Hot Like Fire
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| Single by Aaliyah featuring Timbaland | |||||||||||
| from the album One in a Million | |||||||||||
| A-side | "The One I Gave My Heart To" | ||||||||||
| B-side | "Death of a Playa" (featuring Rashad) | ||||||||||
| Released | September 16, 1997 | ||||||||||
| Format | CD single | ||||||||||
| Recorded | 1996; Pyramid Studios (Ithaca, New York) |
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| Genre | R&B, hip hop soul | ||||||||||
| Length | 4:24 | ||||||||||
| Label | Blackground/Atlantic | ||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Missy Elliott, Tim Mosley | ||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Timbaland | ||||||||||
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"Hot Like Fire" is a song written by Missy Elliott and Tim "Timbaland" Mosley for Aaliyah's second album, One in a Million (see 1996 in music). It is the fifth release overall and the official fourth single in North America (see 1997 in music).
The song was released as part of a double A-side single with "The One I Gave My Heart To".
"Hot Like Fire" was originally recorded for Aaliyah's second studio album, One in a Million. When it was chosen to be the album's fourth and final single in the US, the "Timbaland's Groove Mix" was used for the single release instead of the album version.
"Hot Like Fire" is R&B/hip hop soul Timbaland's ad-lib is sampled from Suzanne Vega's "Tom's Diner". The lyrics talk about a relationship between a female and a male; Aaliyah sings that she wants her significant other to wait "a little while longer" before getting intimate, 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.
Aaliyah performed "Hot Like Fire" at Summer Jam 1997 sponsored by New York City radio station Hot 97 on August 10, 1997 [1]. She also performed the song on the short-lived talk show, VIBE.
The music video was directed by Lance "Un" Rivera. Fatima Robinson directed the choreography. Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Playa, Changing Faces, Lil' Kim, and Junior M.A.F.I.A. made cameos in the video.
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