Song · Tears for Fears
“Cold” by Tears for Fears
From the album Elemental (1993)
“Cold” by Tears for Fears appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2003 and 2022. It was first released in 1993 on the album Elemental. Its best result is #836 on The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,796 alternative song of all time.
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"Cold" was the second single from Elemental, going out in July 1993 after "Break It Down Again", and it's Roland Orzabal's song, words and music. He produced it with Alan Griffiths and Tim Palmer, with Mark O'Donoughue engineering.
The story behind it is a small one blown up into a pop song: a German photographer kept trying to shoot Orzabal onstage, he wasn't in the mood and kept hiding his face from her lens, and afterwards she sent him a note wondering how a man who made such warm music could be so cold. The first two verses tell that tale, and elsewhere Orzabal slips in a nod to Nicky Holland, the band's onetime keyboardist and co-writer. It stalled at number 72 in the UK.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1277 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2022 | 836 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
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