Foot Loose & Fancy Free

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Foot Loose & Fancy Free
Foot Loose & Fancy Free by Rod Stewart.jpg
Studio album by
Rod Stewart
Released4 November 1977
Recorded1976–1977
Studio
Genre Rock
Length44:06
Label Riva, Warner Bros.
Producer Tom Dowd
Rod Stewart chronology
A Night on the Town
(1976)		Foot Loose & Fancy Free
(1977)		 Blondes Have More Fun
(1978)
Singles from Foot Loose & Fancy Free
  1. "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)"
    Released: September 1977
  2. "Hot Legs"
    Released: January 1978
  3. "I Was Only Joking"
    Released: April 1978
  4. "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
    Released: August 1978 (Japan) [1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Christgau's Record Guide B− [3]
Rolling Stone (mixed) [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Foot Loose & Fancy Free is the eighth studio album by Rod Stewart, released in November 1977 on Riva Records in the UK and Warner Bros in the US.

Contents

The album is the second-to-last album of Stewart's acclaimed 1970s albums, beginning with Atlantic Crossing and including the platinum-selling A Night on the Town . The album contains elements of hard rock ("Hot Legs"), funk rock ("You're Insane"), and progressive rock via Motown ("You Keep Me Hanging On"), as well as Stewart's usual ballads ("You're in My Heart"). "I Was Only Joking" was the third of four singles released from the album.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Rod Stewart and Gary Grainger unless noted otherwise.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hot Legs" 5:14
2."You're Insane"Stewart, Phil Chen 4:48
3."You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)"Stewart4:30
4."Born Loose"Stewart, Grainger, Jim Cregan 6:02
Total length:20:34
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Keep Me Hangin' On" (The Supremes cover) Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland 7:28
2."(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" (Luther Ingram cover) Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Raymond Jackson 5:23
3."You Got a Nerve" 4:59
4."I Was Only Joking" 6:07
Total length:23:57

Personnel

The Rod Stewart Group

Additional personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [25] 4× Platinum280,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [26] 4× Platinum400,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong) [27] Platinum20,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ) [28] Platinum15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [29] Platinum300,000^
United States (RIAA) [30] 3× Platinum3,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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