Hot in Herre
| Hot in Herre | |
|---|---|
| Nelly | |
| publication | April 16, 2002 |
| length | 3:58 |
| Genre (s) | Hip hop |
| text | Nelly |
| music | Chad Hugo , Pharrell Williams |
| Label | Universal |
| Award (s) | Grammy Award 2003: Best Male Solo Performance - Rap |
| album | Nellyville |
| Cover version | |
| 2003 | Tiga feat. Jake Shears |
Hot in Herre is a song by the rapper Nelly . It was released in 2002 as the second single from his album Nellyville . The title was produced by The Neptunes . The piece stayed at the top of the American Billboard charts for seven weeks . At the Grammy Awards 2003 , the song was awarded in the category Best Male Solo Performance - Rap .
content
The lyrics mainly describe impressions of a dissolute party life . The chorus line “It's gettin 'hot in here / So take off all your clothes” became particularly well known. The answer "I am gettin 'so hot / I wanna take my clothes off" came from the American singer Dani Stevenson. In addition, the song contains references to the particular for their spring break - tourism known Mexican city of Cancun , the international hotel chain Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and the American basketball player Jason Kidd .
Was produced Hot in Herre from the producer duo The Neptunes. The song uses a sample from Chuck Brown's 1979 R&B hit Bustin 'Loose .
Commercial win
Hot in Herre was Nelly's first number one hit in the US and topped the US Billboard charts for seven weeks. In January 2005 the song reached gold status in the USA and had sold over 500,000 copies. In Germany, Hot in Herre reached number 8 in the single charts. In Austria and Switzerland, 16th and 10th place respectively represented the highest placements.
Chart placements
| Charts | Top ranking |
|---|---|
 Germany
|
8th |
 Austria
|
16 |
 Switzerland
|
10 |
 United Kingdom
|
4th |
 United States
|
1 |
| country | Award |
|---|---|
 Australia
|
platinum |
|
United Kingdom
|
gold |
|
United States
|
2 × platinum |
reception
VH1 put the piece at number 25 on its "List of the Best Songs of the 2000s". The music magazine Rolling Stone voted Hot in Herre at number 21 of the “Best Summer Songs of All Time”.
Hot in Herre was used for several years as running-in music for American football player Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens . In a commercial for Pepsi that aired on the occasion of Super Bowl XLVI , Hot in Herre is sung by a court jester .
The computer-animated comedy Madagascar 3: Escape through Europe , released in 2012, shows a performance of Hot in Herre by the film character King Julien. This version of the title is also featured on the film's soundtrack. In the American feature film Spring Breakers , released in the same year, the main characters sing the play in the hallway of a student dormitory.
Cover versions
In 2003 the song was covered by electronic and house DJ and music producer Tiga in collaboration with Scissor Sisters front singer Jake Shears and released as a single. This version of the title made it to number 65 in the German single charts. In the Netherlands, it reached number 46 one week after entering the chart and stayed in the charts for a total of 7 weeks. In Great Britain, Hot in Herre also reached 46th place.
| Charts | Top ranking |
|---|---|
|
Germany
|
65 |
|
United Kingdom
|
46 |
A cover version of the southern rock band Widespread Panic was released in 2004 on their album Jackassolantern . In 2005 The BossHoss covered the piece on the album Internashville Urban Hymns and in 2006 the stoner rock band Core on the album Perfect Summer . In 2007, a Hot in Herre interpretation by singer Jenny Owen Youngs appeared on her EP, The Take Off All Your Clothers EP, titled after one line of the title .
In January 2013 the ensemble of the American series Glee produced a mashup of Hot in Herre and the 1981 title Centerfold by The J. Geils Band in the fourth season . The mashup was also released as a single after the series aired in America.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH US UK FR AU
- ^ Song Stories: Hot in Herre rollingstone.com, accessed November 18, 2013
- ↑ Hot in Herre at discogs.com, accessed on November 18, 2013
- ↑ a b Best Summer Songs of All Time: 21 - "Hot in Herre", Nelly rollingstone.com, accessed on November 18, 2013
- ^ Nelly Hot in Herre Samples whosampled.com, accessed November 18, 2013.
- ↑ a b Awards: UK US AU
- ↑ Ten Artists Given the Shaft in VH1′s “100 Greatest Songs of the '00s” List popdust.com, September 30, 2011, accessed November 18, 2013.
- ↑ Super Bowl: End of career for Ray Lewis from the Baltimore Ravens spiegel.de, accessed on November 18, 2013
- ↑ Super Bowl 2012: the new TV ads theguardian.com, February 4, 2012, accessed November 18, 2013.
- ↑ Trap Music and Old-School Britney: The Use of Music in 'Spring Breakers' popmatters.com, April 11, 2013, accessed November 18, 2013
- ↑ Chart sources Tiga version: DE UK NL
- ↑ Nelly's 'Hot in Herre' gets the Glee treatment stltoday.com, January 29, 2013, accessed November 18, 2013.