Off Rod Stewart’s 1978 album ‘Blondes Have More Fun’ comes one of his most memorable songs “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy”. The song reached #1 in the US, Canada and the UK as well as 3 other countries. It sold over 2,000,000 copies in the U.S. alone and according to Rolling Stones magazine is #308 of the Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The song was a little more disco than what Rod was used to releasing. He had previously been more of a blues rock singer. As a result, the rock critics were not quite happy with the song.
According to wikipedia (the most reliable source on earth), the song had some legal issues due to copyright infringement cases brought against it. The song…
incorporates elements of the melody from the song “Taj Mahal” by Jorge Ben Jor and the string arrangement from the song “Put Something Down On It” by Bobby Womack.
Regardless, it is still one of Rod’s most popular songs. What I love about the cover, is the girl is not Blonde even though the album was ‘Blondes Have More Fun’. I had also heard that the lady on the cover was Cher, but I couldn’t find anything that backed that up. I will still think it though.
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