{{Infobox song | name = <nowiki>Hot Hot Hot!!!</nowiki> | cover = Hot Hot Hot!!! (The Cure).jpg | alt = A group of colored fish on a grainy black background | type = single | artist = [[the Cure]] | album = [[Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me]] | B-side = "Hey You!!!" (extended remix) | released = 8 February 1988 | recorded = 1986 | studio = | genre = [[Funk rock]] | length = 3:34 | label = [[Fiction Records|Fiction]] | composer = *[[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] *[[Simon Gallup]] *[[Boris Williams]] *[[Porl Thompson]] *[[Lol Tolhurst]] | lyricist = Robert Smith | producer = *Robert Smith *[[David M. Allen|Dave Allen]] | prev_title = [[Just like Heaven (The Cure song)|Just Like Heaven]] | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = [[Lullaby (The Cure song)|Lullaby]] | next_year = 1989 }} "'''Hot Hot Hot!!!'''" is a single by the British [[Rock music|rock]] band [[the Cure]] released on 8 February 1988. It is taken from their 1987 album ''[[Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me]]''. The song reached number 45 in the UK, and number 18 in Ireland.
==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, the song spent three weeks in the [[UK Singles Chart]], peaking at number 45 on 20 February.<ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/cure/ Cure]. OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved on 22 January 2013.</ref> In the United States, the song reached number 65 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], while a remix of the track by [[François Kevorkian]] charted at numbers 11 and 50 on the [[Hot Dance Club Songs|Dance Music/Club Play Singles]] and the [[Dance/Electronic Singles Sales|Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales]] charts, respectively.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-cure-mn0000137390/awards The Cure - Awards]. Allmusic.com. Retrieved on 27 January 2013.</ref><ref>Apter, Jeff. ''Never Enough: The Story of The Cure''. Omnibus Press, 2005. {{ISBN|1-84449-827-1}}, p. 232</ref> It was also a hit in Ireland, spending two weeks there and making number 18 on 18 February 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=2 |title=search |last=Gogan |first=Larry |work=The Irish Charts - All there is to Know |access-date=26 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018042138/http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=2 |archive-date=18 October 2013 }}</ref> It spent three weeks on the Dutch charts, reaching number 79 there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Cure&titel=Hot+Hot+Hot!!!&cat=s|title=The Cure - Hot Hot Hot!!! (Nummer)|language=nl|work=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=27 January 2013}}</ref> As with many other singles, the video was directed by [[Tim Pope]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rage/guest/2000/cure.htm|title=The Cure |date=30 September 2000|work=Rage|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=26 January 2013}}</ref> and has been described as "intentionally ridiculous".<ref name=amcps>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/picture-show-mw0000268368 |title=''Picture Show'' (review)|author=Raggett, Ned |publisher=Allmusic.com |access-date=27 January 2013}}</ref> Filmed in black and white, it featured the band as "dwarves" dressed in 1950s clothes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.impressionofsounds.com/old/videogr/HHH.html|title=Hot Hot Hot!!!|access-date=26 January 2013}}</ref>
Before the song proper begins, Robert Smith can be heard singing "she may be the face I can't forget", the first line of "[[She (Charles Aznavour song)|She]]" by [[Charles Aznavour]].
==Reception== In a review of the single for ''[[NME]]'' in 1988, [[Steve Lamacq]] said that the song's dance mix was "spuriously welcoming, but basically a tragedy of trenchfoot" and concluded, "Even I know [Smith has] better stuff hidden in that mop of his".<ref>Lamacq, Steve. "Hot Hot Hot!!!" single review. ''NME''. 12 February 1988.</ref> In an undated review, Stewart Mason of [[AllMusic]] 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.<ref name=masonam>Mason, Stewart. "[http://www.allmusic.com/song/hot-hot-hot%21%21%21-mt0042731537 Hot Hot Hot!!!]" Allmusic.com. Retrieved on 26 January 2013.</ref>
==Re-recordings and cover versions== The song appears on disc two of the live album ''[[Bestival Live 2011]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/the-cure/the-cure-to-release-bestival-headline-set-as-a-live-album-news|title=The Cure to release Bestival headline set as a live album|date=2011|publisher=IPC Media|access-date=27 January 2013|archive-date=13 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213183035/http://www.uncut.co.uk/the-cure/the-cure-to-release-bestival-headline-set-as-a-live-album-news|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Track listing== <!--is "2" the B-side?-->
===7-inch: 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-inch: 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 [[François Kevorkian]] * also released on CD Fixcd 28
==Personnel== *[[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] – vocals, guitars, keyboards *[[Lol Tolhurst]] – keyboards *[[Porl Thompson]] – guitars *[[Simon Gallup]] – bass *[[Boris Williams]] – drums, percussion
[[Roger O'Donnell]] appears playing keyboards in the music video, but does not play on the studio recording.
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for "Hot Hot Hot!!!" ! scope="col"| Chart (1988) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|Ireland2|18|artist=The Cure|rowheader=true|access-date=30 June 2023}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|79|artist=The Cure|song=Hot Hot Hot!!!|rowheader=true|access-date=30 June 2023}} |- {{single chart|UK|45|date=19880214|rowheader=true|access-date=30 June 2023}} |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|65|artist=The Cure|rowheader=true|access-date=30 June 2023}} |- {{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|11|artist=The Cure|rowheader=true|access-date=30 June 2023}} |}
==References== {{reflist}}
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[[Category:1986 songs]] [[Category:The Cure songs]] [[Category:Songs written by Robert Smith (musician)]] [[Category:1988 singles]] [[Category:Songs written by Lol Tolhurst]] [[Category:Songs written by Porl Thompson]] [[Category:Songs written by Boris Williams]] [[Category:Fiction Records singles]] [[Category:Songs written by Simon Gallup]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by David M. Allen]]