(How to Be A) Millionaire

"(How to Be A) Millionaire"
"(How to Be A) Millionaire"
Single by ABC
from the album How to Be a ... Zillionaire!
B-side	"(How to Be A) Billionaire"
Released	2 November 1984
Recorded	1984
Genre	Synth-pop
Length	3:34
Label	Mercury; Neutron; Phonogram; Vertigo;
Songwriter(s)	Martin Fry; Mark White;
Producer(s)	Martin Fry; Mark White;
ABC singles chronology

"(How to Be A) Millionaire" is a song by 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 100^[3] and No. 4 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart.^[4]

Composition

The song is in a D key and a major mode with a BPM of 122.

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.^[5]

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)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	49
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	20
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	4

In popular culture

The CBS Orchestra played the song for Regis Philbin when he was a guest on the Late Show with David Letterman.^[6] 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

^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 28.
^ Phares, Heather. ABC - 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of ABC (2000) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
^ "ABC Chart History". Billboard.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 16.
^ (How to Be A) Millionaire. MTV. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015.
^ Letterman – Regis Is Shrek – YouTube

External links

"(How to Be A) Millionaire" at Discogs (list of releases)

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[1] "Music Week" (PDF). p. 28.

[AllMusic_Phares-2] Phares, Heather. ABC - 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of ABC (2000) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 March 2024.

[3] "ABC Chart History". Billboard.

[4] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 16.

[5] (How to Be A) Millionaire. MTV. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015.

[6] Letterman – Regis Is Shrek – YouTube

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v t e ABC
Martin Fry Stephen Singleton Mark White Mark Lickley David Robinson David Palmer Fiona Russell Powell David Yarritu
Studio albums	The Lexicon of Love Beauty Stab How to Be a ... Zillionaire! Alphabet City Up Abracadabra Skyscraping Traffic The Lexicon of Love II
Live albums	The Lexicon of Live
Compilation albums	Absolutely Look of Love: The Very Best of ABC The Ultimate Collection
Singles	"Tears Are Not Enough" "Poison Arrow" "The Look of Love (Part One)" "All of My Heart" "That Was Then but This Is Now" "S.O.S." "(How to Be a) Millionaire" "Be Near Me" "Vanity Kills" "Ocean Blue" "When Smokey Sings" "The Night You Murdered Love" "King Without a Crown" "One Better World" "The Real Thing" "The Look of Love (1990 Mix)" "Love Conquers All" "Say It" "Stranger Things" "Skyscraping" "Rolling Sevens"
Related articles	Discography Vice Versa Honeyroot