B-side "Bodhisattva (Live)" Recorded 1978 Length 5:10
4:44 (7" version) | Released November 1980 Genre Jazz fusion, soft rock Label MCA | |
"Hey Nineteen" is a song by American jazz rock band Steely Dan, written by members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, and released on their 1980 album Gaucho.
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Background
According to one reviewer's interpretation, the song "was about a middle-aged man's disappointment with a young lover ("Hey Nineteen, that's 'Retha Franklin / She don't remember the Queen of Soul / It's hard times befallen the Soul Survivors / She thinks I'm crazy but I'm just growing old")." Donald Fagen once said in an interview that his hope was that "songs like 'Hey Nineteen' would be enjoyed by soccer moms in dentist chairs bobbing their heads unaware of the filthy lyrics".
Charts
"Hey Nineteen" peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1981, and #68 on the R&B Singles chart.
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References
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