By the late 1960s Austin was a prolific session musician and commercial jingle singer. By the 1980s she was signed to Jones's Qwest Records and she began having hits. She charted twenty R&B songs between 1969 and 1991 and had success on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where she hit number one in 1981 with "Do You Love Me?" / "The Genie."
The album containing that hit, Every Home Should Have One, also produced her biggest mainstream hit. "Baby, Come To Me," a duet with James Ingram, peaked at number 73 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1982. After being featured as the love theme in a prominent storyline on the soap opera General Hospital, the song re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart in October and went to number one in early 1983.
Next Austin released her third album in three years entitled "Gettin' Away With Murder". In addition to the title track, she had two more hit singles, "Honey For The Bees" (#24 R&B and #6 Dance) and "The Heat of Heat". Produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, noted for their later work with Janet Jackson, the latter track returned Austin to the top 15 of the R&B charts for what would be the last time to date. It would also be her last Hot 100 charting to date, peaking at number 55, although she would score a top-5 dance hit with the single Reach that appeared originally on her 1994 CD That Secret Place (GRP Records). "Gettin' Away With Murder" used producers Russ Titelman, Tommy LiPuma, Monte Moir (of "The Time"), and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Billy Joel (Austin sang background on his "Just The Way You Are"), Dan Hartman, friends Luther Vandross and Jocelyn Brown, along with Chaka Khan were among the background vocalists on the project, with successful songwriters, Randy Goodrum, Michael Bolton, Jam & Lewis plus several other big name writers offering up their best compositions on what was likely a big budget affair. She next appeared with Jeff Bridges and Joan Allen in Francis Ford Coppola's critically acclaimed period piece Tucker: The Man and his Dream (1988). That year, Austin released The Real Me, a collection of standards which garnered her the first of several Top 10 showings on the Jazz Albums chart. "The Real Me" was chiefly produced by David Pack who had been a part of the Pop group Ambrosia. Austin served as a co-producer and as Executive Producer on the project. Austin sang "It's the Falling in Love" with Michael Jackson on his album Off The Wall. Other duet partners include George Benson ("Moody's Mood for Love" and "Keep Your Dreams Alive"), and Luther Vandross ("I'm Gonna Miss You In The Morning"). Earlier she'd recorded featured duets with Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons on "Our Day Will Come" and "Swearin' To God" with little billing. Austin also sang lead and background vocals on many contemporary Jazz instrumentalists' records in the 1970s. In 1985 she sang lead vocals on a collaboration with her producer, Narada Michael Walden, and the single, "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme", went top 40 on the R&B charts. In 1991, she recorded the duet "You Who Brought Me Love" with music legend Johnny Mathis, which was received with critical acclaim. That same year she was invited to be a guest on a Johnny Mathis television special that was broadcast across North America.
Austin led a new group of Raelettes for the 2006 album Ray Charles + Count Basie Orchestra = Genius². That group also featured veteran session singer Valerie Pinkston and members of the group Perry.
During a 2007 interview promoting her latest recording, Austin reflected how as a teenager she reluctantly attended one of Judy Garland's last concerts and the experience helped focus her career, stating "She (Judy Garland) ripped my heart out. I wanted to interpret a lyric like that, to present who I was at the moment through the lyric."
In 2007 Patti Austin participated in the Avo Session Basel with a program dedicated to Ella Fitzgerald.
In 2008, fifty-three years after getting her first record contract, Patti Austin was awarded her first Grammy Award, winning Best Jazz Vocal Album for "Avant Gershwin" at the 50th annual Grammy Awards. The award came for her ninth nomination in that category.
