"Million Dollar Riff" is a song by Australian band Skyhooks, released in November 1975 as the lead single from the band's third studio album, Straight in a Gay Gay World. The song peaked at number six in Australia.
| "Million Dollar Riff" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Skyhooks | ||||
| from the album Straight in a Gay Gay World | ||||
| B-side | "Forging Ahead" | |||
| Released | November 1975 | |||
| Studio | TCS Studios, Melbourne | |||
| Genre | Glam rock | |||
| Length | 3:51 | |||
| Label | Mushroom Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Greg Macainsh | |||
| Producer(s) | Duke Wilson | |||
| Skyhooks singles chronology | ||||
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The song incorporates riffs from other hit songs, including from the Skyhooks' own "Horror Movie", plus the worldwide hits "Satisfaction", "Smoke on the Water", "Sunshine of Your Love", "Day Tripper", "Gloria", and Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode".[1] It also includes lyrical allusions to Berry's "Little Queenie" ("Meanwhile, I was still..."), and Sam Cooke's "Chain Gang" ("Ooh, Ah. Ooh, Ah").[2]
Track listing
edit7" single (K-6159)
- Side A "Million Dollar Riff" - 3:51
- Side B "Forging Ahead" - 4:04
Charts
editWeekly charts
edit| Chart (1975/76) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[3][4] | 6 |
Year-end charts
edit| Chart (1975) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 98 |
| Chart (1976) | Peak position |
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] | 78 |
References
edit- ^ Conomy, Trevor (August 2015). Down Under. ISBN 9781925344332.
- ^ "The Skyhooks Story in 9 Songs". I Like Your Old Stuff. August 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ a b "National Top 100 Singles for 1975". Kent Music Report. 29 December 1975. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Imgur.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 277. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1976". Kent Music Report. 27 December 1976. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Imgur.