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“Hot! Hot! Hot!” by The Cure

From the album Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me (1987)

“Hot! Hot! Hot!” by The Cure appears on 39 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1987 and 2021. It was first released in 1987 on the album Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me. Its best result is #17 on the WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #36 alternative song of 1987, #468 alternative song of all time and #272 of the '80s.

39countdowns
12stations
#17best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1987–2021years charted

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The Cure put out "Hot! Hot! Hot!" as a single on 8 February 1988, taken from their 1987 album Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, and it catches the band in full party mode. It's a wiry funk workout: Boris Williams's drums and percussion clatter, Simon Gallup's bass pops, Robert Smith and Porl Thompson scratch out choppy guitar, and Smith yelps over the top like a man who can't keep still.

All five members share the music credit, with Smith writing the words and handling keyboards alongside Thompson and Lol Tolhurst. Smith produced it with David M. Allen, and the two kept the sound dry and jumpy rather than drenched.

It reached 45 in the UK and did better in Ireland, where it climbed to 18.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1987 56 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1987 107
1987 66 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987 91
1987 17 WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1987 99

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 119 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1988 375 Live 105 Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) 501
1988 60 WLIR / WDRE WLIR Top 200 Songs of All-Time (1988) 200
1989 347 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1989 141 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1989) 500
1991 243 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1991) 302
1991 190 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1991) 500
1991 164 CFNY 102.1 The Edge CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) 1002
1992 494 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1992 127 Live 105 Live 105 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1992) 299
1994 172 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1994 303 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994) 500
1995 175 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) 300
1996 384 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1996 436 Q101 Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) 500
1996 297 WOXY 97X WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996) 498
1998 379 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) 488
1999 452 WFNX WFNX Top 500 Songs of All-Time (June 1999) 500
1999 1285 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1286 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1286 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1285 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1111 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1270 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 183 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 1270 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1271 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 403 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 402 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 402 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 403 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 404 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2012 854 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 404 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 405 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2021 682 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909

Also listed as: Hot Hot Hot; Hot, Hot, Hot!!!; Hot Hot Hot!!!; Hot, Hot, Hot.

Charting alongside it in 1987

Best songs of 1987 →
  1. 1Girlfriend in a ComaThe Smiths
  2. 2With or Without YouU2
  3. 3Dear GodXTC
  4. 4Why Can't I Be You?The Cure
  5. 5StrangeloveDepeche Mode
  6. 6Lips Like SugarEcho and the Bunnymen

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