"Hot" is a song by Puerto Rican rapper

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with Cuban-American rapper

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. It was released on March 24, 2022, simultaneously with Daddy Yankee's eighth and final studio album, ''

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'', among various other singles from the record. It was accompanied by a music video directed by Venezuelan director Daniel Durán. It was written by Daddy Yankee, Pitbull, Mexican producer David "Scott Summers" Macías, Puerto Rican producer Ovimael "OMB" Maldonado and American production duo Play-N-Skillz members Juan Salinas and Oscar Salinas. It was produced by Daddy Yankee, Play-N-Skillz and Scott Summers. Mexican disc jockey DJ Morphius and American production duo Muzik Junkies received production and songwriting credits for the use of the beat of their song "Trompeta y Guaracha" (2019). "Hot" has been described as an "

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fusion" and received mostly negative reviews from music critis. Commercially, it reached number 15 in Honduras, 23 on the US

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chart, 32 on the US

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chart and 61 in Spain.

Background and composition

"Bombón" was written by

, David "Scott Summers" Macías, Ovimael "OMB" Maldonado and Play-N-Skillz members Juan Salinas and Oscar Salinas, and was produced and programmed by Daddy Yankee, Play-N-Skillz and Scott Summers. It was mixed and mastered by American audio engineers Luis Barrera Jr. and Michael Fuller, respectively; the former also provided immersive mixing. DJ Morphius and American production duo Muzik Junkies received production, programming and songwriting credits for the use of the beat of their song "Trompeta y Guaracha" (2019). Daddy Yankee and Pitbull had previously worked on the remix versions of "

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" and "

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" (both 2004) and "

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" (2019). "Hot" has been described as an "

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Stupidrag accused Daddy Yankee of plagiarizing the beat of her song "Suertuda" (2020), which also samples "Trompeta y Guaracha", on social media. DJ Morphius, producer of "Trompeta y Guaracha", clarified that he had sold the track's copyright to Daddy Yankee, while Stupidrag had to remove "Suertuda" from streaming platforms for having used the beat without authorization.

Reception

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's Jeanette Hernandez selected it among ''Legendaddy''s best tracks, "highlighting itbull'ssignature sound" with "the club banger anthem vibe that eis known for". On the other hand,

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's Gary Suárez criticized it as "a challenging listen ..that skews a bit too close to the stagnant Mr. Worldwide brand." Isabelia Herrera of ''

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'' referred to it as an "egregious misstep" and described it as "essentially a caricature of

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nightclub fare." Jordi Bardají of Spanish music website

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considered it "expendable" and described it as a song that "sounds like something out of 2010".

Commercial performance

Following the release of Daddy Yankee's seventh and final record, ''Legendaddy'', "Hot" debuted and peaked at number 23 on ''

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chart and at 61 in Spain. In the United States, it also eventually reached number five on the ''Billboard''

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chart, the highest for the album, 25 on

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and 32 on the

chart. It also reached number 15 in Honduras.

Credits and personnel

*Luis Barrera Jr. –

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, immersive mixing engineer *Michael Fuller –

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*Muzik Junkies – producer, programming, songwriting *DJ Morphius – producer, programming, songwriting *OMB –

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– vocals,

* Play-N-Skillz – producer, programming, songwriting *Scott Summers – producer, programming, songwriting *

– vocals, producer, programming, songwriting

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Notes

References

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