Foot Loose & Fancy Free

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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.

The album is the second-to-last album of Stewart's 1970s albums, 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.

Personnel

The Rod Stewart Group

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• Gary Grainger – guitar, backing vocals
• Jim Cregan – guitar, backing vocals
• Phil Chen – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Carmine Appice – drums, backing vocals
• Billy Peek – guitar, backing vocals
• John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards, backing vocals

Additional personnel

• Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar (A3)
• Steve Cropper – guitar
• David Foster – keyboards
• Nicky Hopkins – synthesizer
• Roger Bethelmy – drums (B2)
• Paulinho Da Costa, Tommy Vig – percussion
• John Mayall – harmonica on "Born Loose"
• Phil Kenzie – saxophone
• Richard Greene – violin
• Mark Stein – background vocals on "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
• Andy Johns – background vocals, recording and mixing
• Wally Heider – engineering
• John Naslen – engineering
• Sy Potma – engineering
• Lee Hulko – mastering
• Kosh – art design and direction

Charts

Weekly charts

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Chart (1977-78)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref name=aus>Template:Cite book</ref>	1
Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref name="JPN">Template:Cite book</ref>	19

Chart (2024)	Peak position
Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	33

Year-end charts

Chart (1977)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	10
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	34
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	10
UK Albums (OCC)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	31

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Chart (1978)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	16
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	33
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	16
US Billboard 200<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	14