Too Cold

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"Too Cold"
Roots Manuva - Too Cold.jpg
Single by Roots Manuva
from the album Awfully Deep
Released21 March 2005 (2005-03-21) [1]
Genre Hip hop
Length3:58
Label Big Dada
Songwriter(s) Rodney Smith, A. Ross, R. Lamb
Producer(s) Roots Manuva
Roots Manuva singles chronology
"Colossal Insight"
(2005)
"Too Cold"
(2005)
"Buff Nuff"
(2008)

"Too Cold" is a 2005 single by British rapper Roots Manuva. It was released as a single from Awfully Deep . [2] It peaked at number 39 on the UK Singles Chart. [3] Prefix magazine characterized the track for its "plodding gothic beat and sing-along self-inflective chorus". [4] The song's string-laced production [2] has been compared to a "West End musical". [5] [6]

Contents

Track listing

CD edition
No.TitleLength
1."Too Cold (Radio Edit)"3:03
2."Too Cold (Sa-Ra Radio Edit)"3:37
3."Too Cold (Nightmares on Wax Radio Edit)"4:42
4."Too Cold (Go! Team Radio Edit)"3:25
5."No Love"4:01
12 inch edition: side A
No.TitleLength
1."Too Cold (Original)"3:03
2."Too Cold (Instrumental)"3:03
3."Too Cold (Acapella)"3:03
12 inch edition: side B
No.TitleLength
1."Too Cold (Sa-Ra Remix)"3:37
2."Too Cold (Nightmares on Wax Remix)"4:42
3."Too Cold (Go! Team Remix)"3:25

Charts

ChartPeak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [3] 39

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