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You Sexy Thing

"You Sexy Thing"
Artwork for 1987 vinyl single remix release
SinglebyHot Chocolate
from the album Hot Chocolate
B-side	"A Warm Smile" "Amazing Skin Song" "Call the Police"
Released	October 1975
Genre	Funk[1] disco[2] pop-soul[3] British soul[4] R&B[5]
Length	4:04 (album version) 3:34 (single version)
Label	RAK (UK) Big Tree (Atlantic) (US)
Songwriter(s)	Errol Brown Tony Wilson
Producer(s)	Mickie Most
Hot Chocolate singles chronology
"A Child's Prayer" (1975) "You Sexy Thing" (1975) "Don't Stop It Now" (1976)
Official audio
"You Sexy Thing" (album version)onYouTube

"You Sexy Thing" is a song by British soul band Hot Chocolate. It was written by lead singer Errol Brown and bass guitarist Tony Wilson, and was produced by Mickie Most. The song was released in October 1975 as the second single from their second album, Hot Chocolate, and reached number two on the UK Singles Chart in November 1975, as well as number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 the following February. Billboard ranked it the number 22 song for 1976. It went on to gain notability by being featured in films, such as The Full Monty (1997).

The song was originally a B-side. Not yet convinced that the song could be a hit, producer Mickie Most put it on the flip-side of the Hot Chocolate single "Blue Night". Some months later, Most released a re-recorded version of the song as an A-side on his RAK label. The song was a hit and ultimately became the group's best-known song. In the UK the song was poised for the number-one spot, but was beaten to it by "Bohemian Rhapsody", when on 29 November 1975 the Queen single leapfrogged it from number nine.^[6]

A 1987 remixbyBen Liebrand hit number 10.^[7] 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.^[7] 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.^[8]

The sheet music for "You Sexy Thing" shows the keyofF major.^[9]

• 7-inch single (Europe, Japan)

1. "You Sexy Thing" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) – 4:04
2. "A Warm Smile" (Harvey Hinsley, Patrick Olive, Tony Connor) – 5:23

• 7-inch single (1) (North America)

1. "You Sexy Thing" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) – 3:30
2. "Amazing Skin Song" (Errol Brown) – 4:04

• 7-inch single (2) (North America)

1. "You Sexy Thing" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) – 3:30
2. "Call the Police" (Tony Wilson) – 4:04

• 7-inch single

1. "You Sexy Thing" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) – 3:46
2. "Every 1's a Winner" (Errol Brown) – 4:01

• 12-inch single (1)

1. "You Sexy Thing (Extended Replay Mix)" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) – 7:07
2. "You Sexy Thing (Sexy Bonus Beats)" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) – 2:33
3. "You Sexy Thing (Sexy Instrumental)" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) – 3:58
4. "Every 1's a Winner" (Errol Brown) – 4:01

• 12-inch single (2)

1. "You Sexy Thing (Extended Replay Mix)" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) – 7:07
2. "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)
3. "Every 1's a Winner" (Errol Brown) – 4:01

• CD single

1. "You Sexy Thing" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) – 4:02
2. "You Sexy Thing (Remix)" (Errol Brown, Tony Wilson) – 3:46
3. "Every 1's a Winner (Groove Mix)" (Errol Brown) – 3:54

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, featuring actress Chloé Treend and songwriter Miranda Cooper, while the other version was by English pop/dance act Clock. Both are re-workings with the original music and lyrics but with new additional vocal segments.

"You Sexy Thing"
SinglebyT-Shirt
Released	25 August 1997 (1997-08-25)[34]
Length	3:59
Label	Eternal
Songwriter(s)	Errol Brown Tony Wilson
Producer(s)	Metro
Music video
"You Sexy Thing"onYouTube

Actress Chloé Treend and songwriter Miranda Cooper collaborated under the name T-Shirt to release a cover of "You Sexy Thing" in August 1997. This version reached number 63 in the United Kingdom, number five in New Zealand, and number six in Australia, where it stayed on the chart for 32 weeks. In Australia and New Zealand, it earned platinum certifications. British magazine Music Week rated this version three out of five, writing, "The Hot Chocolate hit gets a Spice Girls-style reworking with chirpy, cocky vocals mixed in with Errol Brown's soulful delivery. A fresh take on a pop classic."^[35]

"U Sexy Thing"
SinglebyClock
Released	6 October 1997 (1997-10-06)[45]
Genre	Eurodance
Length	3:39
Label	Power Station Media
Songwriter(s)	Errol Brown Tony Wilson
Clock singles chronology
"Oh What a Night" (1996) "U Sexy Thing" (1997) "That's the Way (I Like It)" (1997)
Music video
"You Sexy Thing"onYouTube

British pop/dance act Clock released a cover of "You Sexy Thing" as "U Sexy Thing" in October 1997. It peaked at number eight in Ireland, number eleven in the United Kingdom and number 100 in Australia. On the Eurochart Hot 100, it reached its highest position as number 31 in November 1997. A music video was also produced to promote the single, featuring the act performing in a swimming pool.

A reviewer from Music Week rated Clock's version three out of five, adding, "Using what sounds like a sample from the Hot Chocolate version, this xerox cover has all the elements but little of Errol Brown's soul. Still, catchy enough to be a hit."^[46] The magazine's Alan Jones" wrote, Clock have ticked up an impressive number of hits over the past four years, and are destined for another with a rather tame remake (...). They stick closely to the original, save for a rather perfunctory rap but the song's quality wins the day."^[47]

• "You Sexy Thing"atAllmusic website