TIL: ‘Hot Child In The City’ Is Performed By A Man

Ok, here’s one for your random pile: I’m driving along and clicking through Sirius stations. “Hot Child In The City” (1978) comes on and I stop and listen for awhile. I hadn’t heard the song in some time, so it was nice to hear a different tune for once. I look at the display screen in my car and notice the singer is… Nick Gilder.

“Surely this must be a mistake!” I thought – that voice cannot possibly belong to a man. When I get to my desk, I hop onto Google and lo and behold, the song really is sung by a man. Gilder once even fronted a 70s Glam act (that was later fronted by Bryan Adams after Gilder went solo). I always thought “Hot Child” was performed by a woman. Seriously.

The more you know.

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Buckcherry Covers Bryan Adams

I have never been a big fan of Bryan Adams but I will concede "Summer of '69" is a great song. It always makes me smile and gives me a warm feeling (yes, that sounds sappy).

I find it interesting that Buckcherry chose to cover the song and I probably said as much when the track listing was announced. The cover is on the band's most recent album Vol. 10. that came out earlier this summer. Now there's a video for the track and you can see it below.