Bad Sneakers

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"Bad Sneakers"
Bad Sneakers - Steely Dan.jpg
Single by Steely Dan
from the album Katy Lied
B-side "Chain Lightning"
ReleasedSeptember 1975 [1]
RecordedNovember 1974
Studio ABC, Los Angeles, California
Genre Rock
Length3:16
Label ABC
Songwriter(s) Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
Producer(s) Gary Katz
Steely Dan singles chronology
"Black Friday"
(1975)		"Bad Sneakers"
(1975)		"Kid Charlemagne"
(1976)
Official audio"Bad Sneakers" on YouTube

"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]

Contents

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 backing vocals on the song are some of his first for the band; [6] he would continue to perform backing 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 .

Personnel

Covers

The alternative band The Push Stars covered the song for the Me, Myself & Irene (2000) soundtrack. [9]

References

  1. ↑ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 782. ISBN   9780862415419.
  2. ↑ Steely Dan – Katy Lied Archived 2012-11-08 at the Wayback Machine Discogs
  3. ↑ "Official Steely Dan | FAQ". Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
  4. ↑ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. August 23, 1975. p. 24. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-27. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  5. ↑ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. August 23, 1975. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  6. ↑ "Michael McDonald's Massive Body of Session Work (Non Doobie-Brothers)". Amazon. Archived from the original on 2009-04-26. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
  7. ↑ Michael McDonald Archived 2009-05-04 at the Wayback Machine at Everything2
  8. ↑ A Decade of Steely Dan Archived 2011-06-22 at the Wayback Machine Discogs
  9. ↑ "Bad Sneakers". YouTube.


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