Baker Street (single edit)

Name: Baker Street
Duration: 4 min 8 s

~ Recording by Gerry Rafferty

Annotation

FLAC CD rip of Empire 2002⁺ generates fingerprint https://acoustid.org/track/fa8ca9a1-ebd3-4ac0-acf7-6e9238020fe0

Annotation last modified on 2022-03-21 13:07 UTC.

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track Artist	Release Title	Release Artist	Release Group Type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.1	Baker Street	4:10	Gerry Rafferty	Baker Street	Gerry Rafferty	Single	FR1978	United Artists	UP 36.346, UP 36346
1.1	Baker Street	4:10	Gerry Rafferty	Baker Street	Gerry Rafferty	Single	GB1978	United Artists	UP 36346
1.4	Baker Street	4:10	Gerry Rafferty	Summer Night Fever: Original Soundtrack	Gerhard Heinz	Album + Soundtrack	DE1978	Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past)	200 008, 200 008 320
1.8	Baker Street	4:10	Gerry Rafferty	Gold Rush 79	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1979	K‐tel (International budget record label)	TU 2660
1.10	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	Music Is My Life, Volume 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1987	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)	0745051710
1.3	Baker Street	4:03	Gerry Rafferty	Hits of the World 1978/1979	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1988	PolyGram	819 937-2
1.2	Baker Street	4:16	Gerry Rafferty	City to City / Baker Street	Gerry Rafferty	Single	NL1989	BR Music (NL-based reissue label)	45294
1.18	Baker Street	4:09	Gerry Rafferty	Top Ten Hits of the 70’s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1989	Music for Pleasure	CD-MFP 6078, CDB 7 92767 2
2.4	Baker Street	4:10	Gerry Rafferty	Great Romantic Hits of the 70s and 80s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1990	Reader’s Digest	RDCD 151-156
1.8	Baker Street	4:04	Gerry Rafferty	Mega Hits: Die größten Hits aller Zeiten	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1990	wea (has logo with just “wea” on it)	9548-30094-2
1.16	Baker Street	4:04	Gerry Rafferty	De Pre Historie 1978, Volume 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE1991	BMG Ariola (company mostly named as distributor)	260.750
1.20	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	The Greatest Hits of 1978	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1991	EMI Records UK	[l63404]
1.6	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	The Rock Collection: Rock Heroes	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1991	Time–Life Music	TL 527/03
2.10	Baker Street	4:09	Gerry Rafferty	Flashback to the 70’s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1992	Music for Pleasure	CD‐DL 1233
1.2	Baker Street	4:06	Gerry Rafferty	Pop Heaven	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1992	EMI Electrola GmbH (not for release label use! DE subsidiary of EMI Records from 1972–2002)	0777 7 81029 2
5.9	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	Reader’s Digest: Top 10 Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1992	Reader’s Digest	RDCD4-588/3
1.11	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	Back to the 70's	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1993	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)	7243 8 27230 2 8, CDEMTV 77
1.16	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	Classic Pop	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1993	Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint)	DIC3199932
2.5	Baker Street	4:06	Gerry Rafferty	Simply the Best	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1993	Electrola	7243 8 28276 2 7, 7243 8 28277 2 6
1.3	Baker Street	4:09	Gerry Rafferty	Acoustic Moods	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1994-04	PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.)	516 659-2
2.3	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	Sounds of the Seventies	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1994-12-05	Global Television	RADCD01
1.7	Baker Street	4:06	Gerry Rafferty	Het Museum, Volume 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE1994	EVA (for use with NL/BE/FR releases only. see annotation)	7243 8399572
2.2	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	The 70’s: 1978	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1994	Time–Life Music	TL 597/09
1.3	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	The Ultimate Gold Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-1994
1.3	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	The Ultimate Gold Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1994	The Hit Label	AHLCD22
3.11	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	Sensational 70s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1995-10-01	Disky	DC 861422, DC 861432, DC 861452
1.4	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	Drive Time 3	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1995-12-01	Dino Entertainment	DINCD119
2.14	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	Pride: The Very Best of Scotland	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1995	RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)
1.10	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	Super Hits of the 80’s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1995	Disky	DC 864202
2.14	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	That’s the 70’s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1995	EMI TV	7243 8 36519 2 4
1.5	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	Ultimate Seventies	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1995	The Ultimate Collection (UK compilations)	ULTCD 010
2.2	Baker Street	4:04	Gerry Rafferty	Let’s Have a Party! 55 Top Ten Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1996-08-01	Exclusiv (low budget)	444 900
1.1	Baker Street	4:11	Gerry Rafferty	A Time to Remember: 1978	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1996	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), The CDCard Company	ATTR 1978, CD521
1.12	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	Classic 70’s, Volume 3	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1996	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)	AUS8148802
