Hot Girl (Sabrina song)
| "Hot Girl" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Sabrina | ||||
| from the album Sabrina | ||||
| B-side | "Kiss Me" | |||
| Released | November 1987 | |||
| Genre | Italo disco • Eurobeat | |||
| Length | 3:22 | |||
| Label | Baby Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Matteo Bonsanto Claudio Cecchetto Roberto Rossi | |||
| Producer(s) | Claudio Cecchetto, mixed by M. Bonsanto and R. Rossi | |||
| Sabrina singles chronology | ||||
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"Hot Girl" is an Italo disco/pop song by Italian singer Sabrina. It was released by Baby Records in November 1987 as the album's fourth and final single.[1] The B-side "Kiss Me" also appeared on her debut album. The song was a success in France, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands where it was a top 20 hit.
Release and promotion[edit]
After the enormous success with "Boys (Summertime Love)", the team around Sabrina's manager Menzione tried to score another international hit with a new single. They chose "Hot Girl", a song from Sabrina's by-then-released first album, and had it remixed for the single release. Although Sabrina heavily promoted the song (in a Spanish TV show, she danced in such an enthusiastic way that her breasts fell out of her top),[2] the song did not match the success of "Boys (Summertime Love)".
Critical reception[edit]
In his 2017 book Europe's Stars of '80s Dance Pop: 32 International Music Legends Discuss Their Careers, James Arena described "Hot Girl" as being the "retentlessly catchy follow-up single [after "Boys (Summertime Love)"], another electrifying, hook-laden dance jam", and underlined the remixed version by Phil Harding at PWL Studios which added "erotic vocal gasps and whipping sound effects set to a thunderous beat".[3]
Chart performance[edit]
"Hot Girl" was not intended to be marketed in the United Kingdom, as "Boys (Summertime Love)" was re-released in June 1988 after a commercial failure four months earlier, followed by "All of Me (Boy Oh Boy)" in October of the same year. In Continental Europe, it was released in two times: first in the last two months of 1987 in the majority of European countries, then in the first half of 1988 in Spain and France; as a consequence, on the Pan-European Hot 100 Singles chart established by the Music & Media magazine, its 23-week chart trajectory is divided into two segments with a two-month hiatus, including a peak at number 36 in its second week.[4] Regarding the national charts, "Hot Girl" peaked within the top ten in Spain where it reached number two, being unable to dislodge Pet Shop Boys' "Always on My Mind" atop,[5] the Flanders part of Belgium and Finland where it attained number six,[6][7] and the Netherlands where it reached number ten twice.[8] It was a top 20 hit in other three nations: France, where it debuted at number 28 and reached number 12 five weeks later, spending a total of 13 weeks in the top 50,[9] Switzerland where it culminated at number 13,[10] and Germany where it was present for 13 weeks on the national chart with a peak at number 19.[11] In Sabrina's home-country, Italy, it missed the top 20 by one place, peaking at number 21 for two weeks.[12]
Track listings[edit]
- 7" single
- "Hot Girl" – 3:22
- "Kiss Me" – 4:05
- 12" maxi
- "Hot Girl" (new version) – 6:04
- "Hot Girl" (dub version) – 7:03
Credits[edit]
- Written by Cecchetto, Bonsanto and Rossi
- Engineered by F.Santamaria and L. Vittori
- Remixed by Matteo Bonsanto and Roberto Ross
- Edited by Matteo Bonsanto and Roberto Rossi
- Executive produced by Matteo Bonsanto and Roberto Rossi
- Produced by Claudio Cecchetto
Charts[edit]
| Chart (1987–1988) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] | 6 |
| Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[4] | 36 |
| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] | 6 |
| France (SNEP)[9] | 12 |
| Italy (Musica e dischi)[12] | 21 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[13] | 10 |
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[8] | 10 |
| Spain (AFYVE)[5][14] | 2 |
| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] | 13 |
| West Germany (Official German Charts)[11] | 19 |
References[edit]
- ^ Eurokdj.free.fr[permanent dead link] (retrieved 21 April 2009)
- ^ "Sabrina – Hot Girl (Nochevieja 87)". YouTube. Retrieved 5 December 2019.[dead link]
- ^ Arena, James (2017). Europe's Stars of '80s Dance Pop: 32 International Music Legends Discuss Their Careers. McFarland. p. 185. ISBN 9781476671420.
- ^ a b "European Hot 100 Singles". Music & Media. Vol. 4, no. 50. 19 December 1987. p. 14. OCLC 29800226.
- ^ a b "Top 3 in Europe". Music & Media. Vol. 5, no. 11. 12 March 1988. p. 18. OCLC 29800226.
- ^ a b "Sabrina – Hot Girl" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ a b Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Sabrina". Sisältää hitin – Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish) (2nd ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 223. ISBN 978-952-7460-01-6.
- ^ a b "Sabrina – Hot Girl" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Sabrina – Hot Girl" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Sabrina – Hot Girl". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Offiziellecharts.de – Sabrina – Hot Girl" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 17 August 2023. Select "Singoli" in the "Tipo" field, type "Hot girl" in the "Titolo" field and press "cerca".
- ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Sabrina" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
- ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Madrid: Fundación Autor/SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.