(How to Be A) Millionaire

1984 song by the English band ABC June 2024 January 2014 (How to Be A) Millionaire HowToBeAMillionaire.jpg single ABC How to Be a ... Zillionaire! (How to Be A) Billionaire 1984 11 02 yhttps://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1984/Music-Week-1984-10-27.pdf Music Week 28 1984 Synth-popalbum mw0000069148 ABC - 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of ABC (2000) Review Phares Heather 18 March 2024 3:34 * Mercury Neutron Phonogram Vertigo * Martin Fry Mark White * Martin Fry Mark White S.O.S. 1984 Be Near Me 1985 "(How to Be A) Millionaire" is a song by the English pop band ABC. It was the first single taken from their third studio album, How to Be a ... Zillionaire! (1985). The single peaked at a modest No. 49 on the UK Singles Chart, though it fared better in the US where it reached No. 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100ABC Chart History Billboard http://www.billboard.com/artist/275306/abc/chart and No. 4 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003 Whitburn Joel Joel Whitburn 2004 Record Research 16 Critical reception Upon its release, the song received a poor reception by Smash Hits reviewer Neil Tennant who found ABC imitating American dance records "There's no originality or feeling - ABC are just desperately apeing an already over-imitated sound."Singles Tennant, Neil Smash Hits 21 November 1984 20 Music video The animated music video shows a cartoon Martin Fry and Mark White being overwhelmed by their luxury goods, which are continually growing in size. The other two band members make a brief appearance also in animated form.(How to Be A) Millionaire MTV http://www.mtv.co.uk/abc/videos/how-to-be-a-millionaire https://web.archive.org/web/20150723134353/http://www.mtv.co.uk/abc/videos/how-to-be-a-millionaire dead 23 July 2015 Track listing 7": Neutron NT107 "(How to Be A) Millionaire" – 3:30 "(How to Be A) Billionaire" – 3:37 12": Neutron NTXR 107 "(How to Be A) Zillionaire" (Bond Street Mix) – 6:05 "(How to Be A) Millionaire" (Single Remix) – 3:31 "(How to Be A) Millionaire" (A Capella Version) – 3:30 12": Neutron NTX 107 "(How to Be A) Zillionaire" (Wall Street Mix) – 7:33 "(How to Be A) Millionaire" – 3:31 "(How to Be A) Millionaire" (Accapella) – 3:30 "(How to Be A) Millionaire" (Nickel & Dime Mix) – 5:22 (included on US version only) Chart performance Chart (1986)PeakpositionUK Singles Chart49U.S. Billboard Hot 10020U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play4 In popular culture The CBS Orchestra played the song for Regis Philbin when he was a guest on the Late Show with David Letterman.Letterman – Regis Is Shrek – YouTube Philbin was the former host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire for the ABC television network. The song appears in Party Monster (2003). The song appears on the in-game radio station Wave 103 in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, released in 2006. References External links single 30413 Category:1984 songs Category:1984 singles Category:ABC (band) songs Category:Songs written by Martin Fry Category:Songs written by Mark White (musician) Category:Mercury Records singles Category:Animated music videos