Lido Shuffle

"Lido Shuffle" is a song written by Boz Scaggs and David Paich and introduced on the 1976 album Silk Degrees.^[5] It was released as a single in 1977 and was produced by Joe Wissert.^[6]

"Lido Shuffle"
A US vinyl reissue
Single by Boz Scaggs
from the album Silk Degrees
B-side	"We're All Alone"
Released	February 1977 (USA)[1] 15 April 1977 (UK) [2]
Recorded	September 1975
Genre	Pop rock, blue-eyed soul
Length	3:40
Label	CBS[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 [David] Paich and he helped me fill it out. It ended up being 'Lido Shuffle.'"^[7]

Members of the backup band on "Lido Shuffle" include David Paich, Jeff Porcaro and David Hungate, who later formed Toto.^[8]

Reception

Released as the album's fourth single, "Lido Shuffle" reached number 11 in the US and 13 on the UK Singles Chart.^[9] 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.^[10]

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1977-1978) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report)[11] 2 Canada RPM Top Singles[12] 5 New Zealand (RIANZ)[13] 18 UK[14] 13 US Billboard Hot 100[15] 11 US Cash Box Top 100[16] 6

Year-end charts Chart (1977) Rank Australia 12 Canada[17] 66 US Billboard Hot 100[18] 74 US Cash Box [19] 78

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