1
record label: Fo Reel 019279
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
written by: Nelly, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo
album: Nellyville
Nelly
Hot In Herre
2002
Fo Reel
2
record label: Columbia 77614
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #4, US dance #22
written by: Ini Kamoze, Chris Kenner, Kenton Nix and Salaam Remi
album: Here Comes the Hotstepper
Ini Kamoze
Here Comes the Hotstepper
1994
Columbia
3
record label: Casablanca 978
chart position: RandB #3, UK #11, US #1, US dance #1
written by: Pete Bellotte, Harold Faltermeyer & Keith Forsey
album: Bad Girls
comments: [disco]
Donna Summer
Hot Stuff
1979
Casablanca
4
record label: Big Tree 16047
chart position: RandB #6, US #3, UK #2
written by: Errol Brown & Tony Wilson
album: Hot Chocolate [1975 album]
comments: [pop soul]
Hot Chocolate
You Sexy Thing
1975
Big Tree
5
record label: Doggystyle 003574
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #10
written by: Chad Hugo, Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams
album: RandG (Rhythm and Gangsta) The Masterpiece
Snoop Dogg featuring Pharrell
Drop It Like It's Hot
2004
Doggystyle
6
record label: Epic 5 10497
chart position: RandB #3, US #2
written by: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)
album: Greatest Hits
Sly & the Family Stone
Hot Fun in the Summertime
1969
Epic
7
record label: De lite 802
chart position: RandB #3, UK #23 US #5, US AC #11
written by: George Brown & Kool & the Gang
Kool & the Gang
Too Hot
1980
De lite
8
record label: Arista 13613
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #142, US dance #1
written by: Soulshock, Kenneth Karlin and Tamara Savage
album: My Love Is Your Love
comments: [slow jam]
Whitney Houston ft. Faith Evans & Kelly Price
Heartbreak Hotel
1998
Arista
9
record label: Capitol 84997
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #18
written by: Mims
album: Music Is My Savior
Mims
This Is Why I'm Hot
2007
Capitol
10
record label: J Records 56053
chart position: RandB #6, US #4, UK #3
written by: R. Kelly, Cassidy, Swizz Beatz, Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
album: Split Personality
Cassidy featuring R. Kelly
Hotel
2003
J Records
11
record label: Elektra 6170
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, UK #18
written by: Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Nas, Eve (as Eve Jeffers) and Q Tip (as Kamaal Fareed)
album: Da Real World
Missy Elliott
Hot Boyz
1999
Elektra
12
record label: Universal 0121577432
chart position: RandB #5, US #7, UK #7
written by: Nelly (as Cornell Haynes Jr.) and Jason Epperson
album: Country Grammar
Nelly
Country Grammar (Hot Shit)
2000
Universal
13
record label: Soul 35008
chart position: RandB #1, US #4
written by: Jr. Walker (as Autry DeWalt)
album: Shotgun
comments: [Motown Sound]
Jr. Walker & The All Stars
Shotgun
1965
Soul
14
record label: EastWest 63850
chart position: RandB #2, US #5, UK #22
weeksinr&bchart: 27
written by: Missy Elliott, Timbaland (as Tim Mosley) and A. Richards
album: Make It Hot
comments: [hip hop]
Nicole featuring Missy Elliott & Mocha
Make It Hot
1998
EastWest
15
record label: Mercury 72055
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Leon Carr & Earl Shuman
album: Golden Hits, Volume 2
comments: [released 1962, charted 1963]
Brook Benton
Hotel Happiness
1962
Mercury
16
record label: Big Tree 16096
chart position: UK #1, RandB #82, US #31
written by: Russ Ballard
album: Every 1's A Winner
Hot Chocolate
So You Win Again
1977
Big Tree
17
record label: Infinity 50002
chart position: RandB #7, UK #12, US #6
written by: Errol Brown
album: Every 1's a Winner
Hot Chocolate
Every 1's a Winner
1978
Infinity
18
record label: Big Tree 16085
chart position: RandB #29, US #6, US AC #8
written by: Herbert Clayton Ivey, Terrence Woodford & Tom Brasfield
album: Hot
comments: [beat ballad]
Hot
Angel In Your Arms
1977
Big Tree
19
record label: LaFace Digital
chart position: RandB #11, US #21, UK #104
written by: Usher, Ester Dean, Jay Z and Polow da Don
album: Versus
Usher featuring Jay-Z
Hot Tottie
2010
LaFace Digital
20
record label: RSO 409
chart position: RandB #33, US #1, UK #9
written by: Bob Marley
album: 461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
I Shot the Sheriff
1974
RSO
21
record label: Capitol 11299
chart position: RandB #3, US #5
written by: Kenneth St. Lewis & Freddie Perren
album: Something Special
comments: [disco dance]
The Sylvers
Hot Line
1976
Capitol
22
record label: Def Jam 31
chart position: RandB #16, US #20, UK #2
written by: Bob Marley and Warren G
album: Take a Look Over Your Shoulder
comments: [hip hop]
Warren G
I Shot the Sheriff
1997
Def Jam
23
record label: People 2501
chart position: RandB #1, US #15, UK #51
written by: James Brown & Fred Wesley
album: Hot Pants
comments: [funk]
James Brown
Hot Pants (Pt. 1) (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants)
1971
People
24
record label: Tommy Boy 718
chart position: RandB #31, US #24, UK#9
written by: Coolio, Brian Dobbs, Robert Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown, Robert Mickens, Gene Redd
album: Gangsta's Paradise
comments: [hip hop]
Coolio
Too Hot
1995
Tommy Boy
25
record label: Motown 1432
chart position: RandB #1, US #24, UK #38
written by: Lionel Richie, Milan Williams, Ronald LaPread, Thomas McClary, Walter Orange & William King
album: The Commodores Live!
