Hot Hot Hot (Arrow song)

"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.

"Hot Hot Hot"
Single by Arrow
from the album Hot Hot Hot
Released	19 June 1983
Recorded	31 December 1982
Genre	Calypso soca
Length	7:08
Label	Chrysalis
Songwriter(s)	Alphonsus Cassell
Producer(s)	Leston Paul
Arrow singles chronology
"Soca Rhumba" (1981) "Hot Hot Hot" (1983) "Long Time" (1984)

Charts

Chart (1984)	Peak position
UK Singles (OCC)^[2]	59
Chart (1994) ^1	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	38
UK Dance Chart	15
ARIA Charts	9

Notes:

• ¹ - Denotes chart position of 1994 "World Carnival Mix '94" version.

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[3]	Gold	35,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Buster Poindexter version

"Hot Hot Hot"
Single by Buster Poindexter
from the album Buster Poindexter
Released	19 June 1987
Recorded	22 November 1986
Length	4:07
Label	RCA Records
Songwriter(s)	Alphonsus Cassell
Producer(s)	David Johansen
Buster Poindexter singles chronology
"Hot Hot Hot" (1987) "Cannibal" (1988)
Music video
"Hot Hot Hot" on YouTube

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.^{[citation needed]}

Charts

Chart (1987–88)^[4]	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	45
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	11

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.^[5] 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.^[6] His version peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States.^[7] Omar's cover led to Arrow posthumously winning the ASCAP Latin Award in the Urban category.^[8]

References

1. "Soca artistes count $$ losses". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. 15 January 2012.
2. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
3. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1994 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
4. AllMusic ((( Buster Poindexter > Charts & Awards < Billboard Singles )))
5. https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25322/pat-and-mick/
6. Don Omar lanza su nuevo sencillo 'Feelling hot' de su nuevo álbum 'Hecho en Puerto Rico' NTN
7. Don Omar - Chart history: Hot Latin Songs Billboard
8. "22nd Annual El Premio ASCAP 2014". ASCAP Latin Awards. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2014-03-20.

• Funk, Ray (1998). Kaiso No 15 - December 26, 1998