Peak
6
Weeks
21
Score
3,445
Chart Year
1977
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This song describes a woman who is materialistic and selfish, with the singer warning that her behavior will come back to haunt her someday. Foreigner's guitarist Mick Jones, who formed the band in 1976 and wrote this song with lead singer Lou Gramm, told Songfacts: "Subconsciously you draw from stuff, things that happened in your past, things that came out of relationships, the pain and the heartache of love that is intense and then so deep, and then suddenly you lose it. The whole gamut of emotional feeling that you go through in a relationship. Sometimes they end, and sometimes they last, and when it's the final breakup, you're left with the memories of that relationship. So I go for that quite a bit. You're kind of digging down deep into your well of significant things that you recall from sometimes near tragedy that you go through at the time." In the "Revenge of the Mooninites" episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force (season one, disc two), the Mooninites acquire the Foreigner Belt, a magical belt that makes literal the lyrics of Foreigner songs. For example: "Cold as Ice" freezes Carl solid, "Dirty White Boy" makes Meatwad act like an irreverent redneck, "Double Vision" messes up Frylock's vision, "Hot Blooded" heats up a pool the Mooninites are swimming in, and "Head Games" turns Carl's head into a Connect Four grid. In 2001, the rap duo M.O.P. sampled this for a song of the same title. >> This was prominently featured on The King Of Queens in the 2004 episode "Furious Gorge." It plays during a montage when Doug, convinced Carrie's aggressive personality causes him to overeat, recalls some of her latest outbursts. It was also used in these TV shows: Stranger Things ("The Mall Rats" - 2019): It plays after Eleven breaks up with Mike. The Flash ("Rogue Air" - 2015) Supernatural ("No Exit" - 2006)
You're as cold as ice You're willing to sacrifice our love You never take advice Some day, you'll pay the price I know I've seen it before, it happens all the time (ooh-ooh) You're closing the door, you leave the world behind You're digging for gold, you're throwing away (ah, ah) A fortune in feelings but, some day, you'll pay You're as cold as ice You're willing to sacrifice our love You want paradise But, some day, you'll pay the price I know I've seen it before, it happens all the time (ooh-ooh) You're closing the door, you leave the world behind You're digging for gold, you're throwing away (ah, ah) A fortune in feelings but, some day, you'll pay Cold as ice You know that you are Cold as ice As cold as ice to me Cold as ice Ooh, ooh, ooh, cold as, cold as ice You're as cold as ice You're as cold as ice, cold as ice, I know You're as cold as ice, yes, I know You're as cold as ice, cold as ice, I know You're as cold as ice, oh, yes, I know You're as cold as ice, cold as ice, I know You're as cold as ice, oh, yes, I know You're as cold as ice, cold as ice
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jul 23, 1977 | 81 | 45 |
| 2 | Jul 30, 1977 | 60 | 66 |
| 3 | Aug 6, 1977 | 48 | 78 |
| 4 | Aug 13, 1977 | 30 | 96 |
| 5 | Aug 20, 1977 | 22 | 104 |
| 6 | Aug 27, 1977 | 20 | 106 |
| 7 | Sep 3, 1977 | 16 | 110 |
| 8 | Sep 10, 1977 | 14 | 112 |
| 9 | Sep 17, 1977 | 12 | 114 |
| 10 | Sep 24, 1977 | 10 | 116 |
| 11 | Oct 1, 1977 | 9 | 117 |
| 12 | Oct 8, 1977 | 8 | 118 |
| 13 | Oct 15, 1977 | 7 | 119 |
| 14 | Oct 22, 1977 | 6 | 120 |
| 15 | Oct 29, 1977 | 14 | 112 |
| 16 | Nov 5, 1977 | 17 | 109 |
| 17 | Nov 12, 1977 | 21 | 105 |
| 18 | Nov 19, 1977 | 39 | 87 |
| 19 | Nov 26, 1977 | 54 | 72 |
| 20 | Dec 3, 1977 | 61 | 65 |