Bad Sneakers

"Bad Sneakers"
"Bad Sneakers"
Single by Steely Dan
from the album Katy Lied
B-side	"Chain Lightning"
Released	23 August 1975
Recorded	November 1974 -; January 1975;; ABC Recording Studios Inc.,; Los Angeles
Genre	Rock, jazz rock
Length	3:16
Label	ABC
Songwriter(s)	Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
Producer(s)	Gary Katz
Steely Dan singles chronology

"Bad Sneakers" is a song by jazz rock band Steely Dan. It was released as the second track on their 1975 album Katy Lied.^[2] Producer Gary Katz later regretted not releasing the song as the first single.^[3]

It also appears on the compilation albums A Decade of Steely Dan^[4] and Citizen Steely Dan.

Michael McDonald's vocals on the song are some of his first for the band;^[5] he would continue to perform background vocals for the band in recordings until 1980.^[6]

Personnel[]

Donald Fagen – lead vocals
Michael Omartian – piano
Walter Becker – lead guitar
Hugh McCracken – rhythm guitar
Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
Jeff Porcaro – drums
Victor Feldman – percussion, vibraphone
Michael McDonald – backing vocals

Covers[]

The alternative band The Push Stars covered the song for the Me, Myself & Irene (2000) soundtrack.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ "Steely Dan singles".
^ Steely Dan – Katy Lied Discogs
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2008-01-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ A Decade of Steely Dan Discogs
^ Michael McDonald's Massive Body of Session Work (Non Doobie-Brothers)
^ Michael McDonald at Everything₂

External links[]

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[1] "Steely Dan singles".

[2] Steely Dan – Katy Lied Discogs

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2008-01-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] A Decade of Steely Dan Discogs

[5] Michael McDonald's Massive Body of Session Work (Non Doobie-Brothers)

[6] Michael McDonald at Everything₂

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hide v t Steely Dan
Donald Fagen Walter Becker Jeff "Skunk" Baxter Denny Dias Jim Hodder David Palmer Royce Jones Michael McDonald Jeff Porcaro
Studio albums	Can't Buy a Thrill (1972) Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) Pretzel Logic (1974) Katy Lied (1975) The Royal Scam (1976) Aja (1977) Gaucho (1980) Two Against Nature (2000) Everything Must Go (2003)
Live albums	Alive in America (1995) Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party (2000) Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Steely Dan (2005)
Singles	"Dallas" "Do It Again" "Reelin' In the Years" "Show Biz Kids" "My Old School" "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" "Pretzel Logic" "Bad Sneakers" "Kid Charlemagne" "Peg" "Deacon Blues" "FM (No Static at All)" "Josie" "Hey Nineteen" "Cousin Dupree" "Janie Runaway"
Album tracks	"Aja" "Any Major Dude Will Tell You" "Dirty Work"
Compilations	Greatest Hits (1978) Steely Dan (1978) Gold (1982/91) A Decade of Steely Dan (1985) Reelin' In the Years (1987) Do It Again (1987) Citizen Steely Dan (1993) Then and Now (1993) Showbiz Kids (2000) The Definitive Collection (2006)
Related articles	Discography Gary Katz Roger Nichols
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