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<p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"</span><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Love in the Hot Afternoon</strong><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">" is a song written by Vince Matthews and Kent Westbury, and recorded by American&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">country music</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;artist&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Watson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Gene Watson</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. It was released in May 1975 as the second single and title track from the album&nbsp;</span><em style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Love in the Hot Afternoon</em><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. The song reached number three on the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"><em>Billboard</em></a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Hot Country Singles</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;chart, becoming his first top-40 and first top-10 hit on that chart.</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_in_the_Hot_Afternoon#cite_note-whitburn-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">^[1]</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;Two years later, American&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contralto" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">contralto</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">pop music</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;singer&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicki_Lawrence" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Vicki Lawrence</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">&nbsp;released her female version of this song, with the gender reversed as a promotional single on&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Stock_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Private Stock Records</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">.</span></p>