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Slippery When Wet (Commodores song)

"Slippery When Wet"
Single by Commodores
from the album Caught in the Act
B-side"The Bump"
Released2 April 1975 (US)[1]
Genre
Length2:58 (single edit)
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)Thomas McClary
Producer(s)Commodores, James Anthony Carmichael
Commodores singles chronology
"I Feel Sanctified"
(1974)
"Slippery When Wet"
(1975)
"Just to Be Close to You"
(1976)

"Slippery When Wet" is a 1975 single by American band the Commodores. The song was written by lead guitarist, Thomas McClary. The track is from their second album Caught in the Act.

Chart performance

It was the group's first single to reach number one on the soul singles chart in the US and was their second top 40 pop single, peaked at number nineteen on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]

Charts

Chart (1975) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 19
US Billboard Hot Soul Singles 1

Cover versions

  • The Sons of Champlin recorded the song in 1976 for their album A Circle Filled With Love (Ariola) as "Slippery When It's Wet".

Samples

The Limbomaniacs sampled the song heavily in their song "Shake It" (1990) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IedAaxFEF8Y


References

  1. ^ "Commodores singles". Archived from the original on 2022-03-20. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 130.


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