Hot Shot (Barry Blue song)

"Hot Shot" is a song written by Barry Blue and Lynsey de Paul,[1] that was released as a single on 2 September 1974 on the Bell Record label by Barry Blue.[2][3] It was Blue's last chart entry with an original song, reaching no. 23 on the UK Singles Chart.[4] Despite this, it is considered as one of Blue's best songs.[5] The song was also his biggest hit in Sweden where it reached no. 1 on the Poporama singles chart,[6] and in Zimbabwe where it peaked at no. 3.[7] "Hot Shot" also reached no. 8 on the Hessischer Rundfunk Hitparade,[8] and spent three weeks on the Dutch Tipparade in 1975.[9]

Blue performed the song on twice on BBC TV's Top of the Pops on 11 October 1974 as a new release,[10] and on 31 October 1974[11] when it entered the UK Singles Chart at No. 29.[12] The latter show also featured the song's co-writer, Lynsey de Paul, who was performing her own hit at the time "No Honestly".[13][14] He also performed the song on the pop music program, Lift Off with Ayshea.[15]

As well as being included on Blue's 1974 Hot Shots album,[16] "Hot Shot" has been included on many compilation albums.[17] In 1996, it appeared for the first time on CD as a track on Blue's album Greatest Hits.[18] In 2002, it appeared as a track on Barry Blue - The Singles Collection,[19] and in 2003 on Dancin on a Saturday Night.[20] It also was a track on the 1975 compilation album, Supersonic,[21] the 1976 K-Tel album, 44 Superstars,[22] the German 1974 compilation Hit-Fabrik - 28 Schlager Am Laufenden Band on the Polydor label,[23] the Austrian 1975 compilation LP Pop Market 1,[24] and provided the title as well as one of the track to the album Bell's Hot Shots Of The 70's.[25] In the US it appeared on A History Of Bell U.K. 1970-1975, which was released in 1976 on the Arista label.[26]