Mr. Roboto
	Produced and Arranged by Styx
	Released on February 1983
	US CHART POSITION #3 (charted 2/18/83 for 18 weeks) . . . GOLD RECORD (5/16/83)
	Find it at GEMM
AM-2525 wo. picture sleeve

I ’m usually quick to point out that Americans as a consuming entity have terrible taste, but then there are anomalies like “Mr. Roboto,” which sold over 500,000 copies in this country. Almost makes me proud to be an American. The opening track from the concept album Kilroy Was Here, this song is one of the most intelligent and ambitious songs to ever find mass acceptance in the US (okay, that’s a ridiculous statement, but I’m just so surprised how much smarter this is than, say, “Mickey” by Toni Basil). The irony is, “Mr. Roboto” is remembered as something of a harmless novelty song now, much as Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Just goes to show you the evil power of advertising. The B side is a track from the earlier Paradise Theater, “Snowblind.” Damn good song, the intro reminds me a lot of Camel before it develops into a slow, gutsy sort of grind.

TRACK LISTING

1. MR. ROBOTO    (Dennis DeYoung)    4:44
2. SNOWBLIND    (James Young/Dennis DeYoung)    4:58
   
   A&M back-to-back hits reissue
   
1. MR. ROBOTO
2. DON'T LET IT END

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