When You're Hot, You're Hot

"When You're Hot, You're Hot"
Single by Jerry Reed
from the album When You're Hot, You're Hot
B-side"You've Been Cryin'"
ReleasedMarch 1971
Genre
LabelRCA Records
Songwriter(s)Jerry Reed
Producer(s)Chet Atkins
Jerry Reed singles chronology
"Amos Moses"
(1970) 		"When You're Hot, You're Hot"
(1971) 		"Ko-Ko Joe"
(1971)

"When You're Hot, You're Hot" is a 1971 crossover single written and recorded by Jerry Reed. The song was his most successful on the country chart, peaking at number one for five weeks.[1] "When You're Hot, You're Hot" was also Jerry Reed's second song to cross over to the Top 40, reaching number nine.[2] It also appeared in the Australian and New Zealand charts. "When You're Hot, You're Hot" was certified gold for sales of one million units by the Recording Industry Association of America.

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 283.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 523.