The Guardian wrote that the song "didn't seem to capture the public's imagination" the way her previous single "I Kissed a Girl" did. Lizzie Ennever of BBC felt the track was not "the most single-worthy song". Luke, saying that it does not share the latter's "passion". In a less positive review, Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine criticized the song, saying "Perry confuses political incorrectness with being subversive on tracks like 'Hot n Cold', in which she, in the process of skewering guys who change their minds 'like girls change clothes', just winds up sounding mildly sexist." Jon Caramanica of The New York Times compared the song to " U + Ur Hand" by Pink, which was also produced by Dr.
ChartAttack noted the "frenetic dance-pop" of the track. Critical reception Īlex Fletcher of Digital Spy gave the song three out of five stars, saying "this track doesn't live up to the hype surrounding its singer, but the choppy guitars and whooshing synths have a certain charm." In his review for musicOMH, Darren Harvey called "Hot n Cold" a " Tiffany-style '80s pop number". In the chorus, she uses antonyms to describe her partner's mood changes, with the chorus of the song including the lines, "You're hot then you're cold / You're yes then you're no / You're in then you're out / You're up then you're down". The song opens with Perry confronting her former partner over his frequent changes of mind, singing "You change your mind like a girl changes clothes / Yeah you PMS / Like a bitch, I would know". The lyrics of the song address a lover of Perry whose mood swings are affecting the couple's relationship. It has a length of three minutes and forty seconds (3:40), and runs at a moderately fast tempo of 132 beats per minute. Written in the key of G major, "Hot n Cold" is a pop and dance-pop song which utilizes guitars and synthesizers. Perry revealed that the song was originally considered for release as the album's first single, before "I Kissed a Girl" was chosen. Luke was set up by record executives at Capitol Records, who felt that One of the Boys was lacking an "undeniable smash or two", and the two co-wrote "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold" as a result. It was mixed in MixStar Studios in Virginia Beach. Luke's Studios in New York City, Conway Recording Studio in Hollywood, California, and Legacy Recording Studios in New York City. It was recorded in December 2007 in three studios: Dr. Perry has also performed the song on all of her tours: Hello Katy Tour, California Dreams Tour, Prismatic World Tour and Witness: The Tour. "Hot n Cold" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. The song's music video, which was directed by Alan Ferguson, was released on October 1, 2008, and features Perry as a bride who is about to marry her fiancé, who experiences a daydream in which she pursues him after he flees from the wedding. She also performed the song at the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards, which she hosted. To promote "Hot n Cold", Perry marked the song's live debut with a performance on NBC's Today.
"Hot n Cold" has sold over 5.8 million copies in the US, making it one of Perry's highest-selling singles in the nation. It also became Perry's second top five single in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, and topped the charts in Finland, Germany, Canada, Norway, Spain, and Denmark, among others. The song reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Perry's second consecutive top five single, following " I Kissed a Girl".
The lyrics address an unstable romantic relationship caused by a partner's mood swings. It was released as the album's second single on September 9, 2008. Luke, and Max Martin and produced by Luke and Benny Blanco for her second studio album, One of the Boys (2008). " Hot n Cold" is a song by American singer Katy Perry.
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