Song · Gwen Stefani
“Cool” by Gwen Stefani
From the album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. (2004)
“Cool” by Gwen Stefani appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2005. It was first released in 2004 on the album Love. Angel. Music. Baby.. Its best result is #80 on the Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #684 alternative song of 2005.
"Cool" caught Gwen Stefani, on her first solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby., raiding the '80s for synth-pop and new wave sheen, and when it went out as a single in 2005, following "Hollaback Girl", critics heard Cyndi Lauper and Madonna in it. She wrote it with Dallas Austin, who produced it, with Nellee Hooper adding production and Mark "Spike" Stent on the mix.
It's a breakup without the wreckage: two former lovers who have gone their separate ways and stayed friends, and the press was quick to connect it to her old romance with No Doubt bandmate Tony Kanal. Sophie Muller shot the video at Lake Como in Italy, full of flashbacks to the couple's better days. It went top 10 in Australia, the Netherlands and New Zealand, and top 20 in the UK and the US.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 80 | Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA | Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2005 | 105 |
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