You Can Leave Your Hat on - wikipedia You Can Leave Your Hat on `` You Can Leave Your Hat On '' Song by Randy Newman from the album Sail Away Released May 1972 ( 1972 - 05 ) Genre Rock Length 3 : 18 Label Reprise Songwriter ( s ) Randy Newman Producer ( s ) Lenny Waronker and Russ Titelman Sail Away track listing `` Dayton, Ohio -- 1903 '' ( 10 ) `` You Can Leave Your Hat On '' ( 11 ) `` God 's Song ( That 's Why I Love Mankind ) '' ( 12 ) `` You Can Leave Your Hat On '' is a song written by Randy Newman and appearing on his 1972 album Sail Away. According to an Allmusic review by Mark Deming, the song is a `` potent mid-tempo rock tune '' and a `` witty and willfully perverse bit of erotic absurdity ''. Newman later admitted the song was, `` too low for me to sing it. I ca n't rock it too hard, which maybe I should have... or maybe not. '' Contents 1 Joe Cocker version 1.1 Personnel 2 Other cover versions 3 References 4 External links Joe Cocker version `` You Can Leave Your Hat On '' Front cover of the single released in Australia with a photograph from the film 91⁄2 Weeks. Single by Joe Cocker from the album Cocker B - side depending on country : `` Shelter Me '' `` Do n't You Love Me Anymore '' `` Long Drag off a Cigarette '' `` Put out the Light '' Released July 1986 ( 1986 - 07 ) Format 7 '' vinyl, 12 '' vinyl, CD Genre Blues rock, R&B Length 4 : 14 Label EMI Songwriter ( s ) Randy Newman Producer ( s ) Richie Zito Joe Cocker singles chronology `` Do n't You Love Me Anymore '' ( 1986 ) `` You Can Leave Your Hat On '' ( 1986 ) `` Heart of the Matter '' ( 1986 ) `` Do n't You Love Me Anymore '' ( 1986 ) `` You Can Leave Your Hat On '' ( 1986 ) `` Heart of the Matter '' ( 1986 ) Joe Cocker recorded `` You Can Leave Your Hat On '' for his 1986 album Cocker. Released as a single, Cocker 's version peaked at # 35 on Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks, and it was featured in the 1986 Adrian Lyne film 91⁄2 Weeks during the striptease scene. A music video was released which featured footage of the striptease scene from 91⁄2 Weeks and scenes with Cocker and his band performing the song. In some countries, the song itself is considered a striptease anthem, and still being used by strippers. Personnel Joe Cocker -- lead vocals Richie Zito -- production, guitar Arthur Barrow -- synthesizer, bass Mike Baird -- drums Dick Hyde -- trombone Joel Peskin -- saxophone Steve Madaio -- trumpet Elisecia Wright -- backing vocals Julia Tillman Waters -- backing vocals Maxine Green -- backing vocals Other cover versions Etta James covered the song in a 1974 single, published by Chess Records and produced by Gabriel Mekler. Three Dog Night 's 1975 album, Coming Down Your Way, featured the band 's version of the song as track two on side one. Merl Saunders and Aunt Monk covered it in 1976 on their album You Can Leave Your Hat On. Here for the first time that specific brass arrangement was used which also Joe Cocker used in his much more successful cover 10 years later. Tom Jones covered the song for the soundtrack of the 1997 British film The Full Monty and is included in the subsequent 2013 play of the same name. American country music singer Ty Herndon covered the song on his 1999 album, Steam. Herndon 's version reached # 72 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart from unsolicited airplay and was included on his 2002 compilation, This Is Ty Herndon : Greatest Hits. Others artists to cover the song include Jerry Garcia Band, Michael Grimm, Bill Wyman, and Jess Roden. References ^ Jump up to : `` Randy Newman -- Sail Away ( Vinyl, LP, Album ) ''. Discogs. Retrieved October 9, 2011. Jump up ^ Deming, Mark. `` Sail Away -- Randy Newman ''. AllMusic. Retrieved October 9, 2011. Jump up ^ Lydia Hutchinson. `` Happy Birthday, Randy Newman ''. Performing Songwriter. Jump up ^ `` Joe Cocker -- You Can Leave Your Hat On ( Vinyl ) ''. Discogs. Retrieved October 9, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Joe Cocker -- You Can Leave Your Hat On ''. Discogs. Retrieved October 9, 2011. ^ Jump up to : `` Joe Cocker -- Cocker ( Vinyl, LP, Album ) ''. Discogs. Retrieved October 9, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Joe Cocker -- Billboard Singles ''. AllMusic. Retrieved October 9, 2011. External links `` You Can Leave Your Hat On '' review on AllMusic Randy Newman Studio albums Randy Newman 12 Songs Sail Away Good Old Boys Little Criminals Born Again Trouble in Paradise Land of Dreams Bad Love Harps and Angels Dark Matter Live albums Randy Newman Live Compilations Lonely at the Top : The Best of Randy Newman Guilty : 30 Years of Randy Newman The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2 Musicals Randy Newman 's Faust Soundtracks Toy Story James and the Giant Peach Avalon Meet the Parents Cars The Princess and the Frog Songs `` Mama Told Me Not to Come '' `` Sail Away '' `` He Gives Us All His Love '' `` Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear '' `` Political Science '' `` You Can Leave Your Hat On '' `` Louisiana 1927 '' `` Rednecks '' `` Short People '' `` I Love L.A. '' `` You 've Got a Friend in Me '' `` When She Loved Me '' `` We Belong Together '' `` It 's a Jungle Out There '' Related Discography Nilsson Sings Newman Alfred Newman David Newman Emil Newman Joey Newman Lionel Newman Thomas Newman Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You_Can_Leave_Your_Hat_On&oldid=824723985 '' Categories : 1972 songs 1986 singles Songs written by Randy Newman Randy Newman songs Joe Cocker songs Ty Herndon songs Three Dog Night songs Song recordings produced by Lenny Waronker Song recordings produced by Russ Titelman EMI Records singles Reprise Records singles Tom Jones ( singer ) songs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Français Italiano Norsk Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 9 February 2018, at 02 : 36. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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Question: who wrote the song you can leave your hat on
Answer: Randy Newman