1.8	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	Classic Rock: 1978-1979	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1996 DE1996	Time–Life Music	TL 559/03
1.8	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	Classic Rock: 1978–1979	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1996	Time–Life Music	TL559/03
1.16	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	Drivin Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1996	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)
1.1	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	Essential Rock Ballads	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1996	Disky	ES 873662
2.12	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	The Very Best of Pop Music 1978-79	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DK1996	Egmont Music Club	EMC7879010
2.1	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	The Best Scottish Album in the World… Ever!	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1997-06-09	Virgin TV	137
1.8	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	Summer Rock: Walking on Sunshine	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1997-06
1.8	Baker Street	4:11	Gerry Rafferty	Hits of the Seventies	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1997-07-04	RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle)	RCA CD 202
1.10	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	Good Will Hunting: Music From the Miramax Motion Picture	Various Artists	Album + Soundtrack	US1997-12-02	Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Miramax Records	CDP 7243 8 23338 2 1
4.5	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	100 Non Stop Party Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1997	Disky	HR 877362
1.1	Baker Street	4:06	Gerry Rafferty	1978 - Die Stars - Die Hits - Die Facts	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1997	Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)	39615 0
2.2	Baker Street	4:09	Gerry Rafferty	FM Power	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1997	Disky	DC 880002
1.3	Baker Street	4:09	Gerry Rafferty	Gold: Megastars und ihre Nr. 1 Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1997	Disky	CDU 883702
10.9	Baker Street	4:09	Gerry Rafferty	Mega Beat Box	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1997	Disky	HR 877702
10.9	Baker Street	4:09	Gerry Rafferty	Mega Beat Box	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1997	TV Shop	HR 881342
1.3	Baker Street	4:09	Gerry Rafferty	Megastars	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1997	Disky	DU 883112
1.3	Baker Street	4:03	Gerry Rafferty	Schmuse-Hits, Volume 5	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1997	Exclusiv (low budget)	BN0943
4.10	Baker Street	4:09	Gerry Rafferty	Seventies Complete, Volume 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1997	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)
3.8	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	The Best of the 70s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1997	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)	CDTESBOX 002
1.8	Baker Street	4:06	Gerry Rafferty	The Best Seventies Album in the World… Ever!	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1997	Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)	VTDCD 157
1.6	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	The Power of Love: 1978–1980	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-1997	Time–Life Music	TL629/8
1.11	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	Totally Rock (The Essential Rock Album)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA1997	EMI Gold	7243 8 57700 2 9
1.11	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	Totally Rock (The Essential Rock Album)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1997	EMI Gold	7243 8 57700 2 9
1.10	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	Good Will Hunting: Music From the Miramax Motion Picture	Various Artists	Album + Soundtrack	DE1998-02-12	Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Miramax Records	7243 8 23338 2 1
2.12	Baker Street	4:01	Gerry Rafferty	Die Mega Pop Box	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1998-03-09	Delta Music (main label of Delta Music GmbH and its UK & US subsidiaries), Exclusive	444020
1.3	Baker Street	4:03	Gerry Rafferty	Love Hurts	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1998-04-08	Music Digital	444 851
2.11	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	20th Century Hits for a New Millennium: 40 Hits of 1975–1979	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1998	Disky	DO 852812
2.13	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	100 Hits of Romance	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-1998
1.17	Baker Street	4:06	Gerry Rafferty	Drivetime	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1998	BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)	TSS 109
2.4	Baker Street	4:09	Gerry Rafferty	Essential Seventies	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1998	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)	8234942
4.4	Baker Street	4:05	Gerry Rafferty	Explosive Hits of the 70s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1998	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)	7243 494981 2 9
1.7	Baker Street	4:09	Gerry Rafferty	Greatest Hits of the 70's	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1998	Disky	DC 853322
1.1	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	Kneipenhits: Ballads	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1998	Disky	GDO 852162
2.23	Baker Street	4:05	Gerry Rafferty	Lost and Found: 1970-1978	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	SE1998	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)	4932062
1.3	Baker Street	4:01	Gerry Rafferty	Sounds of the 70’s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1998	Global Television	RADCD104
10.9	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	The Beat Goes On: The Greatest Hits of the 60’s and 70’s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1998	Disky	HR 851902
