They're Red Hot Explained

They're Red Hot
Cover:They're Red Hot - single cover.jpg
Caption:Original 78 record label
Type:single
Artist:Robert Johnson
Recorded:November 27, 1936
Studio:Gunter Hotel, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Genre:Blues, hokum
Length:2:58
Label:Vocalion
Producer:Don Law

"They're Red Hot" is a song written and performed by Delta blues musician Robert Johnson.[1] The song was recorded on November 27, 1936, in an improvised studio in Gunter Hotel, San Antonio, Texas. Vocalion Records issued it on a 78 rpm record, with "Come On in My Kitchen" as the second side, in 1937.[1]

Music historian Ted Gioia describes "They're Red Hot" as:

Red Hot Chili Peppers version

Red Hot Chili Peppers recorded the song for their 1991 album Blood Sugar Sex Magik.[2] A reviewer in Far Out describes it as a "joke song":

Notes and References

  1. The Complete Recordings. Robert Johnson. Stephen. LaVere. Box set booklet. 1990. New York City. Columbia Records. C2K 46222. 24547399. 46.
  2. Web site: Revisit the moment Red Hot Chili Peppers took on a blues classic. Golsen. Tyler. Far Out. May 24, 2023.