Cold

“Cold” is the second single from the album Elemental by the British band Tears for Fears. It was released in July 1993. The single reached the #72 spot in the UK, and also entered the France Top 100.

The song’s lyrics, written by Roland Orzabal, hold references to previous Tears For Fears associates such as the line “Listened to my old friend Nockles, hoped that it would warm the cockles” which is a reference to former TFF keyboardist and co-writer Nicky Holland whose nickname was “Nockles”.

Orzabal also takes a swipe at former Tears For Fears business manager Paul King with the lyric “King got caught with his fingers in the till. Where’s your calculator, did you leave it in your will?” after supposed discrepancies were exposed in King’s previous management of the band’s financial dealings.

The music video was filmed over five days at The Kew Bridge Steam Museum in Brentford, England, and at Pinewood Studios in London. It employs the use of stop motion photography and shows Roland Orzabal in a block of ice (actually clear fiber glass) as people are trying to carve him out.