<P> The band was surprised by the single's chart success . The single sold over one million copies, eventually peaking at number 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, number 8 in the UK, and number 2 in Canada . </P> <P> The band appeared playing the song on BBC's Top of the Pops on 18 May 1973 . </P> <P> The video portrays the band performing in a corner of a large, empty building . Their performance is intercut with shots of Egan (who is miming to the by - then - departed Rafferty's vocal track, although Gerry Rafferty did not die until January, 2011) at a small banquet table with a number of garishly - dressed and made - up supper guests . These include an actual clown, a bespectacled bowler - hatted gent devouring spaghetti and a lavishly dressed woman eating cream cakes and grapes . The clown, who has difficulty eating a plastic chicken, continually squeezes Egan out whenever he tries to take food from the table . The guitar solo is played on a guitar played flat with an empty beer bottle used as a slide . Eventually, the other band members appear, driving off the strange characters so that Egan can sit down at last . </P> <Ul> <Li> Gerry Rafferty - guitar, lead vocals </Li> <Li> Joe Egan - keyboards, lead vocals </Li> <Li> Paul Pilnick - lead guitar </Li> <Li> Tony Williams - bass </Li> <Li> Rod Coombes - drums </Li> </Ul>

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