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	7" single 12" single
Genre	Disco[1] rock[2]
Length	3:48 (radio edit) 5:14 (album version) 6:46 (extended mix)
Label	Casablanca
Writer(s)	Pete Bellotte Harold Faltermeyer Keith Forsey
Producer(s)	Giorgio Moroder Pete Bellotte
Certification	Platinum (CRIA, RIAA)
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 a significant rock direction, 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

• 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.^[6]
• "Hot Stuff" also appeared in The Martian.^[7]
• The songs appears in video games Just Dance 2 and Dance Central 2; while a cover version appeared in Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party and Karaoke Revolution Vol. 2.

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)[8] 1 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[9] 3 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[10] 8 Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders)[11] 7 Canada (CHUM)[12] 2 Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[13] 1 Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)[14] 1 Canada Top Singles (RPM)[15] 1 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[16] 7 France (IFOP)[17] 10 Germany (Official German Charts)[18] 5 Ireland (IRMA)[19] 14 Italy (FIMI)[20] 2 Japan (Oricon International Chart)[21] 1 Japan (Oricon Singles Chart)[21] 17 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[22] 14 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[23] 21 New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[24] 7 Norway (VG-lista)[25] 2 Spain (AFYVE)[26] 9 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[27] 2 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] 1 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[29] 11 US Billboard Hot 100[30] 1 US Billboard Hot Disco Singles[30] 1 US Billboard Hot Soul Singles[30] 3 US Cash Box[31] 1 US Record World[32] 1 Chart (2012) Peak position France (SNEP)[33] 47 Japan Hot 100 Singles[30] 31 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[23] 93 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] 65 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[34] 111

Year-end charts Chart (1979) Position Australia (Kent Music Report)[35] 17 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[36] 13 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[37] 55 Canada (RPM 200 Singles)[38] 18 France (IFOP)[39] 43 Italy (FIMI)[20] 24 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[40] 14 US Billboard Hot 100[41] 7 US Cash Box[42] 14 Sales and certifications Region Certification Sales/shipments Canada (Music Canada)[43] Platinum 150,000^^ France 317,000[44] United States (RIAA)[45] Platinum 2,000,000^^ ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

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External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics