Blondes Have More Fun

After carving a highly successful career throughout the 1970s as a rock singer, Stewart elected to follow the disco trend that was at its peak in 1978 for some tracks of this album. The first single was "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" which became a number one hit in the UK, US, Australia and a number of other countries.{{cite web |url= http://www.worldcharts.co.uk/chartfeatures/aus/aus70.htm |title= Australia n°1 Hits – 70's |publisher= Worldcharts.co.uk |access-date= 10 June 2013 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140424142031/http://www.worldcharts.co.uk/chartfeatures/aus/aus70.htm |archive-date= 24 April 2014}}{{cite web |url= https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19781126/7501/ |title= 1978 Top 40 Official UK Singles Archive – 2 December 1978 |publisher= Official Charts Company |access-date= 1 June 2013}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rod-stewart-mn0000293896/awards |title= Rod Stewart awards on AllMusic |publisher= AllMusic |access-date= 1 June 2013}} Many critics panned the direction of song towards disco, but it nevertheless became one of his biggest hits. Stewart has since defended the song commenting that Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones had also dabbled with disco music by this time.Stewart, Rod. Rod: The Autobiography (2012): [https://archive.org/details/rodautobiography0000stew/page/225 225–226] The second single was "Ain't Love a Bitch", which became a No.11 hit in the UK and No.22 in the US.[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/20537/rod-stewart/ Official UK Charts – Rod Stewart] The third and final single "Blondes (Have More Fun)" peaked at 63 in the UK, his lowest-charting single there at this time, but performed better in Ireland at No.23.{{cite web|title=The Irish Charts – All There Is To Know|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=6|publisher=irishcharts.ie|access-date=2011-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721125434/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=6|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=dead}}

The album itself peaked at No.3 in the UK, being certified platinum by Christmas and was a No.1 hit in the US, where it went triple platinum.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rodstewartfanclub.com/about_rod/disco/album_detail.php?album_id=6 |title=Rod Stewart fanclub – Blondes Have More Fun |access-date=7 December 2016 |archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220103525/http://www.rodstewartfanclub.com/about_rod/disco/album_detail.php?album_id=6 |url-status=dead }} It also charted within the top ten in a host of other countries.

Side one

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| "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (Rod Stewart, Carmine Appice, Duane Hitchings) – 5:31{{ref label|benjor|a|a}}

| "Dirty Weekend" (Stewart, Gary Grainger) – 2:36

| "Ain't Love a Bitch" (Stewart, Grainger) – 4:39

| "The Best Days of My Life" (Stewart, Jim Cregan) – 4:21

| "Is That the Thanks I Get?" (Stewart, Cregan) – 4:32

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Side two

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| "Attractive Female Wanted" (Stewart, Grainger) – 4:17

| "Blondes (Have More Fun)" (Stewart, Cregan) – 3:46

| "Last Summer" (Stewart, Philip Chen) – 4:05

| "Standin' in the Shadows of Love" (Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland, Brian Holland) – 4:28

| "Scarred and Scared" (Stewart, Grainger) – 4:54

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{{note label|benjor|a|a}} Stewart has acknowledged that the song inadvertently incorporates the melody from the song "Taj Mahal" by Jorge Ben Jor, although Ben Jor was not given a writing credit.

Rod Stewart Band

• Rod Stewart – vocals
• Gary Grainger, Billy Peek – guitar
• Jim Cregan – guitar, backing vocals
• Phil Chen – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Carmine Appice – drums, backing vocals

Invited guests

• Fred Tackett – acoustic guitars
• Nicky Hopkins – piano
• Duane Hitchings – keyboards, synthesizer
• Roger Bethelmy – drums
• Paulinho Da Costa, Tommy Vig – percussion
• Gary Herbig – flute
• Phil Kenzie, Tom Scott – tenor saxophone
• Steve Madaio – trumpet
• Mike Finnigan – background vocals
• Max Carl Gronenthal – background vocals
• Linda Lewis – vocals
• Catherine Allison – piano, background vocals
• Del Newman – string arrangements

Production

• Tom Dowd – producer, mixing
• Andy Johns – engineer, mixing
• George Tutko, David Gerts – assistant engineers
• Mixed at Smoke Tree and Cherokee Studios.

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