"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.

"Show Biz Kids"
Single by Steely Dan
from the album Countdown to Ecstasy
B-side"Razor Boy"
ReleasedJuly 1973 [1]
GenreRock, jazz fusion
Length3:59
LabelABC
Songwriter(s)Donald Fagen, Walter Becker
Producer(s)Gary Katz
Steely Dan singles chronology
"Reelin' In the Years"
(1972)
"Show Biz Kids"
(1973)
"My Old School"
(1973)
Official audio
"Show Biz Kids" on YouTube

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

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Steely Dan singles".
  2. ^ Steely Dan USA chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  3. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 21, 1973. p. 21. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
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