"Cool It Down" is a song by Australian-New Zealand band
Coterie, released as their debut single through Massive Records in New Zealand in December 2021. The song reached the top 30 in New Zealand.
Background and composition
The song was produced by the band at their home studio in their parents' living room in
Perth,
and features additional production by South African producer
Robby De Sá
Robby De Sá is a producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Potchefstroom in South Africa. He attended Potchefstroom High School for Boys and North-West University.
Career
Based in Sydney, he has worked with many artists, songwrite ...
.
The song is an ode to their two homes,
Tauranga in Aotearoa / New Zealand and
West Coast Drive
West Coast Drive is a scenic north-south route along the Indian Ocean in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia.
History
The road was initially a street which formed part of North Beach, which from the 1920s onwards was a coastal v ...
in Perth.
The group composed the song together in writing sessions with an acoustic guitar, and was inspired by their inability to easily return home due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, and the need to limit social interactions in the short-term, to be able to interact in the future.
Release
The song was released as a single on 3 December 2021.
The band translated the song into
Māori
Māori or Maori can refer to:
Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...
with help from
Tīmoti Kāretu
Sir Tīmoti Samuel Kāretu (born 29 April 1937) is a New Zealand academic of Māori language and performing arts. He served as the inaugural head of the Department of Māori at the University of Waikato, and rose to the rank of professor. He w ...
, "Purea / Cool It Down" was released on 2 September 2022,
and was one of the most commercially successful songs released for
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
( en, Māori Language Week) is a government-sponsored initiative intended to encourage New Zealanders to promote the use of the Māori language which is an official language of the country. Māori Language Week is part of a broader movement to ...
2022.
Critical reception
At the 2022
Waiata Māori Music Awards
Waiata is a word in the Māori language meaning "song", and may refer to:
* Māori music#Waiata
* ''Waiata'' (album), a 1981 album by Split Enz
* ''Waiata / Anthems
''Waiata / Anthems'' is compilation album by New Zealand artists, whereby th ...
, "Cool It Down" was nominated for Best Waiata/Single by a Māori Artist, and for the Best Music Video awards.
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from
Tidal.
*Coterie – performer, producer
*
Robby De Sá
Robby De Sá is a producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Potchefstroom in South Africa. He attended Potchefstroom High School for Boys and North-West University.
Career
Based in Sydney, he has worked with many artists, songwrite ...
– engineer, mixing engineer, producer
*Antoni Fisher – engineer, songwriting
*Brandford Fisher – songwriting
*Conrad Fisher – songwriting
*Joshua Fisher – engineer, songwriting
*Tyler Fisher – songwriting
*Paul Stefanidis – mastering engineer
Charts
Certifications
Release history
References
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2021 singles
2021 songs
Coterie songs