Cold Day in July

"Cold Day in July" is a song written by Richard Leigh (songwriter), Richard Leigh and most famously recorded by American country music group The Chicks, the Dixie Chicks. Before the Chicks recorded the song, Suzy Bogguss and Joy Lynn White both recorded the song for their albums ''Voices in the Wind'' and ''Between Midnight & Hindsight''; Lynn White's version was released as a single in 1993, reaching number 71 on the Hot Country Songs chart.

The Dixie Chicks's version was released on May 8, 2000, to country radio as the fourth single from their fifth studio album and second major label album Fly (Dixie Chicks album), ''Fly'' (1999) by Monument Records. Compared to the previous singles, the song notably has a much darker meaning about a woman's husband leaving her on a "cold day in July".

The song returned the Chicks back to the top ten on the country charts following "Goodbye Earl", which was their first single to miss the top ten. The song peaked at number ten in US country in July 2000 and also went to the number seven peak on the ''RPM (magazine), RPM'' Canadian Country Tracks chart.

Chart performance

Joy Lynn White

Dixie Chicks

Year-end charts

Release history

References

1993 singles
2000 singles
Suzy Bogguss songs
Joy Lynn White songs
The Chicks songs
Songs written by Richard Leigh (songwriter)
Song recordings produced by Paul Worley
Monument Records singles
Epic Records singles
Song recordings produced by Blake Chancey
1992 songs

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