Hot to Go!
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| Single by Chappell Roan | ||||
| from the album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess | ||||
| Released | August 11, 2023 | |||
| Recorded | 2023 | |||
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| Length | 3:04 | |||
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| Producer(s) | Nigro | |||
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"Hot to Go!" (stylized in all caps) is a song by the American singer and songwriter Chappell Roan, from her debut studio album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess (2023). It was released through Island Records and Amusement Records on August 11, 2023, as the album's seventh and final single. She co-wrote the track with its producer Dan Nigro. "Hot to Go!" is a synth-pop, electropop, indie pop, dance-pop, and dance track taking influence from electroclash. Described as a queer cheer song similar to the Village People's "Y.M.C.A.", it was inspired by Roan's childhood dream of wanting to become a cheerleader.
The song enjoyed acclaim upon its release for its musical composition and its story, which describes a woman wishing to have sex with another woman. Its accompanying dance, which consists of spelling out the song's title using a person's arms, went viral on social media, with videos of large festival crowds performing it. It was seen by some as norm-defying within the mainstream music industry. "Hot to Go!" drew commercial success months after its release. It peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100. It also charted within the top ten of the charts in Ireland and the United Kingdom as well as the top 20 in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
The song became a sleeper hit in 2024, as one of Roan's seven simultaneously charting songs on the Billboard Hot 100, along with "Good Luck, Babe!", "Casual", "Red Wine Supernova", "Pink Pony Club", "Femininomenon", and "My Kink Is Karma".