Hot Mess (Cobra Starship song)

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"Hot Mess"
CobraStarship HotMessSingleCover.jpg
Single by Cobra Starship
from the album Hot Mess
ReleasedOctober 12, 2009
Recorded2009
Genre
Length2:52(Album version)
3:28 (Video version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Cobra Starship singles chronology
"Good Girls Go Bad"
(2009)
"Hot Mess"
(2009)
"You Make Me Feel..."
(2011)

"Hot Mess" is a song recorded by the American pop punk band Cobra Starship. It was the second single released from their third studio album, Hot Mess . The song was serviced to contemporary hit radio, [1] before it was released digitally on October 30, 2009. It was used in the films Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star and American Pie Presents: The Book of Love and in the TV series Gossip Girl .[ citation needed ]

Contents

Background and composition

"Hot Mess" was announced as the album's second single on August 10, 2009, following the success of its lead single, "Good Girls Go Bad". [2] The song was written by Gabe Saporta, Kara DioGuardi, Philip Lawrence, Peter Hernandez, Mike Caren, Oliver Goldstein, Roonie Wood and Kevin Rudolf. It was produced by the band, Caren, Oligee and co-produced by Rudolf. [3]

Music video

The music video for "Hot Mess" was released on November 9, 2009, [4] via MTV and was directed by Kai Regan. [5] It shows Gabe Saporta driving a walk-in van (with flashing lights, girls and people in sanitation clothing in the back) through New York City, working for an organization called the Cobra Crew. This organization takes people into the van, evidently to party. Saporta is then kicked out of the driver's seat and a girl starts driving the van, out-of-control at this point. The action transfers to a club, where most of the people from the van continue the party. The video ends with Saporta lying unconscious on the floor of the van, with "Hot Mess" scrawled on his chest in red make-up. [6]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Hot Mess"2:52
I'm a Hot Mess, Help Me! – The Remix EP [7]
No.TitleLength
1."Hot Mess" (DJ Cirkut Remix)2:50
2."Hot Mess" (Nervo Remix Extended)6:59
3."Hot Mess" (Suave Suarez on Pleasure Ryland Remix)3:24

Chart performance

"Hot Mess" debuted at number 64 on the Billboard Hot 100. [8] It re-entered the chart at number 88 in the week ending January 9, 2010, and remained on the chart for another four weeks. [9]

Charts

Chart performance for "Hot Mess"
Chart (2009–2010)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [10] 58
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [11] 40
UK Singles (OCC) [12] 198
US Billboard Hot 100 [13] 64
US Pop Airplay ( Billboard ) [14] 39

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [15] Gold500,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history for "Hot Mess"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
United StatesOctober 12, 2009 Contemporary hit radio [1]
VariousOctober 30, 2009 Digital download [16]

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