Single:
Million Dollar Riff entered the Australian singles chart* on 17 November 1975 and peaked at #6. The song was #53 on the Top 100 of 1975.
Album:
The song is on Straight in a Gay Gay World which entered the Australian albums chart* on 30 August 1976 and peaked at #3.
Songwriter:
Greg Macainsh
Producer:
Duke Wilson
Record label of Australian release:
Mushroom
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Million Dollar Riff by Skyhooks 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. It also includes lyrical allusions to Berry’s Little Queenie (“Meanwhile, I was still…”), and Sam Cooke’s Chain Gang (“Ooh, Ah. Ooh, Ah”).
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_Riff
Artist info: Skyhooks
Lyrics:
Well, there’s a thousand guitars all over the land
And a thousand drummers and a thousand bands
And a thousand agents with their ears to the ground
They’re all lookin’ for the riff with the million dollar sound
Million dollar riff
Million dollar riff
Million dollar riff
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