Английская Википедия:Hot Child in the City
Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox song "Hot Child in the City" is a song by English-Canadian musician Nick Gilder. It was released in June 1978 as a single from the album City Nights. It went to No. 1 both in Canada (October 14, 1978) and in the United States (October 28, 1978). It was not his first No. 1 single: as the lead singer of Sweeney Todd, he had hit No. 1 in Canada on June 26, 1976 (in the RPM listing) with the single "Roxy Roller", which remained at the top for three weeks.[1][2][3] He won 2 Juno Awards in Canada and a People's Choice Award in the US. According to The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, it held the record for taking the longest amount of weeks to reach No. 1 at the time, taking 21 weeks to reach the summit. The song became a platinum record.
Content
Despite the song's innocent and catchy pop stylings, the tune is based on Gilder's experiences witnessing child prostitution in Los Angeles. "I've seen a lot of young girls, 15 and 16, walking down Hollywood Boulevard with their pimps. Their home environment drove them to distraction so they ran away, only to be trapped by something even worse. It hurts to see that so I tried writing from the perspective of a lecher – in the guise of an innocent pop song."[4]
Chart history
Weekly charts
Шаблон:SinglechartChart (1978) | Peak position |
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Australia KMR[5] | 18 |
Canada Top Singles (RPM) | 1 |
US Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
US Cash Box Top 100[6] | 1 |
Year-end charts
Chart (1978) | Rank |
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Canada[7] | 7 |
New Zealand[8] | 36 |
US Billboard Hot 100[9] | 22 |
US Cash Box[10] | 6 |
All-time charts
Chart (1958–2018) | Position |
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US Billboard Hot 100[11] | 588 |
Award successions
See also
References
- Английская Википедия
- 1977 songs
- 1978 singles
- Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
- Cashbox number-one singles
- Chrysalis Records singles
- Juno Award for Single of the Year singles
- Nick Gilder songs
- RPM Top Singles number-one singles
- Song recordings produced by Mike Chapman
- Songs about prostitutes
- Songs written by Nick Gilder
- Works about child prostitution
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