Breakfast in America (song)

"Breakfast in America" is the title track from Supertramp's 1979 album of the same name. Credited to Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, it was a top-ten hit in the UK and a live version of the song reached No. 62 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in January 1981. The lyrics tell about a person who has never been to the United States and fantasizes about it.
Composition.
The inner sleeve of the 1979 "Breakfast in America" album lists one musician – Roger Hodgson or Rick Davies – as composer for each song. For the "Breakfast in America" title track, Davies alone is listed as composer and lyricist. However, the center label of the 12-inch vinyl disc credits all songs to both Hodgson and Davies. Similarly, on the vinyl single, it was credited to Hodgson and Davies.
Supertramp started performing the song during a reunion tour without Hodgson, Hodgson took credit for writing the song, telling reporters that Davies initially "hated" the song, and that he believed Davies did not play on the recording at all. However, in other interviews Hodgson has credited Davies with creating the vocalized retort line, "What's she got? Not a lot." Hodgson included the song in his 2010 world tour, produced as a live album titled "Classics Live".
"Billboard Magazine" writer David Farrell praised John Helliwell's "Benny Goodman-flavoured clarinet solo."
In 2005, rap rock band Gym Class Heroes released the hit song "Cupid's Chokehold", which features the chorus from "Breakfast in America".