You Wear It Well
| "You Wear It Well" | ||||
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| Single by Rod Stewart | ||||
| from the album Never a Dull Moment | ||||
| B-side | "Lost Paraguayos" | |||
| Released | August 1972 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 4:09 (Single Version) 4:25 (Album Version) 5:04 ("Storyteller" Version) | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rod Stewart, Martin Quittenton | |||
| Rod Stewart singles chronology | ||||
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| Official audio | ||||
| "You Wear It Well" on YouTube | ||||
"You Wear It Well" is a song written by Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton, performed by Stewart. It uses an arrangement markedly similar to "Maggie May", one of Stewart's hits from the previous year.[1]
Stewart recorded "You Wear It Well" for the 1972 album Never a Dull Moment, and released it as a single on 12 August. The song became an international hit, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart.[2] In the US, it peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.[3]
Upon the release of the single, Record World felt that it "could equal ['Maggie May''s] phenomenal success."[4]
Stewart performed the song live on BBC's Top of the Pops with the full lineup of Faces, along with Quittenton on classical guitar and Dick "Tricky Dicky" Powell on fiddle joining them. A live version of the song from his 2013 performance at the Troubadour, West Hollywood was included on the deluxe edition of the album Time.
Chart performance
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Cover versions
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- The 1999 compilation album I Have Been To Heaven And Back: Hen's Teeth and Other Lost Fragments of Unpopular Culture Vol. 1 by the Mekons includes a cover of the song.[12]
- Ali Campbell covered the song on his 2010 album Great British Songs.
- In 2016 Dexys featuring Kevin Rowland covered the song on their album Let The Record Show: Dexys Do Irish And Country Soul
- A cover by Hurricane No. 1 is included in their compilation Step into My World.
- In 2022 The Black Crowes covered the song on their 1972 EP.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "ROD STEWART – "You Wear It Well"". FreakyTrigger. 2 September 1972. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 277. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 604.
- ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. 26 August 1972. p. 1. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ "Australian Chart Book". www.austchartbook.com.au. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1965 - 1989 Acts (S)". www.rock.co.za.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ "Australian-charts.com".
- ^ 1972 in British music#Best-selling singles
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
- ^ "I Have Been to Heaven and Back: Hen's Teeth and Other Lost Fragments of Un-Popular Culture Vol. 1". Touchandgorecords.com. 20 April 1999. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ Graff, Gary (4 May 2022). "Black Crows '1972' Album Review". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
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