| "Hot Child in the City" | ||||
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| Single by Nick Gilder | ||||
| from the album City Nights | ||||
| B-side | "Backstreet Noise" | |||
| Released | June 12, 1978 | |||
| Recorded | October 1977 | |||
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| Length | 3:09 (Single Version) 3:35 (Album Version) | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Nick Gilder, James McCulloch | |||
| Producer(s) | Mike Chapman | |||
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"Hot Child in the City" is a song by English-Canadian musician Nick Gilder. It was released in June 1978 as a single from the album City Nights. It went to No. 1 both in Canada (October 14, 1978) and in the United States (October 28, 1978). It was not his first No. 1 single: as the lead singer of Sweeney Todd, he had hit No. 1 in Canada on June 26, 1976 (in the RPM listing) with the single "Roxy Roller", which remained at the top for three weeks.[2][3][4] He won 2 Juno Awards in Canada and a People's Choice Award in the US. According to The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, it held the record for taking the longest amount of weeks to reach No. 1 at the time, taking 21 weeks to reach the summit. The song became a platinum record.
- ^ a b Breihan, Tom (January 6, 2020). "The Number Ones: Nick Glider's "Hot Child in the City"". Stereogum. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
...his panting power-popper "Hot Child In The City"...[is] a tight, well-constructed rocker...
- ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
- ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
- ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.