Cold Love

{{Infobox song

| name = Cold Love

| cover = Cold_Love_(U.K.).jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Donna Summer

| album = The Wanderer

| B-side = Grand Illusion

| released = November 1980

| recorded = 1980

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

  • Hard rock{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r19353 |tab=review |label="The Wanderer > Review" |first=Bil|last=Carpenter |accessdate= December 21, 2023}}
  • dance-rock{{cite book|first=Dave|last=Marsh|title=The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Heart_Of_Rock_Soul.html?id=5t5DYDniSHEC|date=1989|publisher=Plume|isbn=0-452-26305-0|page=116}}
  • new wave{{cite book|first=Michaelangelo|last=Matos|title=Can’t Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year|chapter= Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles: February 28, 1984|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Can_t_Slow_Down.html?id=RGLbDwAAQBAJ|date=8 December 2020|publisher=Hachette Books|isbn=978-0-306-90337-3|page=64}}

| length = 3:38
3:11 (7")
6:27 (Dance Mix)
7:04 (12")

| label = Geffen

| writer = {{flatlist|

| producer = {{flatlist|

| prev_title = The Wanderer

| prev_year = 1980

| next_title = Who Do You Think You're Foolin'

| next_year = 1981

}}

"Cold Love" is a song by American singer Donna Summer, released as the second single from her album The Wanderer. The song was written by Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey and Pete Bellotte and produced by Bellotte and Giorgio Moroder. It peaked at No. 33 in the Billboard Hot 100,{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5556/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} |title=Allmusic - Donna Summer - Billboard singles |accessdate=December 5, 2008}} and No. 49 in Cash Box. Summer earned a Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/donna-summer/14046|title=Donna Summer|publisher=Grammy Awards|accessdate=March 9, 2023|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116090457/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/donna-summer/14046}}

Vocally, this song contrasts with the just previous "The Wanderer" single release - it is very reminiscent of her 1979 disco hit "Hot Stuff" - power belt and hard rock approach. This style was currently in vogue in the early 1980s and used by female vocalists in groups such as Heart and in Pat Benatar's "Hit Me with Your Best Shot".

Track listing

;7" vinyl single

  1. "Cold Love" (Faltermeyer, Forsey, Bellotte) – 3:11
  2. "Grand Illusion" (Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder) – 3:51

;12" vinyl single

  1. "Cold Love" (Faltermeyer, Forsey, Bellotte) – 3:37
  2. "Grand Illusion (Summer, Moroder) – 3:54

Charts

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|+ Weekly chart performance for "Cold Love"

! scope="col" | Chart (1980-1981)

! scope="col" | Peak
position

{{single chart|Ireland2|30|song=Cold Love|rowheader=true|access-date=March 9, 2023}}
{{single chart|UK|44|song=Cold Love|artistid=Donna Summer|date=19810118|rowheader=true|access-date=March 9, 2023}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|33|artist=Donna Summer|refname=Billboardhot100|rowheader=true|access-date=March 9, 2023}}
{{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|8|artist=Donna Summer|rowheader=true|access-date=March 9, 2023}}
scope="row" | US Cash Box Top 100{{cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19810124.html|title=CASH BOX Top 100 Singles (Week ending JANUARY 24, 1981)|website=Cash Box|access-date=March 9, 2023|archive-date=February 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222014221/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19810124.html}}

| 49

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