"Hot Hot Hot" is a song written and first recorded by

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ian musician

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, featured on his 1982

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, ''Hot Hot Hot''. The song was a commercially successful dance floor single, with

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s subsequently released by artists in several countries, including in 1987 by American singer

Buster Poindexter David Roger Johansen (sometimes spelled ''David Jo Hansen''; born January 9, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He is best known as a member of the seminal proto-punk band the New York Dolls. He is also known for his work under ...

. The song was Arrow's first chart hit, peaking at No. 59 on the

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. 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.

Buster Poindexter version

The song was later covered in 1987 by American singer

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, as his lounge singer persona Buster Poindexter, and released as the first single from his album ''

''. 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

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, 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

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, Johansen called the tune "the bane of my existence," owing to its pervasive popularity as a

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and wedding song.

Don Omar version

In 2013, reggaeton artist

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released a cover titled "Feeling Hot" for his upcoming live album ''Hecho en Puerto Rico''. His version peaked at No. 22 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States. Omar's cover led to Arrow posthumously winning the

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Latin Award on the Urban category.

Charts

Arrow version

Notes: * ¹ - Denotes chart position of 1994 "World Carnival Mix '94" version.

Certifications

Buster Poindexter version

References

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