Stone Cold (Rainbow song)

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"Stone Cold"
Single by Rainbow
from the album Straight Between the Eyes
B-side "Rock Fever"
Released26 March 1982 (UK) [1]
Genre Hard rock
Length5:15
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s) Ritchie Blackmore, Joe Lynn Turner, Roger Glover
Producer(s) Roger Glover
Rainbow singles chronology
"Death Alley Driver"
(1982)
"Stone Cold"
(1982)
"Bring On the Night (Dream Chaser)"
(1982)
Music video
"Stone Cold" on YouTube

"Stone Cold" is a song by British-American rock band Rainbow. It was released as a single in 1982 from their album Straight Between the Eyes .

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Chart performance

The song reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 40 on June 19, 1982, and spent 12 weeks on the chart. [2] This was the band's only top 40 song in the United States. It also topped the Billboard Top Rock Tracks on June 5, 1982. [3]

Chart (1982)Peak
position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [4] 28
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] 40
US Billboard Top Rock Tracks [6] 1
UK Singles Chart [7] 34

See also

Sources

  1. "Merchandising" (PDF). Record Business. 22 March 1982. p. 4. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. Hot 100: June 19, 1982
  3. "Rock Albums & Top Tracks". Billboard. 5 June 1982. p. 30. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. "Top RPM Singles: Issue 6476." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  5. "Stone Cold (Hot 100)". Billboard . Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  6. "Stone Cold (Rock)". Billboard . Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  7. "Stone Cold (UK)". Billboard . Retrieved April 14, 2020.

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