| "Hot Love" | ||||
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Hot_Love_single_cover.jpg) Cover of the original 7" vinyl single | ||||
| Single by T. Rex | ||||
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| Released | 12 February 1971 | |||
| Recorded | 21–22 January 1971 | |||
| Studio | Trident, London | |||
| Genre | Glam rock[1] | |||
| Length | 4:53 | |||
| Label | Fly | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Marc Bolan | |||
| Producer(s) | Tony Visconti | |||
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"Hot Love" is a song by English glam rock band T. Rex, released as a standalone single on 12 February 1971 by record label Fly. It was the group's first number one placing on the UK Singles Chart, where it remained at the top for six weeks beginning on 14 March 1971.[2]
The two performances of the song on Top of the Pops in March 1971, which saw Marc Bolan dressed for the first time on television in shiny satin stagewear and glittery make-up (the latter at the suggestion of his stylist Chelita Secunda) were a crucial trigger for the glam rock movement.[3]
- ^ Savage, Jon (1 February 2013). "The 20 best glam-rock songs of all time". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ Roberts 2006, p. 258–9.
- ^ Mark Paytress, Bolan - The Rise And Fall Of A 20th Century Superstar (Omnibus Press 2002) ISBN 0-7119-9293-2, pp 180-181