Peak
7
Weeks
51
Score
8,518
Chart Year
2022
To accompany the release, a music video for "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" premiered to John's official YouTube channel on 13 August 2021.[123] Created in the isolation of the pandemic, Raman Djafari of Blink Ink directed the animated and imaginative video with the aspiration of crafting a galaxy "full of celebration, dance and joy".[125][124] Gareth Owen and Josef Byrne produced the video with the characters of John and Lipa being designed by Seo Young.[126] The video traces the adventure of John and Lipa, portrayed as animated characters, together with four claymation-described 3D characters that dance to disco music, as they explore colorful and nature-filled galaxies and psychedelic landscapes.[125][124] In a sequence, the use of hand-drawn 2D elements enhances the visual frames, imparting an ethereal atmosphere to the animation.[123] One of the dancers draws a shooting star in the sky, while flying fish appear to radiate from the movements of their dancing shoes.[125] At the same time, towering flowers with eyes emerge and envelop the dancers, imbuing them with a sense of nature.[123] There is also a psychedelic countryside sequence featuring flowers with puckered petals that sway in time with the music, and clouds fashioned into the shapes of unicorns and castles.[125] The animated charactes bring their journey to a close by joining John and Lipa in an dance celebration at a garden party located on one side of the Milky Way.[123][124] John Russell from Grazia expressed his admiration for the video, while characterising it as "gorgeous" and highlighting its animation theme.[127] Robledo for Gay Times referred to the video as "stunning" and deemed it to be "a fun and mind-blowing experience".[20] Paulina Vales of The Honey Pop declared the video as the year's "most iconic animated video" and commended its aesthetics and fashion, writing that "[John and Lipa brought] us joy we were missing in our life".[128] While being streamed by American streaming platform Disney+, John and Lipa performed "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)" live at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles as part of the former's Farewell Yellow Brick Road world tour on 20 November 2022.[129] Three remixes of the song, including a rendition by German disc jockey Claptone and American disc jockey the Blessed Madonna, accompanied the single's release between September and October 2021.[130][131][132] The rendition by the Blessed Madonna marked the second time that she had remixed a song from Lipa, following the remix of "Levitating" (2020).[133] Samantha Reis from We Rave You gave a favorable assessment of the remix, stating that it took the already "club-ready beat" and elevated its "clubby vibe" to the maximum.[133] Ariel King for Dancing Astronaut also positively commented that the remix "fits neatly into a sparkling club atmosphere while maintaining Lipa's disco aesthetic".[134] The remix was accompanied by a visualiser video as a remix of the official music video, displaying animated eyes and fantastical creatures.[
This club-ready single blends together four of Elton John's much-loved tracks for a song about a relationship that's gone icy. It starts with John performing lyrics from his 1989 single "Sacrifice," then Dua Lipa comes in for the chorus borrowed from Elton's 1972 hit "Rocket Man." The song also features elements from "Kiss The Bride" (originally from the 1983 album Too Low For Zero), and "Where's the Shoorah?" (from the 1976 double album Blue Moves). Dua Lipa planted the seed of the collaboration when she invited Elton John for an Instagram live discussion of his experiences with Studio 54 ahead of her remix album Club Future Nostalgia. A subsequent friendship blossomed, which saw John appear as a guest on Lipa's Studio 2054 live stream. The two then sang together at Elton's 2021 Oscars party, performing "Bennie And The Jets" and "Love Again." The Australian dance music trio PNAU cobbled together the production. PNAU previously released an album of John remixes titled Good Morning To The Night in 2012. That record shared a similar approach to this dance blender, taking samples from John's catalog of recordings and mixing them together to create completely new anthems. The Hamburg-based animator and director Raman Djafari