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Performed by: In Good Company; Marvelous 3; Steely Dan
Written by: Walter Becker; Donald Fagen

Credits: Becker, Walter (Songwriter); Fagen, Donald (Songwriter); MCA MUSIC PUBLISHING (Publisher); RED GIANT MUSIC (Publisher)

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"Reelin' In the Years"
Single by Steely Dan
from the album Can't Buy a Thrill
B-side "Only a Fool Would Say That"
Released March 1973
Format 7" single
Recorded August 1972
Genre Rock
Length 4:37
Label ABC Records
Writer(s) Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
Steely Dan singles chronology
"Do It Again"
(1972)		 "Reelin' In the Years"
(1973)		 "Show Biz Kids"
(1973)

"Reelin' In the Years" is a song by jazz rock band Steely Dan, released as the sixth track on their 1972 album, Can't Buy a Thrill.

It was written by Donald Fagen & Walter Becker. The song was also a #11 hit on the Pop singles chart in 1973. In March 2005, Q magazine placed the song at number 95 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. Legendary Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has said that Elliott Randall's guitar solo on "Reelin' In the Years" is his favorite solo of all time.[1][2] That solo was also ranked the 40th best guitar solo of all time by the readers of Guitar World magazine.[3] The 4-channel Quadrophonic mix of the recording has extra lead guitar fills not heard in the more common 2-channel Stereo version.

The song is featured in Rob Zombie's 2005 movie, The Devil's Rejects. It was also used as the theme music for the television series Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive, which aired on BBC Three in the UK. Reelin' In the Years is also used in the 1999 movie "For the Love of the Game" when baseball star Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner) first runs into the love of his life alongside the highway(played by Kelly Preston). It is also used as the theme song to the RTE television show of the same name which is a historical Irish documentary covering one year per episode.

References

  1. ^ Led-Zeppelin.org. "Led Zeppelin Assorted Info". http://www.led-zeppelin.org/reference/index.php?m=assorted3. 
  2. ^ CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE interviews Elliott Randall 1999
  3. ^ 100 Greatest Guitar Solos - Tablature for solos 31 - 40

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Studio albums
Can't Buy a Thrill (1972)  • Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)  • Pretzel Logic (1974)  • Katy Lied (1975)  • The Royal Scam (1976)  • Aja (1977)  • Gaucho (1980)  • Two Against Nature (2000)  • Everything Must Go (2003)
Live albums
Compilations
Songs
"Do It Again" • "Reelin' In the Years" • "Dirty Work" • "My Old School" • "Pretzel Logic" • "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" • "Charlie Freak" • "Bad Sneakers" • "Kid Charlemagne" • "The Royal Scam" • "Black Cow" • "Aja" • "Deacon Blues" • "Peg" • "Home at Last" • "FM (No Static At All)" • "Hey Nineteen" • "Time Out of Mind" • "Babylon Sisters" • "Everything You Did" • "Cousin Dupree" • For more, see discography.
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