Cousin Dupree

1999 song performed by Steely Dan

"Cousin Dupree"

Single by Steely Dan
from the album  Two Against Nature
Released| 1999
Recorded| 1998
Genre| Rock
Length| 5:28
Label| Giant
Songwriter(s)| Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
Producer(s)| Walter Becker, Donald Fagen
Steely Dan singles chronology
| "Time Out of Mind"
(1981)  | "Cousin Dupree"
(1999)  | "What a Shame About Me"
(2000)

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Music video
Cousin Dupree on YouTube

"Cousin Dupree" is the first single from Steely Dan's 2000 album Two Against Nature. The song's lyrics describe the sexual desires the titular Dupree has for his attractive cousin. In 2001, the song won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

In July 2006, Steely Dan posted a humorous letter on their website saying that the title of Owen Wilson's film You, Me and Dupree was stolen from their song.[1] The film is about a house guest who overstays his welcome; the song's title character is a slacker who is sleeping on his aunt's couch. Owen Wilson defended himself in similarly deadpan comic fashion, stating, "I have never heard the song 'Cousin Dupree' and I don't even know who this gentleman, Mr. Steely Dan, is. I hope this helps to clear things up and I can get back to concentrating on my new movie, 'HEY 19.'"[2]

## Personnel[edit]

* Donald Fagen – Wurlitzer piano, lead vocals
* Walter Becker – bass guitar, guitars
* Leroy Clouden – drums
* Jon Herington – rhythm guitar
* Ted Baker – Rhodes piano
* Carolyn Leonhart – backup vocals
* Amy Helm – whistling

## External links[edit]

* Lyrics from Steely Dan website

## References[edit]

1. ^ Becker and Fagen. Open Letter to the Great Comic Actor, Luke Wilson Archived 2013-10-26 at the Wayback Machine (July 17, 2006). Accessed October 3, 2006.
2. ^ AP Owen Wilson Says 'Dupree' Is No Rip-Off (July 28, 2006). Accessed October 3, 2006

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Steely Dan

* Donald Fagen

* Walter Becker
* Jeff "Skunk" Baxter
* Denny Dias
* Jim Hodder
* David Palmer
* Royce Jones
* Michael McDonald
* Jeff Porcaro

Studio albums|

* Can't Buy a Thrill (1972)
* Countdown to Ecstasy (1973)
* Pretzel Logic (1974)
* Katy Lied (1975)
* The Royal Scam (1976)
* Aja (1977)
* Gaucho (1980)
* Two Against Nature (2000)
* Everything Must Go (2003)

Live albums|

* Alive in America (1995)
* Plush TV Jazz-Rock Party (2000)
* Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz with Steely Dan (2005)
* Northeast Corridor (2021)

Singles|

* "Dallas"
* "Do It Again"
* "Reelin' In the Years"
* "Show Biz Kids"
* "My Old School"
* "Rikki Don't Lose That Number"
* "Pretzel Logic"
* "Bad Sneakers"
* "Kid Charlemagne"
* "Peg"
* "Deacon Blues"
* "FM (No Static at All)"
* "Josie"
* "Hey Nineteen"
* "Cousin Dupree"
* "Janie Runaway"

Album tracks|

* "Aja"
* "Any Major Dude Will Tell You"
* "Dirty Work"

Compilations|

* Greatest Hits (1978)
* Steely Dan (1978)
* Gold (1982/91)
* A Decade of Steely Dan (1985)
* Reelin' In the Years (1985)
* Do It Again (1987)
* Citizen Steely Dan (1993)
* Then and Now (1993)
* Showbiz Kids (2000)
* The Definitive Collection (2006)

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