"Hot Hot Hot!!!" is a single by British

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released on 8 February 1988. It is taken from their 1987 album ''

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''. The song reached number 45 in the UK, whereas it was more successful in Ireland where it reached number 18, and in Spain where it reached the Top 10.

History

"Hot Hot Hot!!!" was the fourth single released from the album ''Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me''—the band's seventh LP. In early 1988, it spent three weeks in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 45 on 20 February of that year. In the United States, the song reached number 65 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, while a remix of the track by

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charted at numbers 11 and 50 on the Dance Music/Club Play Singles and the

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charts, respectively. It reached its highest chart position in Spain, peaking at number 8; the song was also a hit in Ireland, spending two weeks there and making number 18 on 18 February 1988. It spent three weeks on the Dutch charts, reaching number 79 there. As with many other singles, the video was directed by

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, and has been described as "intentionally ridiculous". Filmed in black and white, it featured the band as "dwarves" dressed in 1950s clothes. Before the song proper begins, Robert Smith can be heard singing "she may be the face I can't forget", the first line of "

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" by

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Reception

In a review of the single for ''

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'' in 1988,

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said that the song's dance mix was "spuriously welcoming, but basically a tragedy of trenchfoot" and concluded, "Even I know mith hasbetter stuff hidden in that mop of his". In an undated review, Stewart Mason of

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described the song as the "weakest" of the singles from the album, adding that it has markedly dated and criticised both Smith's lyrics and his vocal performance.Mason, Stewart.
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Re-recordings and cover versions

The song appears on disc two of the live album '' Bestival Live 2011''.

Track listing

7": Elektra / 7-69424 (United States)

# "Hot Hot Hot!!!" (Remix) – 3:33 # "Hey You!!!" (Remix) – 2:23

MC: Elektra / 9 66783-4 (United States)

# "Hot Hot Hot!!!" (Remix) – 3:33 # "Hey You!!!" (Extended Remix) – 4:06 * released in longbox

12": Fiction / Ficsx 28 (United Kingdom)

# "Hot Hot Hot!!!" (Extended Remix) – 7:03 # "Hot Hot Hot!!!" (Remix) – 3:33 # "Hey You!!!" (Extended Remix) – 4:06 * All mixes by

* also released on CD Fixcd 28

Personnel

* Robert Smith – vocals, guitars, keyboards *

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– keyboards *

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– guitars *

Simon Gallup Simon Johnathon Gallup (born 1 June 1960) is an English musician who is best known as bassist for The Cure, which he first joined in 1979 and for which he has played through most of the band's history. Gallup is the second-longest-serving member ...

– bass *

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– drums, percussion

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appears playing keyboards in the music video, but does not play on the actual recording.

Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hot Hot Hot!!! (The Cure Song) 1986 songs The Cure songs Songs written by Robert Smith (musician) 1988 singles Songs written by Lol Tolhurst Songs written by Porl Thompson Songs written by Boris Williams Fiction Records singles Songs written by Simon Gallup Song recordings produced by David M. Allen