You Sexy Thing

History

Initially, the song is a B side . Not convinced that it will be a success, the producer puts it behind the single Blue Night . The song is remixed later and Most reissues it as a single a few months later on his label RAK Records . The song becomes a success and the best known of the group. In the UK, the song ranks second, behind Bohemian Rhapsody of Queen ¹ .

A remix of Ben Liebrand  (en) ranks tenth in 1987 ² . He finished sixth in 1997 at the release of The Full Monty ³ . We hear this song at first when Gaz (played by Robert Carlyle ) starts a striptease to convince that he can do it too.

We also hear You Sexy Thing in Boogie Nights , Reservoir Dogs , The Bicentennial Man , The Gourmet Colo , Rat Race , Hey man! Where is my box? , Deuce Bigalow: Gigolo at any cost , One night in New York , Big Mamma: From father to son , Buddies forever , as well as in series like Hot in Cleveland or Nip / Tuck (4×01).

It is the only title to be ranked in the Top Ten of the UK Singles Chart in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

Structure

You Sexy Thing has a simple structure, alternating two chords (Fa and Si ♭). It has a chorus-verse form. The song is distinguished by its intermittently repeated six-note riff, played on a slightly saturated electric guitar on a high treble setting and with a perceptible vibrato. Avoiding rock drums, the song uses hand drums like tablas . Some violins accompany the rhythmic part. Brown sings in the style of soul, shouting like The Isley Brothers did .

Reversals

You Sexy Thing is taken over by Tom Tom Club on the album Dark Sneak Love Action then by Deee-Lite in 1994. In 1997, in addition to the original title, two covers come out; these three titles rank in the UK Singles Chart. The first is duo dance clock. The second by the pop duo t-shirt with actress Chloe Treend and singer Miranda Cooper  (in) makes a success in Australia ⁴ and in New Zealand. They take the lyrics and the original music by adding rap segments. The group Stereophonics publishes its version on Radio 1 Established 1967 . Bruce Springsteen sometimes takes this piece in his concerts.

Ranking

Charts

Notes and references