Cold One
{{Short description|Song by Eric Church}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Cold One
| cover = EricChurchColdOne.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Eric Church
| album = The Outsiders
| released = {{Start date|2014|6|2}}
| recorded = 2013–14
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=25}}
| label = EMI Nashville
| writer = {{hlist|Eric Church|Luke Hutton|Jeff Hyde}}
| producer = Jay Joyce
| prev_title = Give Me Back My Hometown
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = Talladega
| next_year = 2014
}}
"Cold One" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Eric Church. It was released in June 2014 as the third single from his 2014 album The Outsiders. The song was written by Church, Luke Hutton and Jeff Hyde.
Content
The song is about a lost love, told from the male's perspective. He states that she took a beer from a twelve-pack that he was drinking at the time, and describes both the beer and her sudden departure as a "cold one". Near the end of the song, Jay Joyce performs a guitar solo.
Critical reception
Will Hermes of Rolling Stone, in his review of The Outsiders, described the song as "a Little Feat-flavored swamprocker that wrings emotion out of a boozer's double-entendre and wedges nearly a minute of hot soloing into a three-minute tune."{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/the-outsiders-100679/|title=The Outsiders|first1=Will|last1=Hermes|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=February 11, 2014}} Matt Bjorke of Roughstock reviewed the single favorably: "'Cold One' tells a simple story but like the first two singles from The Outsiders… it has interesting sonic sounds permeating through its heart and that’s enough to make Eric Church continue to stand out amongst a sea of sameness that often is mainstream radio".{{cite web |url=http://roughstock.com/news/single-review-eric-church-cold-one/ |title=Single Review: Eric Church - Cold One | RoughStock |accessdate=2014-07-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728023159/http://roughstock.com/news/single-review-eric-church-cold-one/ |archivedate=2014-07-28 }} Writing for National Public Radio, Ken Tucker stated that "One of the things I like about Church is that he plays with his image as much as his sound. In this one, he makes himself the butt of the joke — the guy getting dumped, 'one beer short of a 12-pack,' as he puts it. He's the dupe, a heartbroken rube. 'Cold One' starts like a terse bit of country-rock, but builds to a frenetic, old-fashioned country hoedown."{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/02/10/274667953/hangin-tuff-eric-church-takes-a-chance-on-the-outsiders|title=Hangin' Tuff: Eric Church Takes A Chance On 'The Outsiders'|website=NPR.org}} Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe rated the song "A", praising the lyrical content as well: "The song is set up to be one of those 'drinkin’ in the sun anthems,' with a paint-by-numbers kinda country production to boot. Then a few lines in, the guy gets dumped by the cold one who left him 'one beer short of a 12-pack.' Then the band lets loose, in an odd and refreshing way…"{{Cite web|url=http://www.countryuniverse.net/2014/05/17/single-review-eric-church-cold-one/|title=Single Review: Eric Church, "Cold One"|first=Kevin John|last=Coyne|date=May 17, 2014}}
Music video
The music video was directed by Peter Zavadil and premiered in August 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/videos/eric-church/1068918/cold-one.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812203232/http://www.cmt.com/videos/eric-church/1068918/cold-one.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 12, 2014|title=CMT : Videos : Eric Church : Cold One|publisher=Country Music Television|accessdate=August 11, 2014}}
Chart performance
The song has sold 281,000 copies in the US as of September 2014.{{cite news |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2014/09/29498-top-30-digital-singles-september-25-2014/ |title=The Top 30 Digital Singles – September 25, 2014|author=Matt Bjorke |date= September 25, 2014 |work=Roughstock }} Sales figures given [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bEBOZ1vP6lNivOKFgjW1c_JT-z0wj3RsQRW5hOJMoBk/edit#gid=0 here]
=Weekly charts=
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! scope="col"| Chart (2014) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{single chart|Canada|87|artist=Eric Church}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcanadacountry|19|artist=Eric Church}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardhot100|88|artist=Eric Church}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcountryairplay|20|artist=Eric Church}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardcountrysongs|20|artist=Eric Church}} |
=Year-end charts=
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| scope="col"|Chart (2014)
!scope="col"|Position |
|---|
| US Country Airplay (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/files/pdfs/country_update_1215.pdf|title=Billboard Country Update for December 15, 2014|page=17|date=December 15, 2014|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=December 15, 2014}}
| align="center" | 73 |
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/hot-country-songs | title=Best of 2014: Hot Country Songs | magazine=Billboard | accessdate=December 9, 2014}}
| align="center" | 69 |
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Cold One|artist=Eric Church|type=single|award=Platinum|certyear=2022|access-date=August 10, 2022}}
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References
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Category:Music videos directed by Peter Zavadil
Category:Song recordings produced by Jay Joyce