Blondes Have More Fun

Blondes Have More Fun is Rod Stewart's ninth album, released in November 1978. As was the popular musical trend at the time, it is Stewart's foray into disco music, which although commercially successful, was critically divisive. The lead single "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" became one of Stewart's biggest hits, peaking at No.1 in both the UK and US. The album has sold more than 14 million copies worldwide.

Overview
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. 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. The second single was "Ain't Love a Bitch", which became a No.11 hit in the UK and No.22 in the US. 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.

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 double platinum. It also charted within the top ten in a host of other countries.

Track listing
Side one 1. "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (Jorge Ben Jor, Rod Stewart, Carmine Appice, Duane Hitchings) – 5:31

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

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

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

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

Side two 1. "Attractive Female Wanted" (Stewart, Grainger) – 4:17

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

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

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

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

Personnel

 * Rod Stewart – lead vocals

Rod Stewart Band
 * Gary Grainger – guitar
 * Billy Peek – guitar
 * Jim Cregan – guitar, backing vocals
 * Philip Chen – bass, backing vocals
 * Carmine Appice – drums, backing vocals

Guest musicians
 * Duane Hitchings – keyboards, synthesizer
 * Roger Bethelmy – drums
 * Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
 * Nicky Hopkins – piano
 * Gary Herbig – flute
 * Phil Kenzie – horn
 * Steve Madaio – trumpet
 * Tom Scott – tenor saxophone
 * Fred Tackett – guitar
 * Tommy Vig – percussion
 * Mike Finnigan – background vocals
 * Max 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 – assistant engineer