Song · Cage The Elephant
“Cold Cold Cold” by Cage The Elephant
From the album Tell Me I’m Pretty (2015)
“Cold Cold Cold” by Cage The Elephant appears on 12 radio countdowns from 11 stations between 2017 and 2026. It was first released in 2015 on the album Tell Me I’m Pretty. Its best result is #4 on the WMMR Top 25 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #10 alternative song of 2017 and #304 of the '10s.
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"Cold Cold Cold" comes from Tell Me I'm Pretty, Cage the Elephant's fourth album, and went out as its third single on January 17, 2017. Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys produced and arranged it, and it has a dusty, vintage swagger: Matt Shultz's acoustic guitar and yelping lead vocal ride a loose beat from Jared Champion, with Brad Shultz and Nick Bockrath on guitars, Daniel Tichenor on bass and Matthan Minster adding keys and percussion. Tom Elmhirst mixed it.
It reached number five on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart. Matt Shultz made his directing debut with the video, a black-and-white story of a man committed to a mental institution with the band playing in the background, and the song later turned up in the fourth-season premiere of How to Get Away with Murder.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2017 | 91 |
| 2017 | 27 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017 | 99 |
| 2017 | 26 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 100 Songs of 2017 | 90 |
| 2017 | 9 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2017 | 88 |
| 2017 | 34 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2017 | 103 |
| 2017 | 4 | 93.3 WMMR Philadelphia, PA | WMMR Top 25 Songs of 2017 | 25 |
| 2017 | 9 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2017 | 50 |
| 2017 | 27 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2017 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s) | 107 |
| 2022 | 437 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2026 | 808 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
| 2026 | 574 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
Also listed as: Cold, Cold, Cold.
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