Hot Stuff | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
||: G5 | G5 | F | G5 :||
||: Gm | Gm Gm7 | F | Gm Gm7 :||
Verse 1
||: Gm | Gm Gm7 | F | Gm Gm7 :||
Sittin’ here eatin’ my heart out waitin’, waitin’ for some lover to call.
Dialed about a thousand numbers lately, almost rang the phone off the wall.
Chorus 1
||: C D7 | Gm :||
Lookin’ for some hot stuff, baby, this evenin’.
I need some hot stuff, baby, tonight.
I want some hot stuff, baby, this evenin’.
| C | D7 |
Gotta have some hot stuff, gotta have some love tonight.
Chorus tag 1
||: Gm Bb | C D7 :||
Hot stuff. I need hot stuff
I want some hot stuff. I need hot stuff
Instrumental 1
||: Gm | Gm Gm7 | F | Gm Gm7 :||
Verse 2
Lookin’ for a lover who needs another, don’t want another night on my own.
Wanna share my love with a warm-blooded lover, wanna bring a wild man back home.
Chorus 2
Gotta have some hot love, baby, this evenin’.
I need some hot stuff, baby, tonight.
I want some hot stuff, baby, this evenin’.
Got to have some lovin’, got to have love tonight.
Chorus tag 2
Hot stuff. I need hot stuff.
Hot love. Looking for hot love.
Solo
||: Gm | Gm | Eb | Eb |
| F/C | F | Gm | Gm :||
Middle 8
| Gm | Gm | F | Gm |
Hot, hot, hot, hot, stuff. Hot, hot, hot.
| Gm | Gm | F | Gm |
Hot, hot, hot, hot, stuff. Hot, hot, hot.
Chorus 3
How about some hot stuff, baby, this evenin’.
I need some hot stuff, baby, tonight.
Gimme little hot stuff, baby, this evenin’.
Hot stuff, baby, gonna need your love tonight.
Chorus tag 3
Hot stuff. I need hot stuff.
Looking for hot love. Wanna have hot love.
Instrumental 2
||: Gm | Gm Gm7 | F | Gm Gm7 :||
Verse 3
Sittin’ here eatin’ my heart out, no reason, I’ll spend another night on my own.
I dialed about a hundred numbers, baby, I’m bound to find somebody home.
Chorus 4
Gonna have some hot love, baby, this evenin’.
I need some hot stuff, baby, tonight.
Looking for my hot stuff, baby, this evenin’.
Need your lovin’ baby, gonna need your love tonight.
Instrumental 3
| Gm | Gm Gm7 |
Chorus 5 (longer)
||: C D7 | Gm :||
Hot stuff, baby, this evenin’.
I need hot stuff, baby, tonight.
I want some hot stuff, baby, this evenin’.
I want some hot stuff baby tonight.
Hot stuff, baby,
I need your hot stuff, baby, tonight.
I want your hot stuff, baby, this evenin’.
| C | D7 |
Hot stuff baby, gonna need your love tonight.
Outro
| Gm | Gm (F E) | D7 | D7 |
Hot Stuff Chords: Breaking Down the Progressions
At home in G Aeolian, Hot Stuff’s verse chords move between VI – V (Gm – F). As a guitarist, you’ll want to play either distorted power chords or funkier clean chords, using a combination of Gm and Gm7, which looks like this:
||: Gm | Gm Gm7 | F | Gm Gm7 :||
After the verse, the song takes an unusual turn, featuring a chorus followed by a chorus tag, which almost feels like a second chorus.
The first chorus moves from IV – V back to VI (C – D7 – Gm), which feels more like a bridge progression to me:
||: C D7 | Gm :|| C | D7 |
The chorus tag, or “second chorus,” is more complex, following a VI – I – IV – V progression:
||: Gm Bb | C D7 :||
The instrumental section that follows uses the same chords as the intro and verse.
For Jeff’s solo, the progression changes to VI – IV – V – VI, like this:
||: Gm | Gm | Eb | Eb | F/C | F | Gm | Gm :||
The outro chorus repeats more times than the earlier choruses and omits the final tag.
The lyrics may be as outdated as the production four decades later, but Hot Stuff remains a catchy song. Studying it in depth is a great lesson in hit songwriting.
Here’s a chord chart.
Jeff Baxter’s Guitar Magic on Hot Stuff: A Disco Classic
It may come as no surprise that Donna Summer didn’t write the lyrics for Hot Stuff. Instead, they were penned by three men in the late ’70s—words that, today, only Glenn Quagmire would be proud of.
Nevertheless, released in 1979, this Disco tune with “some rock guitar” became a top 10 hit in over 15 countries. In the U.S., it sold over two million copies.
Hilariously, Donna Summer won a Grammy for Best Rock Vocal—despite Hot Stuff being, by today’s standards, unmistakably Disco.
The man responsible for the guitar solo and power chords? None other than Jeff Baxter of Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers.
Use the chords, lyrics, and original recording above to learn this classic—still a staple of disco band setlists, decades later.
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