Jam Hot (Acme Music Corporation Records, 1983), was the first single by New York City DJ Johnny Dynell. It was released as by Johnny Dynell and New York 88. The group includes Johnny Dynell on lead vocals, Butch Porter on bass, Julio Acosta on congas, and the "Dynells:" Sandi Girl and Jenny Vicci on background vocals. It has been remixed and sampled many times over the years. In 1990 Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim and his group Beats International released "Dub Be Good to Me". The song features Johnny Dynell's signature "Jam Hot" rap, "tank fly boss walk jam nitty gritty you're listening to the boy from the big bad city, this is Jam Hot, this is Jam Hot". The line is used as the most common reference to the song. The song was a hit spending 4 weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in February 1990. It was the 7th best-selling single of 1990 in the UK. In the U.S., the song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and #76 on the Billboard Hot 100. The term "Jam Hot" is now in The Urban Dictionary.
Famous quotes containing the words jam and/or hot:
“We fight our way through the massed and leveled collective safe taste of the Top 40, just looking for a little something we can call our own. But when we find it and jam the radio to hear it again it isn’t just ours—it is a link to thousands of others who are sharing it with us. As a matter of a single song this might mean very little; as culture, as a way of life, you can’t beat it.”
—Greil Marcus (b. 1945)
“Sir Toby Belch. Dost thou think because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale?
Feste. Yes, by Saint Anne, and ginger shall be hot i’the mouth, too.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)