When You're Hot, You're Hot

"When You're Hot, You're Hot"
Single by Jerry Reed
from the album When You're Hot, You're Hot
B-side	"You've Been Cryin'"
Released	March 1971
Genre	Country rock country rap[1]
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	Jerry Reed
Producer(s)	Chet Atkins
Jerry Reed singles chronology
"Amos Moses" (1970) "When You're Hot, You're Hot" (1971) "Ko-Ko Joe" (1971)

"When You're Hot, You're Hot" is a 1971 crossover single, written and recorded by Jerry Reed. The song was his most successful on the country charts peaking at number one for five weeks.^[2] "When You're Hot, You're Hot" also was Jerry Reed's second song to cross over to the Top 40, peaking at number nine.^[3] It also appeared in the Australian and New Zealand charts. "When You're Hot, You're Hot" was certified gold for sales of one million units by the Recording Industry Association of America.

In popular culture

The chorus lyrics of this song appear at the very end of an episode of The New Scooby-Doo Movies, sung by Scooby and Shaggy as they attend a performance by Jerry Reed, who guest starred in the episode.^[4]

Chart performance

Chart (1971)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles [5]	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [5]	9
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary Tracks [5]	6
Canadian RPM Country Tracks [6]	1
Canadian RPM Top Singles [7]	4
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks [8]	18
Australian Go-Set Chart[9]	23

Year-End Chart

Chart (1971)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Top Singles	62
U.S. Cashbox Top 100	55
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	74

References

1. http://communityvoices.post-gazette.com/arts-entertainment-living/get-rhythm/29893-country-rap-a-forgotten-tradition
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 283.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 523.
4. "Jerry Reed on Scooby Doo". YouTube. 2006-08-11. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
5. "Jerry Reed". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
6. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
7. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
8. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
9. "Go-Set Australian charts - 7 August 1971". Poparchives.com.au. 1971-08-07. Retrieved 2012-03-14.