# Hot Hot Hot (Arrow song)

"Hot Hot Hot" is a song written and first recorded by Montserratian musician Arrow, featured on his 1982 studio album, Hot Hot Hot. The song was a commercially successful dance floor single, with cover versions subsequently released by artists in several countries, including in 1987 by American singer Buster Poindexter. The song was Arrow's first chart hit, peaking at No. 59 on the UK Singles Chart. 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.

## Charts

| Chart (1984) | Peak position |
| UK Singles (OCC) | 59 |
| Chart (1994) $^1$ | Peak position |
| UK Singles Chart | 38 |
| UK Dance Chart | 15 |
| ARIA Charts | 9 |
Notes:
* $^1$ - Denotes chart position of 1994 "World Carnival Mix '94" version.

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| Australia (ARIA) | Gold | 35,000$^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||

## Buster Poindexter version

The song was covered in 1987 by American singer David Johansen, as his lounge singer persona Buster Poindexter, and released as the first single from his album Buster Poindexter. It garnered extensive airplay through radio, MTV, and other television appearances.
A music video was produced for Johansen's version of the song, in which he appears both as Buster Poindexter and as himself. The video begins with Johansen mentioning his role as the frontman for the 1970s proto-punk band New York Dolls, showing the band's albums 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 National Public Radio, Johansen called the tune "the bane of my life", owing to its pervasive popularity as a karaoke and wedding song.

### Charts

| Chart (1987–1989) | Peak position |
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) | 27 |
| Netherlands (Nederlandse Top 40) | 8 |
| Canada (RPM) | 47 |
| U.S. Cash Box Top 100 | 60 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 45 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 11 |

## Other versions

* In 1993, English pop duo Pat and Mick released their version as a single which peaked at No. 47 on the UK Singles Chart. It is from their sole album Don't Stop Dancin', also released in 1993.
* In 2013, reggaeton artist Don Omar released a cover titled "Feeling Hot" for his 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 ASCAP Latin Award in the Urban category.

## Trivia

* The song was famous in Brazil for it have been the opening theme of 1994–95 programming of same name Hot Hot Hot, broadcast by free-to-air television network Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT) and presented by Silvio Santos.
* The Buster Poindexter version of the song was covered in Go, Diego, Go! Live: The Great Jaguar Rescue.
* The song was used in Family Guy as it was sung by Brian Griffin's cousin Jasper as part of the work out.
* The song was used as the walk-on music for Rob Cross when he won the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship.