Hot (Inna song)
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"Hot" is a song by Romanian recording artist Inna
from her debut studio album, Hot
. It was released on November 12, 2008 by Roton Records
as the lead single
from the album. Produced and written by Sebastian Barac, Radu Bolfea and Marcel Botezan of Play & Win
, "Hot" is an uptempo electro house song with elements of trance music
. Lyrically, the song tells a story of how strong a connection can be between two lovers.
The song was well-received by contemporary critics, with reviewers complimenting its beats, simplicity and effectiveness. "Hot" was a commercial success, peaking a top of the single chart in Spain and the dance charts in Hungary, United Kingdom and the United States. Additionally, the single has reached the top ten in Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Netherlands and Romania. The song has been accompanied by two European club-themed official music video
versions, the first being released on November 10, 2008. Inna has promoted the song at various gigs across Europe and also performed it on the 2009 Eska Music Awards, Legendario Ice Experience, Loop Live and at the Sopot Hit Festival
in Poland.
n dance music
trio Play & Win
. Play & Win have also written and produced all the tracks from Inna
's debut album Hot
. Before their success with Inna, the trio had achieved solo success topping the Romanian Top 100
as well as with dance artist Akcent
. Inna recorded the song in 2008 at Play & Win Studios in Constanta, Romania and the song was published through her Romanian record label
, Roton. The track's verses consists of the lyrics "You belong to me, I belong to you, fire from my heart burning just for you, when you're far away, I'm in love with you, feelings that are so high, what can I do?" and the chorus "Fly like you do it, like you're high like you do it, fly like you do it, like a woman." Evoking that the song's title "Hot" is an adjective for one's relationship, to the extent that when your lover is far away, you are still in love with him/her. The track features male vocals in some of the ad-libs as well as in the intro lyric "Go!" Inna's ad-libs fall in after the first chorus.
"Hot" is composed in a tempo of 128 beats per minute and has been stylised to the Europe
an electrohouse genre. The track acts as the opening track on Inna's debut album of the same name. The song has been composed in a structure of: verse - chorus - ad-libs - ad-libs - chorus - ad-libs - chorus - chorus. The build-up to the first verse is approximately forty-five seconds long and two of the three ad-lib sections are sung by the male vocals of Marcel Botezan of Play & Win.
"Hot" appears on numerous compilation album
s, of which include: 538 Dance Smash 2009 Vol.4, 538 Dance Smash - Hits Of The Year 2009, Damn! 26 - 100% Dance Hits, Disco Estrella Vol. 12, DJ Selection 262 - The Balkanian Explosion, Grandmix 2009, Hot! Summer Hits 2009, Jaarmix 2009, Love2Club, Máxima Fm Compilation Vol. 10, Radio 538 - Hitzone - Best Of 2009 and Todo Exitos 2009.
Inna has performed "Hot" live at the 2009 Eska Music Awards, Legendario Ice Experience and at the 2009 Sopot Hit Festival
in Poland
. Inna also performed the song at Loop Live in Sofia
, Bulgaria
on October 11, 2009.
For the single's release in the United Kingdom
, the song premiered on the radio broadcast of Floorfillers
on January 22, 2010 in association with Inna's UK record label All Around the World who also uploaded "Hot" to their music video channel.
In January 2010, an ultra video mix was released by DJ Riddler
, on American record label Ultra Records
. The mix includes "Hot," as well as "All That Matters" by Mischa Daniels vs. De Nuit and "Feel It In My Bones
" by Tiësto
featuring Tegan And Sara
.
"Hot" was named song of the year for 2009 by popular Russia
n radio station DFM.
The single was released in the United Kingdom on March 14, 2010, on downloads, the physical release was three weeks later.
The song was remixed to two minutes and thirty three seconds by Liverpool
house music group Cahill
and features on the compilation album Love2Club. And for its UK release the track was edited to just over two minutes and thirty seconds. "Hot" was playlisted before its single release on BBC Radio 1
, Kiss FM
and Galaxy FM in the United Kingdom.
Another remix by ElectrowJungs was produced for the song and it features Cuban-American rapper Pitbull
.
for "Hot" was made in 2008 in Romania
. It was released for the first time, on YouTube
on November 10, 2008 where it has since received over 40,000,000 views to-date. The first video has been entitled as the True Love Video Edit, whilst the second version became the Dancing In The Dark Video Edit. The second is approximately ten seconds longer than the first.
In the first version of the music video for "Hot", Inna can be seen singing wearing two different looks. The first look comprises her having long hair, wearing traditional, more covered up Romanian clothing. This look can be viewed in the scene in the music video where she is singing on a rooftop. The second look comprises Inna wearing a strapless modern grey dress and having her hair tied up. Her jewellery in this look is more untraditional and modern as opposed to the first look. This look can be viewed in scenes from the video where she is singing leaning up against a white wall in a nightclub.
