Too Hot ta Trot explained

Too Hot ta Trot
Type:	single
Artist:	The Commodores
Album:	Commodores Live!

"Too Hot ta Trot" is a song by R&B/funk band, the Commodores. The song is written in E major.

The track on their 1977 live album Commodores Live!, and it spent a week at number one on the R&B singles chart and peaked at number twenty-four on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1978.^[1]

Record World called it a "thumping funk exercise from a live lp."^[2]

Personnel

• William "WAK" King – trumpet, rhythm guitar, synthesizer, vocals
• Walter Orange – vocals, drums, keyboards
• Milan Williams – keyboards, trombone, rhythm guitar
• Thomas McClary – lead guitar
• Lionel Richie – vocals, saxophone, piano, drums
• Ronald LaPread – bass guitar, trumpet

Chart performance

Chart (1977–1978)	Peak position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)^[3]	38
US Billboard Hot 100	24
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)	1

Use in film

• The song was featured on the soundtrack for (and performed in) the movie, Thank God It's Friday.

External links

• https://www.discogs.com/Commodores-Live/release/412496

Notes and References

1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

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

2. Record World. December 3, 1977. 2023-02-15. Hits of the Week. 1.
3. Web site: officialcharts.com. officialcharts.com. September 22, 2021.