Released April 13, 1979 Genre Disco
rock | Format 7" single
12" single Label Casablanca | |
B-side "Journey to the Centre of Your Heart"
"Heaven Knows" (Brazil)
"Bad Girls" (Japan) Length 3:47 (radio edit)
5:14 (album version)
6:46 (extended mix) | ||
"Hot Stuff" is a song by American singer Donna Summer from her seventh studio album Bad Girls (1979), released as the lead single from Bad Girls on April 13, 1979, 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.
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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".
Cover versions
Pop star EliZe released a cover in September 2008, which peaked at no. 11 on the Dutch charts.
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. "Hot Stuff" was the seventh biggest song of 1979 in the US. 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.