Some Like It Hot - 2005 Remaster

The Power Station were a supergroup formed by Robert Palmer (vocals), Tony Thompson (drummer with Chic), John Taylor (bass player with Duran Duran) and Andy Taylor (guitarist with Duran Duran). "Some Like It Hot" proved to be their most successful song, though they also had a transatlantic Top 30 hit with a cover of T-Rex's "Bang A Gong (Get It On)." The Duran Duran trio were all fans of Chic, and this song was designed to showcase their drummer Tony Thompson.

Writing credits on this song go to Robert Palmer, Andy Taylor and John Taylor. The Taylors wrote the track and had the title, which they brought to Palmer for the lyric. Speaking with the A.V.Club in a 2012 interview, John Taylor recalled: "I flew to Nassau in the Bahamas, which was where Robert Palmer lived at the time, and played him the demo that Andy and I had written and said, 'We've got this idea that we're calling 'Some Like It Hot.'' And he just looked at me and said, 'And some sweat when the heat is on.' I was, like, 'Yes! That'll do.'"

The title is familiar - Some Like It Hot is the name of a 1959 movie starring Marilyn Monroe in one of her most famous roles.