Too Hot ta Trot

Single by The Commodores

"Too Hot ta Trot"
Single by The Commodores
from the album Commodores Live!
Songwriter(s)	Lionel Richie, Milan Williams, Ronald LaPread, Thomas McClary, Walter "Clyde" Orange, William King

"Too Hot ta Trot" is a song by R&B/funk band, the Commodores. The song is written in E major.

The track on their 1977 live album Commodores Live!, and it spent a week at number one on the R&B singles chart and peaked at number twenty-four on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1978.^[1]

Record World called it a "thumping funk exercise from a live lp."^[2]

Personnel

William "WAK" King – trumpet, rhythm guitar, synthesizer, vocals
Walter Orange – vocals, drums, keyboards
Milan Williams – keyboards, trombone, rhythm guitar
Thomas McClary – lead guitar
Lionel Richie – vocals, saxophone, piano, drums
Ronald LaPread – bass guitar, trumpet

Chart performance

Chart (1977–1978)	Peak position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)^[3]	38
US Billboard Hot 100	24
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard)	1

Use in film

The song was featured on the soundtrack for (and performed in) the movie, Thank God It's Friday.

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 130.
^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. December 3, 1977. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved September 22, 2021.