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About This Track
As tight and right as ‘blue eyed soul’ gets. Although the production values may seem dated to some, the clarity of the vocals carries this song across three decades.
“Rich Girl” is a song by Daryl Hall and John Oates. On March 26, 1977, it became their first (of six) number one singles on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. The single originally appeared on the 1976 album Bigger Than Both of Us.
The song’s lyrics are about a spoiled girl who can rely on her parents’ money to do whatever she wants. The song was rumored to be about the then-scandalous newspaper heiress Patty Hearst. In fact, the title character in the song is based on a spoiled heir to a fast-food chain who was an ex-boyfriend of Daryl Hall’s girlfriend, Sara Allen. “But you can’t write, ‘You’re a rich boy’ in a song, so I changed it to a girl,” Hall told Rolling Stone.[1]
Several years later, Hall read an interview with David Berkowitz, the Son of Sam killer, in which Berkowitz claimed that “Rich Girl” had motivated him to murder (though interestingly, the song was not released until after the Son of Sam murders had already begun, casting doubts on that suggestion). Hall & Oates later reflected this disturbing fact in the lyrics of the song “Diddy Doo Wop (I Hear Voices)” on the album Voices.[1]
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abunono The cow and the horses stood on their heads,the guests all bounded from their beds.
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ericshep great live version!
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sacredsailor Such an amazing song.
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freekykoolcat i think i knew the girl they're singing about!?!
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wildtony40 good song.
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Betongpfeiler Ahhh, I remember this. They gave me a price-voucher for my finals. I was meant to buy a scientific textbook @the local bookstore. There I saw this album and bought it :-))))))
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cewelsch89 I fucking love it...I mean, do Hall & Oates have any bad songs?!
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risico001 Youuu can rely on the old mans money!
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Retro_Saiyan Bitch Girl.
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whatanight I hope Rich Dog
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squidpants JAM
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AndoDoug If they'd tried to put on an authentic Soul/R&B front it would never have been as successful - they absorbed elements of New Wave and Hard Rock to make it less authentic/stodgy and more just their own schtick. I bet they're proud of Nina Simone's cover of Rich Girl on the At Drury Lane 1977 bootleg.
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T-DubinCali They're not from Philly.......they're from McKee's Rocks......closr to Piitsburgh
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watawn the good old days :)
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dangergirl717 Keep dreaming buddy....~
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phterrell in 1978 i was a senior in high school and my uncle got me a backstage pass to a hall & oates show... and i had sex with daryl while john watched. the tape's floating around here somewhere, i'll see if i can post it. THANKS GUYS!
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hirma_h19 good
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dummAZZ
i lov this song tho it maks me sad i miss my rich girl
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firthoffifthtom Is Daryl the one that is so vain according to Carly/ It is a secret you know about who it is she referenced in the great song. Just a thought is all, Daryl was not that bad was he in 74? 75?
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scoobiedooby So far gone.
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