Song · Rod Stewart
“Hot Legs” by Rod Stewart
From the album Foot Loose & Fancy Free (1977)
“Hot Legs” by Rod Stewart appears on 10 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1991 and 2023. It was first released in 1977 on the album Foot Loose & Fancy Free. Its best result is #208 on the 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,333 classic rock song of all time.
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Rod Stewart wrote "Hot Legs" on his own for Foot Loose & Fancy Free, his 1977 album, and Warner Bros. put it out as the LP's second single in 1978. Tom Dowd produced, and the band behind Rod is a rowdy crew: Carmine Appice on drums, Phil Chen on bass, John Barlow Jarvis on piano, Phil Kenzie on sax and three guitarists in Jim Cregan, Gary Grainger and Billy Peek. It's Peek, out of St. Louis and part of Rod's mid-'70s outfit, whose lead guitar struts all the way through it.
It went over bigger at home than in America: number 5 in Britain, where it shared a double A-side with "I Was Only Joking", against a middling 28 on the Hot 100. He dusted it off in 1993 for his MTV Unplugged session, and the last verse has carried new words ever since the original.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 398 | WNEW-FM | WNEW Firecracker 500 (1991) | 500 |
| 1997 | 229 | 104.5 KZEP | KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) | 500 |
| 1997 | 364 | 102.3 WBAB | WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) | 1023 |
| 2012 | 373 | Big 100 | BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) | 500 |
| 2013 | 480 | Big 100 | BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) | 500 |
| 2014 | 435 | Big 100 | BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2021 | 208 | 97 Rock | 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2021) | 500 |
| 2022 | 490 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2023 | 869 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) | 1043 |
| 2023 | 358 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2023) | 500 |
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