Cold as You

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"Cold as You"
Luke Combs - Cold as You.png
Single by Luke Combs
from the album What You See Is What You Get
ReleasedJuly 19, 2021 (2021-07-19) [1]
Genre Country
Length3:06
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Chip Matthews
  • Jonathan Singleton
  • Luke Combs
Luke Combs singles chronology
"Forever After All"
(2021)
"Cold as You"
(2021)
"Doin' This"
(2021)
Music video
"Cold as You" on YouTube

"Cold as You" is a song by American country music singer Luke Combs, It was released on July 19, 2021, as the seventh single from the deluxe edition of his second studio album What You See Is What You Get . [2] The song was co-written by Randy Montana, Shane Minor, Jonathan Singleton and Combs, who also produced the track with Singleton and Chip Matthews. [3]

Contents

Background

On October 5, 2020, Combs uploaded an acoustic rendition of "Cold as You" and dedicated it to his parents, wife and fans. [4]

Content

"Cold as You" was described by Outsider as a "story of a broken-hearted guy finding his way to a barstool". [5]

Music video

The music video was uploaded on August 25, 2021, and was directed by TA Films. It showcases a man through a night after he escapes his ex-girlfriend and her new lover via a secret door in the back of a jukebox in a nostalgic diner. [6] In addition to the couple featured in the "Hurricane" music video, other supporting actors make cameos in the music video as the characters from other of Combs' music videos, including the grandfather and granddaughter from "Forever After All", childhood versions of Combs and his wife, Nicole, from "Lovin' on You", and the rejected proposer and his bartender from "Beer Never Broke My Heart".

Live performance

Combs performed the song at the 2020 CMA Awards and 2021 CMT Music Awards. [7] [8]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [20] Gold35,000
United States (RIAA) [21] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history for "Cold as You"
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousOctober 23, 2020
[22]
United StatesJuly 19, 2021 Country radio [1]

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