Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?

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"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" is a 1978 hit song for Rod Stewart. It was written by Stewart and Carmine Appice, and produced by Tom Dowd.

A plagiarism lawsuit by Brazilian musician Jorge Ben Jor confirmed that the song had been derived from his composition "Taj Mahal". As a result of the lawsuit, Stewart agreed to donate all his royalties from the song to UNICEF.[1] Stewart performed the song at the Music for UNICEF Concert at the United Nations General Assembly in 1979.

"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" spent four weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, starting February 10, 1979.

The song was criticized by many in the rock press as a betrayal of Stewart's blues-oriented rock-and-roll roots due to its disco-like arrangement, but Stewart and others were quick to point out that other widely respected artists, such as Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones, had also released disco-flavored songs. It also has some popularity from the alternative scene from Hoobastank's cover of it.

The song was remixed by techno/house group N-Trance in 1997 and featured in the movie A Night at the Roxbury the following year. The track was covered by the Revolting Cocks on their 1993 album Linger Fickin' Good. Girls of FHM made a cover in 2004, making number ten in the UK singles chart. Miio included the song on their 2003 album.

In 1998, Hip-Hop group, The Lox sampled the song for their first single, If You Think I'm Jiggy? The song reached #30 on The Billboard Hot 100.

British artist Tina Barrett recorded a cover of this song. A reformed Vanilla Fudge featuring Carmine Appice covered the song too in 2004. Paris Hilton has also recorded a cover in 2006 for her debut album, Paris.

Those Darn Accordions covered the song on the 1996 album No Strings Attached, with vocals by tattooed octogenarian accordionist Clyde Forsman.

Radio Active's 'Salute to New York' programme included the song Da Ya Think I'm Sexist? by 'Rod McStewart', in which a promiscuous rock star shows his double standards.

Comedians Bob and Ray memorably preformed the song on a 1979 Saturday Night Live special.

Preceded by "Too Much Heaven" by Bee Gees	Billboard Hot 100 number one single February 10, 1979	Succeeded by "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor
Preceded by "Rat Trap" by Boomtown Rats	UK number one single November 18, 1978	Succeeded by "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" by Boney M