Synopsis

Nelly cruises past a crowded dance club, taking in the people waiting outside before joining the party inside. As the room fills with dancers, he performs among the guests and focuses his attention on a woman played by Pasha Bleasdell. The temperature rises with the music, and the crowd responds by loosening its clothes and intensifying the celebration. A DJ tries to warn everyone that the roof is on fire, but the partygoers treat the danger as another reason to keep dancing.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video is one of two officially produced versions of "Hot in Herre." This nightclub version became the one most widely shown in North America, while the alternate version was built around St. Louis' Gateway Arch and received heavier exposure on MTV Europe.

• Cedric the Entertainer appears as the DJ, giving the video its comic interruption when he announces that the dance floor has apparently become dangerously hot.

• The crowd's response incorporates the chant from "The Roof Is on Fire," the 1980s party track by Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three. The reference turns the song's central heat metaphor into a literal gag.

• Pasha Bleasdell plays Nelly's onscreen love interest. She later became widely recognized for her appearance in this video.

• The clip helped establish the visual identity associated with the song: crowded nightlife, blue and red lighting, Nelly's bandage beneath one eye, and the Vokal fashion branding mentioned in the lyrics.

• "Hot in Herre" was Nelly's first US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single and remained at the top for seven weeks, making the video part of his major crossover breakthrough in 2002.