Hot Stuff (Donna Summer song)
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| "Hot Stuff" | ||
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| Single by Donna Summer | ||
| from the album Bad Girls | ||
| B-side(s) | * Journey To The Centre Of Your Heart | |
| Released | 1979 | |
| Format | 7" single, 12" single | |
| Genre | Disco, Pop, Rock | |
| Label | Casablanca | |
| Writer(s) | Pete Bellotte, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey | |
| Producer(s) | Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte | |
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| Donna Summer singles chronology | ||
| "Heaven Knows" (1978) |
"Hot Stuff" (1979) |
"Bad Girls" (1979) |
"Hot Stuff" is a hit single released by American disco singer Donna Summer in 1979 from her Bad Girls album through Casablanca Records. Along with "Love to Love You Baby", this is one of her numerous signature songs. It was certified double-platinum by the RIAA (for sales of over two million copies in the United States) and remained at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three non-consecutive weeks. On the heels of a string of hits, this track was number one in about a month after its release, while the follow-up "Bad Girls" danced at number three of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance was awarded to Summer early in 1980 making Summer the first African-American artist to achieve that feat.
The song also topped the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, with Summer's follow-up "Bad Girls" as a double A-side.
The track was covered in 1995 by DJ Miko, giving the tune a then-modern techno twist, and later partially covered by The Pussycat Dolls in their 2005 debut album PCD. The verses (which were slightly altered) and the overall sound of the song are from Siobhan Fahey's "Bitter Pill", but with the chorus of Summer's "Hot Stuff" and it was renamed it "Hot Stuff (I Want You Back)".
[edit] In other media
The song was memorably featured in the popular 1997 film The Full Monty. During a press event on his 50th birthday, Charles, Prince of Wales helped recreate the scene in which the four main characters overhear the song while waiting in line at the unemployment office.[1]
The song is also featured prominently in an episode of the British mystery television series Jonathan Creek in the episode Angel Hair where it is sung by Caroline Carver who plays popstar Sally Ellen Oakley. It also forms a part of the soundtrack of the movie Eurotrip.
| Preceded by "Reunited" by Peaches & Herb |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single First time: June 2, 1979 Second time: June 16–June 23, 1979 |
Succeeded by First: "Love You Inside Out" by Bee Gees Second: "Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward |
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