"Glamour Boys" | ||||||||||
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Single by Living Colour | ||||||||||
from the album Vivid | ||||||||||
Released | 1988 | |||||||||
Format | CD, Vinyl, Cassette | |||||||||
Recorded | 1987–1988 | |||||||||
Genre | Hard rock, funk rock | |||||||||
Length | 3:40 | |||||||||
Label | Epic | |||||||||
Writer(s) | Vernon Reid | |||||||||
Producer(s) | Mick Jagger | |||||||||
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"Glamour Boys" is a fourth single released by Living Colour from their 1988 debut album Vivid. It was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1990. The song reached #31 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Lyrically, "Glamour Boys" discusses young men obsessed with aspects of high society such as clothing and parties. The chorus shouts "I ain't no glamour boy - I'm fierce!"