You Can Leave Your Hat On
"You Can Leave Your Hat On" is a song written by Randy Newman and appearing on his 1972 album "Sail Away". 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". 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." Joe Cocker version. Joe Cocker recorded "You Can Leave Your Hat On" for his 1986 album "Cocker . Released as a single, Cocker's version peaked at No. 35 on Billboard" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks, and it was featured in the 1986 Adrian Lyne film "9½ Weeks" during the striptease scene. It was also a popular single in Australia (where the film was immensely popular), reaching Number 23. A music video was released which featured footage of the striptease scene from "9½ 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. Other cover versions. Etta James covered the song  in a 1974 single, published by Chess Records and produced by Gabriel Mekler. 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 Joe Cocker used in his 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. As a medley with Hot Chocolate's "You Sexy Thing" and Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff", the track  reached Number 62 in the UK Singles Chart in 1998, under the title "The Full Monty - Monster Mix". American country music singer Ty Herndon covered the song on his 1999 album, "Steam". Herndon's version reached No. 72 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart from unsolicited airplay and was included on his 2002 compilation, "".