| "Cold Love" | ||||
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| Single by Donna Summer | ||||
| from the album The Wanderer | ||||
| B-side | "Grand Illusion" | |||
| Released | November 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
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| Length | 3:38 3:11 (7") 6:27 (Dance Mix) 7:04 (12") | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
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"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,[5] and No. 49 in Cash Box. Summer earned a Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.[6]
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".
- ^ Carpenter, Bil. "The Wanderer > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
- ^ Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 116. ISBN 0-452-26305-0.
- ^ Matos, Michaelangelo (8 December 2020). "Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles: February 28, 1984". Can’t Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year. Hachette Books. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-306-90337-3.
- ^ Cold Love by Donna Summer - Track Info at AllMusic. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
- ^ "Allmusic - Donna Summer - Billboard singles". Retrieved December 5, 2008.
- ^ "Donna Summer". Grammy Awards. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2023.