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{{Infobox song
| name       = Hot Girl
| cover      = Sabrina hot girl.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Sabrina Salerno|Sabrina]]
| album      = [[Sabrina (album)|Sabrina]]
| B-side     = Kiss Me
| released   = November 1987
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Italo disco]] • [[Eurobeat]]
| length     = 3:22
| label      = [[Baby Records (Italy)|Baby Records]]
| writer     = Matteo Bonsanto<br/>[[Claudio Cecchetto]]<br/>Roberto Rossi
| producer   = Claudio Cecchetto, mixed by M. Bonsanto and R. Rossi
| prev_title = [[Boys (Summertime Love)]]
| prev_year  = 1987
| next_title = [[All of Me (Boy Oh Boy)]]
| next_year  = 1988
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|Z50v51nk5qw|"Hot Girl"}}|header=Audio video}}
}}
"'''Hot Girl'''" is an [[Italo disco]]/pop song by Italian singer [[Sabrina Salerno|Sabrina]]. It was released by [[Baby Records (Italy)|Baby Records]] in November 1987 as the album's fourth and final single.<ref>[http://eurokdj.free.fr/search/disk.php?ID=3562 Eurokdj.free.fr]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (retrieved 21 April 2009)</ref> The B-side "Kiss Me" also appeared on her debut album. The song was a success in France, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands where it was a top 20 hit.
==Release and promotion==
After the enormous success with "[[Boys (Summertime Love)]]", the team around Sabrina's manager Menzione tried to score another international hit with a new single. They chose "Hot Girl", a song from Sabrina's by-then-released first album, and had it remixed for the single release. Although Sabrina heavily promoted the song (in a Spanish TV show, she danced in such an enthusiastic way that her breasts fell out of her top),<ref>{{cite web|title=Sabrina – Hot Girl (Nochevieja 87)| website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMbKgvPBbIs |accessdate=5 December 2019}}{{dead link|date=September 2023}}</ref> the song did not match the success of "Boys (Summertime Love)".
==Critical reception==
In his 2017 book ''Europe's Stars of '80s Dance Pop: 32 International Music Legends Discuss Their Careers'', James Arena described "Hot Girl" as being the "retentlessly catchy follow-up single [after "Boys (Summertime Love)"], another electrifying, hook-laden dance jam", and underlined the remixed version by [[Phil Harding (producer)|Phil Harding]] at [[PWL]] Studios which added "erotic vocal [[gasp]]s and [[whipping]] sound effects set to a thunderous beat".<ref>{{cite book|title=Europe's Stars of '80s Dance Pop: 32 International Music Legends Discuss Their Careers |first=James |last=Arena |year=2017 |page=185 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476671420}}</ref>
==Chart performance==
"Hot Girl" was not intended to be marketed in the United Kingdom, as "Boys (Summertime Love)" was re-released in June 1988 after a commercial failure four months earlier, followed by "[[All of Me (Boy Oh Boy)]]" in October of the same year. In Continental Europe, it was released in two times: first in the last two months of 1987 in the majority of European countries, then in the first half of 1988 in Spain and France; as a consequence, on the Pan-[[European Hot 100 Singles]] chart established by the ''[[Music & Media]]'' magazine, its 23-week chart trajectory is divided into two segments with a two-month hiatus, including a peak at number 36 in its second week.<ref name="Music & Media"/> Regarding the national charts, "Hot Girl" peaked within the top ten in Spain where it reached number two, being unable to dislodge [[Pet Shop Boys]]' "[[Always on My Mind]]" atop,<ref name="Spain"/> the Flanders part of Belgium and Finland where it attained number six,<ref name="Flanders"/><ref name="Finland"/> and the Netherlands where it reached number ten twice.<ref name="Netherlands"/> It was a top 20 hit in other three nations: France, where it debuted at number 28 and reached number 12 five weeks later, spending a total of 13 weeks in the top 50,<ref name="France"/> Switzerland where it culminated at number 13,<ref name="Switzerland"/> and Germany where it was present for 13 weeks on the national chart with a peak at number 19.<ref name="Germany"/> In Sabrina's home-country, Italy, it missed the top 20 by one place, peaking at number 21 for two weeks.<ref name="Italy"/>
==Track listings==
* '''7" single'''
# "Hot Girl" – 3:22
# "Kiss Me" – 4:05
* '''12" maxi'''
# "Hot Girl" (new version) – 6:04
# "Hot Girl" (dub version) – 7:03
==Credits==
* Written by Cecchetto, Bonsanto and Rossi
* Engineered by F.Santamaria and L. Vittori
* Remixed by Matteo Bonsanto and Roberto Ross
* Edited by Matteo Bonsanto and Roberto Rossi
* Executive produced by Matteo Bonsanto and Roberto Rossi
* Produced by [[Claudio Cecchetto]]
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for "Hot Girl"
! scope="col"| Chart (1987–1988)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|6|artist=Sabrina|song=Hot Girl|rowheader=true|refname=Flanders|access-date=17 August 2023}}
|-
! scope="row"| Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles]])<ref name="Music & Media">{{cite magazine |title=European Hot 100 Singles |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |volume=4 |issue=50 |date=19 December 1987 |page=14 |oclc=29800226}}</ref>
| 36
|-
! scope="row"| Finland ([[The Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref name="Finland">{{cite book |last=Pennanen |first=Timo |section=Sabrina |url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf |title=Sisältää hitin – Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 |language=fi |edition=2nd |location=Helsinki |publisher=[[Otava (publisher)|Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava]] |year=2021 |page=223 |isbn=978-952-7460-01-6}}</ref>
| 6
|-
{{single chart|France|12|artist=Sabrina|song=Hot Girl|rowheader=true|refname=France|access-date=17 August 2023}}
|-
! scope="row"| Italy (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref name="Italy">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|magazine=[[Musica e dischi]]|language=it|access-date=17 August 2023}} ''Select "Singoli" in the "Tipo" field, type "Hot girl" in the "Titolo" field and press "cerca".''</ref>
| 21
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|10|artist=Sabrina|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|10|artist=Sabrina|song=Hot Girl|rowheader=true|refname=Netherlands|access-date=17 August 2023}}
|-
! scope="row"| Spain ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref name="Spain">{{cite magazine|title=Top 3 in Europe|magazine=Music & Media|volume=5|issue=11|date=12 March 1988|page=18|oclc=29800226}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|language=es|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=[[Sociedad General de Autores y Editores|Fundación Autor/SGAE]]|location=Madrid|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
| 2
|-
{{single chart|Switzerland|13|artist=Sabrina|song=Hot Girl|rowheader=true|refname=Switzerland|access-date=17 August 2023}}
|-
{{single chart|West Germany|19|songid=1717|artist=Sabrina|song=Hot Girl|rowheader=true|refname=Germany|access-date=17 August 2023}}
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Sabrina Salerno}}
[[Category:1987 singles]]
[[Category:1988 singles]]
[[Category:Sabrina Salerno songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Claudio Cecchetto]]