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1. Feeling Hot Song Buster Poindexter
2. Feeling Hot Buster Poindexter

Johansen's Buster Poindexter persona that while primarily known for the late 80s hit 'Hot Hot Hot,' a song he's admitted to loathing, but nonetheless helped to propel the persona itself as well as. Songfacts®: Buster Poindexter was a persona of New York Dolls vocalist David Johansen. Under his Poindexter moniker, Johansen performed a mixture of jazz, lounge, calypso, and novelty songs accompanied by The Uptown Horns. This song was initially written and recorded by Montserratian Soca artist Arrow in 1984.

'Hot Hot Hot' is a song written and first recorded by Montserratian musician Arrow, featured on his 1982 studio album, Hot Hot Hot.^[1] The song was a commercially successful dance floor single, with cover versions subsequently released by artists in several countries, including in 1987 by American singer Buster Poindexter. The song was Arrow's first chart hit, peaking at No. 59 on the UK Singles Chart. A remix of the song, dubbed as the 'World Carnival Mix '94' was later released in 1994 and peaked higher than the original, at number 38 on the UK Singles Chart.

Feeling Hot Song Buster Poindexter

Buster Poindexter version[edit]

The song was later covered in 1987 by American singer David Johansen, as his lounge singer persona Buster Poindexter, and released as the first single from his album Buster Poindexter. It garnered extensive airplay through radio, MTV, and other television appearances. The music video is unique in the fact that it crosses the two identities: Despite being in the Buster Poindexter persona, the video begins with Johansen briefly mentioning his role as the frontman for the 1970s proto-punk band the New York Dolls, showing the band's vinyl and tossing them aside while talking about the 'really outrageous clothes' he wore and how he came to be interested in a 'refined and dignified kind of a situation', which leads into the song.

In an interview on National Public Radio, Johansen called the tune 'the bane of my existence,' owing to its pervasive popularity as a karaoke and wedding song.^{[citation needed]}

Don Omar version[edit]

In 2013, reggaeton artist Don Omar released a cover titled 'Feeling Hot' for his upcoming live album Hecho en Puerto Rico.^[2] His version peaked at No. 22 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart in the United States.^[3] Omar's cover led to Arrow posthumously winning the ASCAP Latin Award on the Urban category.^[4]

Babla & Kanchan version[edit]

In 1984, Babla & Kanchan released a cover titled 'Kuchh Toh Gadbad Hai' on Rohit Records that charted at #1 on the New York Caribbean radio station, WLIB.

Charts[edit]

Arrow version[edit]

Notes:

• ¹ - Denotes chart position of 1994 'World Carnival Mix '94' version.

Buster Poindexter version[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'Soca artistes count $$ losses'. Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. 15 January 2012.
2. ^Don Omar lanza su nuevo sencillo 'Feelling hot' de su nuevo álbum 'Hecho en Puerto Rico' NTN
3. ^Don Omar - Chart history: Hot Latin Songs Billboard
4. ^'22nd Annual El Premio ASCAP 2014'. ASCAP Latin Awards. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2014-03-20.
5. ^'Official Singles Chart Top 100'. Official Charts Company.
6. ^AllMusic ((( Buster Poindexter > Charts & Awards < Billboard Singles )))

• Funk, Ray (1998). Kaiso No 15 - December 26, 1998

Buster Poindexter is an eponymous album released by RCA Records in 1987 by Buster Poindexter, the alter ego of New York DollsfrontmanDavid Johansen. Johansen re-recorded the track 'Heart of Gold' as Buster Poindexter, which originally appeared on Johansen's 1981 solo album Here Comes the Night. The song 'Hot Hot Hot' was a Billboard single and received heavy play on MTV.

Feeling Hot Buster Poindexter

Track listing[edit]

1. 'Smack Dab in the Middle' - 3:52 (Chuck Calhoun, Michael Mains)
2. 'Bad Boy' - 3:07 (Avon Long, Lil Hardin Armstrong)
3. 'Hot Hot Hot' - 4:07 (Alphonsus 'Arrow' Cassell)
4. 'Are You Lonely for Me, Baby?' - 3:38 (Bert Berns)
5. 'Screwy Music' - 3:17 (Jimmie Lunceford)
6. 'Good Morning Judge' - 3:37 (Louis Innis, Wynonie Harris)
7. 'Oh Me, Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)' - 3:52 (Jim Doris)
8. 'Whadaya Want?' - 2:44 (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
9. 'House of the Rising Sun' - 3:40 (Traditional; credited to Josh White; Terry Holmes)
10. 'Cannibal' - 4:45 (David Johansen, Joe Delia)
11. 'Heart of Gold' - 4:40 (David Johansen)

Personnel[edit]

Buster Poindexter and His Banshees of Blue

• Buster Poindexter - vocals
• Patti Scialfa - background vocals
• Crispin Cioe - alto & baritone saxophone
• Joe Delia - organ, piano, horn arrangements
• Bob Funk - trombone
• Tony 'Antoine Fats' Garnier - bass
• Carl Hall - background vocals
• Arno Hecht - tenor saxophone
• 'Hollywood' Paul Litteral - trumpet
• Brian Koonin - guitar, banjo, mandolin
• Lisa Lowell - background vocals
• Tony Machine - drums
• Soozie Tyrell - violin, background vocals
• Louise Bethune - background vocals
• Fred Wolcott - percussion
• Larry Poindexter - accordion

Technical

• John Sheard - associate producer, sinclavier and string arrangements
• Bill Scheniman - engineer, mixing
• Ria Lewerke - art direction
• Ken Nahoum - photography

External links[edit]

• David Johansen on IMDb
• David Johansen at Allmusic
• Buster Poindexter at Allmusic