comments: [Motown Sound] [funk]
The Commodores
Too Hot Ta Trot
1977
Motown
26
record label: Island 273 (UK)
chart position: RandB #14, UK #6
written by: Roy C (as Roy Hammond)
comments: [southern soul]
Roy C
Shotgun Wedding
1966
Island
27
record label: Bluestar Digital
chart position: RandB #6, US #12, UK #115
written by: Diamond Smith, J.R.Smith, S.Smith, Corey Mathis, Pleasure P, Static Major and Herby Azor
album: Late Night Special
Pretty Ricky
On the Hotline
2007
Bluestar Digital
28
record label: Dash 5050
chart position: RandB #4, US #21, US dance #26
written by: Ish Ledesma (as Ishmael Ledesma)
album: Hot Numbers
comments: [disco dance]
Foxy
Hot Number
1979
Dash
29
record label: Profile 7367
chart position: RandB #33, US #14
written by: Johnny Zunino, Jay Tee (as James Trujillo) and Tim Lyon
album: Back to the Hotel
comments: [rap]
N2Deep
Back to the Hotel
1992
Profile
30
record label: Big Tree 16038
chart position: RandB #40, US #28, UK #11
written by: Errol Brown & Tony Wilson (as Anthony Wilson)
album: Cicero Park
Hot Chocolate
Disco Queen
1975
Big Tree
31
record label: West End 1211
chart position: RandB #24, UK #34, US #67, US dance #1
written by: Andy Kahn & Kurt Borusiewicz
album: Hot Shot
comments: [disco]
Karen Young
Hot Shot
1978
West End
32
record label: Big Tree 16060
chart position: UK #11, RandB #43, US #42
written by: Errol Brown
album: Man To Man
Hot Chocolate
Don't Stop It Now
1976
Big Tree
33
record label: Cotillion 46022
chart position: RandB #6, US dance #21, US #91
written by: Mark Adams, Steve Arrington, Charles Carter, Jimmy Douglass & Floyd Miller
album: Show Time
comments: [funk]
Slave
Snap Shot
1981
Cotillion
34
record label: RAK 149
chart position: UK #7
written by: Errol Brown and Tony Wilson
album: Cicero Park
comments: [pop soul]
Hot Chocolate
Brother Louie
1973
RAK
35
record label: UK 4549012
chart position: UK #8
written by: Roy C (as Roy Hammond)
album: The Best Of The Roy C
comments: [southern soul]
Roy C
Shotgun Wedding
1972
UK
36
record label: Gold Mind
chart position: RandB #26, US #59, UK #22
written by: Craig Brockman, Missy Elliott and Timbaland
album: This Is Not a Test
Missy Elliott
I'm Really Hot
2004
Gold Mind
37
record label: RAK 63 962
chart position: RandB #50, UK #17
written by: Errol Brown
album: Class
Hot Chocolate
Are You Getting Enough of What Makes You Happy
1980
RAK
38
record label: Paisley Park 28288
chart position: RandB #14, US dance #4, US #63
written by: Prince
album: Sign 'O' The Times
Prince
Hot Thing
1988
Paisley Park
39
record label: RSO 1053
chart position: RandB #43, US Dance #1
written by: Isaac Hayes and Mignon Hayes
album: I'm Yours
Linda Clifford
Shoot Your Best Shot
1980
RSO
40
record label: Epic 50959
chart position: RandB #2, UK #44, US #22
weeksinr&bchart: 17
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Triumph
The Jacksons
This Place Hotel (aka Heartbreak Hotel)
1980
Epic
41
record label: Quality 7044
chart position: RandB #25, US Dance #1
written by: Walter Becker, Donald Fagen and Michael Jackson
Slingshot
Do it Again (Medley with Billie Jean)
1983
Quality
42
record label: Epic 73950
chart position: RandB #54, US dance #1, US #72
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Rolf Ellmer and B.G. the Prince of Rap
album: The Power of Rhythm
comments: [hip hop]
B.G. the Prince of Rap
This Beat Is Hot
1991
Epic
43
record label: Motown 1194
chart position: US dance #2, UK #32
written by: Jermaine Jackson , Jim Foelber and Phyllis Molinary
album: Let's Get Serious / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11
Jermaine Jackson
Burnin' Hot
1980
Motown
44
record label: RAK 118 (UK)
chart position: UK #8
written by: Errol Brown and Tony Wilson
Hot Chocolate
I Believe (In Love)
1971
RAK
45
record label: Warner Bros.
