{"id":528435,"date":"2026-04-13T12:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/528435\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:08:11","slug":"the-number-one-song-rod-stewart-got-tired-of-singing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/528435\/","title":{"rendered":"The number one song Rod Stewart got tired of singing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rod<\/p>\n

(Credits: Far Out \/ Warner Bros. Records)<\/p>\n

Mon 13 April 2026 8:32, UK <\/p>\n

It\u2019s impossible for any artist to have the same enthusiasm for songs they\u2019ve sung hundreds of times. It\u2019s important to keep everything fresh and to know all of the inflexions to put on every syllable, but does anyone think that a band like Radiohead will be over the moon if they have to play \u2018Creep\u2019 one more time? <\/p>\n

While Rod Stewart<\/a> does have a few songs that have never got old for him, he admitted that one specific pop tune has worn out its welcome in his live set through the years.<\/p>\n

But the magic of Stewart\u2019s career is that he has been able to do many different things throughout his solo work. Although he started out with the hard rock and blues crowd that everyone else had in the late 1960s, hearing him trade that in for something more authentic on Every Picture Tells a Story showed a different side of his voice.<\/p>\n

Even though he could belt out \u2018Stay With Me\u2019 without a care in the world, hearing him slow things down on \u2018Maggie May\u2019 was what helped make him a superstar in his own right. If that kind of switch worked, then Stewart owed it to himself to sample whatever tracks he had to work with to see what else fit his style.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That kind of gamble was always part of Stewart\u2019s appeal. He wasn\u2019t the kind of artist to sit in one lane and refine it to perfection. If something felt like it had a pulse, he was going to give it a go and see if his voice could wrap itself around it in some convincing way.<\/p>\n

Sometimes that instinct led to gold, and other times it sent him down roads that didn\u2019t quite suit the rough-and-ready charm he built his name on. But that was the trade-off. When you\u2019re chasing whatever feels exciting in the moment, you\u2019re bound to end up with a few songs that stick around longer than you might like. <\/p>\n

\"Rod<\/a>(Credits: Far Out \/ W. Punt \/ Dutch National Archives)<\/p>\n

And for a little while, it managed to briefly work. Most of Stewart\u2019s contemporaries usually had either moved onto something new or had gone away by the time MTV kicked in, but the fact that he was still seeing success off of \u2018Young Turks<\/a>\u2019 and \u2018Forever Young\u2019 is more of a testament to how good those wongs were back in the day.<\/p>\n

At the same time, he will always have to deal with the backlash of \u2018Do Ya Think I\u2019m Sexy\u2019 for the rest of his days. Even though the song is already one of the dumber attempts a rock star made at jumping on the disco bandwagon, hearing him try to wrap his raspy voice around glittering synths and the four-on-the-floor beat of disco is the musical equivalent of trying to put battery acid on top of a salad. <\/p>\n

Despite looking at most of his work with some degree of pride, Stewart admitted that there was a time when he felt like retiring the song because of how sick he was of playing it, telling The Guardian<\/a>, \u201cThere was a time I got tired of singing \u2018Do Ya Think I\u2019m Sexy?\u2019 because it was so critically put-down, but it made people happy, so what\u2019s wrong with that? It still puts a smile on people\u2019s faces when I sing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

It might still bring smiles to every Rod Stewart show, but it\u2019s hard to imagine the tune working that well in a live setting. Whereas a song like \u2018Good Times\u2019 by Chic thrives off of that relentless rhythm and the crowd getting engaged with the backbeat, the groove on the recording feels far too rigid compared to the smoother textures heard on true disco classics.<\/p>\n

Then again, it\u2019s hard to argue when the crowds seem to love it. It may be one of the stiffer attempts that any rock star has ever made at shaking their groove thing, but what\u2019s the point in trying to harsh someone\u2019s buzz when they are having a good time?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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