{{about|the 2000 song by Ian Pooley|the aerial trick|900 (skateboarding)}} {{short description|2000 song performed by Ian Pooley}} {{Infobox song | name = 900 Degrees | cover = 900_Degrees_cover.jpg | alt = | border = yes | type = single | artist = Ian Pooley | album = Since Then | released = 2000<ref name="samples" /><ref name="vocals" /> | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = {{Duration|m=6|s=13}}<ref name="vocals" /> | label = V2 Records | writer = {{hlist|Pooley| A. Winbush|Kevin Spenser|R. Moore|Darnell Smith|William Shelby<ref name="vocals" />}} | producer = | chronology = Ian Pooley | prev_title = Coração Tambo | prev_year = 2000 | next_title = Balmes (A Better Life) | next_year = 2001 }}

'''"900 Degrees"''' is a song by German DJ and producer Ian Pooley. The song was released as a single from his sixth studio album, ''Since Then'', released in October 2001. Upon its release, the song peaked within the top 60 on the UK Singles chart and remained Pooley's highest-peaking UK single for more than a year, until his 2002 single "Piha" peaked higher. The song also entered the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Breakouts Maxi-Single Sales chart, becoming his first chart entry there.

==Composition and recording== "900 Degrees" samples three songs: "Make That Move," a 1980 soul/funk song recorded by Shalamar, "I Love You More," a 1981 soul song recorded by Rene and Angela, and "Do It To The Music", a 1982 boogie/post-disco song recorded by Raw Silk.<ref name="samples">{{cite web|title="900 Degrees" by Ian Pooley (overview)|url=http://www.whosampled.com/Ian-Pooley/900-Degrees/|website=Who Sampled?|access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref> The song was one of two on ''Since Then'' to feature vocals from Rosanna and Zelia.<ref name="vocals">{{cite web|last1=Bush|first1=John|title="Since Then" review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/since-then-mw0000099554|website=AllMusic|publisher=RhythmOne|access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref> The song has a BPM of 126 beats per minute.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ian Pooley Overview|url=https://www.bpmdatabase.com/music/search/?artist=Ian+Pooley|website=BPM Database|access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref>

==Reception== ===Critical=== John Bush, writing for AllMusic, described the song as "familiar-sounding."<ref name="vocals" /> Groove Armada listed the song as one of their favorites in a 2001 issue of ''Spin'' magazine.

===Commercial=== Upon its release, the song proved successful both in the United Kingdom and the United States. On the UK Singles Chart, the song debuted at number 57 on the chart dated March 10, 2000; it was the highest chart position Pooley had attained up to that point.<ref name="uk chart">{{cite web|title=Ian Pooley Singles Chart History|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/32436/ian-pooley/|website=Official Charts|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref> In its next and final week on the chart, the song fell to number 87.<ref name="uk chart" /> The track remained Pooley's highest-peaking until 2002, when "Piha" debuted at number 53 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="uk chart" />

The song also achieved some crossover success in the United States, peaking at number 5 on ''Billboard'''s Hot Dance Breakouts Maxi-Singles Sales chart.<ref name="us chart">{{cite magazine|title=Hot Dance Breakouts Maxi-Single Sales chart for October 14, 2000|magazine=Billboard|date=14 October 2000|volume=112|issue=42|page=36|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IBAEAAAAMBAJ&q=ian+pooley+900+degrees&pg=PA36|access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref> It was his first song to chart in the United States, and remained his only charting single there until his Esthero collaboration "Balmes (A Better Life)" became a top 40 hit on the Dance Club Songs chart the following year.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Ian Pooley - Chart Search|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3AIan%20Pooley&f[1]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Ian%20Pooley|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media|access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref>

==Track listings== '''UK CD Single'''<ref name="CD">{{cite web|title=Ian Pooley - 900 Degrees: Editorial Reviews|url=https://www.amazon.com/900-Degrees-Ian-Pooley/dp/B00004WWMW|website=Amazon|access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref> #900 Degrees (Radio Edit) #900 Degrees (Pooley's New Mix) #900 Degrees (Tom Middleton Cosmos Party Mix)

'''German CD Single'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Ian Pooley - 900 Degrees: Track listing|url=https://www.amazon.com/900-Degrees-Ian-Pooley/dp/B00004WWMW|website=Amazon|access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref> #900 Degrees (Radio Edit) #900 Degrees (Pooley's New Mix) #900 Degrees (Tom Middleton Cosmos Party Mix) #900 Degrees (Pete Heller Main Mix)

== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (2000) !Peak<br>position |- |UK Singles (Official Charts Company)<ref name="uk chart" /> |align="center"|57 |- |US Hot Dance Breakouts Maxi-Single Sales (''Billboard'')<ref name="us chart" /> |align="center"|5 |}

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci9y8_0ziSk Listen to the song] on YouTube

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