Hot Like Wow
album by Nadia Oh
Hot Like Wow is the debut album by British singer Nadia Oh. It was released in the United Kingdom on 13 April 2008 by Tiger Trax Records. It spawned four singles initially; "My Egyptian Lover", "Something for the Weekend", "N.A.D.I.A. O.H.", and "Got Your Number", all released between 2007 and 2008. Oh performed gigs in Tokyo to support the album. Although the album's final single was released in 2008, Oh released the album's fifth single, "Rip It Up", on 29 February 2012 via iTunes.
Background
Entirely written and produced by Space Cowboy, the album includes two singles of his own in which Oh is featured: "My Egyptian Lover", released in January 2007, and "Something 4 the Weekend", released in March 2007. The first and only official single from the album was scheduled to be "Got Your Number".
"Got Your Number" was featured in the thirteenth episode of the first season of the television series Gossip Girl, entitled "The Thin Line Between Chuck and Nate", originally aired in the US on 9 January 2008 via The CW and in the UK on 19 June 2008 via ITV2. It was also included on the season's soundtrack, OMFGG – Original Music Featured on Gossip Girl No. 1.
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