We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off

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"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"
Take Our Clothes Off.jpg
Single by Jermaine Stewart
from the album Frantic Romantic
B-side "Brilliance"
ReleasedMay 27, 1986
Genre
Length
  • 4:54 (album version)
  • 4:05 (edited single version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Narada Michael Walden
Jermaine Stewart singles chronology
"I Like It"
(1985)
"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"
(1986)
"Frantic Romantic" / "Versatile"
(1986)
Music video
”We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off” on YouTube

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [25] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [26] Gold400,000

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Personnel

Album version

Taken from the Frantic Romantic liner notes. [27]

Additional personnel on single release

Clea version

"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"
Take Our Clothes Off Clea.jpg
Single by Clea vs. Da Playaz
from the album Trinity
ReleasedSeptember 2005 (UK)
2006 (Europe)
Genre Dance-pop
Label Upside Records
Clea vs. Da Playaz singles chronology
"Stuck in the Middle"
(2004)
"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"
(2005)
"Lucky Like That"
(2006)

The song was covered by English girl group Clea and was released as their third single in the UK in September 2005. It was their third top 40 hit, charting at number 35. The song appears on their UK debut album, Trinity .

Charts

Chart (2005)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)35 [28]

Lil' Chris version

"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"
Clothes Off.jpg
Single by Lil' Chris
from the album What's It All About
ReleasedOctober 2007 (UK)
Genre Pop
Label RCA
Songwriter(s)
Lil' Chris singles chronology
"Figure It Out"
(2007)
"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"
(2007)

Lil' Chris covered the song and released it as the only single from his second album, What's It All About , on October 19, 2007. It peaked at number 63 on the UK Singles Chart. This was his last single before his death in 2015.

Track listing

CD single

  1. "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" – 3:04
  2. "Taste Me" (live in Manchester)
  3. "I Never Noticed" (Live in London)

7" vinyl

  1. "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" – 3:04
  2. "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" (Media Virus Remix) – 5:53

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 63

Ella Eyre version

"We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"
Song by Ella Eyre
from the album Feline (Deluxe)
ReleasedOctober 5, 2013
Label Virgin EMI
Producer(s) Michael Harwood, Sean Hargreaves

The song was covered by Ella Eyre and appeared first on Virgin Records: 40 Years of Disruptions, a record released on October 5, 2013, by Virgin Records celebrating 40 years in business. [29] It was later included on her EP Ella Eyre, released February 10, 2015, and finally on the deluxe version of her debut album Feline . The song charted on the UK chart at number 54 and was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in 2022. [30]

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [31] 67
UK Singles (OCC) [32] 54

Certifications

Certifications for "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off"
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [33] Platinum90,000
Sweden (GLF) [34] Gold20,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [30] Platinum600,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Other performances

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