{"id":7571,"date":"2026-08-11T18:52:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T22:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/?p=7571"},"modified":"2026-08-11T18:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T22:52:44","slug":"rikki-dont-lose-that-number-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/?p=7571","title":{"rendered":"Rikki Don&#8217;t Lose That Number"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An update of my cover with Ross Smithe singing.  With a crazy ass video I found on Youtube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.baselines.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/all-songs\/mp3\/Rikki_2026.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UTwDjMWZb5w?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mwEA\">&#8220;<strong>Rikki Don&#8217;t Lose That Number<\/strong>&#8221; is a single released in 1974 by the American&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rock_music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rock<\/a>&nbsp;band&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Steely_Dan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steely Dan<\/a>&nbsp;and the opening track of their third album&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pretzel_Logic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pretzel Logic<\/a><\/em>. It was the most successful single of the group&#8217;s career, peaking at number 4 on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_Hot_100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Billboard<\/em>&nbsp;Hot 100<\/a>&nbsp;in the summer of 1974.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Recording_and_content\">Recording and content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mwHg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victor_Feldman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Victor Feldman<\/a>&#8216;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flapamba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flapamba<\/a>&nbsp;introduction to the song, which opens the album, is cut from the original&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ABC_Records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC<\/a>&nbsp;single version.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[4]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MCA_Records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MCA<\/a>&nbsp;single reissue (backed with &#8220;Pretzel Logic&#8221;) includes the flapamba intro but fades out just before the actual end of the track. The introductory riff is an almost direct copy of the intro of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Horace_Silver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Horace Silver<\/a>&#8216;s jazz classic &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Song_for_My_Father_(composition)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Song for My Father<\/a>&#8220;.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[5]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;Fagen has denied the similarity, saying that it is a Brazilian bass line which is common to numerous songs.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-SDFAQRob-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mwMQ\">The song exemplifies Steely Dan&#8217;s growing preference for session musicians: Though&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jim_Hodder_(musician)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Hodder<\/a>&nbsp;was Steely Dan&#8217;s drummer at the time, the track instead features&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jim_Gordon_(musician)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Gordon<\/a>&nbsp;on drums (as does the bulk of&nbsp;<em>Pretzel Logic<\/em>), the piano is played by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Omartian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Omartian<\/a>&nbsp;instead of Fagen, and despite Steely Dan having two guitarists of their own, the acoustic guitar is played by sessionist&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dean_Parks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dean Parks<\/a>. The guitar solo is by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeff_Baxter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeff &#8220;Skunk&#8221; Baxter<\/a>&nbsp;and was recorded with the guitar plugged directly into the console.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-SDFAQRob-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Lyrics\">Lyrics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mwPQ\">Though fan interpretations have variously described &#8220;Rikki Don&#8217;t Lose That Number&#8221; as being about marijuana dealing, an undercover operation, and even a homosexual romance (with the subject of the song given a female name and other feminine traits in order to obfuscate the truth to listeners), it is actually a straightforward song of lost love.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-allm-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mwQg\">As usual for songs written by them, Becker and Fagen were reluctant to speak about the song&#8217;s meaning, which was only revealed when writer&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Ducornet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rikki Ducornet<\/a>&nbsp;came forward in 2006 and said she recognized the song as being about her relationship with Fagen, whom she knew when he was a student at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bard_College\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bard College<\/a>. She elaborated, &#8220;I was actually a young faculty wife, I was pregnant, and he thought I was cute. So he gave me his phone number, which I lost.&#8221;<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-SDFAQRob-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[6]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;Ducornet was living in France at the time the song was released and did not hear it until ten years later.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-SDFAQRob-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[6]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;Fagen has since confirmed that the &#8220;Rikki&#8221; in the song was a woman he had a crush on in college.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-allm-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Reception\">Reception<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mwUg\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_(magazine)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billboard<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;described it as a &#8220;catchy, almost tango-like tune.&#8221;<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-bb-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[8]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cash_Box\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cash Box<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;said that the &#8220;strong accent on harmonies with keyboard and percussion dominating the musical end make for a very entertaining track.&#8221;<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-cb-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[9]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Record_World\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Record World<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;said that the &#8220;salty Latin-ish sound is in an easy vein&#8221; and that the song was a &#8220;totally nifty number.&#8221;<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-rw-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[10]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mwZQ\">During a 1974 interview discussing recent hit songs,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Lennon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Lennon<\/a>&nbsp;said, &#8220;I liked &#8216;Rikki Don&#8217;t Lose That Number&#8217;, that was a good commercial record.&#8221;<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mwaw\">In a retrospective review for&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/AllMusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AllMusic<\/a><\/em>, Stewart Mason characterized it as &#8220;one of the group&#8217;s most gentle and accessible songs&#8221;.