# Songs about heat **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 12, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783 "2013-06-12T03:18:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/1 "2013-06-12T03:18:17Z")
It was 108º today in my little corner of the Desert Southwest and I wanted to put together a ‘Jesus Christ it’s Hot!’ playlist but I can only think of three songs. [Hot Summer Day](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7m8SHYZVnag), It’s a Beautiful Day [Summer in the City](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc0F-fw3tkY), Lovin’ Spoonful [The Heat is On](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-mU-YSk32I), Glen Frey Little help? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/2 "2013-06-12T03:30:16Z")
“Summertime” by Gershwin. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/3 "2013-06-12T03:40:18Z")
_[Disco Inferno](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_sY2rjxq6M)_-The Trammps ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/4 "2013-06-12T03:50:11Z")
“Furnace Fan” Robert Earl Keen ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/5 "2013-06-12T03:56:56Z")
“Hotter than Hell”–KISS ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/6 "2013-06-12T04:08:48Z")
“Fire” by Arthur Brown. “I’m on Fire” by Bruce Springsteen “Fire” by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/7 "2013-06-12T04:15:46Z")
“Hot Hot Hot” - Buster Poindexter ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/8 "2013-06-12T04:21:09Z")
“[Too Darn Hot](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhs3Qklz5a0)”, by Cole Porter. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/9 "2013-06-12T04:24:48Z")
[Heat Wave](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k0GDQrK2jo) - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas ---
**Author:** ![azraiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@azraiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azraiel)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/10 "2013-06-12T04:33:00Z")
Well, maybe not _about_… [Where Are You Tonight (Journey Through Dark Heat)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Za8on6PNII). Listen to the video but don’t watch–it’s just a shitty photo compilation. What? The title fits, at least. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/11 "2013-06-12T04:42:12Z")
[Slow Hot Wind, Sergio Mendes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_347Kn_QYw) (there’s an ad at the beginning of this YouTube video) ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/12 "2013-06-12T04:50:05Z")
“Another Hot Day” from [110 in the Shade](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLb06_fB7NU). ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/13 "2013-06-12T05:06:16Z")
Flanders and Swann did a song about the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics in a sort of “Beatnik” style. “Heat is work and work is heat…” Lovely stuff. “That’s entropy, man!” ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/14 "2013-06-12T05:25:15Z")
BURN: [Burn by Bhayanak Maut](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPpeHi3bQ6w) Burnin’ For You by Blue Öyster Cult [Powder Burns by Bolt Thrower](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnEpfkebOc0) [As The World Burns by Bolt Thrower](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR2t0wk6qtE) [Burn This World by The Browning](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FAsoYsv4lY) [Burn Baby Burn by Bury Your Dead](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utDx_mZ6UVs) [London’s Burning by The Clash](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCw9_avTlYs) [Burn by Deep Purple](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd7-PHdbCnE) [Burn The Earth by Dethklok](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcW2SUuAq3I) [Burn, Hollywood, Burn by Exodus](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRtLG8uhGL8) [The World Burns by The Haunted](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-y64notxCE) [Burnt To A Shell by The Haunted](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnSD3TxgJTA) [Burn Out by Mammal](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swCKxK2_-Ho) [Naked Burn by Mastodon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNO1CZkY9fw) [Motor City Is Burning by MC5](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8h0lAiKJ0k) [Slow Burn by Monster Voodoo Machine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jxPZJlY_Qw) [Burn It by Refused](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGdoWP1RzUM) [Burned Beyond Recognition by Rollins Band](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqFQF7AkJ4Q) [Burn by Throwdown](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fninRnmVRHw) [Burn In Hell by Venom](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3WHbFeXwyo) [Burning The Altar by YOB](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrKKlrXXchc) [Burn Baby Burn by 2 Black 2 Strong and The MMG](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzBy72f1UtQ) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/15 "2013-06-12T05:26:15Z")
FIRE: [Firedance by Acrimony](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1ayRae433E) [Fire Of Unknown Origin by Blue Öyster Cult](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Z7qcrkbuQ) [Purification By Fire by Cannibal Corpse](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiASwKWDuc0) [Soul On Fire by Danzig](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3OCHxCO-us) [Black Fire Upon Us by Dethklok](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTiWHnhMQzU) [I Ejaculate Fire by Dethklok](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W35dyPTh6o) [Fire by Freddi/Henchi & the Soulsetters](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1oBbMVzZGs) [The Fire Is Lit by Head On](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpsgJ9g2EOI) [Fire, Flood & Plague by High On Fire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXj4V_lgvdE) [Holy Flames of the Fire Spitter by High On Fire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glzBnELcrks) [Consumed By Horizons Of Fire by Minsk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCoyXn-SXss) [Fire, Fire by Motörhead](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P6OOUdxx8A) [Fire by Ohio Players](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y47G-Wa4qfs) [Breathing Fire by Romeo Must Die](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yF5BQH-8R0) [Born Of Fire by Slayer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN2NXfeVQvQ) [(The Night The Sky Cried) Tears Of Fire by The Sword](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPE05DjwbYs) [Fire by U2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HgHp1bz51E) [The Unforgettable Fire by U2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_rBqCxj3gU) [My Head’s On Fire by Weird Paul](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcV7NiPBWQY) [Feeding Squirrels Fire by Weird Paul](http://weirdpaul.bandcamp.com/track/feeding-squirrels-fire) [She’s On Fire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2b9RVgCmbU) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/16 "2013-06-12T05:28:23Z")
Last but not least… HEAT: [Heat Wave by Atari Teenage Riot](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QkIS_4O9N8) [Tight Heat by Universal Congress Of](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGH8_egFY78) That’s all I got right now 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/17 "2013-06-12T09:19:11Z")
[Heat Miser](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbfgVEk-mxQ) of course ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/18 "2013-06-12T09:42:04Z")
“Mexican Home” by John Prine ---
**Author:** ![PeacePlease](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@PeacePlease](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeacePlease)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/19 "2013-06-12T10:15:33Z")
Is there a song that says “I live in Arizona…what the fuck?” If so…that’s the winner!!! ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/20 "2013-06-12T11:46:04Z")
Heat Treatment - Graham Parker. SO fun to sing along with! (In your loving I wanna wallow - yeah!) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783.md?page=2)