DA YA THINK I'M SEXY
Rod Stewart - Carmine Appice - Duane Hitchings
The lead single from the album Bondes Have More Fun, going to #1.
Time - 5:31 / 6:29. Flip Side: "Scarred and Scared".
Released in U.S.A. Nov 10, 1978.
Recorded in 1978. Produced by Tom Dowd. Engineered by Andy Johns.
In 1979, Rod released one of his biggest hits. It was inspired by recent rock artists disco flavoured releases, particurly the Rolling Stones and 'Miss You'. While he briefly gained a disco/pop audience, he alienated his core rock base, many who never came back. Certainly Rod was successful throughout the eighties and into the early nineties, but at a lower level then he had in the seventies. Further headaches came when he was sued by Brazilian artist Jorge Ben Jor for plagiarizing his song 'Taj Mahal'. All royalties were donated to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Years later, Rod did get some positive news, as it was ranked at #308 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. - Larry -
Rod Stewart - lead vocals |
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ROD STEWART - ROD autobiography
(Miss You was) "a rock band's take on disco, a blend that really appealed to me. And so the question was 'Can we come up with something along the lines of that?'"
CARMINE APPICE - 2001
"Rod was always the kind of guy who was always looking at the charts and seeing what was popular. Miss You by the Rolling Stones was the inspiration for Do You Think I’m Sexy. It has the same kind of feel and the same exact tempo. When we did it with the band, we did it raw. Tom Dowd, the producer and Rod wanted to make it different. The put the strings on it and made it sound more disco then it really was. Ya know what? It was #1 in ten countries. It was Rod Stewart’s biggest song and it still makes big money. "
ROD STEWART - ROD autobiography
(on lawsuit) "I held my hand up straight away. Not that I'd stood in the studio and said, 'Here, I know we'll use that tune from "Taj Mahal" as the chorus. The writer lives in Brazil, so he'll never find out.' Clearly the melody had lodged itself in my memory and then resurfaced. Unconscious plagiarism, plain and simple. I handed over the royalties, again wondering whether 'Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?' was partly cursed."
YOU TUBE STUDIO TRACK - OFFICIAL VIDEO YOU TUBE LYRIC VIDEO YOU TUBE PERFORMED LIVE, Los Angeles, 1981 Sugar, sugar She sits alone waiting for suggestions He's so nervous avoiding all the questions His lips are dry, her heart is gently pounding Don't you just know exactly what they're thinking If you want my body and you think I'm sexy come on sugar let me know. If you really need me just reach out and touch me come on honey tell me so Tell me so baby He's acting shy looking for an answer Come on honey let's spend the night together Now hold on a minute before we go much further Give me a dime so I can phone my mother They catch a cab to his high rise apartment At last he can tell her exactly what his heart meant If you want my body and you think I'm sexy come on honey tell me so If you really need me just reach out and touch me come on sugar let me know His heart's beating like a drum 'cos at last he's got this girl home Relax baby now we are alone They wake at dawn 'cos all the birds are singing Two total strangers but that ain't what they're thinking Outside it's cold, misty and it's raining They got each other neither one's complaining He say's I sorry but I'm out of milk and coffee Never mind sugar we can watch the early movie If you want my body and you think I'm sexy come on sugar let me know If you really need me just reach out and touch me come on honey tell me so If you really need me just reach out and touch me come on sugar let me know If you really, really, really, really need me just let me know Just reach out and touch me If you really want me just reach out and touch me come on sugar let me know If you really need me just reach out and touch me come on sugar let me know If you, if you, if you really need me just come on and tell me so