"Heat Wave" is a 1963 song penned by the Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team. The song was first made popular by the American Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. Released as a single on July 9, 1963, on the Motown subsidiary label Gordy, it peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the Billboard Hot R&B chart. It was later covered by rock vocalist Linda Ronstadt on her Platinum-selling 1975 album Prisoner in Disguise. Ronstadt's version of the song was also released as a single in September 1975, reaching number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2010, English singer Phil Collins had success with his Top 40 remake of the song on the BillboardAdult Contemporary chart.
Martha and the Vandellas version
Background
"Heat Wave" was one of several songs written and produced by the Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting and producing team. It was the second hit collaboration between Martha and the Vandellas and the team, with the first being "Come and Get These Memories". The lyrics of "Heat Wave" feature the song's narrator singing about a guy who has her heart "burning with desire" and "going insane" over the feeling of his love, and asking, "is this the way love's supposed to be?" The song is often referred to as "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave", but the title on the label of the original 1963 single was just "Heat Wave".
The 1995 Chicago heat wave was a heat wave which led to 739 heat-related deaths in Chicago over a period of five days. Most of the victims of the heat wave were elderly poor residents of the city, who could not afford air conditioning and did not open windows or sleep outside for fear of crime. The heat wave also heavily impacted the wider Midwestern region, with additional deaths in both St. Louis, Missouri and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Weather
The temperatures soared to record highs in July with the hottest weather occurring from July 12 to July 16. The high of 106°F (41°C) on July 13 was the second warmest July temperature (warmest being 110°F (43°C) set on July 23, 1934) since records began at Chicago Midway International Airport in 1928. Nighttime low temperatures were unusually high — in the upper 70s and lower 80s °F (about 26°C).
At the peak of the heat wave, as was the case in the summer of 1988, and possibly 1977, Madison, Wisconsin probably would have broken its all-time maximum temperature record of 107°F (42°C) had the reporting station been in the same location as it was during the 1930s.
How the deadly 1995 Chicago heat wave compares to the COVID-19 pandemic
Twenty-five years ago this July, Chicago survived its worst natural disaster in history. Over 700 people died when a heat wave swept through the city.
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Climate change: Lessons from the 1995 Chicago heatwave • FRANCE 24 English
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Officials mark 25th anniversary of Chicago heat wave
On Monday, local leaders acknowledged lessons learned more than a generation ago when an unrelenting heat wave became the deadliest natural disaster in Chicago's history.
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Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code tells the story of the tragic 1995 Chicago heatwave, the most traumatic in U.S. history, in which 739 citizens died over the course of just a single week, most of them poor, elderly, and African American. Cooked is a story about life, death, and the politics of crisis in an American city that asks the question: Was this a one-time tragedy, or an appalling trend?
published: 09 Aug 2020
1995 Chicago Heat Wave
This is a short informative piece on the 1995 Chicago Heat Wave. Created by Amanda Dragovic for Natural Disasters at Columbia College Chicago.
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Death toll of Chicago's 1995 heat wave revealed same racial disparities as coronavirus today
Chicago experienced the deadliest natural disaster in its history 25 years ago this month when 739 people died in a heat wave.
published: 08 Jul 2020
Conversation From our Archive: Chicago's 1995 Heat Wave
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From our archive: Ray Suarez talks with author Eric Klinenberg about his book on the 1995 heat wave.
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More than half the US experiencing dangerous heat wave
In 1995, a heat wave in Chicago killed more than 700 people; emergency rooms are on alert, bracing for an influx of heat-related emergencies.
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On Monday, local leaders acknowledged lessons learned more than a generation ago when an unrelenting heat wave became the deadliest natural disaster in Chicago'...
On Monday, local leaders acknowledged lessons learned more than a generation ago when an unrelenting heat wave became the deadliest natural disaster in Chicago's history.
On Monday, local leaders acknowledged lessons learned more than a generation ago when an unrelenting heat wave became the deadliest natural disaster in Chicago's history.
