You Sexy Thing
"You Sexy Thing" | ||||
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Hot Chocolate | ||||
from the album Hot Chocolate | ||||
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Released | October 1975 | |||
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"You Sexy Thing" (album version) on YouTube |
"You Sexy Thing" is a song by British
Overview
The song was originally a
A 1987 remix by Ben Liebrand hit number 10.[6] The release of the compilation album The Very Best of Hot Chocolate, featuring the Liebrand remix, reached number one on the UK Albums Chart in February 1987. Ten years later, when it was featured in the film The Full Monty, it went to number six.[6] In the film, the male lead Gaz (played by Robert Carlyle) performs a striptease to the music of "You Sexy Thing". Another US resurgence in 1999 can be credited to a Burger King television commercial in which the song played while the camera examined a Double Whopper. In addition, it is the only song to have entered the UK Top Ten in the 1970s, '80s, and '90s.[7]
Composition
The sheet music for "You Sexy Thing" shows the key of F major.[8]
Track listings
1975 release
- 7-inch single (Europe, Japan)
- "You Sexy Thing" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) – 4:04
- "A Warm Smile" (Harvey Hinsley, Patrick Olive, Tony Connor) – 5:23
- 7-inch single (1) (North America)
- "You Sexy Thing" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) – 3:30
- "Amazing Skin Song" (Errol Brown) – 4:04
- 7-inch single (2) (North America)
- "You Sexy Thing" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) – 3:30
- "Call the Police" (Tony Wilson) – 4:04
1987 re-release (remix by Ben Liebrand)
- 7-inch single
- "You Sexy Thing" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) – 3:46
- "Every 1's a Winner" (Errol Brown) – 4:01
- 12-inch single (1)
- "You Sexy Thing (Extended Replay Mix)" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) – 7:07
- "You Sexy Thing (Sexy Bonus Beats)" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) – 2:33
- "You Sexy Thing (Sexy Instrumental)" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) – 3:58
- "Every 1's a Winner" (Errol Brown) – 4:01
- 12-inch single (2)
- "You Sexy Thing (Extended Replay Mix)" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) – 7:07
- "Megamix" – 9:27
- "Emma" (E. Brown*, T. Wilson)
- "So You Win Again" (Russ Ballard)
- "You Sexy Thing" (E. Brown, T. Wilson)
- "Every 1's a Winner" (Brown)
- "You Could've Been a Lady" (Brown)
- "Heaven Is in the Back Seat of My Cadillac" (Brown)
- "Every 1's a Winner" (Errol Brown) – 4:01
1997 re-release
- CD single
- "You Sexy Thing" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) – 4:02
- "You Sexy Thing (Remix)" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) – 3:46
- "Every 1's a Winner (Groove Mix)" (Errol Brown) – 3:54
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[31] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA)[32] | Gold | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Cover versions
In 1997, two covers were released at almost the same time as the re-issue of the Hot Chocolate original. One cover was by pop duo
T-Shirt version
"You Sexy Thing" | |
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Single by T-Shirt | |
Released | 25 August 1997[33] |
Length | 3:59 |
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YouTube |
Actress Chloé Treend and songwriter
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[42] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[43] | Platinum | 10,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
Clock version
"U Sexy Thing" | ||||
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Released | 6 October 1997[44] | |||
Genre | Eurodance | |||
Length | 3:39 | |||
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Music video | ||||
"You Sexy Thing" on YouTube |
British
Critical reception
A reviewer from
Charts
Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[47] | 100 |
Europe ( Eurochart Hot 100)[48]
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31 |
Ireland (IRMA)[49] | 8 |
Scotland (OCC)[50] | 12 |
11 |
References
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- ^ Breihan, Tom (3 January 2020). "The Number Ones: Exile's "Kiss You All Over"". Stereogum. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
...with a guitar riff ripped straight from Hot Chocolate's 1975 pop-soul hit "You Sexy Thing".
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- ^ "American single certifications – Hot Chocolate – You Sexy Thing". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
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External links
- "You Sexy Thing" at Allmusicwebsite