"Hot In It" is a song by Dutch DJ
Tiësto and English singer
Charli XCX, released on 30 June 2022 through Musical Freedom and
Atlantic Records as the fourth single from Tiësto's seventh studio album Drive.[1] It marks the pair's first direct collaboration, with Tiësto having previously remixed Charli's 2012 collaboration with
Icona Pop, "
I Love It", and her 2014 single "
Break the Rules".[2]
Commercially, the song reached number one in Latvia and the top 40 in The United Kingdom,
CIS, Hungary, Ireland, and The Netherlands.
Background
Charli XCX first teased the song on her social media accounts in May 2022, sharing a snippet of the chorus in a video posted to her
TikTok.[3] Tiësto stated that he knew the song would be a "smash" when he first heard Charli's vocals on the recording, and also said that it was "amazing to see how everyone has been reacting to the message of the song".[1]the song was nominated for dance song of the year at iHeartRadio music awards 2023
Reception
Tom Breihan of Stereogum called the song a "short
dance-pop track with a brittle Tiësto beat and lyrics about overcoming a breakup by hitting the dancefloor and looking good", writing that Charli sings about "rockin' it, droppin' it, shaking her ass, no stoppin' it" in the chorus.[4]
On the midweek
UK Singles Chart dated 18 July 2022, the song was number 24.[6] On 12 July 2022, the song debuted at number 85 on the
Canadian Hot 100.[7]
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Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2022.