Hot in Herre

"Hot in Herre"
Single by Nelly
from the album Nellyville
Released April 16, 2002 (2002-04-16)
Format CD single, CD maxi, 12" maxi
Recorded 2001
Genre Pop rap
Length 3:49
Label Universal Records
Writer(s) Nelly, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo
Producer The Neptunes
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Nelly singles chronology
"#1"
(2001)
"Hot in Herre"
(2002)
"Dilemma"
(2002)

"Hot in Herre" is a popular song and single performed by the hip-hop artist Nelly, and was released in 2002 as the first single on his album Nellyville. The song's producers were The Neptunes. "Hot in Herre" incorporates the hook from go-go performer Chuck Brown's 1979 #1 R&B hit "Bustin' Loose."

Contents

Music video

There were two music videos made for the single "Hot in Herre", one which takes place in a dance club and has an alternative to the video and one which takes place in the St. Louis Arch. The alternative video was played in MTV Europe instead of the official one.

The original video features cameo appearances by actor/comedian Cedric the Entertainer, NBA player Carmelo Anthony, and NFL players T.J. Duckett and Julius Peppers.

Chart performance

The song gave him his first number one on the United States Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart and reached number four in the UK. It later won Best Male Rap Solo Performance, a brand new category at the time, at the Grammy Awards of 2003. The song was number three in the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Singles Chart for 2002.

In 2008, it was ranked number 36 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop.

Covers, parodies, and other versions

"Hot in Herre" has been covered by a number of artists, including The BossHoss; Jenny Owen Youngs (whose version also has an accompanying video on YouTube[1]); Coldplay; Wang Chung, on the television show Hit Me, Baby, One More Time; Canadian electronic artist Tiga, who remade "Hot in Herre" with Scissor Sisters lead singer Jake Shears on vocals, giving it a more monotone, electro feel (this reached #46 in the UK); and Widespread Panic, whose cover was featured on an episode of The O.C., is featured on their album Jackassolantern, and was performed at one of their famed Halloween shows at UNO Lakefront Arena in New Orleans. In the live version of "Jocko Homo" on Devo's album, DEVOlution is Real: Live in Central Park, Mark Mothersbaugh briefly sings the chorus of "Hot in Herre" before Jocko Homo's "O-HI-O" breakdown. Jill Sobule covered the song acoustically at a live performance in Seattle with Melissa Ferrick. The small-time Minnesotan band "The Pickle Farmers" recorded cover that is similar in theme to that of Jenny Owen Youngs. DJ hero 2 has the song remixed with Regulate (song)

The song was parodied as "Trash Day" by "Weird Al" Yankovic on the album Poodle Hat, replacing the chorus with "There's somethin' rotten here, you better hold your nose", and also by Mad TV in a sketch satirizing the controversy surrounding the Catholic Church and young boys. Widespread Panic played the song live during their Halloween concert in 2002. World Wrestling Entertainment Diva Alicia Fox's theme song uses an instrumental which sounds heavily inspired by the song.

Uses in the media

"Hot in Herre" was a popular dance and sporting event favorite, and Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens uses the song as part of his home-field entrance. The song also gains mention in the Big and Rich song "Caught Up in the Moment" with the lyrics "It's like Nelly said, it's getting hot in herre". It is mentioned in Invasion of the Boy Snatchers, a clique novel by Lisi Harrison. A sample of the song was used in the later seasons of Montel Williams' self-titled chat show. In the movie Agent Cody Banks, they use the song to introduce the sexy Ronica Miles. In the HBO's mini-series Generation kill two marines sing it in the episode 3: "Screwby". They however change the lyrics and are instead singing about shooting insurgents.

The song was used in "Dance, Voldo, Dance", an online machinima music video based on the video game Soulcalibur. Two characters dance in time to the music.

