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"The Stripper" is an instrumental composed by
David Rose and recorded in 1962. It evinces a jazz influence with
especially prominent trombone lines, and evokes the feel of music used
to accompany striptease artists.
The piece features in the films Slap Shot, The Full Monty and Wallace &
Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit as well as TV series Little Britain and Scrubs. It was also famously used
in a parody by British comedy duo Morecambe and Wise, where they danced
to the tune while making breakfast.
A famous Noxzema shave-cream advertising campaign
developed by the William Esty Advertising Agency
used the piece as background music for a television commercial that
featured a famous model telling men to “take it all off.”. Cut
to closeups of the faces of men shaving with safety razors, the razor
strokes coinciding with the emphatic parts of the tune.
The song reached number one on Billboard
magazine's Pop Singles and Adult Contemporary charts in 1962.
The late professional wrestler Rick Rude, utilized this
as his theme song.