Haitian Divorce
An engineer's trip to Haiti turned into a UK-only single and the band's best chart showing outside America.
Steely Dan, from The Royal Scam (1976)
- Written by
- Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
- Released
- 1976
- Length
- 5:47
- Album
- The Royal Scam
Engineer Elliot Scheiner asked for time off during the sessions to fly to Haiti, where he could get a divorce quickly, and his lawyer had told him to do it before year's end for tax reasons. Becker and Fagen pressed him for details, and after his return they asked him to recount the trip. With fictional elements added, it became the song.
It was issued as a single only in the UK, where it reached 17, the highest chart position of any Steely Dan single outside the United States.
More songs by Steely Dan
Do It Again, Reelin' In the Years, My Old School, Rikki Don't Lose That Number, Black Friday, Kid Charlemagne, Aja, Deacon Blues, Peg, Babylon Sisters, The Second Arrangement
Sources
- The Royal Scam, Wikipedia
- The Royal Scam, master release, Discogs