Steely Dan
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This was the title theme for “FM,” an unsuccessful 1978 film about a maverick radio station. Like the film, the song is a paean to the newly dominant FM radio format. In fact, 1978 was the year when FM listenership overtook AM listenership in the US. Some context will help explain why the narrator i...
[Verse 1]
Worry the bottle, Mama
It's grapefruit wine
Kick off your high-heeled sneakers
It's party time
The girls don't seem to care what's on
As long as they play 'til dawn
Nothin' but blues and Elvis
And somebody else's favorite song
[Verse 2]
Give her some funked-up Muzak
She treats you nice
Feed her some hungry reggae
She'll love you twice
The girls don't seem to care tonight
As long as the mood is right
[Chorus]
No static at all
(No static, no static at all)
FM (No static at all)
[Verse 2]
Give her some funked-up Muzak
She treats you nice
Feed her some hungry reggae
She'll love you twice
The girls don't seem to care tonight
As long as the mood is right
[Chorus]
No static at all
(No static, no static at all)
FM (No static at all)
FM was written by Donald Fagen & Walter Becker.
FM was produced by Al Schmitt.