| "You Can Leave Your Hat On" | |
|---|---|
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| Single by Randy Newman | |
| from the album Sail Away | |
| Released | December 15, 1972 |
| Recorded | 1972 |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 3:18 |
| Label | Reprise[1] |
| Songwriter(s) | Randy Newman[1] |
| Producer(s) | |
"You Can Leave Your Hat On" is a song written by Randy Newman and appearing on his 1972 album Sail Away.
Upon its single release, Record World called it "an extraordinary reproduced and newly arranged version of this very funny song with a funky melody line and unique Newman vocalizing."[2]
According to a retrospective AllMusic review by Mark Deming, the song is a "potent mid-tempo rock tune" and a "witty and willfully perverse bit of erotic absurdity".[3] Newman later admitted the song was, "too low for me to sing it. I can't rock it too hard, which maybe I should have...or maybe not."[4]
- ^ a b c "Randy Newman – Sail Away (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs. 1975. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
- ^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. December 9, 1972. p. 10. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ^ Deming, Mark. "Sail Away – Randy Newman". AllMusic. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
- ^ Lydia Hutchinson. "Happy Birthday, Randy Newman". Performing Songwriter.