| "Hot Hot Hot" | ||||
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| Single by Arrow | ||||
| from the album Hot Hot Hot | ||||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Format | 12" | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Calypso, Soca | |||
| Length | 7:08 | |||
| Label | Chrysalis | |||
| Writer(s) | Alphonsus Cassell | |||
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| "Hot Hot Hot" | ||||
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| Single by Buster Poindexter | ||||
| from the album Buster Poindexter | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Format | CD single, 7", 12" | |||
| Recorded | 1986 | |||
| Genre | Pop, soca | |||
| Length | 4:07 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | David Johansen | |||
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"Hot Hot Hot" is a song by Montserrat musician Arrow featured on his 1982 studio album Hot Hot Hot. Written by Arrow himself, the song became an instant dance floor hit and was later covered by artists around the world, most notably in 1987 by American singer David Johansen under the name Buster Poindexter.
The song was Arrow's first chart hit, peaking at #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 better than the original, peaking at #38 on the UK Singles Chart.
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The song was later covered in 1987 by David Johansen in his Buster Poindexter persona and released as the first single from his album Buster Poindexter. It garnered extensive airplay through radio, MTV, and other television appearances.
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. The Johansen version of the song has long served as the opening theme for Jimmy Buffett's concert appearances.
Bill Murray appears in the music video, Johansen would later costar with Murray in the 1988 movie Scrooged.
In the extended mix Buster Poindexter says the word "Hot" 137 times.
The song was covered in 1985 by Indian duo Babla & Kanchan recorded as Kuchh Gadbad Hai in Hindi. It was also later covered by popular Latin teen group Menudo. In 1986 it was covered by the Central American Grupo Rana as "Caliente Caliente" (credited to Alfonso Casell as the author in the LP liner notes) in their record De La Cabeza A Los Pies Rana Otra Vez!!
In 2010, the track was sampled by British electro DJ Hervé in his track "Hot! Drum Attack".
| Chart (1984)[1] | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles Chart | 59 |
| Chart (1994) 1 | Peak position |
| UK Singles Chart | 38 |
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| Chart (1987)[2] | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 45 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 11 |
The song has been used in several movie soundtracks including
The song was also the opening theme of Miss Universe 1989 in Cancun, Mexico
In 1999 CBBC's summer entertainment block "HOT" it was the theme song.
Parts of the song appear several times in the U.S. version of The Office episode "Back from Vacation".
The song also appears briefly in the Family Guy episode "The Thin White Line", with Brian Griffin's cousin Jasper singing it at Club Med in a short cutaway scene.
Toyota used "Hot Hot Hot" in commercials promoting summer sales events in the 1990s, changing the lyrics "Feeling hot hot hot" to "Toyota's hot hot hot".
Morrisons Supermarkets (UK) are using "Hot Hot Hot" as their staff motivation music during a recent heavy customer service drive playing 15 minutes before store opening times.
In 1986, the song was the theme song of the FIFA World Cup. The song is an unofficial football chant adopted by the Montserrat national football team.
The Philadelphia Flyers play this song at the Wachovia Center after the Flyers fourth goal.