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Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved)

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"Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved)"
Single by James Brown
from the album Hot
B-side"Superbad, Superslick Part I"
ReleasedDecember 1975 (1975-12)
RecordedSeptember–October 1975, Sound Ideas, New York, NY
GenreFunk, disco
Length6:03
LabelPolydor
14301
Songwriter(s)James Brown
Producer(s)James Brown
James Brown charting singles chronology
"Superbad, Superslick Part I"
(1975)
"Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved)"
(1975)
"(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons"
(1976)
Audio video
"Hot (I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved)" on YouTube

"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.

References

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  1. ^ White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
  2. ^ Leeds, Alan, and Harry Weinger (1991). "Star Time: Song by Song". In Star Time (pp. 46–53) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
  3. ^ "Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved) - James Brown - Song Info - AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  4. ^ 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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