Fans think Hot Legs is sexy but Rod Stewart says he wanted to stop singing lewd 70s hit

‘I did nothing wrong at all. I never had sex with anybody underage, never forced anybody to have sex’

SIR ROD STEWART has said he briefly considered stopping singing his 1977 hit Hot Legs because he thought it was in poor taste.

The lyrics of the song, which is about a young woman who won’t leave him alone, suggests that the subject is a 17-year-old. Other lines include “you can love me tonight if you want”, “you’re still in school” and “bring your mother too”.

Stewart, 77, told The Sunday Times: “I went through a [period] of thinking I’m not going to sing Hot Legs because it’s a sh------ song, but what do I finish with? Hot Legs. And people love it. There is nothing I feel uncomfortable singing.”

Stewart is due to perform the song during his UK tour, which starts on Wednesday. He said his tours are “not as wild as they were”.

“In the old days it was all sh------ and drinking, but you can’t carry on like that. I haven’t joined the pipe-and-slippers club yet, but I have to look after my voice.”

Discussing the 1970s era of rock stardom with The Telegraph last year, he said: “I did nothing wrong at all. I never had sex with anybody underage, never forced anybody to have sex. In fact, sex was always too much for me, it was always there, and it became boring.

“There were a lot of beautiful women, but we had nothing to say at the end of the evening. I would long for one woman in my life, I longed to be in a romance, a relationship that was a lot deeper than just sex. And I found it.”

Stewart met his third wife, Penny Lancaster, in 1999, and they have been married since 2007. Stewart has also recently said that he does not plan to sing songs such as Hot Legs when he is in his eighties.

The singer said that his tours are usually sold out but “nobody’s got the money” and one in Aberdeen has nearly 1,000 tickets for sale.

“I shouldn’t admit it, but I’ve no ego,” he said.