Cousin Dupree

"Cousin Dupree"
"Cousin Dupree"
Single by Steely Dan
from the album Two Against Nature
Released	2000
Recorded	1998
Genre	Rock
Length	5:28
Label	Giant
Songwriter(s)	Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
Producer(s)	Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
Steely Dan singles chronology
Official audio
	Cousin Dupree on YouTube

"Cousin Dupree" is a promo single released in 2000 from Steely Dan's album Two Against Nature, also released that year.

Background

The song's lyrics describe the sexual desires the narrator, Dupree, has for his attractive cousin Janine. In 2001, the song won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

In July 2006, Steely Dan posted a humorous letter on their website saying that the title of Owen Wilson's film You, Me and Dupree was stolen from their song.^[1] The film is about a house guest who overstays his welcome; the song's title character is a slacker who is sleeping on his aunt's couch. Owen Wilson defended himself in similarly deadpan comic fashion, stating, "I have never heard the song 'Cousin Dupree' and I don't even know who this gentleman, Mr. Steely Dan, is. I hope this helps to clear things up and I can get back to concentrating on my new movie, 'HEY 19.'"^[2]

Release

The single included live tracks from the band's American tour. "Aja" is taken from the album Alive in America, while the other two songs are exclusive to the single.^[3]

Tracklisting

All tracks are written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cousin Dupree" (Edit)	4:23
2.	"Aja" (Live)	8:40
3.	"Fall Of '92" (Live)	6:09
4.	"Overture" (Live)	8:00

Personnel

Donald Fagen – Wurlitzer piano, lead vocals
Walter Becker – bass guitar, guitars
Leroy Clouden – drums
Jon Herington – rhythm guitar
Ted Baker – Rhodes piano
Carolyn Leonhart – backup vocals
Amy Helm – whistling

References

^ Becker and Fagen. Open Letter to the Great Comic Actor, Luke Wilson Archived 2013-10-26 at the Wayback Machine (July 17, 2006). Accessed October 3, 2006.
^ AP Owen Wilson Says 'Dupree' Is No Rip-Off (July 28, 2006). Accessed October 3, 2006
^ "Steely Dan – Cousin Dupree". discogs.com. Retrieved 2023-12-18.

External links

Lyrics from Steely Dan website

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[memo-1] Becker and Fagen. Open Letter to the Great Comic Actor, Luke Wilson Archived 2013-10-26 at the Wayback Machine (July 17, 2006). Accessed October 3, 2006.

[Post-2] AP Owen Wilson Says 'Dupree' Is No Rip-Off (July 28, 2006). Accessed October 3, 2006

[3] "Steely Dan – Cousin Dupree". discogs.com. Retrieved 2023-12-18.

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v t e Steely Dan
Donald Fagen Walter Becker Jeff "Skunk" Baxter Denny Dias Jim Hodder David Palmer Royce Jones Michael McDonald Jeff Porcaro
Studio albums	Can't Buy a Thrill (1972) Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) Pretzel Logic (1974) Katy Lied (1975) The Royal Scam (1976) Aja (1977) Gaucho (1980) Two Against Nature (2000) Everything Must Go (2003)
Live albums	Alive in America (1995) Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party (2000) Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Steely Dan (2005) Northeast Corridor (2021)
Singles	"Dallas" "Do It Again" "Reelin' In the Years" "Show Biz Kids" "My Old School" "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" "Pretzel Logic" "Bad Sneakers" "Kid Charlemagne" "Peg" "Deacon Blues" "FM (No Static at All)" "Josie" "Hey Nineteen" "Time Out of Mind" "Cousin Dupree"
Album tracks	"Aja" "Any Major Dude Will Tell You" "Dirty Work" "Only a Fool Would Say That"
Compilations	Greatest Hits (1978) Steely Dan (1978) Gold (1982/91) A Decade of Steely Dan (1985) Reelin' In the Years (1985) Do It Again (1987) Citizen Steely Dan (1993) Then and Now (1993) Showbiz Kids (2000) The Definitive Collection (2006) Found Studio Tracks (2007)
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