Sweet Transvestite
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"Sweet Transvestite" is the fifth song in the 1975 cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
[edit] Setting
The song is performed by Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry) with minor spoken parts by Brad (Barry Bostwick), Janet (Susan Sarandon), Riff Raff (Richard O'Brien), Columbia (Nell Campbell), and Magenta (Patricia Quinn). The verses are mostly either spoken or sing-song, whereas the chorus is sung. In the original stage play, The Rocky Horror Show, the song came fourth - before The Time Warp. Later scripts of the stage play (from 1999 at least) use the film's ordering of the songs.
In either case, it is sung at Dr. Frank-N-Furter's first appearance. In the movie, he appears wearing a long black cloak that obscures most of his body except his head and part of his 6-inch (15 cm) high heels. At the first chorus, he takes off the cloak to reveal his transvestial attire. It ends with Frank standing in a rising elevator, and the Transylvanians (people from Frank's home planet) clapping and cheering.
[edit] Covers
Cover versions have been recorded by Mina, Bates Motel, Ziggy Byfield, The Steve Whitney Band, Anthony Stewart Head, and punk rock band Apocalypse Hoboken on the 2003 tribute compilation The Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show.
For the 2000 Broadway revival, it was sung by Tom Hewitt.
