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

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

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]

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)[2]	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

External links

• https://www.discogs.com/Commodores-Live/release/412496

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