Song · Right Said Fred
“I'm Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred
Released 1991
“I'm Too Sexy” by Right Said Fred appears on 15 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1991 and 2005. It was first released in 1991. Its best result is #24 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1991. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #43 alternative song of 1991 and #2,546 alternative song of all time.
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Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy" slinked out on Tug Records in July 1991, the debut single from the band that would release its first album, Up, the following year. Brothers Fred and Richard Fairbrass wrote it with Rob Manzoli, and the joke started at the gym they ran in London, a place Richard remembered as full of preening, where he peeled off his shirt one day and started crooning at the mirror for a laugh.
The first recording was an indie rock tune, and label after label passed on it until radio plugger Guy Holmes heard it. Rebuilt as deadpan dance-pop with TommyD producing, it became a straight-faced strut of a novelty record, topping the charts in seven countries including the US, Australia, Canada and Ireland and stalling at two at home. James Lebon's video matched it with catwalk models.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 77 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1991 | 107 |
| 1991 | 24 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1991 | 91 |
| 1991 | 50 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1991 | 105 |
| 1992 | 98 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1992 | 107 |
| 1992 | 98 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1992 | 101 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 53 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) | 299 |
| 1999 | 482 | WHFS | WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 967 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 1377 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1379 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1380 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1379 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 1365 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 1365 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1364 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
Also listed as: I'm too Sexy.
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