Donna Summer – Hot Stuff

“Hot Stuff” – Single by Donna Summer from the album Bad Girls, released April 13, 1979

Donna Summer was not a wild child in real life, but she often played a libidinous vixen in her songs. In “Hot Stuff,” she’s calling every guy she knows looking for some action.

How did Summer pull it off? “That was easy,” her husband, Bruce Sudano, told Songfacts. “She knew immediately what the character of the song was, because she was an actress who sang. She just jumped right on that and injected it with the rock and soul that that song required, quite naturally.”

This disco classic was written by Pete Bellotte, Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey. Bellotte co-wrote a few other hits for Summer, including “Love To Love You Baby” and “Heaven Knows.” Faltermeyer had a solo hit in 1984 with “Axel F,” and Forsey’s credits include “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” for Simple Minds and “Shakedown” for Bob Seger.

This was Summer’s second #1 hit on the Hot 100; her first was her disco cover of “MacArthur Park.”

Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, who is a prolific session musician and at one point was a member of Steely Dan, did the guitar solo.

When the Best Female Rock Vocal Performance category was added at the Grammy Awards in 1980, Donna Summer won for “Hot Stuff.” Classifying the song as rock is certainly a stretch, but Summer’s vocals could hold up in any genre.

She beat out Rickie Lee Jones, Tanya Tucker, Carly Simon and Bonnie Raitt for the award.

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Hot Stuff a fost compusă de Pete Bellotte, Harold Faltermeyer și Keith Forsey. Piesa a apărut pe albumul Bad Girls din 1979. Ocupă imediat locul 1 la Billboard Hot 100, fiind al doilea single care ocupă locul 1, primul a fost MacArthur Park.

În 1980 primește premiul Grammy la categoria Best Female Rock Vocal Performance pentru Hot Stuff. Clasificarea că rock, un pic exagerată, dar cu vocea putea să participe în orice categorie. A câștigat în acel an, în fața la Rickie Lee Jones, Tanya Tucker, Carly Simon și Bonnie Raitt.

Hot Stuff a rămas una dintre cele mai populare melodii ale ei.

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