Austin is co-producer and one of over 70 artists singing on "We Are the World: 25 for Haiti", a charity single in aid of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
In 2011 Austin released a mostly covers album project titled "Sound Advice" which contained re-works of Bob Dylan's "Gotta Serve Somebody", Brenda Russell's "A Little Bit Of Love", a lesser known Jacksons tune, "Give It Up," her tribute to late friend/collaborator, Michael Jackson, a cover of Bill Withers, "Lean On Me" which she first sang at a milestone birthday for her Godfather Quincy Jones. Also on "Sound Advice" standout performances of Don McLean's "Vincent" (aka Starry Starry Night) and a deeply female take on "My Way." Austin wrote the anthemic "The Grace Of God" after watching an episode of the old "Oprah Winfrey Show" which featured a facially scarred woman ... Keeping relevant, Austin offered the bouncy slice of Pop/Rock/RandB "Round And Round" including the latest trendy vocal effects, though Austin remains one singer who clearly needs no such production techniques to cover a crystal clear, flexible, and knowing voice imitated by many, duplicated by none. Austin co-wrote and sings in the star-studded L.O.V.E. - Let One Voice Emerge, encouraging especially younger Americans to get out there and exercise their right to vote.[citation needed]
Austin appears in the Academy Award-winning documentary film 20 Feet from Stardom (2013), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was released on 21 June 2013. She is working on an upcoming, as yet untitled duets album project with James Ingram.
The Heat of Heat
Patti Austin Lyrics
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The heat is so hot
My body takes control
In the heat of heat
The heat gets so hot
My passion overloads
A lonely room until you walked in
This sensual curiosity
Affecting me like no other has before
I see your face and chills run up and down my legs
I hear your voice, my passion's pumpin' through my veins
I feel your touch, the heat is driving me insane
I lose control, I think I wanna love you
And I don't think I'll ever stop
No, I don't
In the heat of heat
The heat is so hot
My body takes control
In the heat of heat
The heat gets so hot
My passion overloads
You're touching me with hands of fire
Just comes naturally
I'm not easily hot, you just hit the spot
Nothing to prove, I know you've got a lot
I see your face and chills run up and down my legs
I hear your voice, my passion's pumpin' through my veins
I feel your touch, the heat is driving me insane
I give in, I think I wanna love you
And I don't think I'll ever stop
No, I don't
In the heat of heat
The heat is so hot
My body takes control
In the heat of heat
The heat gets so hot
My passion overloads (My passion overloads)
In the heat of heat
The heat is so hot
My body takes control
In the heat of heat
The heat gets so hot
My passion overloads (Oh oh oh )
And I don't think I'll ever stop
No, I don't
Is it love (In the heat of heat) {Heat of heat}
Or is it lust (In the heat of heat) {Heat of heat}
Ah ah ah ah (Ah ah ah ah ) { Ah ah ah ah }
Don't think I'll ever stop
I see your face, chills run up and down my legs, baby, yeah, ooh
I hear your voice, my body takes control
In the heat of the heat
I feel your touch, heat is driving me insane
Hoo hoo hey yeah ooh ooh
I lose control, I think I wanna love you, babe
Mmm mmm don't you know, the heat is so hot
In the heat of heat
The heat is so hot (My body takes control)
My body takes control (In the heat of the heat)
In the heat of heat
The heat gets so hot (In the heat of the heat)
My passion overloads (My passion overloads)
My body takes control in the heat of heat
The heat of heat (The heat of heat, the heat of heat)
The song "The Heat of Heat" by Patti Austin has an up-tempo rhythm and playful lyrics that explore the passion and desire that can overtake someone in a moment of intense attraction. The song is about a woman who finds herself in a state of overwhelming desire when she meets a man who ignites new feelings within her. The heat that the woman experiences is described as so intense that it takes control of her body and causes her passion to overload.
Throughout the song, the woman describes the physical and emotional sensations that she experiences when in the presence of this new love interest. She mentions that his touch feels like "hands of fire" and that hearing his voice makes her feel like her passion is pumping through her veins. The lyrics are filled with images of heat and fire, which serve to emphasize the intense nature of the woman's feelings.
The song ends with the woman questioning whether her feelings are based on love or lust, but ultimately deciding that it doesn't matter because she doesn't think she'll ever be able to stop wanting this man.
Overall, "The Heat of Heat" is a fun and upbeat song that captures the excitement of discovering new feelings of desire and passion.
