Temperature (song)

"Temperature"
Single by Sean Paul
from the album The Trinity
LanguageJamaican Patois, English
B-side"Breakout"
Released5 December 2005 (2005-12-05)
GenreDancehall
Length
  • 3:36 (album version)
  • 3:06 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rohan "Snowcone" Fuller
Sean Paul singles chronology
"Ever Blazin'"
(2005)
"Temperature"
(2005)
"Never Gonna Be the Same"
(2006)

"Temperature" is the third worldwide and the second US single from Jamaican musician Sean Paul's third studio album, The Trinity (2005). The song uses the dancehall riddim "Applause". Officially, there are two versions of the song, which only differ in their rhythm. The track was produced by Rohan "Snowcone" Fuller and received a positive reception from music critics. Released as the second US single in December 2005, the song reached n°1 on the Billboard Hot 100 the following year to become Paul's third US n°1 single.

The single also reached the top 10 in Canada and France and the top 20 in Australia and the United Kingdom. "Temperature" is widely regarded as Paul's signature song, having achieved 1 billion all-time streams on Spotify.