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The lyric and the melody fuse beautifully and the lyric is complemented by the melody. The music itself—the orchestration, so to speak— compliments the lyric in a perfect way.

Musical is very cyclical. You never know a new generation of young musicians coming up [might bring back the sax]. A lot of great music was made that way. We may never know if one influenced the other or it was just the alchemy of two different studios coming up with something unmistakably great. Skip to content Site Navigation The Atlantic. Popular Latest.

The Atlantic Crossword. The single version was produced using the tape of the song's album version sped up slightly, so as to raise the tempo and thus be more radio-friendly.

This also had the result of raising the key by a semitone. The saxophone riff was also the subject of another urban legend in the UK, created in the s by British writer and broadcaster Stuart Maconie. The song was cited by guitarist Slash as an influence on his guitar solo in "Sweet Child o' Mine".

The saxophone solo has been cited as one of Susan Boyle's influences on her version of the Rolling Stone track "Wild Horses". The song is also heard in the closing scene of "Lisa's Sax," the episode of The Simpsons which recounts how Lisa Simpson received her first saxophone. Lisa performs a brief, cruder rendition of the hook before the music segues into Rafferty's recording.

The song's saxophone line is featured numerous times in the Rick and Morty episode "M. Night Shaym-Aliens! Season 1, Episode 4 [25]. The opening bars of the song serve as the opening theme to the syndicated US radio program of financial author and motivational speaker Dave Ramsey. Billboard Hot [38] 26 U.

Cash Box [39] British dance group Undercover covered the song on their album Check Out the Groove. This version reached 2 on the UK singles chart. Track listing 1.

The Foo Fighters covered the song on the extended version of their album The Colour and the Shape. They replace the word 'booze' for 'crack'. Retrieved 13 December Australian Chart Book — illustrated ed. St Ives, N. ISBN Cider with Roadies 1st ed. London: Random House. Archived from the original on 8 July Retrieved 17 August The Daily Telegraph London.