"Hot Shot" is a song written by Barry Blue and Lynsey de Paul,[1] that was released as a single on 2 September 1974 on the Bell Record label by Barry Blue.[2][3] It was Blue's last chart entry with an original song, reaching no. 23 on the UK Singles Chart.[4] Despite this, it is considered as one of Blue's best songs.[5] The song was also his biggest hit in Sweden where it reached no. 1 on the Poporama singles chart,[6] and in Zimbabwe where it peaked at no. 3.[7] "Hot Shot" also reached no. 8 on the Hessischer Rundfunk Hitparade,[8] and spent three weeks on the Dutch Tipparade in 1975.[9]
Blue performed the song on twice on BBC TV's Top of the Pops on 11 October 1974 as a new release,[10] and on 31 October 1974[11] when it entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 29.[12] The latter show also featured the song's co-writer, Lynsey de Paul, who was performing her own hit at the time "No Honestly".[13][14] He also performed the song on the pop music program, Lift Off with Ayshea.[15]
As well as being included on Blue's 1974 Hot Shots album,[16] "Hot Shot" has been included on many compilation albums.[17] In 1996, it appeared for the first time on CD as a track on Blue's album Greatest Hits.[18] In 2002, it appeared as a track on Barry Blue - The Singles Collection,[19] and in 2003 on Dancin on a Saturday Night.[20] It also was a track on the 1975 compilation album, Supersonic,[21] the 1976 K-Tel album, 44 Superstars,[22] the German 1974 compilation Hit-Fabrik - 28 Schlager Am Laufenden Band on the Polydor label,[23] the Austrian 1975 compilation LP Pop Market 1,[24] and provided the title as well as one of the track to the album Bell's Hot Shots Of The 70's.[25] In the US it appeared on A History Of Bell U.K. 1970-1975, which was released in 1976 on the Arista label.[26]
References edit
- ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Barry Blue - Hot Shot". 45cat.com. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Barry Blue - Hot Shot". Discogs.com. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ "barry-blue - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Barry Blue - Biography & History - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ Stefan Heiding: Poporama - Heta högen (1992) ISBN 91-971894-1-3
- ^ "Barry Blue - School Love". 45cat.com. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Hitparade International". Hessencharts.de. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Barry Blue - Hot Shot". Top40.nl. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Top of the Pops Archive - 11/10/19744". Totparchive.co.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Top of the Pops Archive - 31/10/1974". Totparchive.co.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "HOT SHOT". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "top of the pops 1974 episode guide". Hardprog.pagesperso-orange.fr. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "TV Pop Diaries 1974". www.Tvpopdiaries.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Lift Off With Ayshea - LIFT OFF WITH AYSHEA (EPISODE 136) 15/10/1974 - TheTVDB.com". Thetvdb.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Barry Blue - Hot Shots". Discogs.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Searching for "hot shot Barry blue" within on Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Barry Blue - Greatest Hits". Discogs.com. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Barry Blue - The Singles Collection". Discogs.com. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Dancin on a Saturday Night - Barry Blue - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Various - Supersonic". Discogs.com. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Various - 44 Superstars". Discogs.com. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Hit-Fabrik - 28 Schlager Am Laufenden Band (1974, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Pop Market 1 (1975, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Bell's Hot Shots Of The 70's (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "A History Of Bell U.K. 1970-1975 (1976, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.