YOU WEAR IT
WELL
ROD STEWART
SONGWRITERS: J.
DAVIS & R. STEWART
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: BODY WISHES
LABEL: WARNER BROS
GENRE: POP ROCK
YEAR: 1983
Sir Roderick
David Stewart CBE(born 10 January 1945) is a British rock singer and
songwriter. Born and raised in London, he is of Scottish and English ancestry. Stewart
is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold over 120
million records worldwide. He has had nine number-one albums in the UK Albums
Chart and his tally of 62 UK hit singles includes 31 that reached the top ten,
six of which gained the #1 position. Stewart has had 16 top ten singles in the
US, with four reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. He was knighted in the 2016
Birthday Honours for services to music and charity.
With his
distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart came to prominence in the late 1960s
and the early 1970s with The Jeff Beck Group, and then with Faces, though his
music career had begun in 1962 when he took up busking with a harmonica. In
October 1963, he joined The Dimensions as a harmonica player and part-time
vocalist. In 1964, Stewart joined Long John Baldry and the All Stars, and in
August, Stewart signed a solo contract, releasing his first single, "Good
Morning Little Schoolgirl", in October. He maintained a solo career
alongside a group career, releasing his debut solo album, An Old Raincoat Won't
Ever Let You Down in 1969. Stewart's early albums were a fusion of rock, folk
music, soul music, and R&B.
From the late
1970s through the 1990s, Stewart's music often took on a new wave or soft
rock/middle-of-the-road quality, and in the early 2000s, he released a series
of successful albums interpreting the Great American Songbook. In 1994, Stewart
staged the largest free rock concert in history when he performed in front of
3.5 million people in Rio de Janeiro.
In 2008,
Billboard magazine ranked him the 17th most successful artist on the
"Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists". A Grammy and Brit Award
recipient, he was voted at #33 in Q Magazine's list of the Top 100 Greatest
Singers of all time, and #59 on Rolling Stone 100 Greatest Singers of all time.
As a solo artist, Stewart was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
in 1994, the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006, and was inducted a second time into
the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of Faces.
Body Wishes is
a studio album released by Rod Stewart on 10 June 1983 (see 1983 in music). It
was Stewart's 12th studio album and was released on Warner Bros. Records(WEA
92-3877-1). The tracks were recorded and mixed at The Record Plant, Los
Angeles. It produced three singles, "Baby Jane", "What Am I
Gonna Do (I'm So in Love with You)", and "Sweet Surrender". The cover is a
tribute to the cover of the Elvis Presley album, 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be
Wrong.
Body Wishes has
received poor reviews. Rolling Stone magazine, at the time of its release, gave
it 2 out of 5 stars, calling it "his latest and surely one of his
least", although they did praise the opening song, "Dancin'
Alone", calling it "a Chuck Berry-styled Rock & Roller that is
both lively and witty". Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic
retrospectively gave the album 1.5 out of 5 stars, calling it "one of Rod
Stewart's worst efforts." In the same review, "Baby Jane" and
"What Am I Gonna Do (I'm So in Love with You)" are described as
"first-rate, synth-laden pop/rock filler" only sounding
"substantial" in comparison to the other songs on the album.
Baby
Jane don't leave me hanging on the line
I knew you when you had no one to talk to
Now you're moving in high society
don't forget I know secrets about you
I used to think you were on my side
but now I'm no longer sure
I wish I knew what I know now before
When I give my heart again
I know it's gonna last forever
No one tell me where or when
I know it's gonna last forever
Baby Jane don't it make you feel sad
just when I thought that we were winning
You and I were so close in every way
don't time fly when you're loving and laughing
I've said goodbye so many times
the situation ain't all that new
Optimism's my best defense
I'll get through without you
When I give my heart again
I know it's gonna last forever
No one tell me where or when
I know it's gonna last forever
I won't be that dumb again
I know it's gotta last forever
When I fall in love again
I know it's gonna last forever
Baby Jane I've said all I want to say
go your own way don't think twice about me
Cause I've got ideas and plans of my own
so long darlin' I'll miss you believe me
The lesson learned was so hard to swallow
but I know that I'll survive
I'm gonna take a good look at myself and cry
When I give my heart again
I know it's gonna last forever
No one tell me where or when
I know it's gonna last forever
When I fall in love next time
I know it's gonna last forever
I won't be that dumb again
I know it'll last forever.