Hot Shot (Barry Blue song) explained

"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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Offiziellecharts.de. 20 July 2017.
  2. Web site: Barry Blue - Hot Shot. 45cat.com. 20 July 2017.
  3. Web site: Barry Blue - Hot Shot. Discogs.com. 20 July 2017.
  4. Web site: barry-blue - full Official Chart History - Official Charts Company. Officialcharts.com. 20 July 2017.
  5. Web site: Barry Blue - Biography & History - AllMusic. AllMusic. 20 July 2017.
  6. Stefan Heiding: Poporama - Heta högen (1992)
  7. Web site: Barry Blue - School Love. 45cat.com. 20 July 2017.
  8. Web site: Hitparade International. Hessencharts.de. 20 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170802204242/http://hessencharts.de/hr1-charts/hi/70er/1974-4.htm#14.+November+1974. 2 August 2017. dead.
  9. Web site: Barry Blue - Hot Shot. Top40.nl. 21 January 2018.
  10. Web site: Top of the Pops Archive - 11/10/19744. Totparchive.co.uk. 8 August 2023.
  11. Web site: Top of the Pops Archive - 31/10/1974. Totparchive.co.uk. 8 August 2023.
  12. Web site: HOT SHOT . Officialcharts.com. 8 August 2023.
  13. Web site: top of the pops 1974 episode guide. Hardprog.pagesperso-orange.fr. 21 January 2018.
  14. Web site: TV Pop Diaries 1974. www.Tvpopdiaries.co.uk. 21 January 2018.
  15. Web site: Lift Off With Ayshea - LIFT OFF WITH AYSHEA (EPISODE 136) 15/10/1974 - TheTVDB.com. Thetvdb.com. 8 August 2023.
  16. Web site: Barry Blue - Hot Shots. Discogs.com. 21 January 2018.
  17. Web site: Searching for "hot shot Barry blue" within on Discogs. Discogs.com. 20 July 2017.
  18. Web site: Barry Blue - Greatest Hits. Discogs.com. 20 July 2017.
  19. Web site: Barry Blue - The Singles Collection. Discogs.com. 20 July 2017.
  20. Web site: Dancin on a Saturday Night - Barry Blue - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic. AllMusic. 21 January 2018.
  21. Web site: Various - Supersonic. Discogs.com. 28 October 2019.
  22. Web site: Various - 44 Superstars. Discogs.com. 28 October 2019.
  23. Web site: Hit-Fabrik - 28 Schlager Am Laufenden Band (1974, Vinyl). 23 January 2022. Discogs.com.
  24. Web site: Pop Market 1 (1975, Vinyl). 23 January 2022. Discogs.com.
  25. Web site: Bell's Hot Shots Of The 70's (Vinyl). 23 January 2022. Discogs.com.
  26. Web site: A History Of Bell U.K. 1970-1975 (1976, Vinyl). 23 January 2022. Discogs.com.

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