Too Hot

Album: Ladies Night (1979)
Charted: 23 5
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  • At seventeen we fell in love
    High school sweethearts,
    love was so brand new
    We took the vows of man and wife
    Forever, for life
    I remember how we made our way
    A little patience, the time we pray

    Can't imagine that this love is through
    Feelin' the pain, girl when you lose
    Oh it's too hot, too hot, lady
    Gotta run for shelter
    Gotta run for shade
    It's too hot, too hot, lady
    We gotta cool this anger
    What a mess we made
    So long ago you were my love
    Oh my love

    Flyin' high we never took the time
    To stop and feel the need
    Funny how those years go by
    Changing you, changing me
    I remember love's fever
    In our hearts, girl and in our minds
    REFRAIN
    Feeling the pain

    Oh it's too hot, too hot, lady
    Gotta run for shelter
    Gotta run for shade
    It's too hot, too hot, lady
    Gotta cool this anger
    From this mess that we've made
    It's too hot, too hot, lady
    Gotta run for shelter
    Gotta run for shade... Writer/s: Artis Ivey Jr, Bryan Dobbs, Geroge Melvin Brown
    Publisher: Exploration Group LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Bob from IndianaThis Ladies Night album was released in September of 1979 it wasn't released in 1978.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn March 22nd 1980, Kool and the Gang performed "Too Hot" on the ABC-TV program 'American Bandstand'...
    At the time the song was at #9 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eight days later on March 30th, 1980 it would peak at #5 {for 2 weeks} and spent 18 weeks on the Top 100...
    It reached #3 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart...
    And on the same 'Bandstand' show they also performed "Ladies Night"; the week before was its 24th and last week on the Top 100; two months earlier on January 6th, 1980 it had peaked at #8 {for 2 weeks}.
  • Steve from Bradford, United KingdomI love this song I met a girl at school verything I wanted in a girl we rifted apart thenwe were both working on the same ward ~ the spark was there ~ But somehow she was not the same girl ? I love all those years ago ~ this song says everyhing I felt when we eventualy divorced ~ were we imature? should we have had kiddies? should we have tried harder ? But it's alovely song & unless you've been there You cannot understand it's beauty ~ I also like the version where Lisa Stanfield took over the vocal s from JT~ Her motherly strained voice as if was her situation she's singing about & the Gang playing their funky soulful music behind her ~ It's one of the best collaberations EVER !
  • John from Nashville, TnOn the heels of Kool and the Gang's comeback hit "Ladies Night" came this pleasant surprise. The title "Too Hot" suggests how a lady looks on the dancefloor. However, the song is about the stormy breakup of a marriage. Brilliant title, great story.
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