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"Cold December" is a song by American rapper and singer Rod Wave. It was released as a single through Alamo Records and Sony Music on January 17, 2022. The song was produced by TnTXD, Lukecmon, JB, and ThatBossEvan, who all wrote the song with Rod, while the only other known credit is Travis Harrington for being the recording engineer. A country-influenced R&B and trap ballad, the song sees Rod emotionally looking back to previous romantic relationships while it samples American singer-songwriter Hank Williams Jr.'s song, "O.D.'d in Denver", from his thirtieth studio album, Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound (1979).
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- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 389.
- ↑ Music, Saving Country (2019-06-25). "40 years ago today, Hank Williams Jr. records "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound" in Nashville. He wrote the song while hanging w/ the Allman Brothers. Dickey Betts asked Jr. how he writes country songs. Jr. belted, "Well I got a good woman at home.." The rest came together in 10 mins". @KyleCoroneos. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ↑ "Hank Williams, Jr. Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.