“We wrote the biggest-selling single that Rod ever had, and it took us an hour to put it down. It ended up selling millions all around the world”: When Rod Stewart and drummer Carmine Appice created a controversial disco-era smash hit

Rod Stewart.

When legendary drummer Carmine Appice looks back on Rod Stewart’s 1978 hit Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? – which he co-wrote with Stewart and keyboard player Duane Hitchings – he makes no bones about it, telling MusicRadar: “To this day, it’s still a giant moneymaker.”

A hard-hitting drummer known for playing heavy rock and metal, Appice says of this famous song: “Some people put it down because it’s disco.”