Slippery When Wet (Commodores song) explained

Slippery When Wet
Type:	single
Artist:	Commodores
Album:	Caught in the Act
B-Side:	The Bump
Released:	2 April 1975 (US)^[1]
Genre:	R&B funk
Length:	2:58 (single edit)
Label:	Motown
Producer:	Commodores, James Anthony Carmichael
Prev Title:	I Feel Sanctified
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Just to Be Close to You
Next Year:	1976

"Slippery When Wet" is a 1975 single by American band the Commodores. The song was written by lead guitarist, Thomas McClary. The track is from their second album Caught in the Act.

Chart performance

It was the group's first single to reach number one on the soul singles chart in the US and was their second top 40 pop single, peaked at number nineteen on the Billboard Hot 100.^[2]

Charts

Chart (1975)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100	19
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles	1

Cover versions

• The Sons of Champlin recorded the song in 1976 for their album A Circle Filled With Love (Ariola) as "Slippery When It's Wet".

Samples

The Limbomaniacs sampled the song heavily in their song "Shake It" (1990) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IedAaxFEF8Y

Notes and References

1. Web site: Commodores singles. 2022-03-20. 2022-03-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20220320221447/https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Commodores&titel=Slippery+When+Wet&cat=s. live.
2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 130.