Hot Shot (Karen Young song)
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Hot Shot was the name of a popular disco single recorded by American singer Karen Young
. The single, which is also the name of her 1978 album, reached number one on the Billboard
Hot Dance Club Play
chart the week of August 5, 1978 and spent two weeks there.
The track also crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it only got as far as number 67 that same year. Although this single would make Young a one-hit wonder, "Hot Shot" is still considered by many as a club classic and an Old School radio staple to this day. "Hot Shot" was also featured in the 1990 movie "Reversal of Fortune
" and was later used as a sample in Daft Punk
's song "Indo Silver Club" on their 1996 album Homework.
In 2007, nearly 30 years after the original charted and 16 years after Young's death (in 1991), MaxRoxx Music released "Hot Shot: The Karen Young Reheat," which is an updated version of "Hot Shot," this time with new mixes using the original's vocals. This version, which charted as "Hot Shot 2007," also reached the Hot Dance Club Play chart, where it peaked at number 7 in March 2008. Also, in 1999, Blondie
recorded a cover of the song and included it on the Japanese edition of their album No Exit
and "No Exit" single.
12" promo (Issued on pink vinyl)
CD Maxi ("Hot Shot 2007")
Karen Young (American singer)
Karen Young was an American disco-era singer best known for her hit, "Hot Shot".-Biography:Young grew up in a Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania rowhouse. Before becoming an international recording star with "Hot Shot," she recorded jingles and background vocals for the Philadelphia based...
. The single, which is also the name of her 1978 album, reached number one on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Dance Club Play
Hot Dance Club Play
The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...
chart the week of August 5, 1978 and spent two weeks there.
The track also crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it only got as far as number 67 that same year. Although this single would make Young a one-hit wonder, "Hot Shot" is still considered by many as a club classic and an Old School radio staple to this day. "Hot Shot" was also featured in the 1990 movie "Reversal of Fortune
Reversal of Fortune
Reversal of Fortune is a 1990 film adapted from the 1985 book Reversal of Fortune: Inside the von Bülow Case, written by law professor Alan Dershowitz...
" and was later used as a sample in Daft Punk
Daft Punk
Daft Punk are an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter . Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synthpop...
's song "Indo Silver Club" on their 1996 album Homework.
In 2007, nearly 30 years after the original charted and 16 years after Young's death (in 1991), MaxRoxx Music released "Hot Shot: The Karen Young Reheat," which is an updated version of "Hot Shot," this time with new mixes using the original's vocals. This version, which charted as "Hot Shot 2007," also reached the Hot Dance Club Play chart, where it peaked at number 7 in March 2008. Also, in 1999, Blondie
Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...
recorded a cover of the song and included it on the Japanese edition of their album No Exit
No Exit (Blondie album)
No Exit is the seventh studio album by the US rock/new wave group Blondie. It was released in February 1999 and marked the first time the band recorded or performed together since 1982, when they released their previous studio album The Hunter....
and "No Exit" single.
Track listings
7" single- A Hot Shot (Vocal-Long Version) (4:25)
- B Hot Shot (Vocal-Short Version) (3:15)
12" promo (Issued on pink vinyl)
- A Hot Shot (Vocal) (8:40)
- B Hot Shot (Instrumental) (8:24)
CD Maxi ("Hot Shot 2007")
- 1 Hot Shot (MaxRoxx Remake) (6:37)
- 2 Hot Shot (Ralphi Rosario & Craig J Remix) (11:50)
- 3 Hot Shot (MaxRoxx Dub) (3:46)
- 4 Hot Shot (Daddy’s Cool MaxRoxx Dub) (2:29)
- 5 Hot Shot (1978 Bottom’s Up Mix) (8:17)