Ellie Goulding, who praised it in a Twitter post in November 2016. At the 2009 Romanian Music Awards, Inna won three nods for herself and an award in the Best Dance category for "Hot". The song was also nominated in the Best International Song category at the 2009 Eska Music Awards. Neeti Sarkar of The Hindu thought that "Hot" had a "hypnotic rhythm" and "set[s] the dance floor on fire", although minorly criticizing its hook as repetitive. BBC's McAlpine awarded the track three out of five stars, praising its appeal and dance character. However, he negatively viewed the sense of its lyrics, comparing them to crosswords due to their lack of sense and jokingly stating that Inna was "more of a Sudoku girl". During an interview with Adevărul, Spanish musician Federico Albert criticized "Hot" as innovation loose, while noticing the lack of musical instruments. He concluded: "The computer once again makes the rules in this world of music." Commercial performance Commercially, the song experienced widespread success on record charts. In native Romania, it topped the Nielsen Music Control chart in December 2008, while also managing to reach number one on Bulgaria's airplay chart, the Dance Top 40 chart in Hungary, Spain's PROMUSICAE chart, United Kingdom's UK Dance Chart and Billboard Dance/Mix Show Airplay component chart in the United States. On the latter, it notably replaced American singer Kesha's "Tik Tok" (2009) at the top position. Other top 10 placements were achieved in countries including the Turkey, Netherlands, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Czech Republic, Hungary, France, the Flanders and Wallonia regions of Belgium, and Ukraine; the song reached the latter nearly 13 years after its release. In the United Kingdom, the song debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number eight in March 2010, climbing to its peak position at number six the next week. For exceeding 200,000 in digital units, "Hot" was certified Silver in the region by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The song was also awarded Gold in Denmark and Italy by the IFPI Denmark and Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI), and at least Platinum in Norway, Spain and Sweden by the IFPI Norway, PROMUSICAE and Swedish Recording Industry Association (GLF). Music video True Love Edit The first music video for "Hot" was shot by Florin Botea on 20 October 2008 at the Gossip Club, Romania, in the span of 14 hours. During an interview with Romanian