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"Cold Hard Bitch" is the fourth single (second in the United States) by Australian rock group Jet from their 2003 debut album, ''
Get Born ''Get Born'' is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Jet. It was released on 14 September 2003 and has sold over 4 million copies worldwide. The album includes Jet's most popular song, "Are You Gonna Be My Girl". Writing and recording ...
''. The song was written by band members
Chris Cester Christopher James Cester (born 16 September 1981) is an Australian musician, songwriter, producer and founding mainstay drummer and backing vocalist of rock band Jet. As a member of Jet, Cester has won awards as a songwriter from the Australas ...
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Cameron Muncey Cameron Thane Muncey (born 8 February 1980) is an Australian guitarist and vocalist. He is the mainstay lead guitarist and one of the songwriters of Melbourne-based rock band Jet which formed in 2001.MacKenzieSpencer et al., (2007JETentry. Retri ...
. Note: User may have to click 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:' e.g Cold Hard Bitch; or at 'Performer:' Jet Heavily inspired by prior heavy bands such as AC/DC, the song is one of the heaviest in the group's catalog, being a tough hard rock tune with a simplistic chord structure. The song was released in the United States on 9 February 2004 and in Australia on 26 July 2004. In addition to peaking at number 33 in Australia, it topped the US '' Billboard''
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and Modern Rock Tracks charts and reached number 55 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In Canada, the song reached number two on the '' Radio & Records'' Rock Top 30, while in Europe, it charted in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 34 in September 2004.


Background and single history

Band-members
Chris Cester Christopher James Cester (born 16 September 1981) is an Australian musician, songwriter, producer and founding mainstay drummer and backing vocalist of rock band Jet. As a member of Jet, Cester has won awards as a songwriter from the Australas ...
,
Nic Cester NIC may refer to: Banking and insurance companies * National Insurance Corporation, Uganda * NIC Bank, a commercial bank in Kenya Politics, government and economics * National Ice Center, an agency that provides worldwide navigational ice a ...
, and
Cameron Muncey Cameron Thane Muncey (born 8 February 1980) is an Australian guitarist and vocalist. He is the mainstay lead guitarist and one of the songwriters of Melbourne-based rock band Jet which formed in 2001.MacKenzieSpencer et al., (2007JETentry. Retri ...
composed the tune. An embryonic version of it appeared on Jet's 2002 release ''
Dirty Sweet ''Dirty Sweet'' is the debut four-track extended play released by Australian rock band Jet in November 2002 on Rubber Records. It was re-recorded and re-issued on 6 May 2003 by Elektra Records. All tracks on the EP are also on the band's debu ...
'' (also known as '' Dirty Sweet EP''), a four-song work from the band's early days. "Cold Hard Bitch" received a large scale release when the group's debut studio album, ''
Get Born ''Get Born'' is the debut studio album by Australian rock band Jet. It was released on 14 September 2003 and has sold over 4 million copies worldwide. The album includes Jet's most popular song, "Are You Gonna Be My Girl". Writing and recording ...
'', came out on 14 September 2003. The group's debut single, "
Are You Gonna Be My Girl "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" is a song by Australian rock band Jet from their 2003 debut album, ''Get Born''. It was released as the first single from the album on 18 August 2003 in the United States and on 1 September 2003 in Australia. The son ...
", became their signature song and gained significant chart success in the US, making it their most successful hit there. That song had considerable pop radio airplay and peaked No. 29 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "Cold Hard Bitch" came out several months later and peaked No. 55 on the Hot 100, yet it was more successful on
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radio stations, reaching No. 1 on ''Billboard''s
Hot Modern Rock Tracks Alternative Airplay (formerly known as Modern Rock Tracks (1988–2009) and Alternative Songs (2009–2020)) is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in ''Billboard'' magazine since September 10, 1988. It ranks the 40 most-played ...
for three weeks. "Cold Hard Bitch" gave the band their only number-one Modern Rock hit in the US: their prior hit, "Are You Gonna Be My Girl", had peaked at No. 3. The single also became their sole No. 1 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, spending eight weeks at the top, whereas their prior hit peaked at No. 7. Strongly influenced by past hard rock groups such as AC/DC, "Cold Hard Bitch" features a simplistic chord structure that emphasizes the guitar playing and bassline. In terms of a critical response, the song received praise from
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's MacKenzie Wilson, who viewed it as having a "sultry" edge. However, in his other positive review of ''Get Born'', music critic Tim Sendra, also of
AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ...
, panned "Cold Hard Bitch". He argued that it was the "only track that really falters" on the release due to it being "silly and mean-spirited", constituting "an ill-advised trip down Nazareth lane" that "leaves the listener with a foul taste in their mouth". At the APRA Music Awards of 2005, "Cold Hard Bitch" was nominated for Most Performed Australian Work Overseas but lost to "Are You Gonna Be My Girl". In the following year, three Jet tracks were nominated for the same category with "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" again winning over "Cold Hard Bitch" and "
Look What You've Done "Look What You've Done" is a song by Australian rock band Jet, released on 8 March 2004 as the fourth single from their debut studio album, ''Get Born'' (2003). The single was initially released in the United Kingdom in March 2004 before bein ...
". The music video for the single shows the band performing in a bar, playing pinball, and talking to women, generally giving off a 'guys night out' atmosphere. The song was produced by the Hothouse team, Craig Harnath and Finn Keane. When the song was performed at
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in Canada in 2005, the name was changed to "You're Like This". It is believed that this was done to cover up the word 'bitch', as they were playing for a benefit concert. Track two, "Ever Lovin' Man", is a cover version of The Loved Ones' hit from July 1966. Track three, "Ain't That a Lotta Love", is a cover of a song written by
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and William Parker.


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{{Authority control 2003 songs 2004 singles Capitol Records singles Elektra Records singles Jet (band) songs Song recordings produced by Dave Sardy Songs written by Nic Cester Songs written by Cameron Muncey Songs written by Chris Cester