Track listings

These are the major formats and track listings for the release of "Hot in Herre":[2]

US Promo CD
  1. "Hot in Herre" [Clean (w/Drops)] 3:50
  2. "Hot in Herre" [Super Clean (w/Drops)] 3:50
  3. "Hot in Herre" [Clean (No Drops)] 3:50
  4. "Hot in Herre" [Super Clean (No Drops)] 3:50
  5. "Hot in Herre" [Instrumental]3:50
UK Vinyl, 12"
  1. A1 "Hot in Herre" [X-Ecutioners Remix] 3:58
  2. A2 "Hot in Herre" [Radio Edit] 3:50
  3. B "Hot in Herre" [Third Eye Remix] 4:57
Europe Promo CD
  1. "Hot in Herre" [Radio Edit] 3:58
Europe Maxi-CD
  1. "Hot in Herre" [Radio Edit] 3:58
  2. "Hot in Herre" [X-Ecutioners remix] — 3:58
  3. "Not in My House" — 2:58
  4. "Hot in Herre" [Corporate Remix] — 3:36
Australasia Maxi-CD
  1. "Hot in Herre" [Radio Edit]
  2. "Hot in Herre" [Third Eye Remix]
  3. "Hot in Herre" [Maximum Risk Remix]
  4. "Kings Highway"
Australasia Maxi-CD 2
  1. "Hot in Herre" [Radio Edit] 3:58
  2. "Hot in Herre" [X-Ecutioners remix] — 3:58
  3. "Not in My House" — 2:58
  4. "Hot in Herre" [Corporate Remix] — 3:36

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[3] 3
Austrian Singles Chart[3] 16
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[3] 7
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[3] 13
Canadian Singles Chart[4] 1
Danish Singles Chart[3] 2
Dutch Top 40[5] 4
French Singles Chart[3] 23
German Singles Chart[6] 8
Irish Singles Chart[7] 10
New Zealand Singles Chart[3] 3
Norwegian Singles Chart[3] 5
Swedish Singles Chart[3] 6
Swiss Singles Chart[3] 10
UK Singles Chart[8] 4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs[4] 1

Year-end charts

End of year chart (2002) Position
Australian Singles Chart[9] 16
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[10] 30
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[11] 64
Dutch Top 40[5] 14
Swiss Singles Chart[12] 48
UK Singles Chart[13] 27
US Billboard Hot 100 3

Decade-end charts

Chart (2000–2009) Rank
US Billboard Hot 100[14] 32

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
Australia[15] Platinum 2002 70,000
New Zealand[16] Platinum October 6, 2002 15,000
U.S.[17] Gold January 6, 2005 500,000

Chart successions

Preceded by
"Hero"
by Chad Kroeger & Josey Scott
Canadian Hot 100 number-one single
June 13, 2002 - June 27, 2002
Succeeded by
"A Little Less Conversation" by Elvis Presley vs. JXL
Preceded by
"Foolish" by Ashanti
Billboard Hot 100 number one single
June 29, 2002 - August 10, 2002
Succeeded by
"Dilemma" by Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland
Preceded by
"Oh Boy" by Cam'ron featuring Juelz Santana
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks number-one single
July 13, 2002 - August 17, 2002
Succeeded by
"Dilemma" by Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland

References

  1. ^ YouTube - Jenny Owen Youngs "Hot In Herre"
  2. ^ Discogs
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Hot in Herre", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved July 17, 2008)
  4. ^ a b c Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved July 17, 2008)
  5. ^ a b "Single top 100 over 2002" (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. http://www.top40.nl/pdf/Top%20100/top%20100%20-%202002.pdf. Retrieved 2 May 2010. 
  6. ^ "Nelly singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). musicline. http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Nelly/single. Retrieved 2 May 2010. 
  7. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
  8. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved July 17, 2008)
  9. ^ 2002 Australian Singles Chart aria.com (Retrieved August 8, 2008)
  10. ^ 2002 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved August 8, 2008)
  11. ^ 2002 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved August 8, 2008)
  12. ^ 2002 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved August 8, 2008)
  13. ^ 2002 UK Singles Chart ChartsPlus (Retrieved August 8, 2008)
  14. ^ "The Billboard Hot 100 Singles & Tracks - Decade Year End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/decadeendcharts/2009/hot100-songs. Retrieved April 18, 2011. 
  15. ^ Australian certifications aria.com (Retrieved August 8, 2008)
  16. ^ New Zealand certifications Rianz.org.nz (Retrieved August 8, 2008)
  17. ^ U.S. certifications riaa.com (Retrieved August 8, 2008)

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