When told they could not appropriate "People Like Us", Preppies opening song, the pair wrote another song, "My Kind of People", which resembles "People Like Us" and was intended to satirize "the lifestyle of old decadent old-money WASPs", but to meet producers' demands, they rewrote the lyrics to be about "likeable losers" in a Boston bar.
When forbidden from using "People Like Us", Preppies' opening song, the duo composed another tune, "My Kind of People," which echoes "People Like Us" and was intended to satirize the lifestyle of affluent WASPs, but to satisfy producers' demands, they altered the lyrics to be about "likeable losers" in a Boston bar.