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Show Biz Kids

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B-side
  
"Razor Boy"

Format
  
7" single

Length
  
3:59

Released
  
1973

Genre
  
Rock, jazz fusion

Label
  
ABC

"Show Biz Kids" is a song composed by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen and performed by Steely Dan. It was the first single from Steely Dan's 1973 album Countdown to Ecstasy, and reached number 61 in the Billboard charts.

Contents

The song features a slide guitar solo by Rick Derringer.

Credits

  • Donald Fagen – acoustic piano, lead vocals
  • Walter Becker – electric bass, harmonica, background vocals
  • Jim Hodder – drums, percussion, background vocals
  • Rick Derringer – slide guitar
  • Victor Feldman – marimba, percussion
  • Sherlie Matthews, Myrna Matthews, Patricia Hall, David Palmer, James Rolleston, Michael Fennelly – background vocals
  • Covers

    The song was sampled by Super Furry Animals on their 1996 single "The Man Don't Give a Fuck".

    The song was also covered by Rickie Lee Jones on her 2000 album It's Like This.

    References

    Show Biz Kids Wikipedia