"Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved)" is a funk song by James Brown. Released as a single in December 1975, it reached #31 on the R&B chart.[1][2] It uses the main riff from the David Bowie song "Fame", released earlier the same year.[3] Guitarist Carlos Alomar, who created the borrowed riff and was a co-writer on "Fame", was briefly in Brown's band in the late 1960s. Alomar said, "[Bowie] was extremely flattered that James Brown would take one of his songs."[4] The song also appeared as the lead track on Brown's 1976 album Hot.
| "Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved)" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by James Brown | ||||
| from the album Hot | ||||
| B-side | "Superbad, Superslick Part I" | |||
| Released | December 1975 | |||
| Recorded | September–October 1975, Sound Ideas, New York, NY | |||
| Genre | Funk, disco | |||
| Length | 6:03 | |||
| Label | Polydor 14301 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | James Brown | |||
| Producer(s) | James Brown | |||
| James Brown charting singles chronology | ||||
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References edit
- ^ White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
- ^ Leeds, Alan, and Harry Weinger (1991). "Star Time: Song by Song". In Star Time (pp. 46–53) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
- ^ "Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved) - James Brown - Song Info - AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
- ^ Buckley, David (1999). Strange Fascination: David Bowie: The Definitive Story. London: Virgin Books. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-75351-002-5.
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