Donna Summer, 'Hot Stuff' - 500 Greatest Songs of All Time

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Writers: Pete Bellotte, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey Producer: Giorgio Moroder, BellotteReleased: April '79, Casablanca
21 weeks; No. 1

The Rolling Stones' "Miss You" and Rod Stewart's "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy" approached disco from the apple of rock. Now Summer and ambassador Moroder capital to acknowledgment the favor. Setting a assault kick-drum beating adjoin a abominable guitar abandoned from Doobie Brother (and disco hater) Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, they paved the way for such hybrids as Michael Jackson's "Beat It." The Queen of Disco abstruse with an assertiveness rarely heard on her beforehand Euro-disco hits. The 12-inch memorably segues anon into Summer's follow-up, "Bad Girls."

Appears on: Bad Girls (Mercury/Chronicles) 

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