Hey Nineteen
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| Single by Steely Dan | ||||
| from the album Gaucho | ||||
| B-side | "Bodhisattva (Live)" | |||
| Released | November 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion, soft rock | |||
| Length | 5:10 4:44 (7" version) |
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| Label | MCA | |||
| Writer(s) | Walter Becker, Donald Fagen | |||
| Producer(s) | Gary Katz | |||
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"Hey Nineteen" is a song by American jazz rock band Steely Dan, written by members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, and released on their 1980 album Gaucho.
According to one reviewer's interpretation, the song "was about a middle-aged man's disappointment with a young lover ("Hey Nineteen, that's 'Retha Franklin / She don't remember the Queen of Soul / It's hard times befallen the Soul Survivors / She thinks I'm crazy but I'm just growing old")."
"Hey Nineteen" peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1981, and #68 on the R&B Singles chart.
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