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The T. Rex discography consists of four "Tyrannosaurus Rex" and ten "T. Rex" studio albums (one of which was a revision of another album, with a different name and tracklisting, for release in different territories; and another of which was released posthumously), 11 live albums, 28 compilation albums, 21 box sets, one remix album, 18 extended ...
T. Rex (originally Tyrannosaurus Rex) were an English rock band formed in London in 1967 by singer-songwriter and guitarist Marc Bolan, who was their leader, frontman and only consistent member. Though initially associated with the psychedelic folk genre, Bolan began to change the band's style towards electric rock in 1969, and shortened their ...
"Hot Love" is a song by English glam rock band T. Rex, released as a standalone single on 12 February 1971 by record label Fly. It was the group's first number one placing on the UK Singles Chart, where it remained at the top for six weeks beginning on 14 March 1971.
In 1986, Violent Femmes released the version of the single from their album The Blind Leading the Naked. In 1989, Greater Manchester artist Baby Ford released an acid house version on the Rhythm King record label. This cover was a No. 53 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1989. [5] [6]
The single peaked at No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart, [7] and was controversial in that Fly Records promoted the song to hit status without singer Marc Bolan's prior permission, Bolan having just left Fly for EMI, which had given him control of his own label T. Rex Wax Co. Records. [8] The song reached No. 28 in Australia [9] and No. 73 in Canada ...
Although T. Rex remained massively popular, the failure of July 1972's The Slider to hit the UK summit position, repeated when the two follow up singles "Children of the Revolution" and "Solid Gold Easy Action" could only climb to number 2 (although "Children of the Revolution" did hit number 1 on the Melody Maker and NME charts), caused some music journalists to ponder whether Bolan's glam ...
The song was included on the US version of the 1970 album, T. Rex. The song was the band's first significant hit, and, according to Ned Raggett of AllMusic, the song "inadvertently founded glam rock mania", [2] although Bolan did not wear characteristic glam stage clothing until the promotion of the follow up single "Hot Love". [3]
The record was poorly received critically and did not perform as well in the charts as previous T. Rex singles. The single was in the UK Singles Chart for a total of eleven weeks, peaking at No. 12, [2] "Truck On (Tyke)" was the second to last T. Rex single, before 1974's "Teenage Dream", to break the top 20 until 1975's "New York City".