How to Be a ... Zillionaire!

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{{Infobox album

| name = How to Be a ... Zillionaire!

| type = Studio album

| artist = ABC

| cover = Zillionaireversion2.jpg

| alt =

| released = 4 October 1985{{cite magazine |last=Strickland |first=Andy |date=28 September 1985 |title=Index: That's Rich |magazine=Record Mirror |page=2 |issn=0144-5804}}

| recorded = 1984–1985

| venue =

| studio = Jacobs Studios (Farnham, Surrey)

| genre =

• Disco{{cite book |last1= Lewis|first1= Justin|editor1-last=Buckley |editor1-first=Peter |title=The Rough Guide to Rock |date=2003 |publisher=Rough Guides |location=London |isbn=978-1-84353-105-0 |pages= 2-3|edition=3rd|chapter= ABC}}
• electropop

| length = {{duration|m=37|s=52}}

| label = Neutron (UK)
Mercury (US)
Vertigo (Canada)

| producer = * Mark White

• Martin Fry

| prev_title = Beauty Stab

| prev_year = 1983

| next_title = Alphabet City

| next_year = 1987

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative covers

| type = Studio album

| cover = Zillionaireversion3.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = Original CD artwork

}}

{{Singles

| name = How to Be a ... Zillionaire!

| type = Studio album

| single1 = (How to Be A) Millionaire

| single1date = 2 November 1984{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1984/Music-Week-1984-10-27.pdf|title=Music Week|page=28}}

| single2 = Be Near Me

| single2date = 29 March 1985{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1985/Music-Week-1985-03-23-I.pdf|title=Music Week|page=34}}

| single3 = Vanity Kills

| single3date = 31 May 1985{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=ABC&titel=Vanity+Kills&cat=s|title=ABC singles}}

| single4 = Ocean Blue

| single4date = 3 January 1986{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=ABC&titel=Ocean+Blue&cat=s|title=ABC singles}}

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/how-to-be-a-zillionaire%21-mw0000188861 |title=How to Be a... Zillionaire! – ABC |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=1 October 2011 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2007 |publisher=Omnibus Press |location=United Kingdom |isbn=978-1-84609-856-7 |pages=32 |edition=5th Concise}}

| rev3 = Record Mirror

| rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Morton |first=Roger |date=12 October 1985 |title=Albums |magazine=Record Mirror |page=16}}

| rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev4Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite book |chapter=ABC |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |year=2004 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/2 2] }}

| rev5 = Smash Hits

| rev5Score = 8/10{{cite journal |title=ABC: How to Be a... Zillionaire! |journal=Smash Hits |volume=7 |issue=19 |date=25 September 1985 |last=Mills |first=Simon |page=59}}

| rev6 = The Village Voice

| rev6Score = B−{{cite news |url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv12-85.php |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |work=The Village Voice |date=3 December 1985 |accessdate=1 October 2011 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}

}}

How to Be a ... Zillionaire! is the third studio album by English pop band ABC. It was originally released in October 1985, on the labels Neutron, Mercury and Vertigo. The album peaked at No. 28 on the UK Albums Chart and at No. 30 on the Billboard 200.{{cite web|title=ABC|publisher=Official Charts Company|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19344/abc/}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r55 |tab=charts-awards/billboard-single |label="How to Be a...Zillionaire! Charts & Awards Billboard Singles" |accessdate=1 October 2011}} Four singles were released from the album, "(How to Be A) Millionaire" (UK singles chart: No. 49; Billboard Hot 100: No. 20), "Be Near Me" (UK: No. 26; US: No. 9), "Vanity Kills" (UK: No. 74; US: No. 91), and "Ocean Blue", (UK: No. 54). It is the group's only album to feature founder members Martin Fry and Mark White flanked by new members Eden and David Yarritu, the latter two credited merely as "performers" with effectively no or limited musical contribution to the album. The four-piece was also presented in a cartoon form for the album's artwork and promotional videos, and wore outrageous costumes and played false instruments for "live" promotional performances.

In 2005, a digitally remastered CD of the album was released with eight bonus tracks.