chart position: UK #7
written by: Craig David, Fraser T. Smith and David Bowie
album: Trust Me
Craig David
Hot Stuff (Let's Dance)
2007
Warner Bros.
46
record label: GTO 91 (UK)
chart position: UK #12
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Too Hot To Handle
Heatwave
Too Hot To Handle
1977
GTO
47
record label: Elektra 6305
chart position: RandB #63, US dance #2
written by: Tamia and Anthony Crawford
album: A Nu Day
comments: [slow jam]
Tamia
Tell Me Who
2001
Elektra
48
record label: Chocolate City 3219
chart position: RandB #4, US dance #77
written by: Larry Blackmon and Anthony Lockett
album: Feel Me
Cameo
Keep It Hot
1980
Chocolate City
49
record label: Next Plateau 50011
chart position: RandB #87, US Dance #5
written by: John Robie
comments: [electronic disco]
C Bank featuring Jenny Burton
One More Shot
1983
Next Plateau
50
record label: Violator 566499
chart position: RandB #22, US #91, UK #31
written by: Jay Z, Maduro Hill, Jean Pierre Lawrence, Irv Gotti, Foxy Brown, Robert Mays and Keith Winfield
album: Chyna Doll
Foxy Brown
Hot Spot
1998
Violator
51
record label: Columbia 2014
chart position: UK #20
written by: DJ Muggs (as Larry Muggerud), Sen Dog (as Senen Reyes) and Louis Freeze
album: Black Sunday
Cypress Hill
Lick a Shot
1994
Columbia
52
record label: Jive 33983
chart position: RandB #11, US #47
written by: J. Robinson, G.D. Hodge Jr., Dimitry Johnson and R. Jones
album: Get on My Family
Hot Stylz featuring Yung Joc
Lookin Boy
2008
Jive
53
record label: Trojan 672 (UK)
chart position: UK #21
written by: Gordon, Cook, Robinson
album: Long Shot
comments: [reggae]
The Pioneers
Long Shot Kick De Bucket
1969
Trojan
54
record label: Swan 4255
chart position: Cashbox RandB #12, US #87
written by: Tom Shannon, Carl Cisco and Nick Ameno
comments: [instrumental]
The Buena Vistas
Hot Shot
1966
Swan
55
record label: Arista 74321
chart position: UK #25
written by: Soulshock, Kenneth Karlin and Tamara Savage
album: My Love Is Your Love
Whitney Houston ft. Faith Evans & Kelly Price
Heartbreak Hotel
2000
Arista
56
record label: Mercury 73888
chart position: RandB #8, US #74
written by: Michael Beard, Larry Dodson, Harvey Henderson, Lloyd Smith, Frank Thompson, Fred Freeman
album: Too Hot to Stop
comments: [funk]
The Bar-Kays
Too Hot to Stop (Pt. 1)
1977
Mercury
57
record label: Polydor 14525
chart position: US dance #8
written by: Gregg Diamond
album: Hot Butterfly
Gregg Diamond Bionic Boogie Ft. Luther Vandross
Hot Butterfly
1978
Polydor
58
record label: All Platinum 6146304(UK)
chart position: UK #26
written by: Roger Cook
album: Down To Earth / The Best of All Platinum
The Rimshots
7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle)
1975
All Platinum
59
record label: Jive 131
chart position: RandB #9
written by: Millie Jackson and Timmy Allen
album: An Imitation of Love
Millie Jackson
Hot! Wild! Unrestricted! Crazy Love
1986
Jive
60
record label: Polydor 642
chart position: US Dance #6
written by: Curtis Hudson
comments: [dance]
Hot Streak
Body Work
1984
Polydor
61
record label: RAK 296
chart position: RandB #43, US #53, UK #53
written by: Errol Brown
album: Going Through the Motions
Hot Chocolate
Going Through the Motions
1979
RAK
62
record label: Warner 50068
chart position: RandB #16, US #102, US dance #17
written by: Michael Bolotin and Patrick Henderson
album: Sooner or Later
comments: [funk]
Larry Graham
Don't Stop When You're Hot
1982
Warner
63
record label: Columbia 05752
