- Hot like Fire
Infobox Single
Name = Hot Like Fire (Groove ReMix)
A-side = "The One I Gave My Heart To"
B-side = "Death of a Playa" (featuring Rashad)
Artist =Aaliyah featuringMissy Elliott &Timbaland
from Album = One in a Million
Released =September 16 , 1997
Format =CD single ,12-inch single
Recorded =December 1995 ,1996
Genre = R&B,hip hop soul
Length = 4:36
Label = Blackground/Atlantic
Writer =Missy Elliott ,Tim Mosley
Producer =Timbaland
Last single = "4 Page Letter " (1997)
This single = "Hot like Fire" (1997)
Next single = "The One I Gave My Heart To " (1997)"Hot Like Fire" is a song written by
Missy Elliott and Tim "Timbaland" Mosley forAaliyah 's second album, "One in a Million" (see1996 in music ). It is the fifth release overall and the official fourth single inNorth America (see1997 in music ). The single was released as a hip hop soulremix produced by Timbaland, titled as "Timbaland's Groove Mix".The song is about a relationship between a female and a male; Aaliyah sings that she wants her
boyfriend to wait "a little while longer" before having sex, but when she is ready she will "take him higher". Aaliyah performs most of the song, while Timbaland contributes ad libs and Missy Elliott chants "I'ma make it hot like fire" as the outro. The song was considered a flop because it was not picked up by many radio stations barely making the Top 40 on the R&B Airplay chart and not making The Rhythmic Top 40 altogether."Hot Like Fire" was fairly successful in the UK, however, as part of a
double A-side single with "The One I Gave My Heart To", peaking at #30 on theUK Singles Chart .Promotion
Aaliyah performed "Hot like Fire" at
Summer Jam '97 sponsored byNew York City radio station Hot 97 onAugust 10 , 1997 [http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/archives/id/10056/] . She also performed the song on the short-lived talk show, "VIBE".Music video
The
music video was directed by Lance "Un" Rivera.Fatima Robinson directed the choreography.Missy Elliott ,Timbaland ,Changing Faces ,Lil Kim , andJunior M.A.F.I.A. made cameos in the video. The video starts with a large number of people in an urban neighborhood on a hotsummer day. Aaliyah drives a red car with a fire engine. The setting quickly changes tonight as Aaliyah gets out of the car to perform the chorus on asteam y stage with sparks in the background. During the second verse, Aaliyah is seen dancing with the crowd. Aaliyah returns to the stage with the dancers to perform the chorus again. Timbaland performs his ad libs and Missy Elliott performs her outro.Track listing
UK 12-inch single
#The One I Gave My Heart To (radio mix) – 3:53
#Hot like Fire (album version) – 4:23
#Hot like Fire (Timbaland's Groove mix) – 4:35
#Hot like Fire (Feel My Horns mix) – 4:35
#Hot like Fire (instrumental) – 4:19U.S. CD single
#The One I Gave My Heart To (radio mix) – 3:53
#Hot like Fire (album version) – 4:23
#Hot like Fire (Timbaland's Groove mix) – 4:35
#Hot like Fire (Feel My Horns mix) – 4:35
#Hot like Fire (instrumental) – 4:19
#Death of a Playa (featuring Rashad)U.S. Promo 12-inch single
#Hot like Fire (album version) – 4:23
#Hot like Fire (Timbaland's Groove mix) – 4:35
#Hot like Fire (Feel My Horns mix) – 4:35
#Hot like Fire (instrumental) – 4:19
#Hot like Fire (Timbaland's Groove mix instrumental) – 4:35
#Hot like Fire (Feel My Horns mix instrumental) – 4:35Charts
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