Too Hot (Kool & the Gang song)

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"Too Hot"
Single by Kool & the Gang
B-side "Tonight's the Night"
Released January 13, 1980
Format 45 RPM 7"
Label De-Lite
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Eumir Deodato and Kool & the Gang
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Kool & the Gang singles chronology
Ladies' Night
(1979)		 "Too Hot"
(1980)		 "Celebration"
(1980)
"Too Hot"
File:Too Hot by Kool and the Gang and Lisa Stansfield.jpg
Single by Kool & the Gang featuring Lisa Stansfield
from the album The Hits: Reloaded
Released September 2004 (2004-09)
Format Promotional single
Recorded 2004
Genre
Length 4:32
Label Edel
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Lisa Stansfield singles chronology
"All Around the World" (Norty Cotto Mixes)
(2003)		 "Too Hot"
(2004)		 "Easier"
(2004)

"Too Hot" is a R&B/Soul song recorded by the American band Kool & the Gang for their 1979 album, Ladies' Night.[1] It was written by George Brown and Kool & the Gang, and produced by Eumir Deodato and Kool & the Gang.[1] The song reached number five on the US Billboard Hot 100.[2]

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
Canada RPM 18
UK 23
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 5
U.S. Billboard Dance 5
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 11
U.S. Billboard R&B 3
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1980) Rank
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [3] 38

2004 version

In 2004, Kool & the Gang released The Hits: Reloaded album, which features their greatest hits performed by various artists.[4] "Too Hot" was recorded by British singer Lisa Stansfield and released as a promotional single from The Hits: Reloaded in selected European countries in September 2004.[5]

Track listings

European promotional CD single

  1. "Too Hot" (Kool & the Gang featuring Lisa Stansfield) – 4:32
  2. "Where Da Boogie At!" (Kool & the Gang featuring R.O.C. & Da Prince Hakim) – 3:39

Charts

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[6] 36

References

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  3. ↑ http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1980.htm
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  6. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
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