" (No. RIKKI DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER - Steely Dan [RUN] e|-----| B|-----3-----| G|-----1-2---1-2---| D|---1-----2-| A|-2-----| E|-----| [Verse 1] E D A Fagen & Becker are missing the gravy train by not putting out live albums from that era. and i'm not sure if i could find that interview, it might be in an actually paper document or something. Rikki, don't lose that number You don't wanna call nobody else Send it off in a letter to yourself Rikki, don't lose that number It's the only one you own You might use it if you feel better When you get home [break] You tell yourself you're not my kind But you don't even know your mind And you could have a change of heart Rikki, don't lose that number You don't wanna call nobody else That is the reality of american justice people, follow the money and you'll learn the truth. His keyboard work helped define the Muscle Shoals sound and make him an integral part of many Neil Young recordings. Steely Dan: 10 Essential Songs In honor of the late Walter Becker, we look back at some of the sly jazz-rockers’ best Rikki Don’t Lose That Number Lyrics. sorry, I just think, especially from that recent SD-love thread, that people (here at least) grossly overestimate the black humor element in their lyrics. Like don’t lose that vibration “number” of when you feel good/happy/wild/yourself. I always thought it was a rather erotic, decadent sort of thing. Ricky don't lose that number It's the only one you'll want You might use it if you feel better When you get home (Home home, when you get home) I can tell you all I know The where to go, the what to do And you can try to run but you can't hide From what's inside of you You tell yourself you're not my kind But you don't even know your mind And you could have a change of heart Ricky don't lose that number Now it would have to be "send it off in an e-mail to yourself." I really don't care very much about lyrics. Rikki don't lose that number You don't wanna call nobody else Send it off in a letter to yourself Rikki don't lose that number It's the only one you own You might use it if you feel better When you get home I have a friend in town, he's heard your name We can go out driving on Slow Hand Row We could stay inside and play games, I don't know ― clemenza, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 02:30 (ten years ago) link. ― roger adultery, Monday, 24 November 2003 03:39 (seventeen years ago) link, ― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 24 November 2003 03:46 (seventeen years ago) link, ― Rockist Scientist, Monday, 24 November 2003 03:48 (seventeen years ago) link, We hear you're leaving, that's OKI thought our little wild time had just begunI guess you kind of scared yourself, you turn and runBut if you have a change of heart, CHORUS:Rikki don't lose that numberYou don't wanna call nobody elseSend it off in a letter to yourselfRikki don't lose that numberIt's the only one you ownYou might use it if you feel betterWhen you get home, I have a friend in town, he's heard your nameWe can go out driving on Slow Hand RowWe could stay inside and play games, I don't knowAnd you could have a change of heart, You tell yourself you're not my kindBut you don't even know your mindAnd you could have a change of heart, ― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 24 November 2003 03:49 (seventeen years ago) link, ― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 24 November 2003 03:54 (seventeen years ago) link. Though the gay interpretation is very intriguing. The band’s best-known songs included ‘Do It Again,’ ‘Reelin’ in the Years,’ and ‘Rikki Don’t Lose That Number… Rikki don't lose that number; You don't wanna call nobody else. ― skip, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 02:33 (ten years ago) link. ― Mark F (mflaum), Monday, 24 November 2003 21:47 (seventeen years ago) link. Money talks BS walks in America baby, if you ever in front of a judge better put up or shut up. RIKKI DON'T LOSE THAT NUMBER. Go to your CD collection and get out, Speaking on the subject of playing their hit songs in concert, Donald Fagen told. I guess you kind of scared yourself, you turn and run. I was going to make a sarcastic comment about Donald Fagen writing a song specifically to get jiggy with a mongoose, but then I realized that I COULD IMAGINE THAT. Spooner is also an accomplished songwriter, whose hits include "I'm Your Puppet" and "Cry Like A Baby.". 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