I'm Too Sexy
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| Single by Right Said Fred | |||||
| B-side | "I'm Too Sexy" (Spanish version) | ||||
| Released | 1991 | ||||
| Length | 2:50 | ||||
| Label | Charisma | ||||
| Writer(s) | Fred Fairbrass, Richard Fairbrass, Rob Manzoli | ||||
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"I'm Too Sexy" is a song by the British trio Right Said Fred. The single topped the American charts for three weeks in early 1992, after having peaked at No.2 for six weeks in the band's home country the previous year.
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[edit] Song
"I'm Too Sexy" is sung from the point of view of a self-satisfied fashion model. The song's lyrics express confidence that his personal level of sexiness makes him too sexy for numerous things. The song's instrumental break is based on the guitar riff in the Jimi Hendrix song "Third Stone from the Sun".
A new version of the song called "I'm Too Sexy 2007", produced by the Tastemakers, was released in April 2007. Besides being an updated production it differs from the original version by no longer using the "Third Stone From The Sun" in its instrumental break. A new video was released as well although there is also a version where the original one from 1992 is used with the updated song.
The re-release of the song was prompted by a "Cleaner Close" advertising campaign for Daz detergent. This featured both Fairbrass brothers and included a self-parody of the song called "I'm too sexy for my whites". For this occasion they renamed the band "White said Fred".
The original song itself was rated No.49 on "Run for Your Life! It's the 50 Worst Songs Ever!"[1] by Blender.
The band would be a one hit wonder in the United States, its only other charting U.S. single languishing at #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.
[edit] Track Listing
US Single
- I'm Too Sexy [7" Version]
- I'm Too Sexy [Extended Club Mix]
- I'm Too Sexy [Betty's Mix]
- I'm Too Sexy [Instrumental]
- I'm Too Sexy [Catwalk Mix]
- I'm Too Sexy [Tushapella]
- I'm Too Sexy [Spanish Version]
It reached #80 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90's.
[edit] Cover versions
MC Hammer and Crazy Frog both did remake versions of this song. José Feliciano has also parodied it in his concerts.
[edit] Cultural references
- The song has appeared in a variety of motion pictures, including Grumpy Old Men, Encino Man, and Beverly Hills Ninja.
- In an episode of The West Wing the song features quite prominently, with C. J. Cregg wondering what it is about and later singing with wrong lyrics when she is pleased.("Too sexy for the other...things!")
- The song was used in a UK advertisements for Fruittella, with the lyrics changed to "I'm too fruity for..."
- Ray Combs referenced it often on the game show Family Feud.
- On the animated TV show the Fairly OddParents, the character Juandissimo Magnifico sings his own version of the song at times, specifically in the TV movie Fairy Idol where he sings "I'm too sexy for my sexy"
- On animated TV comedy Family Guy, Peter Griffin cites some of the lyrics to the song while asking his wife Lois Griffin what she's going to be doing during her modelling gig.
- It featured in one episode of Married... With Children
- On Baseketball, Ernest Borgnine's character, owner Ted Denslow of The Beers sung part of the song as part of his video-will.
- On the Shrek 2 DVD, Prince Charming sings this song on Far Far Away Idol. Fiona and Shrek feel very sensitive, and Fiona rejects him by a trapdoor activated by a button.
- In the US / New Zealand series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, the song is used in the fifth season episode 'Greece Is Burning' about an ancient Greek fashion show.
- In the film Gypsy 83, a bunch of frat boys are forced to do a rendition of it in a karaoke bar, clad only in their briefs.
- In an episode of the sitcom Women of the House titled "Veda," Lisa Rieffel dances into and out of the office singing the song, her final refrain being "I'm too sexy for my job!"
- In the DVD and VHS extras of the movie Shrek 2, the character Prince Charming (Rupert Everett) sings this song for "Far, Far Away Idol".
- There are several mixes with this song and people from, for example, the Harry Potter-books.[2]
- In the MMORPG World of Warcraft if you type /sexy you get a message saying "You're too sexy for your tunic...so sexy it hurts.".
[edit] "I'm too sexy" for ...
The following is a list, in lyrical order, of the things for which the model considers himself to be too sexy:
- My love ("love's going to leave me"; used in the opening and after "...my cat")
- My shirt ("so sexy it hurts")
- 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")
- The song itself ("and I'm too sexy for this song", at which point the song abruptly ends)
[edit] References
| Preceded by "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" by George Michael and Elton John |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single February 8, 1992- February 22, 1992 |
Succeeded by "To Be with You" by Mr. Big |