The music video begins with a young blonde woman doing her hair and make-up, getting ready in a nightclub's back dressing room where she works as a stage dancer. Her fellow co-workers and friends then are seen around her as she receives a card from a supposedly secret admirer. The next scene involves the girl doing her job stage dancing in a nightclub. The music video then moves into a scene at the girl's home where she can be seen in casual dress arguing with her lover in front of their young daughter who is busy drawing. After the mother leaves, the father comforts his daughter who seems to be upset about her parents arguing and then puts her to bed. The music video then shifts back to the nightclub scene where this time the girl is crowded around by her friends because of the roses and card she received from her secret admirer before going back to stage dance that night. Whilst the girl is stage dancing, her secret admirer is shadowed but visible in the crowd at the nightclub. The girl arrives the next morning home again where she fights again with her lover and then packs her bags and leaves the house. Toward the end of the video the girl manages to find her secret admirer who then takes his sunglasses off and he turns out to be the girl's lover who she has been fighting with. They then hug. The music video ends with Inna and Play & Win
standing together up against the white wall in the nightclub before they walk away together.
A second music video for "Hot" was made in 2008 and leaked a few weeks after the first version did. It differs from the first in the sense that it has no storyline.
The video begins with a round red speaker backed in red lighting visible onscreen, then moving to a scene where a man with tied back long black hair dressed in a black dance outfit can be seen dancing backed by pink lighting. "INNA" then appears onscreen followed by "HOT" - where the round red speaker is used as a substitute for the letter 'O' in the word. In Inna's first scene she has straightened loose hair, a butterfly-like necklace wearing a beige short dress and dark-coloured bracelet, dancing to a yellow-lighted background.
The video then moves to a nightclub scene where a DJ is busy DJing, wearing a dark pair of sunglasses and a beanie headpiece. A club full of people can then be seen dancing to a light green background. Scenes then move to two different girls dancing separately. The one wearing a short white top and black pants dancing to an orange background. The other wearing a short black top and white pants dancing to a red background. In Inna's next scene, she is singing into a microphone
built-in from the ceiling next to the round red speaker. She is wearing a very long, fluttered grey dress which is blown up and down during the scene by special wind effects. She also is wearing grey-coloured make-up and eyelash extensions - singing in a red background. Another girl can be seen dancing, with blonde hair and a grey hoodie. The scenes move back and forth, rapidly throughout the music video between Inna, the main dancers and the club.
In Inna's final scene she has her hair tied-back and is wearing a tight black vintage pants over a white sleeveless top dancing to a pink background. Three of the main dancers then come together for a routine dance and the video ends with Inna and Play & Win standing next to each other.
performed live "Hot" on severral concert dates, including the Sopot Festival, where she was nominated at "Best International Song". In that night she was the third. She has also performed the song in her Romania
n and Europe
an 2009-2010 promo tour. A major performance of the song was also at the Starfloor 2010 in the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
venue, where she performed "Hot" in a medley with "Amazing
" and "Deja Vu". There, she was accompanied by the percussion band Sensor and the frontman of Marker, called GuitarINNA. She performed "Hot" as an encore in her INNA en Concert
tour in 2011 and it was part of her setlist for the INNA: Live la Arenele romane
gig in Bucharest
, the capital city of her homecountry.
Chart Blog said that:
"Yesyesyes English is not her first language - she's Romanian - and she is clearly using the words to this song as a kind of percussion to break up the music. Unless you good-at-crossworders have anything to add at this point?(...)Assuming there IS no answer, 'Hot' serves to prove that sense is not a prerequisite of happiness in music. In fact, it's where a lot of pop songs fall down. The recent crop of Sugababes singles all tripped over the same problem, attempting to find a way for the girls in the band to describe how sexy they are. We don't really need that bit explaining. Thankfully, Inna's pleading gobbledegook is a far more appealing proposition, especially when those ticky synths vaguely recall the glory of Boney M's 'Ma Baker' (LOOK! Lady GaGa's fashion parents!). You could argue that this is fly-by-night dance music, that nothing really happens after the first minute or so and that it won't stand the test of time. It's basically Jedward's record contract in song form. But that's missing the point. This IS now, if you can't enjoy transitory stuff while it's happening, it doesn't make you too clever to be duped by silly tricks, it makes you the guy at the party who sits in the corner and won't dance. Perfect crossworder material, in other words."
