Take the Money and Run (Steve Miller Band song)

"Take the Money and Run"
Single by Steve Miller Band
from the album Fly Like an Eagle
B-side"Sweet Maree"
ReleasedApril 26, 1976 (US)
  • May 21, 1976 (UK) [1]
GenreRock[2]
Length2:50
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Steve Miller
Producer(s)Steve Miller
Steve Miller Band singles chronology
"The Joker"
(1973)
"Take the Money and Run"
(1976)
"Rock'n Me"
(1976)
Official Audio
"Take the Money and Run" on YouTube

"Take the Money and Run" is a song recorded in 1976 by the Steve Miller Band. A song about two young (possibly teenage) bandits and the detective pursuing them, it was one of the many hit singles produced by the Steve Miller Band in the 1970s and featured on the 1976 album Fly Like an Eagle. The song peaked at number 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in July 1976[3] and also charted in Australia.[4] [5]

  1. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Steve Miller Band - Take The Money And Run". hitparade.ch.
  2. ^ Milward, John (2013). Crossroads: How the Blues Shaped Rock 'n' Roll (and Rock Saved the Blues). UPNE. p. 16. ISBN 9781555537449.
  3. ^ "Take The Money And Run". Billboard. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  4. ^ "Key & BPM for Take The Money And Run by Steve Miller Band | Tunebat". Tunebat.com.
  5. ^ "Take The Money And Run by Steve Miller Band - Songfacts". Songfacts.com.