chart position: RandB #20, US Dance #12
written by: Binky Brice, James Mtume and Philip Field
album: You Might Be Surprised
Roy Ayers
Hot
1986
Columbia
64
record label: Epic 658954
chart position: RandB #46, US #118, UK #38, US dance #11
written by: Elton John, Bernie Taupin and Seth Swirsky
album: Trey Lorenz
Trey Lorenz
Photograph of Mary
1993
Epic
65
record label: Liberty 1468
chart position: RandB #17, US #58
written by: Sly Stone
album: Hot Fun
Dayton
Hot Fun in the Summertime
1982
Liberty
66
record label: Warner 8818
chart position: RandB #13
written by: Bootsy Collins , George Clinton and Phelps Collins
album: This Boot Is Made for Fonk n
Bootsy's Rubber Band
Jam Fan (Hot)
1979
Warner
67
record label: Ensign 4612(UK)
chart position: UK #40
written by: Bob Marley
album: Light of the World [1980 album]
comments: [disco funk]
Light of the World
I Shot the Sheriff
1981
Ensign
68
record label: MCA 54103
chart position: RandB #13
written by: J.T. Taylor, Ross Anderson, Simon Law
album: Feel The Need
J.T. Taylor
Long Hot Summer Night
1991
MCA
69
record label: Columbia 74233
chart position: RandB #89, US #43
written by: Super Cat (as William Maragh)
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Super Cat
Ghetto Red Hot
1992
Columbia
70
record label: Soul 35015
chart position: RandB #33, US #44
written by: Jr. Walker (as Autry DeWalt), James Graves and Lawrence Horn
comments: [Motown Sound]
Jr. Walker & the All Stars
Shoot Your Shot
1967
Soul
71
record label: ChiSound 2600
chart position: RandB #15, US Dance #70
written by: Eugene Record
album: Me and You
The Chi-Lites
Hot on a Thing (Called Love)
1982
ChiSound
72
record label: Columbia 10056
chart position: RandB #61, US #50
written by: Charles Stepney and Maurice White
album: Sun Goddess
comments: [instrumental]
Ramsey Lewis & Earth, Wind & Fire
Hot Dawgit
1975
Columbia
73
record label: Atlantic 2069
chart position: US #52
written by: Laura Webb, Jannie Pought, Reather Dixon, Helen Gathers and Emma Pought
The Bobbettes
I Shot Mr. Lee
1960
Atlantic
74
record label: Cash Money 20013
chart position: RandB #23, US #65
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: Mannie Fresh, Birdman, Juvenile, Lil Wayne, Turk and B.G.
album: Guerrilla Warfare
comments: [hip hop]
Hot Boys
I Need a Hot Girl
2000
Cash Money
75
record label: 20th Century 2215
chart position: RandB #45, US #55
written by: Bob Crewe and Cindy Bullens
The Eleventh Hour
Hollywood Hot
1975
20th Century
76
record label: Sunshine Sound 1014
chart position: RandB #18
written by: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) and Richard Finch
album: Goin' Home for Love
Jimmy Bo Horne
You Get Me Hot
1979
Sunshine Sound
77
record label: Columbia 11261
chart position: US Dance #12
album: In Love
Cheryl Lynn
Keep It Hot
1980
Columbia
78
record label: Ariola 7761
chart position: RandB #70, US Dance #19
written by: Tom Bee and Mac Suazo
album: Taka Boom
Taka Boom
Red Hot
1979
Ariola
79
record label: Cooltempo 1 (UK)
chart position: UK #59
written by: Alphonsus Cassell
album: Hot Hot Hot
Arrow
Hot Hot Hot
1984
Cooltempo
80
record label: Polydor 885 885
chart position: RandB #78, UK #58, US Dance #30
written by: China Burton and Nick Straker
album: All for Love
Princess
Red Hot
1987
Polydor
81
record label: Cash Money 156546
chart position: RandB #24, US #72
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: D.P. Carter and B. Thomas
album: Tha Block Is Hot
Lil Wayne featuring Juvenile & B.G.
