Hot Stuff (Donna Summer song)

"Hot Stuff"
Single by Donna Summer
from the album Bad Girls
B-side "Journey to the Centre of Your Heart"
"Heaven Knows" (Brazil)
"Bad Girls" (Japan)
Released April 13, 1979
Format
Genre
Length 5:14 (album version)
6:46 (extended mix)
3:48 (radio edit)
Label Casablanca
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Certification Platinum (US)
Donna Summer singles chronology
"Heaven Knows"
(1978)		 "Hot Stuff"
(1979)		 "Bad Girls"
(1979)
Music sample
"Donna Summer - Hot Stuff"

"Hot Stuff" is a song by American singer Donna Summer, released in 1979 as the first single release from her Bad Girls album through Casablanca Records. Up to that point, Summer had mainly been associated with disco songs but this song also showed significant rock influences including a guitar solo by ex-Doobie Brother and Steely Dan guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter. It is one of her most popular songs, based on the performance on the Billboard Hot 100.[3]

Awards and recognition

"Hot Stuff" won Summer the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in the inaugural year the award was given out. In 2010, the song was ranked #104 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[4]

Cover versions

Pop star EliZe released a cover in September 2008, which peaked at no. 11 on the Dutch charts.[5]

Appearances in other media

Chart performance

"Hot Stuff" was certified Platinum by the RIAA and remained at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three non-consecutive weeks. The song also topped the US Hot Disco Singles chart, with Summer's follow-up "Bad Girls" as a double A-side. The popular 12" single edition of the song plays the full 6:47 version of the song and then segues into "Bad Girls" 4:55 version.

Weekly charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[8] 3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[9] 8
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[10] 7
Canada (CHUM)[11] 2
Canada (RPM 100 Singles)[12] 1
Canada (RPM Adult Oriented Playlist)[13] 1
Canada (RPM Disco Playlist)[14] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[15] 7
France (IFOP)[16] 10
Germany (Media Control Charts)[17] 5
Ireland (IRMA)[18] 14
Italy (FIMI)[19] 2
Japan (Oricon International Chart)[20] 1
Japan (Oricon Singles Chart)[20] 17
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[21] 14
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[22] 21
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[23] 7
Norway (VG-lista)[24] 2
Spain (AFYVE)[25] 9
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[26] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] 1
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[28] 11
US Billboard Hot 100[29] 1
US Billboard Hot Disco Singles[29] 1
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles[29] 3
US Cash Box[30] 1
US Record World[31] 1
Chart (2012) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[32] 47
Japan Hot 100 Singles[29] 31
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[22] 93
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] 65
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[33] 111

Year-end charts

Chart (1979) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[34] 17
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[35] 13
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[36] 55
Canada (RPM 200 Singles)[37] 18
France (IFOP)[38] 43
Italy (FIMI)[19] 24
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[39] 14
US Billboard Hot 100[40] 7
US Cash Box[41] 14

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[42] Platinum 150,000^
France 317,000[43]
United States (RIAA)[44] Platinum 2,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Order of precedence
Preceded by
"Lay Your Love on Me" by Racey		 Australian number-one single
July 2, 1979 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
"Pop Muzik" by M
Preceded by
"Music Box Dancer" by Frank Mills		 Swiss number-one single
June 24, 1979 (1 week)
Preceded by
"I Was Made for Dancin'" by Leif Garrett		 Japanese Oricon International Chart number-one single
July 23, 1979 – July 30, 1979 (2 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Dschinghis Khan" by Dschinghis Khan
Preceded by
"Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward		 US Billboard Hot Disco Singles number-one single (with "Bad Girls")
May 26, 1979 – July 7, 1979 (7 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Born to Be Alive" by Patrick Hernandez
Preceded by
"Reunited" by Peaches & Herb		 Canadian RPM 100 Singles number-one single
June 9, 1979 – June 16, 1979 (2 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Love You Inside Out" by the Bee Gees
US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single (first run)
June 2, 1979 (1 week)
US Cash Box number-one single
June 2, 1979 – June 23, 1979 (4 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward
US Record World number-one single
June 2, 1979 – June 30, 1979 (5 weeks)
Preceded by
"Love You Inside Out" by the Bee Gees		 US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single (second run)
June 16, 1979 – June 23, 1979 (2 weeks)
Preceded by
"She Believes in Me" by Kenny Rogers		 Canadian RPM Adult Oriented Playlist number-one single
July 21, 1979 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
"Shadows in the Moonlight" by Anne Murray
Preceded by
–		 Canadian RPM Disco Playlist number-one single
June 16, 1979 – June 30, 1979 (3 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"We Are Family" by Sister Sledge

References

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  2. ↑
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