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For the Irish TV series, see Reeling In the Years. For the music licensor, see Reelin' In the Years Productions.
"Reelin' In the Years"
Single by Steely Dan
from the album Can't Buy a Thrill
B-side"Only a Fool Would Say That"
ReleasedMarch 1973
RecordedAugust 1972;
the Village Recorder, Santa Monica
GenreJazz rock
Length4:37
LabelABC
Songwriter(s)Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
Producer(s)Gary Katz
Steely Dan singles chronology
"Do It Again"
(1972) 		"Reelin' In the Years"
(1973) 		"Show Biz Kids"
(1973)

"Reelin' In the Years" (sometimes "Reeling In the Years") is a song by jazz rock band Steely Dan, released as the second single from their 1972 album, Can't Buy a Thrill. It reached No. 11 in the Billboard charts.[1]

It was written by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker and features Fagen on vocals. The song was also a No. 11 hit on the Pop singles chart in 1973. In March 2005, Q magazine placed the recording at No. 95 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has reportedly said that session player Elliott Randall's guitar solo on "Reeling In the Years" is his favorite solo of all time.[2][3] That solo was also ranked the 40th best guitar solo of all time by the readers of Guitar World magazine.[4] Fagen referred to the song as "dumb but effective" in Rolling Stone magazine.[5] The four-channel quadraphonic mix of the recording has extra lead guitar fills not heard in the more common two-channel stereo version.

Popular culture

Chart performance

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Steely Dan USA chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  2. ^ Steven Wheeler (1995-06-11). "The Led Zeppelin In-Frequently Murmured Trivia List v1.1". Led-Zeppelin.org. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16.
  3. ^ "Classic Rock Magazine Interview – 1999". Elliott Randall. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  4. ^ "The 100 Best Guitar Solos of All Time - Page 4". Guitar.about.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  5. ^ "Steely Dan: 10 Essential Songs". RollingStone.com. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
  6. ^ Donny & Marie Osmond Opening - "Reelin' In The Years".
  7. ^ ""The Wonder Years - Music"". Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Item Display - RPM Top Singles - Volume 19, No. 18, June 16 1973 - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  9. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 5/26/73". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2016-06-25.
  10. ^ "Item Display - RPM Annual - Volume 20, No. 20, December 29 1973 - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  11. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1973/Top 100 Songs of 1973". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  12. ^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1973". Archived from the original on 2015-01-11. Retrieved 2016-06-25.

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