What better way to start off a Friday morning than digging deep into the retro archives? Hot Chocolate’s “You Sexy Thing” was actually released as a “B” side to another song you probably never heard of – “Blue Night” since the producer didn’t think it had hit potential. Further proof that anyone could make it in the music business back then.
You Sexy Thing reached number 2 in the UK charts in 1975 and number 3 in the U.S. a year later. It’s enjoyed a resurgence in recent years thanks to a cover version by Dee-Lite and also being featured in “The Full Monty” in 1997 which prompted the song to chart again. In fact, it is the only song in the UK to enter the charts in the 70s, 80s and 1990s. Not even Elvis or the Beatles did that.