Slippery When Wet (song)
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"Slippery When Wet" is a 1975
R&B/pop
single
by Commodores
. It was the group's first single to reach number one on the soul singles
chart and second Top 40 single in the U.S peaking at number nineteen.
The song was written by Commodores
lead guitarist, Thomas McClary.
The Sons of Champlin
recorded the song in 1976 on their album A Circle Filled With Love (Ariola) as "Slippery When It's Wet".
This song was played briefly in an episode of House (TV series)
, complete with Hugh Laurie
in character playing "guitar" on his cane.
1975 in music
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R&B/pop
Pop music
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single
Single (music)
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by Commodores
Commodores
The Commodores are an American funk/soul band of the 1970s and 1980s. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for The Jackson 5 while on tour...
. It was the group's first single to reach number one on the soul singles
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
chart and second Top 40 single in the U.S peaking at number nineteen.
The song was written by Commodores
Commodores
The Commodores are an American funk/soul band of the 1970s and 1980s. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for The Jackson 5 while on tour...
lead guitarist, Thomas McClary.
The Sons of Champlin
Sons of Champlin
The Sons of Champlin is an American rock band, formed in the late 1960s and hailing from the San Francisco-Bay area. They are fronted by vocalist/keyboardist/guitarist Bill Champlin, who was also a member of the rock band Chicago.-Early years:...
recorded the song in 1976 on their album A Circle Filled With Love (Ariola) as "Slippery When It's Wet".
This song was played briefly in an episode of House (TV series)
House (TV series)
House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...
, complete with Hugh Laurie
Hugh Laurie
James Hugh Calum Laurie, OBE , better known as Hugh Laurie , is an English actor, voice artist, comedian, writer, musician, recording artist, and director...
in character playing "guitar" on his cane.