Rikki Don't Lose That Number

"Rikki Don't Lose That Number"
Single by Steely Dan
from the album Pretzel Logic
B-side	"Any Major Dude Will Tell You"
Released	April 25, 1974
Recorded	1973
Genre	Soft rock jazz rock boogie rock[1] bolero[1]
Length	3:58 (Single version) 4:30 (Album version)
Label	ABC
Songwriter(s)	Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
Producer(s)	Gary Katz
Steely Dan singles chronology
"My Old School" (1973) "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" (1974) "Pretzel Logic" (1974)
Official audio
"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" on YouTube

"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" is a 1974 song by Steely Dan and is the opening track from their third studio album Pretzel Logic. It went to number 3 in Canada, number 4 in the United States and number 30 in Australia. It was covered by Tom Robinson in 1984 and went to number 58 in the United Kingdom.

References

1. Panati, Charles (1991). "1974: The Lord's Prayer". Panati's Parade of Fads, Follies, and Manias. New York: Harper Perennial. p. 397.