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- Root_Beer_Rag aSide ""Big Shot" (US)".
- Root_Beer_Rag aSide ""Honesty" (Japan & others)".
- Root_Beer_Rag aSide ""Until the Night" (UK)".
- Root_Beer_Rag abstract "\"Root Beer Rag\" is a song from Billy Joel's 1974 album Streetlife Serenade. An instrumental track in a very fast ragtime style, it was later released as the B-side of several singles from Joel's 52nd Street album, including \"Big Shot\" in the US, \"Until the Night\" in the UK, and \"Honesty\" in Japan and some European countries. A live version was included with the DVD that was part of the 30th anniversary re-release of The Stranger.The German a cappella group Wise Guys recorded a notable cover version of the song. The original version by Joel was also used as the theme music to a 1980s sports program in New Zealand broadcast by TV One. It was also used in the 1980s on Radio Bayern 3 in Germany for the Saturday and Sunday late morning show called Musikbox. The song is in C major and is one of three studio instrumentals that he has released.\"Root Beer Rag\" was also the name of a Billy Joel newsletter (now defunct) published in the late 1970s to early 1980s.In response to an audience question about the song's origin during one of Joel's musical lectures, Joel gave the following explanation: I got my first Moog Synthesizer. This was in the mid 70s and I got my first Moog and I put it on every record. I said 'I have to write an instrumental where I can use this Moog Synthesizer. It kinda turned me off the synthesizers forever after. That's why I wrote that song. Just purely out of stupid self-indulgence.Author Ken Bielen describes \"Root Beer Rag\" as a fast ragtime piano work. Joel biographer Hank Bordowitz describes the song as \"homebrewed ragtime.\". Other instruments include Moog synthesizer, pedal steel guitar and drums, the latter of which are played with drum brushes. A figure used in the beginning and then throughout the song is similar to one that Joel would use the introductions of later songs, including \"Prelude/Angry Young Man.\"Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine calls \"Root Beer Rag\" \"admittedly enjoyable\" and suggests that it was influenced by the movie The Sting and that movie's Scott Joplin-based soundtrack.In 2014, the song was featured in the documentary film Life Itself.".
- Root_Beer_Rag album Streetlife_Serenade.
- Root_Beer_Rag genre Ragtime.
- Root_Beer_Rag musicalArtist Billy_Joel.
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- Root_Beer_Rag producer Michael_Stewart_(musician).
- Root_Beer_Rag recordLabel Columbia_Records.
- Root_Beer_Rag recordedIn North_Hollywood,_Los_Angeles.
- Root_Beer_Rag releaseDate "1974-10-11".
- Root_Beer_Rag runtime "179.0".
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- Root_Beer_Rag wikiPageWikiLinkText "Root Beer Rag".
- Root_Beer_Rag writer Billy_Joel.
- Root_Beer_Rag aSide ""Big Shot"".
- Root_Beer_Rag aSide ""Honesty"".
- Root_Beer_Rag aSide ""Until the Night"".
- Root_Beer_Rag album Streetlife_Serenade.
- Root_Beer_Rag artist Billy_Joel.
- Root_Beer_Rag caption "Label to the US single release as B-side of "Big Shot"".
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- Root_Beer_Rag genre Ragtime.
- Root_Beer_Rag label Columbia_Records.
- Root_Beer_Rag length "179.0".
- Root_Beer_Rag name "Root Beer Rag".
- Root_Beer_Rag next ""Roberta"".
- Root_Beer_Rag nextNo "5".
- Root_Beer_Rag prev ""The Great Suburban Showdown"".
- Root_Beer_Rag prevNo "3".
- Root_Beer_Rag producer Michael_Stewart_(musician).
- Root_Beer_Rag recorded "Devonshire Sound, North Hollywood, CA".
- Root_Beer_Rag released "--10-11".
- Root_Beer_Rag released "1979".
- Root_Beer_Rag this ""Root Beer Rag"".
- Root_Beer_Rag trackNo "4".
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- Root_Beer_Rag writer "Billy Joel".
- Root_Beer_Rag subject Category:1974_songs.
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- Root_Beer_Rag subject Category:Song_recordings_produced_by_Michael_Stewart_(musician).
- Root_Beer_Rag subject Category:Songs_written_by_Billy_Joel.
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- Root_Beer_Rag comment "\"Root Beer Rag\" is a song from Billy Joel's 1974 album Streetlife Serenade. An instrumental track in a very fast ragtime style, it was later released as the B-side of several singles from Joel's 52nd Street album, including \"Big Shot\" in the US, \"Until the Night\" in the UK, and \"Honesty\" in Japan and some European countries.".
- Root_Beer_Rag label "Root Beer Rag".