Steve Miller Band "Living in the U.S.A"

Hykker,

This track was re-released as a single to promote the
new LP at the time, "Anthology" which covered the Steve
Miller Band's earlier work. And also, this track was
getting heavy FM airplay at the time.

Edited by KentT

Yah Shure wrote: KentT wrote: This track was re-released as a single to promote the new LP at the time, "Anthology" which covered the Steve Miller Band's earlier work. And also, this track was getting heavy FM airplay at the time. To clarify: as Bill had already stated in the post directly above yours, Anthology was already a year and a half old when the decision was made to pull "Living In The U.S.A." as a single from that older LP, since the more-recent The Joker album lacked any further singles potential in Capitol's eyes. Bill had also already mentioned in that same post that the song had become an FM staple by then.

And just to re-clarify: As Bill, KentT, and Yah Shure have already stated, "Living In The USA" was chosen as the next single, even though it had already been released in 1968. Apparently, their most recent LP The Joker did not have a suitable third single.

I'm sure others have also already stated this, but "Living In The USA" had been getting heavy FM airplay by 1974, so it was an obvious choice for the next single.

OK, that will be my only smart a$$ comment today. I think.

Edited by aaronk