Hot in the City

The Exterminator Mix of the song was released as a single in the UK on 29 December 1987.^[6] It charted higher in the UK this time round, peaking at No. 13 in early 1988.^[7] This version was first released in 1985 on the remix album Vital Idol.

There are two versions of the video. The first version (the 1982 version) starts off with a girl walking into a record store. She picks up a Billy Idol record and the song starts to play. The video features scenes from New York City, interspersed with stock footage of nuclear bomb tests. The second version (the 1987 version) depicted Idol's girlfriend Perri Lister bound to a cross; it was banned by MTV.^[8] The later version was included on the DVD edition of The Very Best of Billy Idol: Idolize Yourself.

Although the released version of the song has Idol shouting "New York!", other versions of the song were recorded for various radio stations, including ones for such cities as "Amarillo", "Boston", "Chicago", "Cleveland", "Minneapolis", "New Haven", "Phoenix", "Philly", "Chattanooga", and "Sioux Falls", or none at all with a repeated synthesizer stab instead.^{[citation needed]}

• (1982) UK 7" vinyl single

1. "Hot in the City"
2. "Dead on Arrival"

• (1982) UK 12" vinyl single

1. "Hot in the City" (Extended Version)
2. "Dead on Arrival"

• (1987) UK 7" vinyl single

1. "Hot in the City" (Exterminator Fix)
2. "Catch My Fall" (Remix Fix)

• (1987) UK 12" vinyl single

1. "Hot in the City" (Exterminator Mix)
2. "Catch My Fall" (Remix Fix)
3. "Soul Standing By"