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"Worn Down Piano" is a song by the American group The Mark & Clark Band, from their album Double Take.[1] The song was written in 1977 by twin brothers Clark and Mark Seymour. Produced by Ron Dante (The Archies, "Sugar Sugar".) It was released as a single.

The song (duration 8:10) is about a piano that is being bid for at an auction. It starts in 6/8 time and changes to 4/4 time at the beginning of the piano solo.

The song reached sixth place in the Dutch Top 40.[2] Since 2000, "Worn Down Piano" has consistently been in the Top 2000, a popular Dutch year-end list, peaking at number 59 in the 2002 edition.[3]

Credits

These musicians appear on the recording:[4]

• Clark Seymour, piano, vocals
• Mark Seymour, piano, vocals
• Allan Schwartzberg, drums
• Errol "Crusher" Bennett, percussion
• Elliott Randall, guitar
• Frank Owens, keyboards
• Hugh McCracken, guitar
• Jimmy Maelen, percussion
• Jimmy Young, drums
• John Tropea, guitar
• Kenneth Bichel, synthesizer
• Paul Shaffer, keyboards
• Will Lee, bass

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