Robert Copsey from Digital Spy
enjoyed the song, admitting that he discovered Inna and "Hot" quite late:
"You know when you feel like you're the last person to know what's going on? Well, that's exactly how we feel about Inna's new single - probably because it isn't actually that new. The Romanian-born singer - real name Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu - released 'Hot' across the continent last year and her eponymous album has been number one in every Eastern European country you could think of. She's even had success in the US, topping Billboard's Dance Airplay chart.So, what's all the fuss about? Well, the track is essentially two-and-a-half minutes of pure and stylised European electro-house centered around a nagging hook of "Fly like you do it / Like you're high like you do it / Like you fly like do it / Like a woman". Sleekly produced by Romanian dance trio Play & Win, its biggest draw is that it's so simple. Simple but effective though - expect its trancey, hypnotic beats to coax you onto the dancefloor next time you're out on the town and up for a strut."
Paul Lester
from The Guardian
said in his Inna
review that "Things get better on the album
's title track, which at a pinch suggests Ibiza
-era New Order
in a clinch with David Guetta
, though that's being generous (ie exaggerating aka lying). The "la la la" bit by the male singer sounds as though a hunky waiter from the local beach cafe wandered into shot."
by PROMUSICAE
after surpassing 80,000 copies in sales.
On August 30, 2009, "Hot" debuted at number thirty-seven on the Dutch Top 40
. It later entered the chart's top ten on September 19 at number seven and went on to achieve a peak of number two on October 24. The single spent ten weeks within the chart's top ten and eighteen weeks within the top forty, exiting the chart on January 2, 2010.
On September 19, 2009, "Hot" debuted on the Flanders Belgium Singles Chart
at number fifty. It went on to enter and peak in the top ten at number six on November 7. It spent three consecutive weeks within the chart's top ten and nineteen within the chart's top fifty.
On October 3, 2009, "Hot" debuted at number thirty-three on the Wallonia Belgium Singles Chart
. It later entered the chart's top ten on November 7 at number eight and peaking at number six on November 21. It spent a total of three non-consecutive weeks within the chart's top ten and seventeen consecutive weeks within the top forty.
"Hot" also debuted and has so far peaked at number eighty on the German Singles Chart
for the second last week of 2009. It has so far spent six weeks within the chart.
In Lebanon "Hot" reached the number 1 spot and has spent more than 17 consecutives weeks in the chart
In Sweden
, the song made its debut at number forty-three on January 29, 2010. It has so far reached a peak of twenty-nine and spent a total of two weeks on this chart.
"Hot" has been a major success on various airplay charts as well, reaching the top ten in the Czech Republic
, Hungary
, Romania
, Russia
and Slovakia
.
On 21 March 2010, "Hot" debuted on the UK Singles Chart
at #8, while also managing to reach the #1 spot on the UK Dance Chart
. On the March 28 UK Singles Chart, "Hot" climbed 2 places to a current peak of #6. On 1 April 2010, the single also debuted on the Irish Singles Chart
at #48.
The song debuted and peaked at number 97 in Canadian Hot 100
, on March 27, 2010 issue and then dropped off.
In the United States
, it was a massive success, reaching #1 on the Hot Dance Airplay
chart due to not many stations on that chart.
Inna
Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu , best known as Inna, is a Romanian dance music singer. On November 12, 2008, she released her debut single "Hot", which was produced by Play & Win, a Romanian dance music trio and one of the leading music producers in Romania...
from her debut studio album, Hot
Hot (Inna album)
- Weekly charts :- Certifications :- Year-end charts :*"Very Hot" Version-All-time charts:- Release history :...
. It was released on November 12, 2008 by Roton Records
Roton (label)
Roton is a Romanian record label established in 1994.The company has around 100 employees, having offices in Bucharest, Iaşi, Cluj and Timişoara...
as the lead single
Lead single
A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...
from the album. Produced and written by Sebastian Barac, Radu Bolfea and Marcel Botezan of Play & Win
Play & Win
Play & Win is a Romanian songwriter and music producer trio formed in 2000 by Radu Bolfea, Marcel Botezan and Sebastian Barac.The band is first known as a leading production team having more than 400 songs to their credit, registered at the Union of Composers in Romania...
, "Hot" is an uptempo electro house song with elements of trance music
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...
. Lyrically, the song tells a story of how strong a connection can be between two lovers.
The song was well-received by contemporary critics, with reviewers complimenting its beats, simplicity and effectiveness. "Hot" was a commercial success, peaking a top of the single chart in Spain and the dance charts in Hungary, United Kingdom and the United States. Additionally, the single has reached the top ten in Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Netherlands and Romania. The song has been accompanied by two European club-themed official music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
versions, the first being released on November 10, 2008. Inna has promoted the song at various gigs across Europe and also performed it on the 2009 Eska Music Awards, Legendario Ice Experience, Loop Live and at the Sopot Hit Festival
Sopot Hit Festival
Sopot Hit Festival - is international song contest, bringing contestants and guests who are stars with world recognition. It has been transmitted annually by the Polish Television in the coastal resort of Sopot, Poland...
in Poland.
