"Lido Shuffle" is a song written by Boz Scaggs and David Paich and introduced on the 1976 album Silk Degrees. It was released as a single in 1977 and was produced by Joe Wissert.
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.
Members of the backup band on "Lido Shuffle" include David Paich, Jeff Porcaro and David Hungate, who later formed Toto.
Reception Released as the album's fourth single, "Lido Shuffle" reached number 11 in the US and 13 on the UK Singles Chart.Boz Scaggs Chart History 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.
Chart performance
Weekly charts Chart (1977–1978)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)2Canada RPM Top Singles5New Zealand (RIANZ)18UK13US Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - 11US Cash Box Top 100Cash Box magazine.6
Year-end charts Chart (1977)RankAustralia 12Canada66US Billboard Hot 10074US Cash Box 78
Certifications
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
References
External links Lyrics of this song