Cold Blooded (song)
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| "Cold Blooded" | ||||
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| Single by Rick James | ||||
| from the album Cold Blooded | ||||
| B-side | "Cold Blooded (Instrumental)" | |||
| Released | July 5, 1983 | |||
| Format | 7" (Vinyl 45RPM) | |||
| Genre | Funk | |||
| Length |
4:19 (single version) 5:59 (album version) | |||
| Label | Gordy | |||
| Writer(s) | Rick James | |||
| Producer(s) | Rick James | |||
| Rick James singles chronology | ||||
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For the 1974 James Brown song, see Coldblooded (James Brown song).
"Cold Blooded" is a funk song written and recorded by Rick James in 1983. James wrote the song about his relationship with actress Linda Blair.[citation needed] Released as a single from the album of the same name, it spent six weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B Singles chart and reached number forty on the Hot 100.[1]
In 1999, the song was covered by American rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard and included on his album Nigga Please.
On The Chappelle Show during an episode with a Rick James sketch, James (played by Chappelle) sings the song after slapping Charlie Murphy.
The song was featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on a fictional funk station Bounce FM.
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 291.
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| Preceded by "Get It Right" by Aretha Franklin |
Billboard's Hot Black Singles number one single September 3, 1983 - October 8, 1983 |
Succeeded by "Ain't Nobody" by Rufus and Chaka Khan |
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