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"Hot Stuff" is a song by English rock and roll band the Rolling
Stones off their 1976 album Black and Blue.
"Hot Stuff", written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, was recorded in March
1975 during the Black and Blue sessions, and is heavily
influenced by the disco/funk sounds of the day, with Charlie Watts
laying down a heavy drum pattern accompanied by Ollie Brown on percussion, Bill Wyman adding a funky bassline, and
extensive use of the MXR Phase 100
pedal by both Keith Richards and the Wah-wah pedal by guest guitarist Harvey Mandel,
formerly of Canned
Heat. Mandel plays the lead guitar parts on the song and was
one of the guitarists in consideration for replacing the departed
Mick Taylor's slot
as the Stones' lead guitarist, a position eventually filled by Ron Wood.
Billy Preston
plays piano on the recording.
The video, however, features Wood on guitar playing Mandel's
part (similar to the videos for Waiting on a Friend and Worried About
You, which were actually played by Mick Taylor and Wayne Perkins respectively).
The second and final single from Black and Blue
(following the worldwide top 10 hit "Fool to Cry") "Hot Stuff" was not as
successful as its predecessor, reaching #49 in the United States.
Despite the relative failure of the single, however, the band would
continue to explore the disco/funk sounds heard on the recording
with later albums and singles - their next single, the
disco-infused "Miss You", would
reach the top position in the US two years later.
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