Hot Stuff ( Donna Summer song ) - wikipedia Hot Stuff ( Donna Summer song ) `` Hot Stuff '' Artwork for Italian release Single by Donna Summer from the album Bad Girls B - side `` Journey to the Centre of Your Heart '' `` Heaven Knows '' ( Brazil ) `` Bad Girls '' ( Japan ) Released April 13, 1979 Format 7 '' single 12 '' single Genre Disco rock Length 3 : 47 ( radio edit ) 5 : 14 ( album version ) 6 : 46 ( extended mix ) Label Casablanca Songwriter ( s ) Pete Bellotte Harold Faltermeyer Keith Forsey Producer ( s ) Giorgio Moroder Pete Bellotte Donna Summer singles chronology `` Heaven Knows '' ( 1978 ) `` Hot Stuff '' ( 1979 ) `` Bad Girls '' ( 1979 ) `` Heaven Knows '' ( 1978 ) `` Hot Stuff '' ( 1979 ) `` Bad Girls '' ( 1979 ) Audio sample `` Donna Summer - Hot Stuff '' file help `` Hot Stuff '' is a song by American singer Donna Summer from her seventh studio album Bad Girls ( 1979 ), produced by Italian producer Giorgio Moroder, and released as the lead single from Bad Girls on April 13, 1979, through Casablanca Records. Up to that point, Summer had mainly been associated with disco songs but this song also showed a significant rock direction, including a guitar solo by ex-Doobie Brother and Steely Dan guitarist Jeff `` Skunk '' Baxter. It is one of her most popular songs, based on the performance on the Billboard Hot 100. Contents 1 Awards and recognition 2 Cover versions 3 Appearances in other media 4 Chart performance 4.1 Weekly charts 4.2 Year - end charts 4.3 Sales and certifications 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Awards and recognition `` Hot Stuff '' won Summer the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance in the inaugural year the award was given out. In 2010, the song was ranked # 104 on Rolling Stone 's list of `` The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ''. Cover versions Czech singer Věra Špinarová recorded a cover version in 1979 entitled Tak já ti mávám. Pop star EliZe released a cover in September 2008, which peaked at no. 11 on the Dutch charts. Appearances in other Media The song was memorably featured in the popular 1997 film The Full Monty. During a press event on his 50th birthday, Charles, Prince of Wales helped recreate the scene in which the four main characters overhear the song while waiting in line at the unemployment office. The song appears in the 2015 science fiction film The Martian. The song is featured in a Walmart Christmas holiday television commercial which started airing in November 2017. Chart Performance `` Hot Stuff '' was certified Platinum by the RIAA and remained at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three non-consecutive weeks, and spent the longest time in the top ten in 1979 : fourteen weeks. The song also topped the US Hot Disco Singles chart, with Summer 's follow - up `` Bad Girls '' as a double A-side. `` Hot Stuff '' was the seventh biggest song of 1979 in the US. The popular 12 '' single edition of the song plays the full 6 : 47 version of the song and then segues into `` Bad Girls '' 4 : 55 version. Weekly charts Chart ( 1979 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 8 Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) Canada Dance / Urban ( RPM ) Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista ) 7 France ( IFOP ) 10 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 5 Ireland ( IRMA ) 14 Italy ( FIMI ) Japan ( Oricon International Chart ) Japan ( Oricon Singles Chart ) 17 Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40 ) 14 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 21 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 7 Norway ( VG - lista ) Spain ( AFYVE ) 14 Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 11 US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Hot Disco Singles US Billboard Hot Soul Singles US Cash Box US Record World Chart ( 2012 ) Peak position France ( SNEP ) 47 Japan Hot 100 Singles 31 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 93 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 65 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 111 Year - end charts Chart ( 1979 ) Rank Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 17 Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) 13 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 55 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 18 France ( IFOP ) 42 Italy ( FIMI ) 24 Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 14 US Billboard Hot 100 7 US Cash Box 14 Sales and certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales Canada ( Music Canada ) Platinum 150,000 France 319,100 United States ( RIAA ) Platinum 2,000,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone See also List of number - one singles in Australia during the 1970s List of Top 25 singles for 1979 in Australia Billboard Year - End Hot 100 singles of 1979 List of Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles in 1979 List of Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles of 1979 List of Cash Box Top 100 number - one singles of 1979 List of number - one singles of 1979 ( Canada ) List of RPM number - one dance singles of 1979 List of number - one singles from 1968 -- 79 ( Switzerland ) List of number - one dance singles of 1979 ( U.S. ) References Jump up ^ `` Best Summer Songs of All Time : 31 -- `` Hot Stuff, '' Donna Summer ``. Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 13, 2014. Jump up ^ `` The Billboard Hot 100 All - Time Top Songs ( 70 - 61 ) ''. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008... Billboard. Jump up ^ Caulfield, Keith ( May 17, 2012 ). `` Donna Summer 's Top 20 Billboard Chart Hits ''. Billboard. Retrieved June 13, 2014. Jump up ^ `` 500 Greatest Songs of All Time -- 104 Donna Summer, ' Hot Stuff ' ''. Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 7, 2014. Jump up ^ VĚRA ŠPINAROVÁ : Jednoho dne se vrátíš - starší než Březen 2013 Jump up ^ `` EliZe -- Hot Stuff '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 December 2014. Jump up ^ `` The Full Monarchy ''. BBC News Online. November 13, 1998. Retrieved April 14, 2008. Jump up ^ Newman, Melinda ( October 2, 2015 ). `` The Martian Soundtrack Filled With Disco Classics ''. Billboard. Retrieved October 11, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Walmart Black Friday TV Commercial, ' Hot Stuff ' Song by Donna Summer ''. Ispot.tv. November 23, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Top 100 Hits for 1979 ''. The Longbored Surfer. Retrieved June 13, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Australia No. 1 hits -- 1970 's ''. World Charts. Archived from the original on April 24, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Austriancharts.at -- Donna Summer -- Hot Stuff '' ( in German ). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved May 30, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- Donna Summer -- Hot Stuff '' ( in Dutch ). Ultratop 50. Retrieved May 30, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Adult Contemporary : Issue 4556. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 12, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Dance / Urban : Issue 4548. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 12, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Singles : Issue 4780a. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved May 12, 2015. Jump up ^ Pennanen, Timo ( 2006 ). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 ( in Finnish ) ( 1st ed. ). Helsinki : Tammi. ISBN 978 - 951 - 1 - 21053 - 5. Jump up ^ `` Le Détail par Artiste '' ( in French ). InfoDisc. Select `` Donna Summer '' from the artist drop - down menu. Retrieved May 20, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Offiziellecharts.de -- Donna Summer -- Hot Stuff ''. GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved May 30, 2013. Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- Hot Stuff ''. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved May 30, 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` I singoli più venduti del 1979 '' ( in Italian ). Hit Parade Italia. Creative Commons. Retrieved May 30, 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` Japan # 1 IMPORT DISKS by Oricon Hot Singles ''. Hbr3.sakura.ne.jp. Retrieved June 13, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Nederlandse Top 40 -- Donna Summer - Hot Stuff '' ( in Dutch ). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved May 30, 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` Dutchcharts.nl -- Donna Summer -- Hot Stuff '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Retrieved May 30, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Charts.org.nz -- Donna Summer -- Hot Stuff ''. Top 40 Singles. Retrieved May 30, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Norwegiancharts.com -- Donna Summer -- Hot Stuff ''. VG - lista. Retrieved May 30, 2013. Jump up ^ Salaverri, Fernando ( September 2005 ). Sólo éxitos : año a año, 1959 -- 2002 ( in Spanish ) ( 1st ed. ). Spain : Fundación Autor - SGAE. ISBN 84 - 8048 - 639 - 2. Jump up ^ `` Swedishcharts.com -- Donna Summer -- Hot Stuff ''. Singles Top 100. Retrieved May 30, 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` Swisscharts.com -- Donna Summer -- Hot Stuff ''. Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved May 30, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Official Singles Chart Top 100 ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 30, 2013. ^ Jump up to : `` Bad Girls -- Awards ''. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 30, 2013. Jump up ^ `` CASH BOX Top 100 Singles -- Week ending JUNE 2, 1979 ''. Archived from the original on September 2, 2012... Cash Box magazine. Jump up ^ `` Record World Singles '' ( PDF ). Record World. June 2, 1979. p. 37. ISSN 0034 - 1622. Retrieved September 17, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Lescharts.com -- Donna Summer -- Hot Stuff '' ( in French ). Les classement single. Retrieved May 30, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Chart : Cluk Update 26.05. 