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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	1990
Genre	Pop, dance
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 set a new 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)", beating the previous record set by Ultravox's 1981 release "Vienna", which stayed at number two for four weeks.

Song information

"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. 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 "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 song from 1992 is used with the updated video.

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 #49 on "It's the 50 Worst Songs Ever! Watch, Listen and Cringe!"^[1] by Blender.

The band is considered a one-hit wonder in the United States, its only other charting U.S. single peaking 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."

"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
• 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)

Track listing

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

Notes:

• ¹ - "I'm Too Sexy 2007"

Cover versions

Saint Etienne, MC Hammer, Crazy Frog, and Alvin and the Chipmunks have all covered the song. José Feliciano has also parodied it in his concerts.

Rupert Everett covered this song for an end scene in the film Shrek 2.

Also the chew sweet Fruitella used a variation on the songs lyrics for a series of adverts in 1992 where a young child claims he is "too fruity" or "too juicy" for things as opposed to being too attractive,; this spin continued until 1995 although from 1994 onwards the advert theme was changed to revolve around the Salt n Pepa single "Let's Talk about Sex".

The 2009 Sugababes single "Get Sexy" samples "I'm Too Sexy", it also uses the phrase so sexy it hurts in its chorus.

References

2. http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Right+Said+Fred&titel=I%27m+Too+Sexy&cat=s Retrieved April13 2009