You_Wear_It_Well

You Wear It Well

You Wear It Well

1972 single by Rod Stewart

This article is about the Rod Stewart song. For the song by DeBarge, see You Wear It Well (DeBarge song). For the song by RuPaul, see Butch Queen.

"You Wear It Well" is a song written by Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton, performed by Stewart. It uses an arrangement markedly similar to that of "Maggie May", one of Stewart's hits from the previous year.[1]

Quick Facts Single by Rod Stewart, from the album Never a Dull Moment ...

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, "You Wear It Well" peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[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

More information Chart (1972), Peak position ...

Cover versions

References

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    "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. 26 August 1972. p. 1. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
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    "Australian Chart Book". www.austchartbook.com.au. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
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    "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1965 - 1989 Acts (S)". www.rock.co.za.
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    Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
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    Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
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    "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.
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    Graff, Gary (4 May 2022). "Black Crows '1972' Album Review". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 7 May 2024.


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