# Cold One

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For other uses, see [Cold One (disambiguation)](/source/Cold_One_(disambiguation)).

"**Cold One**" is a song co-written and recorded by American [country music](/source/Country_music) singer [Eric Church](/source/Eric_Church). It was released in June 2014 as the third single from his 2014 album *[The Outsiders](/source/The_Outsiders_(Eric_Church_album))*. The song was written by Church, Luke Hutton and Jeff Hyde.

## Content

The song is about a lost love, told from the male's perspective. He states that she took a beer from a twelve-pack that he was drinking at the time, and describes both the beer and her sudden departure as a "cold one". Near the end of the song, [Jay Joyce](/source/Jay_Joyce) performs a guitar solo.[1]

## Critical reception

Will Hermes of *[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)*, in his review of *The Outsiders*, described the song as "a [Little Feat](/source/Little_Feat)-flavored swamprocker that wrings emotion out of a boozer's double-entendre and wedges nearly a minute of hot soloing into a three-minute tune."[2] Matt Bjorke of Roughstock reviewed the single favorably: "'Cold One' tells a simple story but like the first two singles from *The Outsiders*… it has interesting sonic sounds permeating through its heart and that’s enough to make Eric Church continue to stand out amongst a sea of sameness that often is mainstream radio".[1] Writing for [National Public Radio](/source/National_Public_Radio), Ken Tucker stated that "One of the things I like about Church is that he plays with his image as much as his sound. In this one, he makes himself the butt of the joke — the guy getting dumped, 'one beer short of a 12-pack,' as he puts it. He's the dupe, a heartbroken rube. 'Cold One' starts like a terse bit of country-rock, but builds to a frenetic, old-fashioned country hoedown."[3] Kevin John Coyne of *Country Universe* rated the song "A", praising the lyrical content as well: "The song is set up to be one of those 'drinkin’ in the sun anthems,' with a paint-by-numbers kinda country production to boot. Then a few lines in, the guy gets dumped by the cold one who left him 'one beer short of a 12-pack.' Then the band lets loose, in an odd and refreshing way…"[4]

## Music video

The music video was directed by [Peter Zavadil](/source/Peter_Zavadil) and premiered in August 2014.[5]

## Chart performance

The song has sold 281,000 copies in the US as of September 2014.[6]

### Weekly charts

Chart (2014) Peak position

### Year-end charts

Chart (2014) Position US Country Airplay (Billboard)[7] 73 US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[8] 69

## References

1. ["Single Review: Eric Church - Cold One | RoughStock"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140728023159/http://roughstock.com/news/single-review-eric-church-cold-one/). Archived from [the original](http://roughstock.com/news/single-review-eric-church-cold-one/) on 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2014-07-20.

1. Hermes, Will (February 11, 2014). ["The Outsiders"](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/the-outsiders-100679/). *[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)*

1. ["Hangin' Tuff: Eric Church Takes A Chance On 'The Outsiders'"](https://www.npr.org/2014/02/10/274667953/hangin-tuff-eric-church-takes-a-chance-on-the-outsiders). *NPR.org*

1. Coyne, Kevin John (May 17, 2014). ["Single Review: Eric Church, "Cold One""](http://www.countryuniverse.net/2014/05/17/single-review-eric-church-cold-one/)

1. ["CMT : Videos : Eric Church : Cold One"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140812203232/http://www.cmt.com/videos/eric-church/1068918/cold-one.jhtml). [Country Music Television](/source/Country_Music_Television). Archived from [the original](http://www.cmt.com/videos/eric-church/1068918/cold-one.jhtml) on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2014.

1. Matt Bjorke (September 25, 2014). ["The Top 30 Digital Singles – September 25, 2014"](http://roughstock.com/news/2014/09/29498-top-30-digital-singles-september-25-2014/). *Roughstock* Sales figures given [here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bEBOZ1vP6lNivOKFgjW1c_JT-z0wj3RsQRW5hOJMoBk/edit#gid=0)

1. ["Billboard Country Update for December 15, 2014"](http://www.billboard.com/files/pdfs/country_update_1215.pdf). *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. December 15, 2014. p. 17. Retrieved December 15, 2014.

1. ["Best of 2014: Hot Country Songs"](http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2014/hot-country-songs). *Billboard*. Retrieved December 9, 2014.

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