Hot Stuff by Donna Summer

Overview

Key: G minor · Chords used: 6 · Sections: 20

Form: Transition → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Tag → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Tag → Solo → Solo → Transition → Chorus → Tag → Transition → Verse → Chorus → Interlude → Chorus → Outro

Where these chords come from: an expert transcription of the original recording made for the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. This page shows that transcription as-is: the analysis below is generated directly from it by code, not written by AI. Consecutive repeats of a chord are shown once, and the piano voicings are our playable arrangement of each chord symbol, not a note-for-note transcription.

Section by section

Transition 1

• Gm – F (×2)
  i – bVII
• Gm
  i

Transition 2

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 1

• Gm – F (×2)
  i – bVII
• Gm
  i

Chorus 1

• Cm – Dm – Gm (×3)
  iv – v – i
• Cm – Dm
  iv – v

Tag 1

• Gm – B♭ – Cm – Dm (×4)
  i – bIII – iv – v

Transition 3

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 2

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 2

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Tag 2

Same chords as Tag 1.

Solo 1

• Gm – E♭ – F – Gm
  i – bVI – bVII – i

Solo 2

Same chords as Solo 1.

Transition 4

Same chords as Transition 1.

Chorus 3

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Tag 3

Same chords as Tag 1.

Transition 5

Same chords as Transition 1.

Verse 3

Same chords as Verse 1.

Chorus 4

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Interlude

• Gm – Cm – Dm (×4)
  i – iv – v
• Gm
  i

Chorus 5

Same chords as Chorus 1.

Outro

• Gm – Dm
  i – v

Chord vocabulary

Sources & accuracy

• Chords and sections: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by Trevor de Clercq. Expert by-ear harmonic analysis of the original recording, shown on this page.
• Cross-check: the Rock Corpus RS 200 (de Clercq & Temperley, 2011), analysis by David Temperley. Independent by-ear analysis of the same recording. The two analysts agree on the chord (root and major/minor) for 84% of the song.
• Not verified: the two RS 200 analysts differ in places (see their agreement above).
• Rhythm and chord durations aren't shown; each step is one chord change.