Hot Summer (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Hot Summer


Artist = Monrose
Album = Strictly Physical
B-side = "Scream"
Released = flagicon|GER June 29, 2007
flagicon|Finland July 18, 2007
flagicon|Netherlands July 30, 2007
flagicon|Turkey July, 2008
Format = CD single, ring tone,
digital download
Recorded = 2007, Weryton Studios
(Munich, Germany)
Genre = Dance-pop, electro-pop
Length = 3:28
Label = Starwatch/Warner
Writer = Remee, T. Troelsen
Producer = Remee, Thomas Troelsen
Certification = Gold (AUI, GER)
Last single = "Even Heaven Cries"
(2007)
This single = "Hot Summer"
(2007)
Next single = "Strictly Physical"
(2007)

"Hot Summer" is a Comet–winning dance-pop song recorded by German pop band Monrose for their second studio album, "Strictly Physical" (2007). It was written and co-produced by Danish songwriters Remee and Thomas Troelsen.

Released as the band's third single and the album's leading single on June 29, 2007 (see 2007 in music) in German-speaking Europe, "Hot Summer" became the band's second non-consecutive number-one hit in a stretch of seven month, reaching the top of the charts in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. It eventually emerged as one of the biggest-selling songs of the year on German online music stores,cite web|title="37 Prozent mehr legale Musikdownloads"|work=Media Control|url=http://www.macwelt.de/news/ipod/349709/|accessdate=2007-10-08] and moreover, garnered the group success in Finland, the Netherlands and Slovenia, where it served as the band's musical debut.

Writing and recording

"Hot Summer" was one of the first collaborations producers Remee and then-new partner Thomas Troelsen worked on in the Delta Lab White recording studios in Copenhagen, Denmark in fall 2006.cite web|title="Monrose"|work=Delta Lab Studios|url=http://deltalabstudios.blogspot.com/2007/04/monrose.html|accessdate=2007-06-21] The song was selected out of a total of three hundred songs as the album's lead single unanimously, aiming to break away from the ballad stereotype associated with the group.cite web|title="Veröffentlichung der neuen Single 'HOT SUMMER'"|work=Monrose.de|url=http://www.monrose.de/music_cd/monrose/music/artikel/39729/|accessdate=2007-05-26|language=German] The band has described the up-tempo track as a perfect "good mood song":cite web|title="Veröffentlichung der neuen Single 'HOT SUMMER'"|work=Monrose.de|url=http://www.monrose.de/music_cd/monrose/music/artikel/39729/|accessdate=2007-05-26] "The song is cool and sexy and goes straight into your dancing legs, [it's] our contribution to great summer parties," Monrose member Senna Guemmour said in an interview with the band's official website. She also discussed the 1980s and house music elements incorporated into the recording.cite web|title="Veröffentlichung der neuen Single 'HOT SUMMER'"|work=Monrose.de|url=http://www.monrose.de/music_cd/monrose/music/artikel/39729/|accessdate=2007-05-26] Mandy Capristo called the song a "promise": "It instantly raises your spirits, no matter if you're sitting in your car, dancing on the floor or eating ice-cream - 'Hot Summer' is just brimful of life."cite web|title="Veröffentlichung der neuen Single 'HOT SUMMER'"|work=Monrose.de|url=http://www.monrose.de/music_cd/monrose/music/artikel/39729/|accessdate=2007-05-26]

Although a twenty-second clip of "Hot Summer" was previewed on the ProSieben network's daily gossip television magazine "taff" on May 24, 2007, the band officially premiered the song during the season finale of the second cycle of "Germany's Next Topmodel". Officially released on June 29, 2007, both the CD and digital single contain remixes by Tai Jason, Beathoavens and Patrick Flo Macheck of production team Mozart & Friendscite web|title="Monrose Hot Summer Remix Production"|work=Mozart & Friends|url=http://www.mozartandfriends.com/news/2007_06_monrose_hit_hot_summer_remix_production_by_mozart_and_friends_producer_patrick_flo_macheck.htmll|accessdate=2007-07-28] .

Later in 2007 the single's bonus track "Scream" was covered by Korean band Anyband in Korean under the name "Daydream".

Music video

The music video for "Hot Summer" was directed by Bernard Wedig and shot on June 18, 2007 in Berlin, Germany. It premiered on June 26, 2007 on the band's official website, and received its first official airing on German music television network VIVA's show "VIVA Live" by June 28 2007.

The video does not have a substantial plot but. The band is primarily shown dancing in front of white, black, blue and red backgrounds, intercut by several sequences of three male dancers. The camera work is hectic. In the middle of the video the black bars that appear on a 4:3 television at the top and bottom of the screen are displayed as video footage. The group members are able to interact with these bars and climb outside the screen. Media sources compared it with Dolce & Gabbana's 2006 television commercial "Dancefloor."

Chart performance

"Hot Summer" was released on June 29, 2007,cite web|title=Chart Archive|work=Chartsurfer|url=http://www.chartsurfer.de/titeldetails/17236/hot-summer.html|accessdate=2008-01-01] debuting on the German "Media Control" Singles Chart at number two due to strong first week sales of Mark Medlock's simultaneouly-released single "You Can Get It." It climbed to number one the next week, becoming the band's second number-one hit within a period of seven months, and also reached the top of the national download chart and number eight on the German Dance Chart. One of the biggest-selling songs of the year on German online music stores,cite web|title="37 Prozent mehr legale Musikdownloads"|work=Media Control|url=http://www.macwelt.de/news/ipod/349709/|accessdate=2007-10-08] it was eventually certified gold by the IFPI Germanycite web|title=Database Search|work=IPI Germany|url=http://www.ifpi.de/wirtschaft/gpergebnis.php?strAktion=suche&txtSuche=Monrose|accessdate=2007-06-26] and ranked fifteenth on the German year-end chart.cite web|title=Jahrescharts - Singles 2007|work=Plattentest|url=http://www.plattentests.de/forum.php?topic=34407&PHPSESSID=2bafc06466638cd336fab382e1043407|accessdate=2008-01-01]

In Austria, "Hot Summer" instantly debuted at on top of the charts, leading to a Gold certification by the IFPI Austria.cite web|title=Database Search|work=IPI Austria|url=http://www.ifpi.at/u_frame.php3?seite=search.php3&a_id=9|accessdate=2008-08-10] , and in Switzerland, the charts were topped in its fifth week of release. Receiving increasing airplay at some international radio stations, "Hot Summer" also entered the top 30 of the Airplay charts in Lithuania and Slovenia.

Formats and tracklistings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Hot Summer."

CD single

# "Hot Summer" (radio edit)" - 3:28
# "Hot Summer" (Tai Jason remix)" - 3:38
# "Hot Summer" (Beathoavenz club remix)" - 3:42
# "Hot Summer" (Mozart & Friends PFM house mix)" - 3:58
# "Hot Summer" (Nachtwandler Club Remix)" - 4:05 (hidden track)
# "Scream" - 3:10

2-Track

# "Hot Summer" (Radio edit)" - 3:28
# "Hot Summer" (Beathoavenz club remix)" - 3:42

Credits and personnel

* Vocals: M. Capristo, S. Guemmour, B. Kızıl
* Backing vocals: Remee
* Writers: Remee, Thomas Troelsen
* Producers: Remee, T. Troelsen
* Keyboard and programming: T. Troelsen
* Recorded at delta lab Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark
** Vocal recording: Claus Üblacker
* Artwork: Claudia Macias

Charts

References

External links

*Youtube|C_d_yHd1Kyg|"Hot Summer" music video
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