Hot Shot (Karen Young song)

Infobox Single
Name = Hot Shot


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Artist = Karen Young
from Album = Hot Shot
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Released = 1978 (Original)
2007 (As "Reheat" version)
Format = 7", 12"
CD Maxi (2007)
Recorded = 1978
Genre = Disco
Dance/House
Length = 8:40
Label = West End Records (1978)
MaxRoxx (2007)
Writer = Andrew Kahn
Kurt Borusiewicz
Producer = 1978 original: Andrew Kahn and Kurt Borusiewicz
2007 remixes: Andrew Kahn, Jon Current, Mitch Goldfarb, Susan Lazarus, Craig J. Snider and Ralphi Rosario
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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 a 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 Sliver 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 a 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.

Track listings

; 7" single [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/1051501 From e.discogs] ]
*A Hot Shot (Vocal-Long Version) (4:25)
*B Hot Shot (Vocal-Short Version) (3:15)

; 12" promo ("Issued on pink vinyl") [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/120161 from e.discogs] ]
*A Hot Shot (Vocal) (8:40)
*B Hot Shot (Instrumental) (8:24) ; CD Maxi ("Hot Shot 2007") [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/1255771 from e.discogs] ]
*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)

References

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_YWSOSdYZE Video performance from "Soap Factory Disco"]