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I'm Too Sexy is a Dance-pop act. Their sound grew out of Jimi Hendrix and Bryan Adams. Those roots explain a lot about how I'm Too Sexy arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Bad Touch and It's My Life, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Young Thug, Sugababes, Yanni, Collin Raye and Alabama, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around I'm Too Sexy, reaching back through Jimi Hendrix and forward to Young Thug. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"I'm Too Sexy" is a novelty song by English pop band Right Said Fred, released in July 1991 by Tug Records as their debut single from their first album, Up (1992). The song was written by band members and brothers Fred Fairbrass and Richard Fairbrass with Rob Manzoli, and produced by TommyD. It peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, topping the charts in seven other countries, including the United States of America, Australia, Canada, Ireland. James Lebon directed the music video for the song, featuring various clips of models walking on the catwalk. In 2023, Billboard magazine ranked "I'm Too Sexy" among the 500 best pop songs of all time.
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I'm Too Sexy grew out of Jimi Hendrix and Bryan Adams, shares an orbit with The Bad Touch and It's My Life, went on to shape Young Thug, Sugababes, Yanni and Collin Raye. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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