Background
"Hot" was written and produced by RomaniaRomania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
trio Play & Win
Play & Win
Play & Win is a Romanian songwriter and music producer trio formed in 2000 by Radu Bolfea, Marcel Botezan and Sebastian Barac.The band is first known as a leading production team having more than 400 songs to their credit, registered at the Union of Composers in Romania...
. Play & Win have also written and produced all the tracks from Inna
Inna
Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu , best known as Inna, is a Romanian dance music singer. On November 12, 2008, she released her debut single "Hot", which was produced by Play & Win, a Romanian dance music trio and one of the leading music producers in Romania...
's debut album Hot
Hot (album)
Hot is the second studio album by Squirrel Nut Zippers, released in 1996.-Track listing:#"Got My Own Thing Now" – 2:30#"Put a Lid on It" – 2:39#"Memphis Exorcism" – 2:24#"Twilight" – 3:34...
. Before their success with Inna, the trio had achieved solo success topping the Romanian Top 100
Romanian Top 100
The Romanian Top 100 is the national airplay-based singles chart of Romania. It is weekly and it started running in 1996. It is recognized as an official chart by the European division of Billboard, Music & Media....
as well as with dance artist Akcent
Akcent
Akcent is a Romanian dance-pop act.- Biography :Adrian Claudiu Sînă started the group in 1999. At the time, it consisted of him and his female counterpart, Ramona Barta....
. Inna recorded the song in 2008 at Play & Win Studios in Constanta, Romania and the song was published through her Romanian record label
Record label
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, Roton. The track's verses consists of the lyrics "You belong to me, I belong to you, fire from my heart burning just for you, when you're far away, I'm in love with you, feelings that are so high, what can I do?" and the chorus "Fly like you do it, like you're high like you do it, fly like you do it, like a woman." Evoking that the song's title "Hot" is an adjective for one's relationship, to the extent that when your lover is far away, you are still in love with him/her. The track features male vocals in some of the ad-libs as well as in the intro lyric "Go!" Inna's ad-libs fall in after the first chorus.
"Hot" is composed in a tempo of 128 beats per minute and has been stylised to the Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an electrohouse genre. The track acts as the opening track on Inna's debut album of the same name. The song has been composed in a structure of: verse - chorus - ad-libs - ad-libs - chorus - ad-libs - chorus - chorus. The build-up to the first verse is approximately forty-five seconds long and two of the three ad-lib sections are sung by the male vocals of Marcel Botezan of Play & Win.
"Hot" appears on numerous compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
s, of which include: 538 Dance Smash 2009 Vol.4, 538 Dance Smash - Hits Of The Year 2009, Damn! 26 - 100% Dance Hits, Disco Estrella Vol. 12, DJ Selection 262 - The Balkanian Explosion, Grandmix 2009, Hot! Summer Hits 2009, Jaarmix 2009, Love2Club, Máxima Fm Compilation Vol. 10, Radio 538 - Hitzone - Best Of 2009 and Todo Exitos 2009.
Inna has performed "Hot" live at the 2009 Eska Music Awards, Legendario Ice Experience and at the 2009 Sopot Hit Festival
Sopot Hit Festival
Sopot Hit Festival - is international song contest, bringing contestants and guests who are stars with world recognition. It has been transmitted annually by the Polish Television in the coastal resort of Sopot, Poland...
in Poland
Poland
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. Inna also performed the song at Loop Live in Sofia
Sofia
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, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
on October 11, 2009.
For the single's release in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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, the song premiered on the radio broadcast of Floorfillers
Floorfillers
Floorfillers is a dance album compilation brand by All Around The World Records that has evolved from a range of separate compilations that AATW used to compile for a number of Northern radio stations in Emap's Big City Hits network...
on January 22, 2010 in association with Inna's UK record label All Around the World who also uploaded "Hot" to their music video channel.
In January 2010, an ultra video mix was released by DJ Riddler
DJ Riddler
DJ Riddler is a Filipino-American dance DJ, Producer, Remixer on the air in New York City WKTU 103.5FM, WHTZ 100.3FM and on KKHH "Hot 95.7 FM" in Houston. He became the First Asian-American Mixshow DJ to be on Commercial radio in Houston, Austin, San Antonio, and New York City...
