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“Hot You're Cool” by General Public
From the album All the Rage (1984)
“Hot You're Cool” by General Public appears on 13 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1984 and 2003. It was first released in 1984 on the album All the Rage. Its best result is #51 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #103 alternative song of 1984 and #1,715 alternative song of all time.
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"Hot You're Cool" comes off All the Rage, the debut album General Public released on I.R.S. in January 1984, and its songwriting credit is a four-way split between Dave Wakeling, Ranking Roger, Horace Panter and Micky Billingham, with Papa Saxa sitting in on saxophone.
The album had a messy birth. Mick Jones, fresh from being expelled from the Clash, helped found the band, then walked out partway through the sessions, and Kevin White took his place; Jones still played guitar on many of the tracks, yet it was White's photo that made the back cover. The record was cut digitally, and it found its audience across the Atlantic rather than at home: 39 weeks on the Billboard 200, while the British charts never noticed.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 51 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1984 | 106 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 73 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) | 496 |
| 1989 | 208 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
| 1989 | 144 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) | 500 |
| 1991 | 161 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) | 500 |
| 1992 | 368 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) | 500 |
| 1994 | 457 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) | 497 |
| 1995 | 480 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1995) | 500 |
| 1996 | 372 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) | 500 |
| 1996 | 356 | Q101 | Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) | 500 |
| 1998 | 412 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) | 488 |
| 2002 | 714 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 305 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
Also listed as: Hot, You're Cool.
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