The song was an even bigger radio hit than "I Kissed a Girl", where it became Perry's first number 1 on both U.S. In Canada the song debuted at number 73 and reached number 1 on the chart dated, November 20, 2008.
The song was later certified 4× platinum by the RIAA with sales of 4,381,000. It was in the top ten for 18 weeks ("I Kissed a Girl" spent 14 weeks there). It peaked at number 3 on the Hot 100 on November 11, making it her second top three hit. It re-entered the Hot 100 on August 5, again at number 88. It debuted on the US Hot 100 at number 88 and fell off the next week. Billboard Hot 100 on June 17, 2008, due to digital downloads after the album's release. Perry confirmed in an interview with Open House Party that the song was about ex-boyfriend Travis McCoy in the early stages of their relationship.
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There are currently four radio edits: in one, "bitch" is replaced with the word "chick", ("You PMS, like a chick, I would know") in the second, mostly used on radio program Open House Party, this version uses "girl" instead of "bitch" or "chick" (in a version once played on Ryan Seacrest's American Top 40 radio show, the lyrics are "You PMS, I would know") in another edit, the lyrics first line of the song was repeated after the line was sung in full ("You change your mind, like a girl, I would know") this edit can be heard in theme parks finally, the radio edit that is used on UK music channels cuts out the word altogether. Perry revealed in an interview with Radio 1 that "Hot N Cold" would in fact be the follow up single to her number one hit "I Kissed a Girl" in the United Kingdom and Australia.
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Katy Perry made the live television premiere performance of "Hot N Cold" on NBC's Today show outdoor concert series on August 29. Blender magazine calls the track a "spunky, climate-controlled kiss-off." The song went for ads on the North-American radios on September 9 and remained the song with one of the biggest bullets of the entire media base for weeks.