, on American record label Ultra Records
Ultra Records
Ultra Records is an American independent electronic dance music record label. Ultra was formed in New York City in 1995 by former Polygram and Virgin Records executive Patrick Moxey, who is still currently the owner...
. The mix includes "Hot," as well as "All That Matters" by Mischa Daniels vs. De Nuit and "Feel It In My Bones
Feel It in My Bones
"Feel It In My Bones" is a song recorded by Dutch trance artist Tiësto featuring Canadian band Tegan and Sara. It was released as the third single from Tiësto's fourth studio album Kaleidoscope on September 7, 2009...
" by Tiësto
Tiësto
Tijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto...
featuring Tegan And Sara
Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara are a Canadian indie band composed of identical twin sisters Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Keirsten Quin . Both Tegan and Sara play guitar and keyboard and write songs.-History:...
.
"Hot" was named song of the year for 2009 by popular Russia
Russia
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n radio station DFM.
The single was released in the United Kingdom on March 14, 2010, on downloads, the physical release was three weeks later.
The song was remixed to two minutes and thirty three seconds by Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
house music group Cahill
Cahill (band)
Cahill are a dance group, based in Liverpool, UK consisting of producers Anton Powers, Tim Condran and Scott Rosser. They are best known for their 2008 single, Trippin' On You, which features vocals from Nikki Belle.-Background:...
and features on the compilation album Love2Club. And for its UK release the track was edited to just over two minutes and thirty seconds. "Hot" was playlisted before its single release on BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
, Kiss FM
Kiss 100 London
Kiss is a UK radio station broadcasting on FM and Digital Radio, specialising in hip hop, R&B, urban and electronic dance music. It also broadcasts on DAB Digital Radio around the UK & nationally on Freeview, Sky and TalkTalk TV...
and Galaxy FM in the United Kingdom.
Another remix by ElectrowJungs was produced for the song and it features Cuban-American rapper Pitbull
Pitbull (rapper)
Armando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...
.
Music video
The first version of the music videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for "Hot" was made in 2008 in Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. It was released for the first time, on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
on November 10, 2008 where it has since received over 40,000,000 views to-date. The first video has been entitled as the True Love Video Edit, whilst the second version became the Dancing In The Dark Video Edit. The second is approximately ten seconds longer than the first.
In the first version of the music video for "Hot", Inna can be seen singing wearing two different looks. The first look comprises her having long hair, wearing traditional, more covered up Romanian clothing. This look can be viewed in the scene in the music video where she is singing on a rooftop. The second look comprises Inna wearing a strapless modern grey dress and having her hair tied up. Her jewellery in this look is more untraditional and modern as opposed to the first look. This look can be viewed in scenes from the video where she is singing leaning up against a white wall in a nightclub.
The music video begins with a young blonde woman doing her hair and make-up, getting ready in a nightclub's back dressing room where she works as a stage dancer. Her fellow co-workers and friends then are seen around her as she receives a card from a supposedly secret admirer. The next scene involves the girl doing her job stage dancing in a nightclub. The music video then moves into a scene at the girl's home where she can be seen in casual dress arguing with her lover in front of their young daughter who is busy drawing. After the mother leaves, the father comforts his daughter who seems to be upset about her parents arguing and then puts her to bed. The music video then shifts back to the nightclub scene where this time the girl is crowded around by her friends because of the roses and card she received from her secret admirer before going back to stage dance that night. Whilst the girl is stage dancing, her secret admirer is shadowed but visible in the crowd at the nightclub. The girl arrives the next morning home again where she fights again with her lover and then packs her bags and leaves the house. Toward the end of the video the girl manages to find her secret admirer who then takes his sunglasses off and he turns out to be the girl's lover who she has been fighting with. They then hug. The music video ends with Inna and Play & Win
Play & Win
Play & Win is a Romanian songwriter and music producer trio formed in 2000 by Radu Bolfea, Marcel Botezan and Sebastian Barac.The band is first known as a leading production team having more than 400 songs to their credit, registered at the Union of Composers in Romania...
standing together up against the white wall in the nightclub before they walk away together.
A second music video for "Hot" was made in 2008 and leaked a few weeks after the first version did. It differs from the first in the sense that it has no storyline.
The video begins with a round red speaker backed in red lighting visible onscreen, then moving to a scene where a man with tied back long black hair dressed in a black dance outfit can be seen dancing backed by pink lighting. "INNA" then appears onscreen followed by "HOT" - where the round red speaker is used as a substitute for the letter 'O' in the word. In Inna's first scene she has straightened loose hair, a butterfly-like necklace wearing a beige short dress and dark-coloured bracelet, dancing to a yellow-lighted background.
