"Temperature" is a reggae–dancehall song written by Sean
Paul for his third album
The Trinity(2005). The song reached #1 on the U.S.
Billboard Hot 100, Sean Paul's third U.S. #1 along with "Get
Busy" and "Baby Boy" with Beyonce.
"Temperature" was the third international single (second US
single) from Sean Paul's
The Trinityalbum. The song was produced by Rohan
"Snowcone" Fuller and received a positive reception from music
critics. The song was released as the second U.S. single in the
first quarter of 2006 and reached number one in the United
States on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Paul's third number
one hit single. It reached the top ten in Canada and France and
the top twenty in the United Kingdom, peaking at #11 there. In
Australia, "Temperature" debuted at number nineteen but quickly
found its way to number five the following weeks.
"Temperature" became Sean Paul's biggest hit single in the
US. In Australia it became a smash hit, with Sean Paul making
interview appearances on the Paul Celoni Radio Show, and shows
alike. Even though it only spent one week at #1, as opposed to
"Get Busy" and its three weeks on top, "Temperature" showed
extreme longevity on The Billboard Hot 100 spending 17 weeks in
the top 10. Until Nelly Furtado and Timbaland's
"Promiscuous,"this was the longest run in the top ten for a
single in 2006. On top of that it became Sean Paul's first
single to sell an excess of one million digital downloads,
earning platinum certification.
The song uses the dancehall riddim "Applause". It was also
used in the game
Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2. It can be heard in
the 2007 film,
Norbit.
Officially, there are two versions of the song. Only the use
of the riddim makes both versions different.
In 2008 the media reported a story regarding Stacey Gayle of
New York City who experienced seizures as a result of hearing
the song.
In this video Sean Paul is seen dancing quite close with
female dancers. The first dance sequence was with blowing
leaves, centered in fall. Then as weather gets colder, he is in
the snow with the thermometer frozen, centered in winter. The
third sequence is in the rain, centered around spring. Finally
he's at a tanning salon squirting sunscreen, centered around
summer. There is evident sexual innuendo in the squirting of
the lotion from the sunscreen bottles. At the end he raps and
is in a club while performing to the song "Breakout."
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