Cold Summer (song)

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"Cold Summer"
Single by Fuel
from the album Puppet Strings
ReleasedJune 10, 2014
Format Digital download
Genre Alternative rock, post-grunge
Length3:56
Label MegaForce Records
Songwriter(s) Brett Scallions, Eddie Wohl
Fuel singles chronology
"Soul to Preach To"
(2014)		"Cold Summer"
(2014)		"What We Can Never Have"
(2014)

"Cold Summer" is the second single released from Fuel's album Puppet Strings . The song dates back to the early 2000s (decade) before the band's 2003 album Natural Selection . [1] According to Scallions the band had recorded the song several times and lost hope in it until producer Eddie Wohl convinced Scallions to record it for Puppet Strings. [1] [2]

Fuel (band) American band

Fuel is an American rock band formed by guitarist and songwriter Carl Bell and bassist Jeff Abercrombie in 1994. They are known for their hit songs "Shimmer" from Sunburn, "Hemorrhage " and "Bad Day" from Something Like Human, and "Falls on Me" from Natural Selection. The band has sold nearly four million records worldwide.

<i>Puppet Strings</i> 2014 studio album by Fuel

Puppet Strings is the fifth studio album by American rock band Fuel. Released March 4, 2014, it is their first studio effort since 2003's Natural Selection to feature original lead singer Brett Scallions and the first Fuel album not to feature original songwriter/guitarist, Carl Bell and bassist Jeff Abercrombie. Additionally, no one who participated in the recording of Fuel's previous album Angels & Devils participated in the recording of Puppet Strings.

<i>Natural Selection</i> (Fuel album) 2003 studio album by Fuel

Natural Selection is Fuel's third album, released in 2003 on Epic Records. It features generally the same style as heard on the band's previous two efforts but didn't manage to match their commercial success.

Contents

Track listing

Song composed by Brett Scallions and Eddie Wohl. Ken Schalk is credited to performing drums on this track, however, left the band before the release of Puppet Strings.

Brett Scallions American singer

Brett Allen Scallions is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and lyricist of post-grunge band Fuel.

Eddie Wohl is a six-time American Emmy Award winning songwriter, composer, music producer, and mixer, whose projects have sold over 6 million units combined. As an artist he was signed to Epic, Elektra, Mercury/Island and had a production deal with Roadrunner Records. Growing up on the East Coast, Wohl was in his first band at age 15 and signed his first record deal at the age of 25. Wohl’s major influences growing up included Black Sabbath, Stevie Wonder, Public Enemy and McCoy Tyner. Coming out of the New York City club/band scene, he has spent many years honing his craft as a world-class songwriter and producer. In 1999, Wohl, along with his partners, launched the iconic New York based Scrap 60 Productions, which was responsible for producing acts such as Anthrax, Ill Nino and H2O, amongst many other acts.

No.TitleLength
1."Cold Summer"3:56

Music video

A music video was filmed in Agoura Hills, CA and features Scallions as a pool boy who stumbles in to a party.

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [3] 39

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References

  1. 1 2 Graff, Gary. "Fuel, 'Cold Summer': Exclusive Song Premiere". billboard.com. Feb 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ Thrash, Johnny. "Fuel ‘Cold Summer’ – Crank It or Yank It?" 1063thebuzz.com. May 21, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Fuel Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved September 8, 2019.


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