2012 ( wk20 ) ''. Zobbel.de. Retrieved June 13, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Forum -- ARIA Charts : Special Occasion Charts -- Top 100 End of Year AMR Charts -- 1970s ''. Australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on November 6, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Jahreshitparade 1979 '' ( in German ). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 13, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Jaaroverzichten 1979 '' ( in Dutch ). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 13, 2014. Jump up ^ `` 1979 Top 200 Singles ''. RPM. Vol. 32 no. 13. 22 December 1979. Retrieved May 20, 2016. Jump up ^ `` TOP -- 1979 '' ( in French ). Top-france.fr. Retrieved May 20, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1979 '' ( in German ). Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved June 13, 2014. Jump up ^ `` The CASH BOX Year - End Charts : 1979 ''. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010... Cash Box magazine. Jump up ^ `` Canadian single certifications -- Donna Summer -- Hot Stuff ''. Music Canada. Jump up ^ `` Les Meilleures Ventes `` Tout Temps '' de 45 T. / Singles / Téléchargement '' ( in French ). InfoDisc. Retrieved May 20, 2016. Jump up ^ `` American single certifications -- Donna Summer -- Hot Stuff ''. Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Donna Summer Album discography Singles discography Awards Cover versions Studio albums Lady of the Night Love to Love You Baby A Love Trilogy Four Seasons of Love I Remember Yesterday Once Upon A Time Bad Girls The Wanderer I 'm a Rainbow Donna Summer She Works Hard for the Money Cats Without Claws All Systems Go Another Place and Time Mistaken Identity Christmas Spirit Crayons Live albums Live and More Live & More Encore Compilations On the Radio : Greatest Hits Volumes I & II The Summer Collection : Greatest Hits The Dance Collection : A Compilation of Twelve Inch Singles The Donna Summer Anthology Endless Summer The Ultimate Collection ( 2003 ) The Journey : The Very Best of Donna Summer Gold The Ultimate Collection ( 2016 ) Singles `` Love to Love You Baby '' `` I Feel Love '' `` Last Dance '' `` MacArthur Park '' `` Heaven Knows '' `` Hot Stuff '' `` Bad Girls '' `` Dim All the Lights '' `` No More Tears ( Enough Is Enough ) '' `` On the Radio '' `` The Wanderer '' `` Love Is in Control ( Finger on the Trigger ) '' `` She Works Hard for the Money '' `` This Time I Know It 's for Real '' Concert tours Once Upon a Time Tour Bad Girls Tour The Wanderer Tour Hard for the Money Tour Silver Girl Tour All Systems Go Tour Live & More Encore Tour Greatest Hits Tour Crayons Tour Related topics Brooklyn Dreams Pete Bellotte Joe `` Bean '' Esposito Giorgio Moroder Bruce Sudano Neil Bogart Paul Jabara Sunshine `` Down Deep Inside '' Book Hit singles recorded by Arsenal Football Club `` Good Old Arsenal '' ( 1971 ) `` Shouting for the Gunners '' ( 1993 ) `` Hot Stuff '' ( 1998 ) `` Arsenal Number One '' / `` Our Goal '' ( 2000 ) See also : All UK hit singles by footballers Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hot_Stuff_(Donna_Summer_song)&oldid=835251096 '' Categories : 1979 songs 1979 singles Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Billboard Dance Club Songs number - one singles Casablanca Records singles Donna Summer songs EliZe songs Football songs and chants Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Number - one dance singles in Canada Number - one singles in Australia Number - one singles in Switzerland Oricon International Singles Chart number - one singles RPM Adult Contemporary number - one singles RPM Top Singles number - one singles Songs about sexuality Songs written by Harold Faltermeyer Songs written by Pete Bellotte Songs written by Keith Forsey Song recordings produced by Giorgio Moroder Song recordings produced by Pete Bellotte Hidden categories : CS1 Dutch - language sources ( nl ) CS1 Finnish - language sources ( fi ) CS1 French - language sources ( fr ) CS1 Italian - language sources ( it ) Articles containing Japanese - language text CS1 Spanish - language sources ( es ) CS1 German - language sources ( de ) Use mdy dates from January 2014 Articles with hAudio microformats Audio sample to be checked Singlechart usages for Austria Singlechart usages for Flanders Singlechart usages for Canadaadultcontemporary Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Canadadance Singlechart usages for Canadatopsingles Singlechart usages for Germany2 Singlechart usages for Ireland2 Singlechart usages for Dutch40 Singlechart usages for Dutch100 Singlechart usages for New Zealand Singlechart usages for Norway Singlechart usages for Sweden Singlechart usages for Switzerland Singlechart usages for UK Singlechart usages for France Certification Table Entry usages for Canada Certification Table Entry usages for France Certification Table Entry usages for United States Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Ελληνικά Español Français Italiano Polski Português Русский Slovenčina Edit links This page was last edited on 7 April 2018, at 14 : 42. 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Question: who played the guitar solo on hot stuff
Answer: ex-Doobie Brother and Steely Dan guitarist Jeff "Skunk" Baxter