Hot for Teacher

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"Hot for Teacher"
File:Van Halen - Hot for Teacher.jpg
Single by Van Halen
from the album 1984
B-side "Little Dreamer"
Released October 1984
Format
Recorded
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Ted Templeman
Van Halen singles chronology
"Panama"
(1984)		 "Hot for Teacher"
(1984)		 "Why Can't This Be Love"
(1986)
Music sample
"Hot for Teacher"
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"Hot for Teacher" is a song by the American rock band Van Halen, taken from their sixth studio album, 1984 (1984). The song was written by band members Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony and David Lee Roth, and produced by Ted Templeman. It was released as the fourth and final single from the album in October 1984. It was the final single released by Van Halen's original lineup.

The song is best known for Alex Van Halen's double bass drum performance, and its music video, featuring the band as both adults and young students. The ending of this song comes from a studio outtake from the band's club days, entitled "Voodoo Queen". The Parents Music Resource Center protested the song due to its sexually suggestive lyrics and music video.

In 2009 it was named the 36th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.[1]

Music video

The music video (directed by Pete Angelus and David Lee Roth,[2] and produced by Jerry Kramer and Glenn Goodwin, choreographed by Vincent Paterson with concept/treatment by Anthony Nasch) was filmed at John Marshall High School,[3] with Phil Hartman performing the voice of Waldo, the video's protagonist.[citation needed] Along with Waldo, the "kid versions" of Van Halen face the trials and tribulations of grade school. Once the schoolteacher, (Lillian Müller)[4] arrives, she steps onto the desks, arrayed like a runway. She then tears off her dress, revealing a bikini bottom, cropped top and a sash that reads "Phys Ed", all to the cheers of the students, male and female. At the end of the video, the kids are shown to have grown up to become a gynecologist (Alex Van Halen), a sumo wrestler (Michael Anthony), a psychiatric hospital patient (Eddie Van Halen), and a game show host (David Lee Roth). While it is said that no one was sure what Waldo grew up to be, the video hints at him becoming a pimp, the total opposite of his child self.

In popular culture

  • The song appears in Guitar Hero World Tour[6] and Guitar Hero Van Halen as one of the most difficult songs on the setlists. In an advertisement for play testers for future Guitar Hero games, released by Neversoft in 2008, "Hot For Teacher" was one of four songs applicants had to be capable of playing to receive the job.[6]
  • The song was used in Glee in 2011 in the sixth episode of Season 3 entitled "Mash Off", sung by the character Puck. This version is featured on the album Glee: The Music, Volume 7.
  • The song was referenced in the 2013 Regular Show episode "Quips". Before a game of Pictionary (referred to as "Drawsome" in the episode), the character Pops quotes the song, saying "I brought my pencil, give me something to write on, man."

Personnel

Chart position

Chart (1984) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 56

See also

References

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  2. ↑ mvdbase.com - Van Halen - "Hot for Teacher"
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  4. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0618230/
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External links

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