Temperature (song)

"Temperature" is the third worldwide and the second American single from Jamaican musician Sean Paul's album The Trinity (2005). 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"
Single by Sean Paul
from the album The Trinity
ReleasedFebruary 23, 2006
Format
Recorded2005
Genre
Length3:36
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Rohan "Snowcone" Fuller
Sean Paul singles chronology
"Ever Blazin'"
(2005)		 "Temperature"
(2006)		 "Never Gonna Be the Same"
(2006)

"Temperature" became Sean Paul's biggest hit single in the US. Even though it only spent one week at #1, "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. 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 used in the games Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2 and Dance Central (in the latter as DLC). It can also be heard in the 2007 film, Norbit.

Officially, there are two versions of the song, which only differ in their rhythm.

In 2008, the media reported that Stacey Gayle of New York City experienced seizures as a result of hearing the song.[1]

Music video
The winter sequence from the music video.

In this video Sean Paul is seen dancing with female dancers. The first dance sequence was with blowing leaves, centered in autumn. 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 on spring. Finally he's at a tanning salon squirting sunscreen, centered on 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."

Track listing

UK - CD: 1

  1. "Temperature" (Album Version)
  2. "As Time Goes On" (Album Re-Release Version)

UK - CD: 2

  1. "Temperature" (Album Version)
  2. "As Time Goes On" (Album Re-Release Version)
  3. "U a Pro" (Non-Album Track)
  4. "Temperature" [Video Enhancement]
  5. "Temperature" (Ringtone)

Charts and certifications

See also

References
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