created the video, which sees animated versions of the two singers stepping into a vibrant and euphoric world before separating as their planets drift apart. This became Elton John's 68th career entry on the Hot 100 when it debuted at #81 on the chart dated August 28. The English icon's previous visit to the chart was 21 years previously when "Someday Out of the Blue" ranked at #99 on the chart dated July 29, 2000, after reaching #49. When "Cold Heart" entered the UK Top 10 in September 2021, Elton John became the first artist to rack up a Top 10 song in the UK in six different decades. He overtook Cher, Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and David Bowie, who each scored at least one Top 10 single in five different decades. The song climbed to #1 on the UK singles chart after three consecutive weeks #2. It marked Elton John's eighth visit to the UK summit and first for 16 years, since his feature on 2Pac's posthumous 2005 single "Ghetto Gospel." Dua Lipa achieved her third UK #1 with this song. Her previous two chart-toppers were her 2017 solo single "New Rules" and her 2018 collaboration with Calvin Harris, "One Kiss." When the song jumped from #46 to #32 on the Hot 100, it gave Elton his first Top 40 hit since his duet with LeAnn Rimes in 1999, "Written In The Stars." It also broke the record for longest span between first and last Top 40 hit. Elton's first Top 40 was "Your Song," which he released in 1970. Michael Jackson previously had the record with his 1971 hit "Ben" to his posthumous feature on Drake's 2018 song "Don't Matter to Me." The Lockdown Sessions became Elton's eighth UK #1 album and his first since 2012's Good Morning To The Night. When this climbed to #1 in Australia, Elton, at 74 years, seven months and 14 days, became the oldest artist to top the ARIA Singles Chart. He overtook Paul McCartney, who reached the summit with "FourFiveSeconds," alongside Rihanna and Kanye West, when he was 72. "Cold Heart" is just one taster from eight months of work for PNAU remixing Elton John tracks. "We ended up making 12 to 14 songs. It's full of dance bangers, it's not as broad as (Elton John's) collaborations album," PNAU's Nick Littlemore told Billboard. The song spent 10 weeks at #1 on the Australian singles chart. An impressive achievement, but well short of the record held by Tones and I's "Dance Monkey," which stayed at the summit for 24 weeks.
[Elton John:] It's a human sign When things go wrong When the scent of her lingers And temptation's strong Cold, cold heart (Oh) Hardened by you Some things looking better, baby (Oh) Just passin' through (Oh no, no, no, no) [Dua Lipa:] And I think it's gonna be a long, long time 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find Another man that think I am at home Oh no, no, no, no (No, no, no, no) And this is what I should have ever said When I'm fallin', but I can't dance [Elton John:] Cold, cold heart (Oh) Hardened by you Some things looking better, baby (Oh) Just passin' through (Oh no, no, no, no) [Dua Lipa:] And I think it's gonna be a long, long time 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find Another man that think I am at home Oh no, no, no, no (No, no, no, no) And this is what I should have ever said When I'm fallin', but I can't dance [Elton John:] Cold, cold heart (Oh) Hardened by you Some things looking better, baby (Oh) Just passin' through (Oh no, no, no, no) [Dua Lipa:] And I think it's gonna be a long, long time 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find Another man that think I am at home Oh no, no, no, no (No, no, no, no) And this is what I should have ever said When I'm fallin', but I can't dance Uh, sugar (Oh no, no, no, no)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 28, 2021 | 81 | 45 |
| 5 | Sep 25, 2021 | 98 | 28 |
| 6 | Oct 2, 2021 | 74 | 52 |
| 7 | Oct 9, 2021 | 46 | 80 |
| 8 | Oct 16, 2021 | 32 | 94 |
| 9 | Oct 23, 2021 | 25 | 101 |
| 10 | Oct 30, 2021 | 27 | 99 |
| 11 | Nov 6, 2021 | 15 | 111 |
| 12 | Nov 13, 2021 | 14 | 112 |
| 13 | Nov 20, 2021 | 14 | 112 |
| 14 | Nov 27, 2021 | 11 | 115 |
| 15 | Dec 4, 2021 | 11 | 115 |
| 16 | Dec 11, 2021 | 13 | 113 |
| 17 | Dec 18, 2021 | 19 | 107 |
| 18 | Dec 25, 2021 | 23 | 103 |
| 19 | Jan 1, 2022 | 29 | 97 |
| 20 | Jan 8, 2022 | 20 | 106 |
| 21 | Jan 15, 2022 | 7 | 119 |
| 22 | Jan 22, 2022 | 10 | 116 |
| 23 | Jan 29, 2022 | 9 | 117 |