Show Biz Kids Explained

Show Biz Kids
Type:single
Artist:Steely Dan
Album:Countdown to Ecstasy
B-Side:Razor Boy
Released:July 1973 [1]
Genre:Rock, jazz fusion
Length:3:59
Label:ABC
Producer:Gary Katz
Prev Title:Reelin' In the Years
Prev Year:1972
Next Title:My Old School
Next Year:1973

"Show Biz Kids" is a song composed by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen and performed by Steely Dan with Rick Derringer on slide guitar. It was the first single from Steely Dan's 1973 album Countdown to Ecstasy, and reached number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] It was edited for the single release.

Cash Box said that the song has "an infectious chorus delivered a la Nilsson's "Coconut" hit."[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Steely Dan singles.
  2. Steely Dan USA chart history
  3. News: CashBox Record Reviews. July 21, 1973. 21. 2021-12-11. Cash Box.