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code tells the story of the tragic 1995 Chicago heatwave, the most traumatic in U.S. history, in which 739 citizens died over the course...
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code tells the story of the tragic 1995 Chicago heatwave, the most traumatic in U.S. history, in which 739 citizens died over the course of just a single week, most of them poor, elderly, and African American. Cooked is a story about life, death, and the politics of crisis in an American city that asks the question: Was this a one-time tragedy, or an appalling trend?
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code tells the story of the tragic 1995 Chicago heatwave, the most traumatic in U.S. history, in which 739 citizens died over the course of just a single week, most of them poor, elderly, and African American. Cooked is a story about life, death, and the politics of crisis in an American city that asks the question: Was this a one-time tragedy, or an appalling trend?
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From our archive: Ray Suarez talks with author Eric Klinenberg about his book on ...
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From our archive: Ray Suarez talks with author Eric Klinenberg about his book on the 1995 heat wave.
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From our archive: Ray Suarez talks with author Eric Klinenberg about his book on the 1995 heat wave.
In 1995, a heat wave in Chicago killed more than 700 people; emergency rooms are on alert, bracing for an influx of heat-related emergencies.
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On Monday, local leaders acknowledged lessons learned more than a generation ago when an unrelenting heat wave became the deadliest natural disaster in Chicago's history.
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code tells the story of the tragic 1995 Chicago heatwave, the most traumatic in U.S. history, in which 739 citizens died over the course of just a single week, most of them poor, elderly, and African American. Cooked is a story about life, death, and the politics of crisis in an American city that asks the question: Was this a one-time tragedy, or an appalling trend?
For more on this story go to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/topic/climate-change/
From our archive: Ray Suarez talks with author Eric Klinenberg about his book on the 1995 heat wave.
In 1995, a heat wave in Chicago killed more than 700 people; emergency rooms are on alert, bracing for an influx of heat-related emergencies.
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"Heat Wave" is a 1963 song penned by the Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting team. The song was first made popular by the American Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas. Released as a single on July 9, 1963, on the Motown subsidiary label Gordy, it peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the Billboard Hot R&B chart. It was later covered by rock vocalist Linda Ronstadt on her Platinum-selling 1975 album Prisoner in Disguise. Ronstadt's version of the song was also released as a single in September 1975, reaching number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2010, English singer Phil Collins had success with his Top 40 remake of the song on the BillboardAdult Contemporary chart.
Martha and the Vandellas version
Background
"Heat Wave" was one of several songs written and produced by the Holland–Dozier–Holland songwriting and producing team. It was the second hit collaboration between Martha and the Vandellas and the team, with the first being "Come and Get These Memories". The lyrics of "Heat Wave" feature the song's narrator singing about a guy who has her heart "burning with desire" and "going insane" over the feeling of his love, and asking, "is this the way love's supposed to be?" The song is often referred to as "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave", but the title on the label of the original 1963 single was just "Heat Wave".
Whenever I'm with him Something inside starts to burnin' And I'm filled with desire Could it be a devil in me Or is this the way love's supposed to be? It's like a heat wave Burnin' in my heart I can't keep from cryin' It's tearin' me apart Whenever he calls my name Soft, low, sweet and plain I feel, right there I feel that burnin' flame Has high blood pressure got a hold on me Or is this the way love's supposed to be? It's like a heat wave Burnin' in my heart I can't keep from cryin' It's tearin' me apart Sometimes I stare in space Tears all over my face I can't explain it Don't understand it I ain't never felt like this before Now this funny feelin' has me amazed I don't know what to do My head's in a haze It's like a heat wave I recorded the lyrics at the end of the thrid verse as It's like a heat wave Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! (go ahead and cry girl) Oh Yeah! (go ahead girl) Yeah yeah! (well it's alright) Yeah yeah! (ain't nothing but love girl) Yeah yeah! (unintelligible) (sounds like a new romance) Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! (Burning burning burning) Right here in my heart