The cover of the "Kid Charlemagne" single features Fagen (top) and Becker (bottom)
Single by Steely Dan
from the album The Royal Scam
B-side
"Green Earrings"
Released
June 1976 [1]
Genre
Jazz rock
Length
4:38 (album version) 3:56 (single version)
Label
ABC
Songwriter(s)
Walter Becker
Donald Fagen
Producer(s)
Gary Katz
Steely Dan singles chronology
"Bad Sneakers" (1975)
"Kid Charlemagne" (1976)
"The Fez" (1976)
Official audio
"Kid Charlemagne" on YouTube
"Kid Charlemagne" is a song by the rock group Steely Dan, which was released as a single from their 1976 album The Royal Scam as its opening track and reached number 82 in the Billboard charts.[2] It is a fusion of a funk rhythm and jazz harmonies with rock and roll instrumentals and lyrical style. The guitar solo by jazz fusion guitarist Larry Carlton was ranked #80 in the list of the 100 greatest guitar solos by Rolling Stone.[3]
^"Steely Dan singles".
^Steely Dan USA chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
^"The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 30, 2008. Retrieved 2017-05-05.. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
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