
The song was nominated for the 52nd Grammy Awards in the category of Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, but lost for Beyoncé's "Halo" and was chosen as the theme song for Channel Ten's new show MasterChef Australia in 2009. A remixed version of the track has also been released for play in the iPhone OS game Tap Tap Revenge.
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There are currently four radio edits: in one, "bitch" is replaced with the word "chick", ("You PMS (pronounced like 'be a mess'), like a girl, 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.

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 mediabase for weeks. Background "Hot n Cold" was confirmed as the second single from One of the Boys by Perry in an interview with Radio 1 saying that the song would in fact be the follow-up single to her number one hit "I Kissed a Girl" in the United Kingdom and Australia. Perry alluded to the controversy later that week on Saturday Night Live by wearing a low cut Elmo t-shirt with a short skirt. However, the producers of Sesame Street decided not to air the segment on the show after receiving complaints that Perry's revealing wardrobe was not appropriate for children. In 2010, Perry performed a version of the song with Elmo intended for the children's television show Sesame Street (to teach children about opposites) which was released on websites such as YouTube. Perry sang the song in Simlish for the soundtrack of Sims 2: Apartment Life. As of September 2011, "Hot n Cold" has sold over five million digital downloads.

"Hot n Cold" was nominated for the Grammy Award fo Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 52nd Grammy Awards but lost to Beyoncé's Halo. The single has also become Perry's second top five single in the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, and topped the charts in Finland, Germany, Canada, Norway, Spain and Denmark, and has topped the charts in 15 countries. The single reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Perry's second consecutive top three single, after her previous worldwide hit "I Kissed a Girl".

The chorus uses several antonyms to describe her partner's bipolar mood swings, with the verses describing how they affect the couple's life together. It is about an unstable heterosexual romantic relationship, told from her point of view. The track was released as the album's second single. Luke, Max Martin, and Perry for her major mainstream debut album, One of the Boys. "Hot n Cold" is a song by American singer Katy Perry.