1.12	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	The Seventies (The Seventies: Original Hits, Original Artists)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU1998	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)	4965712, 7243 4 96571 2 0
1.6	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	Ilja Richter präsentiert: Disco 78-79	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1999-05-12	Disky	GDO 858162
10.9	Baker Street	4:09	Gerry Rafferty	Mega Beat Box	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1999-12-03	Disky	DB 248072
2.4	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	BBC Radio 2 Songs of the Century	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1999	Global Television	RADCD119
2.3	Baker Street	4:10	Gerry Rafferty	Best of the 70’s: 60 Fantastic Songs	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DK1999	CMC Special	5215472
2.6	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	Great Love Songs	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1999	Disky	CB 858392
1.10	Baker Street	4:09	Gerry Rafferty	Movie Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1999	EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)
1.4	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	Now That's What I Call Music! 1970's	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	SA1999	EMI Music Arabia	7243 5 23976 2 4
1.17	Baker Street (Radio Edit)	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	On My Radio Top Hits of the 1970's	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-1999	EMI Music Canada
2.6	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	Schmuse Rock, Volume 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1999	Disky	GHR 855512
1.11	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	Soft Rock Classics	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1999	Disky	BX 858522, BX 858532, BX 858542, CB 858512
1.8	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	Sounds of the 70s: 78	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1999	Time–Life Music	TL 469/01
1.8	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	Sounds of the 70s: 1978	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1999	Time–Life Music	TL 469/01
1.8	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	Sounds of the 70s: 1978	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE1999	Time–Life Music	TL 469/01
2.9	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	The Sound of Magic	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1999	Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)	564 479-2
1.19	Baker Street	4:06	Gerry Rafferty	The Sound of the Century: 1970–1979	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1999	Disky Special Products	SP 859672
2.14	Baker Street	4:10	Gerry Rafferty	Time 100: The Music of Our Lives 1960-1980	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA1999	wea (has logo with just “wea” on it)	WTVD 37258
1.11	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	Soft Rock Classics	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2000-05-08
5.8	Baker Street	4:09	Gerry Rafferty	Best of the Seventies	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2000-10-16	EMI Gold	528 427 2
2.7	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	Decades: The Story of the 60’s / 70’s / 80’s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2000-11-06	Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)	VTDCDX 337
1.13	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	Musica Afrodisiaca Vol 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE2000	Disky Special Products, Vale Music	SP 990172, VLCD 028-1
2.7	Baker Street	4:09	Gerry Rafferty	Capital Gold: Legends	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2001-06-11	Virgin TV	VTDCD382
1.3	Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	1000 Original Hits: 1978	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL2001	EMI Plus	724356405523
1.6	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	Greatest Top 10 Hits – 15 Original Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL2001	D♯	DC 644952
2.10	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	The Greatest Movies Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2001	HMV Easy (owned by EMI)
3.13	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	The Greatest Seventies Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2001	His Master’s Voice	724353385828
2.9	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	Best of British: 50 Golden Years of British Popular Music	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2002-06-03
Promotion
1.12	Good Will Hunting: Baker Street	4:07	Gerry Rafferty	Empire 2002⁺ The Hottest Soundtracks… Now!	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2002-02	Empire (magazine), Upfront (UK promotions company)	EMPIRE 2002 02
(unknown)
1.2	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	The One and Only	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL1997	Disky (For unofficial releases bearing the Disky logo.)	DC 880132
1.11	Baker Street	4:08	Gerry Rafferty	Totally Rock (The Essential Rock Album)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-1997	EMI Gold	7243 8 57700 4 3, TC GOLD 1095, TCGOLD 1095

Relationships

bass:	Gary Taylor (UK bassist/songwriter/vocalist, member of Herd/Fox/Stealers Wheel) (in 1977)
drums (drum set):	Henry Spinetti (in 1977)
guitar [lead guitar]:	Hugh Burns (in 1977)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:	Nigel Jenkins (in 1977)
keyboard:	Tommy Eyre (in 1977)
percussion:	Glen LeFleur (in 1977)
saxophone:	Raphael Ravenscroft (in 1977)
lead vocals:	Gerry Rafferty (in 1977)

recorded at:	Chipping Norton Recording Studios in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom (in 1977)

edit of:	Baker Street

recording of:	Baker Street (in 1977)

Baker Street

lyricist and composer:	Gerry Rafferty

publisher:	B Music EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) Icon Music Ltd. Music of Stage Three PolyGram Music Publishing PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd. Stage Three Music Publishing Limited Universal‐Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.

later parody versions:	Baker Dick Beggar's Feet
later translated versions:	Katu

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