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“She's So Cold” by The Rolling Stones

From the album Emotional Rescue (1980)

“She's So Cold” by The Rolling Stones appears on 38 radio countdowns from 16 stations between 1980 and 2026. It was first released in 1980 on the album Emotional Rescue. Its best result is #4 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #4 alternative song of 1980 and #470 of the '80s.

38countdowns
16stations
#4best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
1980–2026years charted

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"She's So Cold" came off the Rolling Stones' 1980 album Emotional Rescue as its second single, backed with "Send It to Me", and it finds Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, who wrote it, griping about a woman who just won't warm up. The Glimmer Twins produced, with Chris Kimsey engineering and credited as associate producer.

One curse word in the lyric gave radio a headache, so the promo copy sent to stations came two ways: a clean edit on one side and the uncut take on the flip. Billboard heard a "torchy rock attack", and Record World reckoned Jagger and Richards had the usual woman trouble but were as hot as ever. "Start Me Up" came next.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1980 4 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1980 106

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 330 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1996 775 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) 1000
1997 418 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1997 331 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1998 964 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1998) 1000
1999 917 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) 998
2002 465 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 463 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2010 367 97.9 The Loop The Loop USO Rock 'N' Roll 500 (2010) 500
2011 334 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 336 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2012 378 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2012) 500
2012 788 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) 885
2013 250 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 435 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2013 384 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 481 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2013 322 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2014 306 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 318 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2014 672 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 321 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2015 333 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2016 271 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2016 460 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 299 Qfm96 Qfm96 Memorial Day 500 (2016) 500
2017 285 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2017 413 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2018 283 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2019 758 102.5 KZOK KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 1025
2020 289 Q105.7 Q105.7 Memorial Day 500 (2020) 499
2020 303 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2021 879 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '80s 909
2022 234 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) 500
2022 489 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2024 910 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2026 112 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) 499

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Charting alongside it in 1980

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  5. 5Once in a LifetimeTalking Heads
  6. 6You Shook Me All Night LongAC/DC

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