"Cold" is the third single of
Static-X
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's second studio album, ''
Machine''. An alternative version of the song was used on the ''
Queen of the Damned
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'' soundtrack.
The song's video is a homage to
Richard Matheson
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He is best known as the author of '' I Am Legend'', a 1954 science fictio ...
's classic 1954 horror novel ''
I Am Legend''. The video was directed by
Nathan "Karma" Cox and
Linkin Park
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's
Joe Hahn
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.
Track listing
# "Cold" - 3:40
# "Cold" (
Mephisto Odyssey Remix) - 3:40
# "
This Is Not" (Live) - 3:39
# "Cold" (Video)
Chart performance
References
2002 singles
2001 songs
Static-X songs
Warner Records singles
Songs written by Tony Campos
Songs written by Ken Jay
Songs written by Wayne Static
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