I like this song yet I've seen it referred to derogatorily in a few posts on this forum. It's a classic Caribbean tune; what's wrong with that?

I imagine you may be referring to one (or more) of my posts in which I refer to this song as being standard Caribbean pablum.

imho, this song is just way overused, and it has kind of come to represent (to me anyway) the silly, unrealistic Sandals ads that make it look like you have the beach to yourself, the sun is always shining, every smiling local is carrying a fruity drink or a limbo contest stick, and there are only three songs played in the Caribbean - one of which is "Hot Hot Hot."

I have heard it so many times that I have just gotten over-sensitive to what it represents to me.

If you like it, don't worry about what I or others think about it.

'Hot hot hot' is by MIGHTY SPARROW from Antiqua...

It's just a simple party song, like the stuff Jimmy Buffet fans like....

Actually Hot Hot Hot was originally done by Arrow of Monserratte. However, he sold the writes to the music. Anyway, would you rather hear "Who let the Dogs out---Woof Woof!!!

I've got this song on a CD of Bahamian dance music by verious artists and I love it. I've also got it on a CD by the Barefoot Man. Two entirely different versions and I love them both. I have been listening to them in my car for a year now, almost every day, and still not tired of hearing them.

KXR, We were in Tobago the year "Who Let the Dogs Out" was a huge hit at Carnival in Trinidad, and we bought the CD there just three months after Carnival.

We played the CD all the time and really enjoyed it.

A year or two later, it became popular in the US, and it about drove us crazy because we had already been listening to it for quite awhile.

The same thing happened with us in Mexico with "The Macarena" and "Sa Sa Sa" and "Venga Bus."

I think "Who Let the Dogs Out" was voted "Worst Earworm Song" in 2003 or 2004 if I remember correctly.

I guess any song - no matter how good or bad - will drive you nutty if you hear it often enough...

My husband and I first heard "Who let the dogs out" in 1999!! (during our Aruba trip). A band at our hotel would play it every night. We LOVED it then, and thought it was hilarious that it became a hit in the U.S. several years later. Got sick of hearing it too

DianaK, NOW I understand the burn-out factor. Just had an ad client doing a intl.trade junket to Argentina and Child want to use 'Hot Hot Hot' as the music bed for the spot. Took ages to get em to switch to a more appropriate tango -- and the Sparrow tune is now indelibly engraved in my memory banks.

A couple of years ago, my husband and I went to Couples Negril for four days. Couldn't wait to veg out by the sand and listen to reggae by the original reggae experts. Not too much to ask, right? Imagine our reaction, as every day while we lay on our lounge chairs, they blasted the Shaggy cheating song with these lyrics: "Picture this we were both buck naked bangin' on the bathroom floor..." etc etc ad nauseum.

Gimme HOT HOT HOT any day!

You all are hilarious!!!!!!! I love that shagyy song too. Something about the islands bring back memories of rum impassioned affairs.. LOL Just Kidding!!!!

When Arrow introduced this song in the mid-80s it was so new and different, it was named 'Road March' at Carnival in T&T. It was very controversial, because no non-Trini had won that honor before. Along with others of Arrow's work at the time, it was a wonderful party song (A fundemental jam, as Arrow calls it).
But then he left Montserat and went to Europe and started recording party mixes, and remixes of his older stuff, and he lost his edge. What once was wit and wordplay turned into sound effects and club music. Not the same.
When I first heard "Dogs" it was a risque song that made everyone in T&T laugh (like Massive Chandelier's 'Donkey Song' back in '92). The real meaning of the song was lost when it was covered by so many people.
It really is a naughty song, sung from the women's point of view at a party when the rowdy guys come in and start winin' on the women. Dogs and bones have a very different meaning in the song.
Now, for out and out fun, SuperBlue's 'Bachannal Time' from '93 just makes you jump up and wave your flag. That's one that didn't end up recorded by everybody and made the background of a dozen ads.
Another all-time fav' that some party bands have picked up in the states is Atlantik's 'Dolla Wine' also from about 12 years ago. Best enjoyed by the original, where all the lyrics make sense. US bands don't understand things like "She reach in her bra and I turn to run. She pull out Guyana dollar and say 'It 5 times to 1'"
When you know why she wants more 'Dolla' (Forget all the small change --- gimme big money wine), the song is a lot more fun.