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Take the Money and Run
Steve Miller Band
Fly Like an Eagle
Fly Like an Eagle
RaitingSR
Supervision Recommended
Information
Released 1976
Genre Classic Rock
Language English
Source Rock Band Track Pack: Classic Rock
also on iPhone OS
also in Mobile version
Available May 19, 2009 (Pack)
(DLC)
Playable in
Rock Band
Rock Band 2
Rock Band 3
Rock Band Blitz
Rock Band iPhone
Difficulty
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Basic Pro
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Bass 2FcircleFcircleUFCirlceUFCirlceUFCirlce NoNo Part
Drums 4FcircleFcircleFcircleFcircleUFCirlce 4FcircleFcircleFcircleFcircleUFCirlce
Keys NoNo Part NoNo Part
Vocals 3FcircleFcircleFcircleUFCirlceUFCirlce 3FcircleFcircleFcircleUFCirlceUFCirlce
Difficulty (on iPhone OS)
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Guitar 2FcircleFcircleUFCirlceUFCirlceUFCirlce
Bass 2FcircleFcircleUFCirlceUFCirlceUFCirlce
Drums 4FcircleFcircleFcircleFcircleUFCirlce
Vocals 3FcircleFcircleFcircleUFCirlceUFCirlce
Details
Male singer
Drum Solo
3-part Harmonies



Take the Money and Run is a song by Steve Miller Band which was the first song Miller let a rap group sample. He let Run-DMC use it in 2001 with Everlast also on vocals. Miller agreed only after hearing the song and liking what they did with it.

In 2006, the band released a 30th Anniversary Edition of the Fly Like an Eagle album. Included as a bonus track was "Take the Joker and Run," which is an acoustic version of "Take the Money and Run" sung over an early version of "The Joker." (Thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

The title is also the name of an unrelated 1969 Woody Allen film. (Thanks, Brett - Edmonton, Canada)

The song was also done in a Country style by Canadian Julian Austin in 2000. It's on his Back in Your Life CD. The song always had a Country feel to it, so it works well with fiddles. Austin was born in St. John, New Brunswick.

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