| "Only a Fool Would Say That" | |
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 US b-side vinyl label | |
| Song by Steely Dan | |
| from the album Can't Buy a Thrill | |
| A-side | "Reelin' In the Years" |
| Released | March 1973[1] |
| Genre | Soft rock |
| Length | 2:57 |
| Label | ABC |
| Songwriter | Donald Fagen • Walter Becker |
| Producer | Gary Katz |
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| "Only a Fool Would Say That" on YouTube | |
"Only a Fool Would Say That" is a song by the American rock band Steely Dan from their 1972 debut album Can't Buy a Thrill, written by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker.
"Only a Fool Would Say That" is a song with lyrics rumoured to mock John Lennon’s 1971 song "Imagine".[2] In 2024, American Songwriter claimed that the lyrics were chiding Lennon for "being out of touch with reality."[3]
The track ends with the phrase "Solamente un tonto diría eso", Spanish for "only a fool would say that", spoken by Jeff "Skunk" Baxter.
"Only a Fool Would Say That" was released in March 1973 as the B-side to the single "Reelin' In the Years".[4]
Mojo magazine ranked it number 25 in their list of Steely Dan's 30 greatest songs.[5] The British broadcast service BBC called it "quintessential Dan: mellifluous yet mordant, easy on the ear but as caustic as any dissection of the American dream."[6]
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