Dirty Work

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"Dirty Work" is a soft rock song by Steely Dan, known for its smooth melody, soulful vocals, and themes of infidelity and moral compromise.

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Dirty Work canonical 1
Dirty Work (song) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
albumArtist Steely Dan NERFINISHED
artist Steely Dan NERFINISHED
composer Donald Fagen NERFINISHED
Walter Becker NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception positive
genre soft rock
yacht rock
hasInstrumentation bass guitar
drums
electric guitar
keyboards
saxophone
hasLyricalPerspective first-person narrator
hasMelodyCharacteristic smooth melody
hasStyleCharacteristic melodic chorus
smooth production
soul-influenced arrangement
hasVocalStyle soulful vocals
includedIn Steely Dan compilation albums NERFINISHED
language English
lyricist Donald Fagen NERFINISHED
Walter Becker NERFINISHED
narrativeRoleOfProtagonist man involved with a married woman
originalReleaseYear 1972
partOfAlbum Can’t Buy a Thrill NERFINISHED
performer Steely Dan NERFINISHED
recordLabel ABC Records NERFINISHED
theme infidelity
moral compromise
trackNumberOnAlbum 2
vocalist David Palmer NERFINISHED

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Steely Dan notableSong Dirty Work
Dirty Work hasPart Dirty Work
this entity surface form: Dirty Work (song)