Writing and Recording
"Hot Summer" was one of the first collaborations producers Remee and then-new partner Thomas Troelsen worked on in the Delta Lab White recording studios in Copenhagen, Denmark in fall 2006. The song was selected out of a total of three hundred songs as the album's lead single unanimously, aiming to break away from the ballad stereotype associated with the group. The band has described the up-tempo track as a perfect "good mood song": "The song is cool and sexy and goes straight into your dancing legs, our contribution to great summer parties," Monrose member Senna Guemmour said in an interview with the band's official website. She also discussed the 1980s and house music elements incorporated into the recording. Mandy Capristo called the song a "promise": "It instantly raises your spirits, no matter if you're sitting in your car, dancing on the floor or eating ice-cream - 'Hot Summer' is just brimful of life."
Although a twenty-second clip of "Hot Summer" was previewed on the ProSieben network's daily gossip television magazine taff on 24 May 2007, the band officially premiered the song during the season finale of the second cycle of Germany's Next Topmodel. Officially released on 29 June 2007, both the CD and digital single contain remixes by Tai Jason, Beathoavens and Patrick Flo Macheck of production team Mozart & Friends.
Later in 2007 the single's bonus track "Scream" was covered by Korean band Anyband in Korean under the name "Daydream".
The song "Scream" is also featured as a cover on Korean singer BoA's self-entitled US debut hit album "BoA", while the song "Hot Summer" was covered (under the name "Hot Winter") by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai on her album "Butterfly".
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