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-allm-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[7]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Personnel\">Personnel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mwcw\">Personnel per Anthony Robustelli.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-SDFAQRob-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[6]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;<em>Pretzel Logic<\/em>&#8216;s credits consist of a simple list of the musicians who contributed to the album, with no indication of what instruments they played or which songs they played them on.Steely Dan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"mwfA\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Donald_Fagen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Fagen<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 lead and backing vocals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jeff_Baxter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeff Baxter<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 electric guitar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walter_Becker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walter Becker<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 bass<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additional musicians<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"mwhQ\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dean_Parks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dean Parks<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 acoustic guitar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Omartian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Omartian<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 piano<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jim_Gordon_(musician)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Gordon<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 drums<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victor_Feldman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Victor Feldman<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 percussion,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flapamba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flapamba<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timothy_B._Schmit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Timothy B. Schmit<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 backing vocals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Technical<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"mwkw\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gary_Katz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gary Katz<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 producer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roger_Nichols_(recording_engineer)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roger Nichols<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 engineer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Chart_performance\">Chart performance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Weekly chartsChart (1974)Peak<br>positionAustralian Singles Chart30Canada Top Singles (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RPM_(magazine)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RPM<\/a><\/em>)<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-sc_Canadatopsingles_-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[12]<\/a><\/sup>3US&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_Hot_100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Billboard<\/em>&nbsp;Hot 100<\/a><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-sc_Billboardhot100_Steely_Dan-13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[13]<\/a><\/sup>4US&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adult Contemporary<\/a>&nbsp;(<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billboard_(magazine)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billboard<\/a><\/em>)<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-sc_Billboardadultcontemporary_Steely_Dan-14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[14]<\/a><\/sup>15US&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cashbox_(magazine)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cash Box<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;Top 100<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[15]<\/a><\/sup>3Chart (1979)Peak<br>positionUK Singles Chart<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-Official-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[16]<\/a><\/sup>58<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Year-end chartsChart (1974)RankCanada<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[17]<\/a><\/sup>53US&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>&nbsp;Hot 100<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[18]<\/a><\/sup>51US&nbsp;<em>Cashbox<\/em>&nbsp;Top 100<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[19]<\/a><\/sup>46<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Cover_versions\">Cover versions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"mwvg\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1983\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kenji_Omura?action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenji Omura<\/a>\u00a0recorded a version of the song for his fourth album\u00a0<em>Gaijin Heaven<\/em>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[20]<\/a><\/sup><sup>[<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Citation_needed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citation needed<\/a><\/em>]<\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1984\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tom_Robinson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Robinson<\/a>\u00a0recorded his version for the album\u00a0<em>Hope and Glory<\/em>; the single release of the song matched Steely Dan&#8217;s original version by peaking at No. 58 in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UK_Singles_Chart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK Singles Chart<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-Official-16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[16]<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1992\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hank_Marvin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hank Marvin<\/a>\u00a0did an instrumental of the song on his album\u00a0<em>Into the Light<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1994\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Far_Corporation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Far Corporation<\/a>\u00a0made a cover of the song for their album\u00a0<em>Solitude<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2007\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chuck_Loeb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chuck Loeb<\/a>\u00a0did an instrumental cover of the song on his album\u00a0<em>Presence<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Usage_in_media\">Usage in media<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"mw3w\">The song is featured in the 1989 film&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Say_Anything...\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Say Anything&#8230;<\/a><\/em>, in which the lyrics are sung by actor&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Mahoney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Mahoney<\/a>.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rikki_Don%27t_Lose_That_Number#cite_note-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[21]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n<script>\nvar zbPregResult = '0';\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An update of my cover with Ross Smithe singing. With a crazy ass video I found on Youtube. &#8220;Rikki Don&#8217;t Lose That Number&#8221; is a single released in 1974 by the American&nbsp;rock&nbsp;band&nbsp;Steely Dan&nbsp;and the opening track of their third album&nbsp;Pretzel Logic. It was the most successful single of the group&#8217;s career, peaking at number 4 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7572,"href":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7571\/revisions\/7572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baselines.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}