I'm Too Sexy

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"I'm Too Sexy"
Single by Right Said Fred
from the album Up
Released 15 July 1991 (UK)
Format CD, 7", 12", cassette
Recorded 1991
Genre Dance-pop
Length 2:50
Label Tug (UK)
Charisma (U.S.)
Writer(s) Fred Fairbrass, Richard Fairbrass, Rob Manzoli
Producer TommyD
Right Said Fred singles chronology
"I'm Too Sexy"
(1991)		 "Don't Talk Just Kiss"
(1991)
2007 release cover
Cover for "I'm Too Sexy 2007"
Right Said Fred singles chronology
"Where Do You Go to My Love?"
(2006)		 "I'm Too Sexy 2007"
(2007)		 "I'm a Celebrity"
(2008)

"I'm Too Sexy" is a song by English trio Right Said Fred from their album Up. The single topped the American charts for three weeks in early 1992, after having peaked at number two in Britain less than six months earlier.

In the UK, the song equalled the record for the most weeks at number two without ever topping the chart, staying at number two for six weeks in a row while being famously held off the summit by Bryan Adams' "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You". (This equalled the previous record set by Father Abraham's 1978 hit "The Smurf Song".)

The band is considered a one-hit wonder in the United States, its only other charting U.S. single peaking at No. 76. However, "I'm Too Sexy" was just the act's first of several hits on the British charts, including the No. 1 single "Deeply Dippy".

The song was rated No. 49 on "The 50 Worst Songs Ever! Watch, Listen and Cringe!"[1] by Blender. In 2007, the song was listed as No. 80 on the VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s. It was also ranked No. 2 on VH1's 40 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 90s.[2] Most recently, in 2010, the song was ranked at No. 8 on AOL Radio's list of the 100 Worst Songs Ever, with Matthew Wilkening advising the reader: "Next time the Brits try to knock our culture, just ask them where [Right Said Fred] had four Top 30 singles in one year."[3]

In 2013, Right Said Fred rerecorded the song as "I'm Too Smurfy" for World Smurfs Day.[4]

Contents

Content [edit]

"I'm Too Sexy" is sung from the point of view of a self-satisfied fashion model. The song's lyrics express (over) confidence that his personal level of sexiness makes him too sexy for numerous things, most notably his shirt ("so sexy it hurts"). The list also includes "my love (love's going to leave me)", "Milan, New York, and Japan", "your party (no way I'm disco dancing)", "my car (too sexy by far)", "my hat (what d'you think about that?)", "my cat (poor pussy... poor pussycat)", and the song itself: "...and I'm too sexy for this song", at which point the song abruptly ends.

The song samples the guitar riff from Jimi Hendrix's 1967 song "Third Stone From the Sun".[5]

Track listing [edit]

UK CD (CD SNOG 1)
  1. "I'm Too Sexy" (Betty's mix)
  2. "I'm Too Sexy" (7" mix)
  3. "I'm Too Sexy" (12" instrumental)
  4. "I'm Too Sexy" (Italian version)
UK 7" (SNOG 1) / cassette (CA SNOG 1)
  1. "I'm Too Sexy"
  2. "I'm Too Sexy" (instrumental)
UK 12" (12 SNOG 1)
  1. "I'm Too Sexy"
  2. "I'm Too Sexy" (7" version)
  3. "I'm Too Sexy" (12" instrumental)
U.S. single
  1. "I'm Too Sexy" (7" version)
  2. "I'm Too Sexy" (Extended Club Mix)
  3. "I'm Too Sexy" (Betty's Mix)
  4. "I'm Too Sexy" (Instrumental)
  5. "I'm Too Sexy" (Catwalk Mix)
  6. "I'm Too Sexy" (Tushapella)
  7. "I'm Too Sexy" (Spanish version)

Chart positions [edit]

Peak positions [edit]

Chart (1991-1992) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[7] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] 3
Canada Dance (RPM)[9] 1
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[10] 2
Germany (Media Control AG)[11] 14
Ireland (IRMA) 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[12] 19
New Zealand (RIANZ)[13] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[14] 2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[15] 8
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 2
US Billboard Hot 100 1
Chart (2007) Peak
position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[n 1] 56

Notes:

  1. ^ "I'm Too Sexy 2007"

End-of-year charts [edit]

End of year chart (1992) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[16] 13

End-of-decade charts [edit]

Chart (1990–1999) Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[17] 79
Preceded by
"Don't Cry" by Guns N' Roses		 Irish Singles Chart number-one single
3 October 1991 – 10 October 1991 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams
Preceded by
"The Fly" by U2		 Australian Singles Chart
10 November 1991 (3 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"Black or White" by Michael Jackson
Preceded by
"Black or White" by Michael Jackson		 New Zealand Singles Chart
19 January 1992 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"Live and Let Die" by Guns N Roses
Preceded by
"Das Boot" by U 96		 Austrian Singles Chart
5 April 1992 (1 week)		 Succeeded by
"Das Boot" by U 96
Preceded by
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" by George Michael and Elton John		 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
8 February 1992 – 22 February 1992 (3 weeks)		 Succeeded by
"To Be with You" by Mr. Big

References [edit]

  1. ^ The 50 Worst Songs Ever! Watch, Listen and Cringe!
  2. ^ 100 Greatest Songs of the '90s
  3. ^ Wilkening, Matthew (11 September 2010). "100 Worst Songs Ever -- Part Five of Five". AOL Radio. Retrieved 25 December 2010. 
  4. ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a478705/right-said-fred-record-im-too-smurfy-for-global-smurfs-day-video.html
  5. ^ "Right Said Fred's I'm Too Sexy sample of Jimi Hendrix's Third Stone From the Sun". WhoSampled. Retrieved 13 December 2010. 
  6. ^ "Australian-charts.com – Right Said Fred – I'm Too Sexy". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien.
  7. ^ "Right Said Fred – I'm Too Sexy – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
  8. ^ "Ultratop.be – Right Said Fred – I'm Too Sexy" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  9. ^ Canadian Dance peak
  10. ^ Canadian Top Singles peak
  11. ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche – musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  12. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Right Said Fred search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Stichting Nederlandse Top 40.
  13. ^ "Charts.org.nz – Right Said Fred – I'm Too Sexy". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien.
  14. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Right Said Fred – I'm Too Sexy". VG-lista. Hung Medien.
  15. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Right Said Fred – I'm Too Sexy". Singles Top 60. Hung Medien.
  16. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1992". Retrieved 30 July 2010. 
  17. ^ Geoff Mayfield (25 December 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved 15 October 2010. 

External links [edit]

Right Said Fred
Albums
Singles
Compilations
  • Introducing... Right Said Fred
  • Hits!
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