Long before "Black Friday" was one of the biggest holiday shopping days of the year, it was the first single from Steely Dan's 1975 opus Katy Lied. While it only reached #37 during its initial run as a single, the song has remained a fixture on pop radio for the past 40+ years as well as a fan favorite in concert.
What's most amazing - to this writer, at least - is the star-studded cast of session players that were amassed for this track and much of the rest of the album, which included future Toto members Jeff Porcaro on drums and David Paich on keyboards, Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers on backing vocals, and guitarist extraordinaire Hugh McCracken.
Quite unintentionally, the success of the song put the Australian town of Muswellbrook on the map after Fagan went to his book of maps to find the town furthest from New York City, where the song's protagonist (if you will) is looking to flee after partaking of an unscrupulous stock deal.
It's only fitting that the song's title is associated these days with yet another capitalist payday.