"Sexed Up" is a song by British pop singer Robbie Williams, released as the fourth and last single from his album Escapology in November 2003. It was originally recorded for Natalie Imbruglia, who turned it down. Williams had earlier released it in 1998 in demo form as the B-side to his single "No Regrets".
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| Single by Robbie Williams | ||||
| from the album Escapology | ||||
| Released | 3 November 2003 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock[1] | |||
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| Label | Chrysalis | |||
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| "Sexed Up" on YouTube | ||||
There are two versions of the song, the album/single version and an unplugged version. The unplugged version has one different lyric line ("I'll lay a bet/that I'm okay" instead of "I can't awaken the dead/day after day" on the first verse) and the guitar solo before the bridge is one measure longer.
Chart performance
The single became another top-ten hit for Robbie Williams in the United Kingdom when it was released in November that year, peaking at number 10,[2] and it reached the top 20 in Australia, Denmark, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands.[3][4][5] In Brazil, the song was a hit after being included in the soundtrack of telenovela Mulheres Apaixonadas, in which it played as the theme to the characters Diogo (Rodrigo Santoro) and Marina (Paloma Duarte), a young married couple plagued by infidelity. The single received a special limited release in Australia and New Zealand featuring a bonus live track, special packing and a bonus fold-out poster.
Music video
The music video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund and features the actress Jaime King.
Track listings
Credits and personnel
Credits are taken from the Escapology album booklet.[10]
Recording
- Recorded in Los Angeles and London
- Mixed at The Record Plant (Los Angeles)
- Mastered at Marcussen Mastering (Los Angeles)
Personnel
- Robbie Williams – writing, lead vocals
- Guy Chambers – writing, piano, production, arrangement
- Gary Nuttall – acoustic guitar
- Neil Taylor – electric guitar
- Melvin Duffy – pedal steel guitar
- Phil Spalding – bass
- Jeremy Stacey – drums
- Luís Jardim – percussion
- London Session Orchestra – orchestra
- Gavyn Wright – concertmaster
- Sally Herbert – orchestral arrangement
- Steve Price – orchestral engineering
- Tom Jenkins – assistant orchestral engineering
- Isobel Griffiths – orchestral contracting
- Jim Brumby – programming, additional engineering
- Steve Power – production, mixing
- J.D. Andrew – assistant mixing
- Richard Flack – engineering, programming
- Steve Marcussen – mastering
Charts
Release history
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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| United Kingdom | 3 November 2003 |
| Chrysalis | [30] |
| Australia | 1 December 2003 | CD | [31] |
References
- Robbie Williams Info – Singles – accessed on 9 November 2005.