"Hot Child in the City" is a song by English-Canadian musician Nick Gilder.

1 in Canada on June 26, 1976 (in the RPM listing) with the single "Roxy Roller", which remained at the top for three weeks.

According to The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, it held the record for taking the longest amount of weeks to reach No.

Despite the song's innocent and catchy pop stylings, the tune is based on Gilder's experiences witnessing child prostitution in Los Angeles.

It hurts to see that so I tried writing from the perspective of a lecher – in the guise of an innocent pop song.