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Post by areyoureadytojump on May 17, 2012 12:46:16 GMT -5
Went to #3 on the Hot 100 and was certified Gold.
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2012 13:24:07 GMT -5
This was a major change of pace for her and came at exactly the right time, helping her to survive the disco backlash of the early 80s.
It's catchy, but it's never been one of my favorites by Donna.
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Post by Ling-Ling on May 18, 2020 9:52:59 GMT -5
This song took a long time to grow on me. I think the chorus is super catchy and I appreciate the switch-up in style, but the main synth line in this has always sounded so chintzy to me. Like surprisingly low-budget, especially coming from Moroder/Bellotte, who always made her sound like a million bucks.
I think this was a misstep. The song had a nice chart peak, but Donna was the biggest female artist at the time, plus she was being launched by a fancy new label that had something to prove. But this seems like a major "Tusk" or "LWYMMD" situation. Came out of the gate big, got a nice peak, but was ultimately polarizing and got the era off to a shaky start. There were much more radio friendly songs on the album. This song is so... forgotten. And I think that speaks volumes.
It's also unfortunate, because this was 1980, a year when Moroder had the year-end number one with "Call Me." So clearly radio was open to female dance/rock. And there were songs on this album way more in that vein.
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Post by gonecountry on May 18, 2020 13:17:13 GMT -5
This song took a long time to grow on me. I think the chorus is super catchy and I appreciate the switch-up in style, but the main synth line in this has always sounded so chintzy to me. Like surprisingly low-budget, especially coming from Moroder/Bellotte, who always made her sound like a million bucks. I think this was a misstep. The song had a nice chart peak, but Donna was the biggest female artist at the time, plus she was being launched by a fancy new label that had something to prove. But this seems like a major "Tusk" or "LWYMMD" situation. Came out of the gate big, got a nice peak, but was ultimately polarizing and got the era off to a shaky start. There were much more radio friendly songs on the album. This song is so... forgotten. And I think that speaks volumes. It's also unfortunate, because this was 1980, a year when Moroder had the year-end number one with "Call Me." So clearly radio was open to female dance/rock. And there were songs on this album way more in that vein. Nicely stated. I always had a bit of an issue w/ this song but couldn't figure out why. The quality of the vocals always seemed a bit sub-standard, given Donna's tremendous vocals. |
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jan 20, 2021 23:41:41 GMT -5
I like that this song has an edge and a nice hook, but the song itself just feels very flat and underwhelming overall. Not one of her best.
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Post by Private Dancer on Jan 10, 2022 10:25:34 GMT -5
I really like this song and I love the elements of rock within it. Does anyone who was around at this time remember this song being huge? It peaked at #3 did it feel like a #3 hit? I mean...it did sell a million copies.
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Post by glenpwood on Apr 11, 2022 10:09:34 GMT -5
I really like this song and I love the elements of rock within it. Does anyone who was around at this time remember this song being huge? It peaked at #3 did it feel like a #3 hit? I mean...it did sell a million copies. It felt big at the time but the bigger issue as to why the rest of the Wanderer era flopped was the murder of her labelmate, John Lennon. Geffen was such a new label they pulled all support for Donna the second he died. If you go pull old Billboard's, you can see the album at #13 the week before John passed then it crashed into the thirties while Double Fantasy exploded on its way to number one. The other 2 singles relied on her name to get to into the top 40 but the label did nothing for them. A shame as Cold Love in particular should've been a huge hit. |
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Post by Private Dancer on Apr 11, 2022 11:16:59 GMT -5
I really like this song and I love the elements of rock within it. Does anyone who was around at this time remember this song being huge? It peaked at #3 did it feel like a #3 hit? I mean...it did sell a million copies. It felt big at the time but the bigger issue as to why the rest of the Wanderer era flopped was the murder of her labelmate, John Lennon. Geffen was such a new label they pulled all support for Donna the second he died. If you go pull old Billboard's, you can see the album at #13 the week before John passed then it crashed into the thirties while Double Fantasy exploded on its way to number one. The other 2 singles relied on her name to get to into the top 40 but the label did nothing for them. A shame as Cold Love in particular should've been a huge hit. Hard to imagine it being huge, it just seemed like one of those songs that came and went. And I thought it was because it was sandwiched in between two Donna era's. |
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jul 24, 2023 16:52:15 GMT -5
This also peaked at #16 R&B.
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