Hot In December – English Lyrics

• By: Kylie Minogue
• Album: Kylie Christmas (Fully Wrapped)

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the danceable, festive world of Kylie Minogue's 'Hot In December,' a modern 'uber pop' track that beautifully blends holiday warmth with pure romantic passion. As a song from her Christmas album, it offers a great way to learn vocabulary related to intimacy, cozy settings, and the feeling of intense connection, all set to an irresistible beat.

[English]

[music]

And the lights all went out.

[music] Only candles were burning.

Build the fire for you.

And the world is stop hurting.

People missing out on love.

[music] It's become nothing new.

But I don't want nothing else.

No, I want Christmas with you

until you get [music] close.

Baby, baby, baby.

[music]

[music]

Heat. Heat. Heat.

You're changing the weather.

You make it hard in December.

And the city was [music] asleep,

but we're wide awake here.

We'll meet around the sun again.

Turning calendar [music]

pages.

>> [music]

>> I feel you getting close.

Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, [music]

baby.

[music]

Heat. Heat.

[music]

the weather.

[music]

[music] We used to be so close

[music]

getting close.

Baby, baby, baby, [music]

baby, baby.

Heat. Heat.

[music]

[music] Heat. Heat.

[music]

>> [music]

>> You make it hard in December. [singing]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
burning /ˈbɜːrnɪŋ/ B1	verb - producing flames and heat adjective - producing heat and light
hurting /ˈhɜːrtɪŋ/ A2	verb - causing emotional pain
missing /ˈmɪsɪŋ/ A2	verb - feeling sadness because someone or something is absent
changing /ˈtʃeɪndʒɪŋ/ B1	verb - making or becoming different
weather /ˈweðər/ A2	noun - the state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time
asleep /əˈsliːp/ A2	adjective - in a state of sleep
awake /əˈweɪk/ A2	adjective - not sleeping
meet /miːt/ A2	verb - to come into contact with
calendar /ˈkælɪndər/ B1	noun - a chart or series of charts showing the days, weeks, and months of a year
pages /ˈpeɪdʒɪz/ A2	noun - one side of a sheet of paper in a book, magazine, or newspaper
heat /hiːt/ A2	noun - the quality of being hot
close /kloʊs/ A2	adjective - near in distance verb - to shut
hard /hɑːrd/ A2	adjective - requiring considerable effort
December /dɪˈsembər/ A2	noun - the twelfth month of the year
used /juːzd/ A2	verb - past tense of use

Key Grammar Structures

• And the lights all went out.

  ➔ Past Simple Tense

  ➔ The verb 'went' is in the past simple tense, indicating a completed action in the past.

• Build the fire for you.

  ➔ Imperative Mood

  ➔ The verb 'build' is in the imperative mood, used to give a command or instruction.

• People missing out on love.

  ➔ Present Participle

  ➔ 'Missing' is a present participle, often used to describe an ongoing action or state.

• No, I want Christmas with you

  ➔ Present Simple Tense with Emphasis

  ➔ The present simple tense 'want' is used with emphasis to express a strong desire.

• until you get close.

  ➔ Subordinating Conjunction with Present Tense

  ➔ 'Until' is a subordinating conjunction introducing a clause with the present tense 'get'.

• You're changing the weather.

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense

  ➔ 'You're changing' is in the present continuous tense, indicating an action happening now.

• We'll meet around the sun again.

  ➔ Future Simple Tense with 'will'

  ➔ 'We'll meet' uses the future simple tense with 'will' to express a future action.

• I feel you getting close.

  ➔ Present Continuous Tense in Subordinate Clause

  ➔ 'Getting close' is in the present continuous tense within a subordinate clause, describing an ongoing action.