Hot Love (Five Star)
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- For T. Rex song, see Hot Love (song).
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| Single by Five Star | ||
| from the album Five Star | ||
| Released | June 3, 1990 | |
| Format | 7" single, CD, Cassette single, | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 3:32 | |
| Label | Epic, Tent | |
| Writer(s) | Doris Pearson, Delroy Pearson | |
| Producer(s) | Buster Pearson, Five Star, John Barnes | |
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| Five Star singles chronology | ||
| Treat Me Like A Lady (1990) |
Hot Love (1990) |
Shine (1991) |
"Hot Love" is the name of a 1990 minor hit single by British pop group Five Star, peaking at UK #68 in July of that year and becoming their second single for their new record label, Epic. This single would be their last appearance on the UK Top 75 to date.
The group recorded the single in their new hi tech studio that was built in the grounds of their family home, Stone Court, in Ascot in Berkshire. The single wasn't a commercial success, and the press were quick to pounce claiming Five Star's career was fading, and they had lost all their money, a claim they refuted when they appeared on BBC TV's Wogan chat show in an attempt to prove to the public that they were, in fact, quite happy, and that they had kept their fortunes from their previous hits. They then performed "Hot Love" on the show, many fans screaming and shouting their support for the band throughout the interview. After the release of this single, the album, Five Star, was shelved by Epic, and was released in the US instead. The album was made available on import towards the end of 1990. After a third single "Shine" in 1991 failed, making UK #88, Five Star left Epic and pursued a career in the USA.
The video to the single was hardly shown on British TV, perhaps the media thought that interest in Five Star had come to an end. The video was shot in a mock coffee shop called "Joe's Bar", in which the band did a dance routine, which included a routine similar to Michael Jackson's moonwalk.
