In its album version, "Hot Line to Heaven" is a seven-plus-minutes mid-tempo pop song. It was edited to about three-and-a-half minutes for its single release. After Bananarama recorded the soundtrack song "The Wild Life" (from the film of the same name), the edited version of "Hot Line to Heaven" was pressed onto the "Bananarama" album in order to make room for the late-addition of "The Wild Life". This was only a temporary pressing, however, as "Bananarama"'s track listing was restored several months later, with the full version of "Hot Line to Heaven" intact.