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“Root Beer Rag” is a song from Billy Joel’s 1974 album Streetlife Serenade. An instrumental track in a very fast ragtime style, it was later released as the B-side of several singles from Joel’s 52nd Street album, including “Big Shot” in the US, “Until the Night” in the UK, and “Honesty” in Japan and some European countries. A live version was included with the DVD that was part of the 30th anniversary re-release of The Stranger. The German a cappella group Wise Guys recorded a notable cover version of the song. The original version by Joel was also used as the theme music to a 1980s sports program in New Zealand broadcast by TV One. It was also used in the 1980s on Radio Bayern 3 in Germany for the Saturday and Sunday late morning show called Musikbox. The song is in... Read on...