Stone Cold (Rainbow song)

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"Stone Cold"
Single by Rainbow
from the album Straight Between the Eyes
ReleasedMarch 1982 (UK) [1]
GenreRock
Length5:15
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)Ritchie Blackmore, Joe Lynn Turner, Roger Glover
Rainbow singles chronology
"Death Alley Driver"
(1982) 		"Stone Cold"
(1982) 		"Bring On the Night (Dream Chaser)"
(1982)
Music video
"Stone Cold" on YouTube

"Stone Cold" is a song by British rock band Rainbow. It was released as a single in 1982 from their album Straight Between the Eyes.

Chart performance[]

The song reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #40 on June 19, 1982, and spent 12 weeks on the chart.[2] This was the band's only Top 40 song in the United States. It also topped the Billboard Top Rock Tracks on June 5, 1982.[3]

Chart (1982) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 40
US Billboard Top Rock Tracks[5] 1
UK Singles Chart[6] 34

Use in media[]

The song was featured on WWF's Stone Cold Metal CD. The song was also featured on the radio station Emotion 98.3 in the game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.

See also[]

Sources[]

  1. ^ "Rainbow singles".
  2. ^ Hot 100: June 19, 1982
  3. ^ "Rock Albums & Top Tracks". Billboard. 5 June 1982. p. 30. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Stone Cold (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  5. ^ "Stone Cold (Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  6. ^ "Stone Cold (UK)". Billboard. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
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