Line by Line Meaning
In the heat of heat
When passions run high
The heat is so hot
Intense emotions are overwhelming
My body takes control
Desires direct actions
The heat gets so hot
Feelings reach a boiling point
My passion overloads
Emotions are too intense to contain
A lonely room until you walked in
Life was empty before you arrived
Too positive to ignore
Your irresistible energy pulls me in
This sensual curiosity
Intrigue and attraction fuel my desires
Affecting me like no other has before
You have an unparalleled impact on my emotions
I see your face and chills run up and down my legs
Your mere presence evokes physical reactions
I hear your voice, my passion's pumpin' through my veins
Your words intensify my desires
I feel your touch, the heat is driving me insane
Your physical contact pushes me over the edge
I lose control, I think I wanna love you
Emotions override reason and lead to intense feelings
And I don't think I'll ever stop
These emotions are too powerful to fade away
You're touching me with hands of fire
Your touch ignites a burning desire
Just comes naturally
Attraction and chemistry are effortless
I'm not easily hot, you just hit the spot
It takes a special connection to arouse my desires
Nothing to prove, I know you've got a lot
There is no need to impress, your qualities speak for themselves
Is it love (In the heat of heat) {Heat of heat}
Are these intense emotions true love?
Or is it lust (In the heat of heat) {Heat of heat}
Are these intense emotions merely physical desire?
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: JAMES HARRIS III, JAMES SAMUEL III HARRIS, TERRY LEWIS
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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In the heat of heat
The heat is so hot
My body takes control
In the heat of heat
The heat gets so hot
My passion overloads
A lonely room until you walked in
Too positive to ignore
This sensual curiosity
Affecting me like no other has before
I see your face and chills run up and down my legs
I hear your voice, my passion's pumpin' through my veins
I feel your touch, the heat is driving me insane
I lose control, I think I wanna love you
And I don't think I'll ever stop
No, I don't
In the heat of heat
The heat is so hot
My body takes control
In the heat of heat
The heat gets so hot
My passion overloads
You're touching me with hands of fire
Just comes naturally
I'm not easily hot, you just hit the spot
Nothing to prove, I know you've got a lot
I see your face and chills run up and down my legs
I hear your voice, my passion's pumpin' through my veins
I feel your touch, the heat is driving me insane
I give in, I think I wanna love you
And I don't think I'll ever stop
No, I don't
In the heat of heat
The heat is so hot
My body takes control
In the heat of heat
The heat gets so hot
My passion overloads (My passion overloads)
In the heat of heat
The heat is so hot
My body takes control
In the heat of heat
The heat gets so hot
My passion overloads (Oh oh oh)
And I don't think I'll ever stop
No, I don't
Is it love (In the heat of heat) {Heat of heat}
Or is it lust (In the heat of heat) {Heat of heat}
Ah ah ah ah (Ah ah ah ah) { Ah ah ah ah }
Don't think I'll ever stop
I see your face, chills run up and down my legs, baby, yeah, ooh
I hear your voice, my body takes control
In the heat of the heat
I feel your touch, heat is driving me insane
Hoo hoo hey yeah ooh ooh
I lose control, I think I wanna love you, babe
Mmm mmm don't you know, the heat is so hot
In the heat of heat
The heat is so hot (My body takes control)
My body takes control (In the heat of the heat)
In the heat of heat
The heat gets so hot (In the heat of the heat)
My passion overloads (My passion overloads)
My body takes control in the heat of heat
The heat of heat (The heat of heat, the heat of heat)
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Love this song. Produced by Jimmy JAM and Terry Lewis. Such an underrated dynamic singer. This song comes from the album called, "Getting Away with Murder" which is a great album. Love the bass line, strings, and the piano.
Cece Nicolevnuzb
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL 💖💗✨💫🎵🎙️
Gemini Man
This song is a true Masterpiece. 👍
Noo Noo Tribe
This song popped in mind earlier, so I had to put some words and YouTube found it. I loved this song as a teenager. There isn't any music that tops the 80's and 90's best years ever.
Blue 💎phillipz
Fax 🔥
Lady Blue
Yasssssss! Me too Girl!!!
Michael Stewart
It is a shame 37 people put thumbs down cause Patti Austin is a beautiful and true living legend and they do not know great music
Timothy Boyd
OMG...You are so right!!!! Beautiful lady with an amazing voice that can sing any kind of music to perfection....what a range as well.
Great, the Nate
True Diva....Quincy's Muse😉😚
Cece Nicolevnuzb
PATTI IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND HEAVEN SENT LOVE HER 💫🤗🙏🏽💯🎶🎙️🎵