The video then moves to a nightclub scene where a DJ is busy DJing, wearing a dark pair of sunglasses and a beanie headpiece. A club full of people can then be seen dancing to a light green background. Scenes then move to two different girls dancing separately. The one wearing a short white top and black pants dancing to an orange background. The other wearing a short black top and white pants dancing to a red background. In Inna's next scene, she is singing into a microphone
Microphone
A microphone is an acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal. In 1877, Emile Berliner invented the first microphone used as a telephone voice transmitter...
built-in from the ceiling next to the round red speaker. She is wearing a very long, fluttered grey dress which is blown up and down during the scene by special wind effects. She also is wearing grey-coloured make-up and eyelash extensions - singing in a red background. Another girl can be seen dancing, with blonde hair and a grey hoodie. The scenes move back and forth, rapidly throughout the music video between Inna, the main dancers and the club.
In Inna's final scene she has her hair tied-back and is wearing a tight black vintage pants over a white sleeveless top dancing to a pink background. Three of the main dancers then come together for a routine dance and the video ends with Inna and Play & Win standing next to each other.
Live performance
InnaInna
Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu , best known as Inna, is a Romanian dance music singer. On November 12, 2008, she released her debut single "Hot", which was produced by Play & Win, a Romanian dance music trio and one of the leading music producers in Romania...
performed live "Hot" on severral concert dates, including the Sopot Festival, where she was nominated at "Best International Song". In that night she was the third. She has also performed the song in her Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n and Europe
Europe
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an 2009-2010 promo tour. A major performance of the song was also at the Starfloor 2010 in the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
Opened in 1984, Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, often abbreviated as POPB or Bercy, is an indoor sports arena on boulevard de Bercy located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris...
venue, where she performed "Hot" in a medley with "Amazing
Amazing (Inna song)
"Amazing" is an electro-house song by Romanian recording artist Inna, from her debut album "Hot". The song debuted on Radio 21 FM on August 6, 2009, and was released in October 2009. It brought Inna the first number-one single in her home country Romania. It was released as her fourth single in...
" and "Deja Vu". There, she was accompanied by the percussion band Sensor and the frontman of Marker, called GuitarINNA. She performed "Hot" as an encore in her INNA en Concert
INNA en Concert
INNA en Concert is a 2011 French concert tour by Romanian recording artist Inna. Despite the title and the promotion of the album were in French, it was announced that Inna has added two more dates in Germany, Spain, Israel and Turkey for her tour. Also, the tour will hit, for the first time in a...
tour in 2011 and it was part of her setlist for the INNA: Live la Arenele romane
INNA: Live la Arenele romane
INNA: Live la Arenele Romane was the first major headlining concert show held by Romanian dance performer Inna. The concert was held at the Arenele Romane , a old-time Romanian shows venue in the Carol Park from Bucharest. The concert was sponsored by FHM music alongside Vodafone Romania...
gig in Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, the capital city of her homecountry.
Critical reception
The song received mixed and favorable reviews from the music critics, praising the tune, whilst not being that pleased with the lyrics. Fraser McAlpine from the BBCBBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
Chart Blog said that:
"Yesyesyes English is not her first language - she's Romanian - and she is clearly using the words to this song as a kind of percussion to break up the music. Unless you good-at-crossworders have anything to add at this point?(...)Assuming there IS no answer, 'Hot' serves to prove that sense is not a prerequisite of happiness in music. In fact, it's where a lot of pop songs fall down. The recent crop of Sugababes singles all tripped over the same problem, attempting to find a way for the girls in the band to describe how sexy they are. We don't really need that bit explaining. Thankfully, Inna's pleading gobbledegook is a far more appealing proposition, especially when those ticky synths vaguely recall the glory of Boney M's 'Ma Baker' (LOOK! Lady GaGa's fashion parents!). You could argue that this is fly-by-night dance music, that nothing really happens after the first minute or so and that it won't stand the test of time. It's basically Jedward's record contract in song form. But that's missing the point. This IS now, if you can't enjoy transitory stuff while it's happening, it doesn't make you too clever to be duped by silly tricks, it makes you the guy at the party who sits in the corner and won't dance. Perfect crossworder material, in other words."
Robert Copsey from Digital Spy
Digital Spy
Digital Spy is a British entertainment and media news website. According to Alexa Internet traffic statistics, as of February 2011, Digital Spy is the 93rd most popular website in the United Kingdom, with an overall Alexa ranking of 2,088....
enjoyed the song, admitting that he discovered Inna and "Hot" quite late:
"You know when you feel like you're the last person to know what's going on? Well, that's exactly how we feel about Inna's new single - probably because it isn't actually that new. The Romanian-born singer - real name Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu - released 'Hot' across the continent last year and her eponymous album has been number one in every Eastern European country you could think of. She's even had success in the US, topping Billboard's Dance Airplay chart.So, what's all the fuss about? Well, the track is essentially two-and-a-half minutes of pure and stylised European electro-house centered around a nagging hook of "Fly like you do it / Like you're high like you do it / Like you fly like do it / Like a woman". Sleekly produced by Romanian dance trio Play & Win, its biggest draw is that it's so simple. Simple but effective though - expect its trancey, hypnotic beats to coax you onto the dancefloor next time you're out on the town and up for a strut."
