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"Mr. Roboto" is a song by American rock band Styx, released as the lead single from their eleventh studio album, Kilroy Was Here (1983). It was written by band member Dennis DeYoung. In Canada, it went to number one on the RPM national singles chart. [4] It entered on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and US Cash Box Top 100 on February 12, 1983.
Despite the album's financial and chart success, after the Kilroy tour, the songs were not performed live by the band Styx (who fired DeYoung in 1999) in subsequent tours (with the exception of segments from "Mr. Roboto" and "Heavy Metal Poisoning" performed in the "Cyclo-medley"), until "Mr. Roboto" reappeared in full (in their encore) on May ...
Its lead single, "Mr. Roboto", became Styx's third chart-topper in Canada, was a No. 3 hit in the US, and was their biggest hit in Germany (No. 8). After a six-year break, Styx returned with Edge of the Century (1990), which reached No. 63 in the US with its single, " Show Me the Way ", becoming a top 3 hit in North America in early 1991.
Hit songs, showmanship, singalongs, skilled musicianship. The whole package. 7 cool things about the Styx show: Big encore, 'Mr. Roboto,' Tommy Shaw and full moon fun
Highlights included “Come Sail Away,” “Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)” and “Mr. Roboto.” Styx has so many hits that it would require a show that didn’t include three bands in one ...
Not to dis the Who, of course, but “Mr. Roboto” feature these actual lines: “The time has come at last/To throw away this mask/Now everyone can see/My true identity!”
One song "I Believe In You" received some airplay on Sirius XM and some local radio stations. On New Year's Eve 2007, he performed "Mr. Roboto", "Come Sail Away" and many other Styx classics to a large audience at Victoria Park in Niagara Falls, Canada, and viewers via live television on CHCH-TV Channel 11.
Kilroy Was Here is a short film made to tie in with the Styx album of the same name. [1] [2] It was played at the beginning of each Styx show on their 1983 tour.It was written and directed by Brian Gibson of Still Crazy, What's Love Got to Do With It, The Josephine Baker Story and Poltergeist II fame.