Tha Block Is Hot
1999
Cash Money
82
record label: LaFace 4368
chart position: RandB #21, US #59
written by: Dallas Austin
album: FanMail
TLC
Silly Ho
1999
LaFace
83
record label: Stax 0105
chart position: RandB #19, US #57
written by: Joseph Broussard, Ralph Williams and Carrol Washington
Jean Knight
You Think You're Hot Stuff
1971
Stax
84
record label: BrownStone 4203
chart position: RandB #34, US #85
written by: James Brown
Bobby Byrd
Hot Pants - I'm Coming, Coming, I'm Coming
1971
BrownStone
85
record label: Tabu 5514
chart position: RandB #65, US Dance #21
written by: Belita Woods and Trenita Womack
album: Funky Entertainment
Brainstorm
Hot for You
1979
Tabu
86
record label: Motown 1800
chart position: RandB #21, US Dance #33
written by: Keith Harrison, Marlon McClain and Bobby Harris
album: Hot Spot
comments: [Motown Sound]
Dazz Band
Hot Spot
1985
Motown
87
record label: Big Tree 16099
chart position: RandB #58, US #65, US AC #37
written by: Barbara Wyrick and Kevin Lamb
Hot
The Right Feeling at the Wrong Time
1977
Big Tree
88
record label: Epic 656010
chart position: UK #68
written by: Doris Pearson and Delroy Pearson
album: Five Star
Five Star
Hot Love
1990
Epic
89
record label: Warner 49256
chart position: RandB #22, US dance #31
written by: Gregg Diamond
album: Naughty
comments: charted as Clouds / Papillon (Aka Hot Butterfly) in US dance charts
Chaka Khan
Papillon (Aka Hot Butterfly)
1980
Warner
90
record label: Island 6235 (UK)
chart position: UK #69
written by: B. Marley, Rondor
album: Burnin'
comments: [Reggae]
Bob Marley & the Wailers
I Shot The Sheriff
1973
Island
91
record label: Bad Boy 001150
chart position: RandB #29, US #70
written by: Ludacris, Diddy,Daron Jones, Stevie J Michael Keith, Q [Quinnes Parker] and Slim
album: Hot and Wet
112 featuring Ludacris
Hot and Wet
2003
Bad Boy
92
record label: Bell 45305
chart position: US #71
written by: Palmer E. James
album: Al Green
Al Green
Hot Wire
1973
Bell
93
record label: Tamla 54270
chart position: RandB #24
written by: Michael Holden and Theodore Life
album: He's a Friend
comments: [Motown Sound]
Eddie Kendricks
Get It While It's Hot
1976
Tamla
94
record label: ARC 03015
chart position: RandB #29, US #103
written by: Thom Bell and Deniece Williams
album: Niecy
Deniece Williams
Waiting by the Hotline
1982
ARC
95
record label: AandM 2593
chart position: US #77
written by: Howard Massey
album: Blow Your Own Horn
comments: [funk jazz instrumental]
Herb Alpert
Red Hot
1983
A&M
96
record label: T.K. 1010
chart position: RandB #25, US #88
written by: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) and Richard Finch
album: The Sound of Sunshine
The Sunshine Band
Shotgun Shuffle
1975
T.K.
97
record label: Chocolate City 3201
chart position: RandB #27
written by: Vernon Burch, Howard Redmon Jr. and James Gadson
album: Get Up
Vernon Burch
Never Can Find a Way (Hot Love)
1979
Chocolate City
98
record label: 4th and Bway 33 (UK)
chart position: UK #81
written by: Rodney Skipworth and Phil Turner
album: Skipworth and Turner
Skipworth & Turner
Hot Pursuit
1985
4th and Bway
99
record label: Polydor 817 034
chart position: RandB #60, US Dance #19
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Jon Morales and Mark Berry
comments: [electro dance]
Hotbox
Do You Wanna Lover
1984
Polydor
100
record label: Bad Boy 002819
chart position: RandB #35, US #87
written by: Ryan Leslie
album: One Love
New Edition
Hot 2nite
2004
Bad Boy