I think this is a case of the less said about the video, the better. I took a slightly more wistful spin on this "you can never go back home" theme and, according to the lyrics, the thoughts going through the head of a 32-year-old man who is dating a 19-year-old girl in 1980. Draw your own conclusions. "Hey Nineteen" is definitely one of my favorite Steely Dan songs, and it came out at a time when a lot of great music was playing on the airwaves. It was now the winter of 1981, a new president was in office, the Cold War was the worst it had been since the early 1960s, and the 1980s were shaping up to become the last of the great music decades. "Hey Nineteen" peaked at #10 for two weeks on Billboard and Cash Box on February 7, 1981. This is the complete album version.

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