Song · Chris Stapleton
“Cold” by Chris Stapleton
From the album Starting Over (2020)
“Cold” by Chris Stapleton appears on 12 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2020 and 2026. It was first released in 2020 on the album Starting Over. Its best result is #2 on the WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2020. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #27 indie & aaa song of 2020, #5,472 indie & aaa song of all time and #203 of the '20s.
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"Cold" was the second single from Starting Over, Chris Stapleton's fourth studio album, released in 2020, and it's a song built on a grand scale. Stapleton produced it with Dave Cobb, and the two of them wrote it with the rhythm section, bassist J.T. Cure and drummer Derek Mixon, so the band that plays it is the band that made it up.
Then they piled on the weather: a full string section of violins, violas and cellos sweeps in around Stapleton's howl, Benmont Tench sits at the piano and Hammond organ, and Morgane Stapleton sings harmony. Vance Powell mixed it. The song took Best Country Song at the 64th Grammy Awards, and Stapleton sang it on both that broadcast and the 55th CMA Awards.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 67 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2020 | 89 |
| 2020 | 2 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2020 | 107 |
| 2020 | 96 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Top 100 Most Played Songs of 2020 | 100 |
| 2020 | 58 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2020 | 90 |
| 2020 | 31 | 90.9 The Bridge Kansas City, MO | 90.9 The Bridge Top 90 Songs of 2020 | 90 |
| 2020 | 14 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2020 | 199 |
| 2020 | 6 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2020 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1274 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2022 | 603 |
| 2023 | 1157 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 446 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 255 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 838 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
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