Glamour Boys (song)

"Glamour Boys"
Single by Living Colour
from the album Vivid
Released1988
Recorded1987–1988
Genre
Length3:40
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)Vernon Reid
Producer(s)Mick Jagger
Living Colour singles chronology
"Cult of Personality"
(1988)
"Glamour Boys"
(1988)
"Open Letter (To a Landlord)"
(1988)

"Glamour Boys" is the third single released by Living Colour from their 1988 debut album Vivid. It was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1990. The song reached #31 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4]

Lyrically, "Glamour Boys" discusses young men obsessed with aspects of high society such as clothing and parties. The chorus shouts "I ain't no glamour boy - I'm fierce!"

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