Paul Lester
Paul Lester
Paul Lester is a British music journalist, author and broadcaster from Elstree, North London.- Career :He began his career as a freelance, writing for Melody Maker in the early 1990s, as well as City Limits, 20/20 , Sky Magazine and The Jewish Chronicle...
from The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
said in his Inna
Inna
Elena Alexandra Apostoleanu , best known as Inna, is a Romanian dance music singer. On November 12, 2008, she released her debut single "Hot", which was produced by Play & Win, a Romanian dance music trio and one of the leading music producers in Romania...
review that "Things get better on the album
Hot (Inna album)
- Weekly charts :- Certifications :- Year-end charts :*"Very Hot" Version-All-time charts:- Release history :...
's title track, which at a pinch suggests Ibiza
Ibiza
Ibiza or Eivissa is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea 79 km off the coast of the city of Valencia in Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza...
-era New Order
New Order
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
in a clinch with David Guetta
David Guetta
Pierre David Guetta , known professionally as David Guetta , is a French house music producer and DJ. Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster and Pop Life...
, though that's being generous (ie exaggerating aka lying). The "la la la" bit by the male singer sounds as though a hunky waiter from the local beach cafe wandered into shot."
Chart performance
On May 31, 2008, "Hot" debuted at number thirty-three on the Spanish Singles Chart. It later entered the chart's top ten on July 12 at number nine and went on to peak at number one on July 26 for one week. The single spent twelve consecutive weeks within the top ten and twenty-three consecutive weeks within the top forty, exiting the chart on November 8, 2009. It was later certified PlatinumPlatinum
Platinum is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Pt and an atomic number of 78. Its name is derived from the Spanish term platina del Pinto, which is literally translated into "little silver of the Pinto River." It is a dense, malleable, ductile, precious, gray-white transition metal...
by PROMUSICAE
PROMUSICAE
Spanish Music Producers is a trade group representing the Spanish recording industry...
after surpassing 80,000 copies in sales.
On August 30, 2009, "Hot" debuted at number thirty-seven on the Dutch Top 40
Dutch Top 40
The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...
. It later entered the chart's top ten on September 19 at number seven and went on to achieve a peak of number two on October 24. The single spent ten weeks within the chart's top ten and eighteen weeks within the top forty, exiting the chart on January 2, 2010.
On September 19, 2009, "Hot" debuted on the Flanders Belgium Singles Chart
Ultratop 50
Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...
at number fifty. It went on to enter and peak in the top ten at number six on November 7. It spent three consecutive weeks within the chart's top ten and nineteen within the chart's top fifty.
On October 3, 2009, "Hot" debuted at number thirty-three on the Wallonia Belgium Singles Chart
Ultratop 40
Ultratop 40 singles, often just Ultratop 40, is the weekly chart of best-selling singles in Wallonia and Brussels Capital Region, the french-speaking parts of Belgium. Its equivalent covering the Flanders region is Ultratop 50. Both charts are produced and published by the Ultratop organization...
. It later entered the chart's top ten on November 7 at number eight and peaking at number six on November 21. It spent a total of three non-consecutive weeks within the chart's top ten and seventeen consecutive weeks within the top forty.
"Hot" also debuted and has so far peaked at number eighty on the German Singles Chart
Media Control Charts
The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...
for the second last week of 2009. It has so far spent six weeks within the chart.
In Lebanon "Hot" reached the number 1 spot and has spent more than 17 consecutives weeks in the chart
In Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, the song made its debut at number forty-three on January 29, 2010. It has so far reached a peak of twenty-nine and spent a total of two weeks on this chart.
"Hot" has been a major success on various airplay charts as well, reaching the top ten in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
.
On 21 March 2010, "Hot" debuted on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
at #8, while also managing to reach the #1 spot on the UK Dance Chart
UK Dance Chart
The UK Dance Chart is a chart compiled by The Official Charts Company from sales in record stores and digital downloads. Although the chart does not currently receive any airplay on the radio or television, the chart can be viewed on the BBC Radio 1 and The Official Charts Company website.Digital...
