Cold as Ice (Foreigner song)

"Cold as Ice"
Single by Foreigner
from the album Foreigner
B-side "I Need You"
Released July 23, 1977 (1977-07-23)
Format 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl
Recorded 1976
Genre Pop rock, hard rock, progressive rock
Length 3:18 (single)
3:19 (album)
Label Atlantic
Writer(s) Lou Gramm, Mick Jones
Producer(s) Gary Lyons, John Sinclair
Foreigner singles chronology
"Feels Like the First Time"
(1977)		 "Cold as Ice"
(1977)		 "Long, Long Way from Home"
(1978)

"Cold as Ice" is a 1977 song by British-American rock band Foreigner from their eponymous debut album. It became one of the best known songs of the band in the US, peaking at number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was initially the B-side of some versions of the "Feels Like the First Time" 45 rpm single.

"Cold as Ice" was used as the soundtrack for a skit on the March 25, 1978 broadcast of Saturday Night Live that showed a man being attacked by a woman in a number of grisly ways. Host Christopher Lee introduced the segment as being "not for the squeamish".[1]

The song was later sampled by Scott Brown in the song "Ice Cold 2".[2] It was also sampled by M.O.P. in their song "Cold as Ice" from the Warriorz album.[3] It is featured in the video game Rock Band 3. American rapper and producer Kanye West used a sample of the record as part of an intro for his song "Cold" during his set at the Glastonbury Festival 2015.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1977) Peak
position
Australia Kent Music Report[4] 32
Canada RPM Top Singles 9
Dutch Top 40[5] 13
US Billboard Hot 100[6] 6
US Cash Box Top 100[7] 10
Chart (1978) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[8] 24
Chart (1985) Peak
position
Irish Singles Chart[9] 18

Year-end charts

Chart (1977) Rank
Canada[10] 89
US Billboard Hot 100[11] 68
US Cash Box Top 100[12] 42

References

  1. ↑ SNL transcripts Retrieved 28 Jan 2015.
  2. ↑ "Scott Brown's Ice Cold sample of Foreigner's Cold as Ice". WhoSampled. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
  3. ↑ "M.O.P.'s Cold as Ice sample of Foreigner's Cold as Ice". WhoSampled. Retrieved September 19, 2009.
  4. ↑ Australian-charts.com Archived October 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ "De Nederlandse Top 40, week 42, 1977". Retrieved December 4, 2008.
  6. ↑ "allmusic.com Foreigner Billboard singles charts". Retrieved December 4, 2008.
  7. ↑ http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19771015.html
  8. ↑ "everyhit.com search results". Archived from the original on July 17, 2007. Retrieved December 4, 2008.
  9. ↑ "irishcharts.ie search results for Foreigner". Archived from the original on February 1, 2010. Retrieved December 4, 2008.
  10. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  11. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1978/Top 100 Songs of 1978". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  12. ↑

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