# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/21 "2013-06-12T12:29:00Z")
“Some Like it Hot”-The Power Station ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/22 "2013-06-12T12:30:29Z")
[_Too Hot_, The Specials](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op_DewdMGC0) Playlists like this must be titled “Too hot to hoot!” CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/23 "2013-06-12T12:38:13Z")
[Hot in Herre by Nelly](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeZZr_p6vB8) - it’s required to sing this when it’s freakin’ hot. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/24 "2013-06-12T12:41:35Z")
The Sun Is A Mass (of Incandescent Gas) - They Might Be Giants When You’re Hot, You’re Hot - Jerry Reed Some Like It Hot - Power Station The Planet’s On Fire - Sammy Hagar On Fire - Van Halen ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/25 "2013-06-12T13:34:22Z")
[Heat Wave](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k0GDQrK2jo), Martha and the Vandellas [Hot Fun in the Summertime](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ahhmiuyko0), Sly and the Family Stone ---
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/26 "2013-06-12T13:50:30Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [Heat Miser](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbfgVEk-mxQ) of course Came in here to post that. The world’s hottest song about heat. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/27 "2013-06-12T13:53:24Z")
“Steam Heat” from _The Pajama Game_, written by Adler and Ross. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/28 "2013-06-12T13:56:03Z")
“Hot Hot Hot!!!”-The Cure “A Hundred And Ten in The Shade”-John Fogerty ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/29 "2013-06-12T14:08:05Z")
Eternal Flame - the Bangles The Desert Song - from the Operetta of the same name ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/30 "2013-06-12T21:55:37Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 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) Doors [Light My Fire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_yWyBjDEaU) ---
**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, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/31 "2013-06-12T22:32:02Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Doors [Light My Fire](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_yWyBjDEaU) You know why I didn’t include that song in my list (and a bunch of others)? Because it isn’t about heat. I ignored (or tried to ignore) songs that use “heat” or “fire” as a metaphor for lust, love, etc. I took the OP to actually want songs about physical heat, or, when it was somehat ambiguously phrased, could be reasonably interpreted that way. ETA: YMMV of course. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/32 "2013-06-12T23:37:02Z")
Heat Wave - Irving Berlin, sung by Marilyn Monroe in _There’s No Business Like Show Business_ and many others ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/33 "2013-06-12T23:38:46Z")
[A Horse With No Name](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSAJ0l4OBHM), America > [@](#): > > The heat was hot and the ground was dry. . . ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783/34 "2013-06-12T23:49:41Z")
Billy Idol, [Hot in the City](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PinBVYKQGeM). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-heat/660783.md?page=1)