. On the March 28 UK Singles Chart, "Hot" climbed 2 places to a current peak of #6. On 1 April 2010, the single also debuted on the Irish Singles Chart
Irish Singles Chart
The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...
at #48.
The song debuted and peaked at number 97 in Canadian Hot 100
Canadian Hot 100
The Canadian Hot 100 is a music singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks songs in Canada. The chart debuted in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007...
, on March 27, 2010 issue and then dropped off.
In the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, it was a massive success, reaching #1 on the Hot Dance Airplay
Hot Dance Airplay
Dance/Mix Show Airplay is a monitored electronic dance music radio chart that is featured weekly in Billboard magazine. The chart came about as a result of the small but influential impact of electronic dance music on the radio in the United States and the stations that program it...
chart due to not many stations on that chart.
Charts positions
| Chart (2008–2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Eurochart Hot 100 Singles Eurochart Hot 100 Singles The European Hot 100 Singles has been compiled by Billboard and Music & Media magazine since March, 1984. The chart is based on national singles sales charts in 15 European countries: Austria, Belgium , Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden,... |
10 |
| Lebanon (Lebanese Top 20 Lebanon Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among... ) |
1 |
| Poland (ZPAV) | 37 |
Certifications
| Country | Certification Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|
| Spain | Platinum |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2009) | Position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Singles Chart Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995... (Flanders) |
75 |
| Belgian Singles Chart Ultratop 40 Ultratop 40 singles, often just Ultratop 40, is the weekly chart of best-selling singles in Wallonia and Brussels Capital Region, the french-speaking parts of Belgium. Its equivalent covering the Flanders region is Ultratop 50. Both charts are produced and published by the Ultratop organization... (Wallonia) |
76 |
| Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting... |
2 |
| Hungarian Airplay Chart Mahasz Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary.... |
18 |
| Romanian Top 100 | 12 |
| Russian Airplay Chart | 6 |
| Spanish Singles Chart | 15 |
| Ukrainian Airplay Chart Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia... |
3 |
| Russian Love Radio Chart | 2 |
| Chart (2010) | Position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia) | 86 |
| European Hot 100 Singles | 46 |
| French Singles Chart | 29 |
| French Airplay Chart | 43 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 87 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 58 |
| UK Singles Chart | 91 |
| U.S. Hot Dance Airplay Hot Dance Airplay Dance/Mix Show Airplay is a monitored electronic dance music radio chart that is featured weekly in Billboard magazine. The chart came about as a result of the small but influential impact of electronic dance music on the radio in the United States and the stations that program it... |
1 |
All-time charts
| Chart | Position |
|---|---|
| French Singles Chart | 71 |
Chart procession and succession
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
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| Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... |
November 12, 2008 | Radio | |
| Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The... |
March 13, 2009 | Digital single | CLS Records |
| Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
June 2, 2009 | Digital single | Roton Records |
| Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... |
June 29, 2009 | CD single | ARS Records |
| Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
July 10, 2009 | Digital single | Roton Records |
| United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
July 21, 2009 | Digital single | Ultra Records Ultra Records Ultra Records is an American independent electronic dance music record label. Ultra was formed in New York City in 1995 by former Polygram and Virgin Records executive Patrick Moxey, who is still currently the owner... |
| Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe.... |
July 22, 2009 | Roton Records | |
| Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
August 7, 2009 | ||
| Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... |
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| The Netherlands | August 20, 2009 | CD single | CLS Records |
| Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
November 20, 2009 | Digital single | Roton Records |
| Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
November 27, 2009 | ||
| Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
CD single | Kontor Records Kontor Records Kontor Records is a record label based in Hamburg. It is one of the most successful electronic music labels in Germany. Well-known musicians signed to this label include ATB, Tiësto and Scooter. The head-manager is Jens Thele.... |
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| Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... |
Digital single | Roton Records | |
| Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
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| United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
March 15, 2010 April 5, 2010 |
Digital single CD single |
3 Beat 3 Beat Records 3 Beat Records is a British record shop and independent record label which was founded by Jon Barlow in 1989.-History:3 Beat Records was founded as a dance music record shop in 1989 by Jon Barlow, Dave Nicholl, Phil Southall and later joined by Phil Beddard and Hywell Williams who were students at... , All Around the World |
| Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... |
March 22, 2010 | CD single | Ultra Records Ultra Records Ultra Records is an American independent electronic dance music record label. Ultra was formed in New York City in 1995 by former Polygram and Virgin Records executive Patrick Moxey, who is still currently the owner... |
See also
- List of Spanish number-one hits of 2009
- List of number-one dance hits of 2010 (UK)
- List of number-one dance airplay hits of 2010 (U.S.)
- List of Hungarian Dance Chart number-one songs in 2009MahaszMahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary....