"Hot Love" is a song by the American heavy metal band

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, which was released in 1987 as the lead single from their fifth studio album ''

Love Is for Suckers ''Love Is for Suckers'' is the fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band Twisted Sister. It was released by Atlantic Records in July 1987, with the single "Hot Love" being released on August 1. It was the band's last album before their ...

''. It was written by

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and produced by

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. The song reached No. 31 in the US ''

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'' Album Rock Tracks chart. "Hot Love" was released in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan. The B-side, "Tonight", was taken from ''Love Is for Suckers''.

Music video

The song's music video was directed by Jon Small. It achieved medium rotation on

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. The video features the band without both their trademark makeup and the slapstick comedy elements of some of their earlier videos. Snider told the ''

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'' in 1987, "With the image in videos we had, people started saying we were a joke. So we dropped the makeup and deliberately didn't do a funny video. t'sa basic rock 'n' roll video." The video was filmed in various places on Long Island, including the old Pathmark Mall shopping center on Deer Park Avenue in North Babylon which has since been demolished and is now an Aldi and Planet Fitness.

Critical reception

On its release, ''

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'' said, "The drums sound like they were recorded in an airplane hangar and there's enough guitar brawn here to strong arm even the toughest ears. All of the sonic boom, though, is in the service of a truly engaging pop song." ''

'' commented, "Dee and the boys deliver an incisive rock number that buoys their instinctive delivery with much commercial appeal." ''

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'' said of the song in a review of ''Love Is for Suckers'', "The best song on the album, 'Hot Love,' is deep-fried in committed drumming and fluent guitars that don't overwhelm melody. It's the best Twisted Sister tune since 'We're Not Gonna Take It'." ''

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'' said "Twisted Sister's raw image was totally out of sync with the melodic 'Hot Love,' an obvious attempt to break into the mainstream market." Greg Prato of

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retrospectively described "Hot Love" as a stand-out on ''Love Is for Suckers''.

Formats

;7" single #"Hot Love" - 3:45 #"Tonight" - 3:51 ;7" single (US promo) #"Hot Love" - 3:45 #"Hot Love" - 3:45 ;12" single (US promo) #"Hot Love (Vocal/LP Version)" - 3:44 #"Hot Love (Vocal/LP Version)" - 3:44

Charts

References

{{Twisted Sister 1987 songs 1987 singles Twisted Sister songs Songs written by Dee Snider Song recordings produced by Beau Hill Atlantic Records singles