Hot Hot Hot (Arrow song) explained

Hot Hot Hot
Cover:Arrow Hot Hot Hot.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Arrow
Album:Hot Hot Hot
Released:19 June 1983
Recorded:31 December 1982
Length:7:08
Label:Chrysalis
Producer:Leston Paul
Prev Title:Soca Rhumba
Prev Year:1981
Next Title:Long Time
Next Year:1984

"Hot Hot Hot" is a song written and first recorded by Montserratian musician Arrow, featured on his 1982 studio album, Hot Hot Hot.[1] The song was a commercially successful dance floor single, with cover versions subsequently released by artists in several countries, including in 1987 by American singer Buster Poindexter. The song was Arrow's first chart hit, peaking at No. 59 on the UK Singles Chart. A remix of the song, dubbed as the "World Carnival Mix '94" was later released in 1994 and peaked higher than the original, at number 38 on the UK Singles Chart.

Charts

Chart (1984)Peak
position
Chart (1994) 1Peak
position
UK Singles Chart38
UK Dance Chart15
ARIA Charts9

Notes:

Buster Poindexter version

Hot Hot Hot
Cover:Hot Hot Hot Buster.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Buster Poindexter
Album:Buster Poindexter
Released:19 June 1987
Recorded:22 November 1986
Length:4:07
Label:RCA Records
Producer:David Johansen
Next Title:Cannibal
Next Year:1988

The song was later covered in 1987 by American singer David Johansen, as his lounge singer persona Buster Poindexter, and released as the first single from his album Buster Poindexter. It garnered extensive airplay through radio, MTV, and other television appearances. The music video is unique in the fact that it crosses the two identities: despite being in the Buster Poindexter persona, the video begins with Johansen briefly mentioning his role as the frontman for the 1970s proto-punk band the New York Dolls, showing the band's vinyl and tossing them aside while talking about the "really outrageous clothes" he wore and how he came to be interested in a "refined and dignified kind of a situation", which leads into the song.

In an interview on National Public Radio, Johansen called the tune "the bane of my existence," owing to its pervasive popularity as a karaoke and wedding song.

Charts

Chart (1987–88)[2] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 10045
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play11

Pat and Mick version

In 1993, English pop duo Pat and Mick released their version as a single which peaked at No. 47 on the UK Singles Chart.[3] It is from their sole album Don't Stop Dancin, also released in 1993.

Don Omar version

In 2013, reggaeton artist Don Omar released a cover titled "Feeling Hot" for his live album Hecho en Puerto Rico.[4] His version peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States.[5] Omar's cover led to Arrow posthumously winning the ASCAP Latin Award in the Urban category.[6]

Trivia

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Soca artistes count $$ losses. Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. 15 January 2012.
  2. AllMusic (((Buster Poindexter > Charts & Awards < Billboard Singles)))
  3. Web site: Pat & Mick . .
  4. http://www.ntn24.com/noticias/reguetonero-don-omar-lanza-nueva-cancion-de-su-nuevo-album-grabado-en-puerto-rico-106750 Don Omar lanza su nuevo sencillo 'Feelling hot' de su nuevo álbum 'Hecho en Puerto Rico'
  5. http://www.billboard.com/artist/301133/don-omar/chart?f=363 Don Omar - Chart history: Hot Latin Songs
  6. News: 22nd Annual El Premio ASCAP 2014. ASCAP Latin Awards. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. 2014-03-18. 2014-03-20.
  7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d6f5gn_Y1o|. Video of the song during the opening of Brazilian programming "Hot Hot Hot" broadcast by TV network Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT) between 1994-1995