- Cold Blooded (Rick James song)
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"Cold Blooded" Single by Rick James from the album Cold Blooded B-side "Cold Blooded (Instrumental)" Released July 5, 1983 Format 7" (Vinyl 45RPM) Genre R&B Length 4:19 (single version)
5:59 (album version)Label Gordy/Motown Writer(s) Rick James Producer Rick James Rick James singles chronology "Teardrops"
(1983)"Cold Blooded"
(1983)"U Bring the Freak Out"
(1983)"Cold Blooded" was a hit funk song for Rick James in 1983. James wrote the song about his relationship with actress Linda Blair.[citation needed] Released from the album of the same title, 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 Chapelle) 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.
Preceded by
"Get It Right" by Aretha FranklinBillboard's Hot Black Singles number one single
September 3 - October 8, 1983Succeeded by
"Ain't Nobody" by Rufus and Chaka KhanCategories:- 1983 singles
- Rick James songs
- Songs written by Rick James
- 1980s pop song stubs
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