Australian singles chart:
FM (No Static at All) entered the Kent Music Report on 26 June 1978 and peaked at #87.
Album:
The song is on the FM soundtrack album which entered the Kent Music Report album charts on 15 May 1978 and peaked at #12.
Songwriters:
Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
Producer:
Al Schmitt
Record label of Australian release:
MCA
FM live in 2003:
Wikipedia:
FM (No Static at All) by Steely Dan is the title theme for the 1978 film FM. A jazz-rock composition of bass, guitar and piano, its lyrics criticise the album-oriented rock format of many FM radio stations at that time, in contrast to the film’s celebration of the medium.
FM was recorded during the same sessions as for the band’s album Aja, using some of the same studio musicians and recording personnel, in addition to band members and songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_(No_Static_at_All)
Lyrics:
Worry the bottle Mamma, it’s grapefruit wine
Kick off your high heel sneakers, it’s party time
The girls don’t seem to care what’s on
As long as they play till dawn
Nothin’ but blues and Elvis
And somebody else’s favourite song
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