| Bad Sneakers | |
| Cover: | Bad_Sneakers_-_Steely_Dan.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Steely Dan |
| Album: | Katy Lied |
| B-Side: | Chain Lightning |
| Released: | September 1975[1] |
| Recorded: | November 1974 |
| Studio: | ABC, Los Angeles, California |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 3:16 |
| Label: | ABC |
| Producer: | Gary Katz |
| Prev Title: | Black Friday |
| Prev Year: | 1975 |
| Next Title: | Kid Charlemagne |
| Next Year: | 1976 |
"Bad Sneakers" is a song by jazz rock band Steely Dan. It was released as the second single and track on their 1975 album Katy Lied.[2] Producer Gary Katz later regretted not releasing the song as the first single.[3]
Cash Box noted that "a razored guitar bridge highlights and counterbalances some laidback vocals with the overall sound layered and dimensional."[4] Record World said that it "pieces together bits of the L.A. r&r experience while stranded outside of Radio City Music Hall."[5]
Michael McDonald's vocals on the song are some of his first for the band;[6] he would continue to perform background vocals for the band in recordings until 1980.[7] The song also appears on the compilation albums A Decade of Steely Dan[8] and Citizen Steely Dan.
The alternative band The Push Stars covered the song for the Me, Myself & Irene (2000) soundtrack.[9]