Single by MC Lyte featuring Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
from the album Bad As I Wanna B
B-side
"Have U Ever"
"Paper Thin"
Released
November 12, 1996 (1996-11-12)
Length
4:17
Label
EastWest
Songwriter(s)
Lana Moorer
Melissa Elliott
Nile Rodgers
Bernard Edwards
Producer(s)
Rashad "Ringo" Smith (original)
Sean "Puffy" Combs (remix)
MC Lyte singles chronology
"Keep On, Keepin' On" (1996)
"Cold Rock a Party" (1996)
"Everyday" (1997)
Missy Elliott singles chronology
"You Don't Have to Worry" (1996)
"Cold Rock a Party" (1996)
"Can We" (1997)
"Cold Rock a Party" is the lead single released from American rapper MC Lyte's fifth studio album, Bad As I Wanna B (1996). While the original version of the song that appears on the album was produced by Rashad Smith and samples Audio Two's "Top Billin", the single version features Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, was produced by Sean Combs, and samples Diana Ross' 1980 hit "Upside Down".[1]
The song became MC Lyte's second-highest-charting single in the United States (after her previous single "Keep On, Keepin' On"), peaking at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, and it received a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), selling over 600,000 units by the end of 1997. It is MC Lyte's last single to appear on the Billboard Hot 100. "Cold Rock a Party" also became a hit in several other countries, including New Zealand, where it reached No. 1 for two weeks.
^Caulfield, Kevin (5 February 2000). "Nile by Numbers: A Life on the Charts". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 6. p. 64. ISSN 0006-2510.
positions for singles in Australia: All except "She's a Bitch", "One Minute Man", "ColdRockaParty", "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" and...
January 2021. "ColdRockaParty Best Of - MC Lyte - Release Info". Apple Music. "Badder Than B Fore - MC Lyte - Release Info". AllMusic. Lyte Of A Decade (track...
"You Don't Have To Worry" from the album Back to the World MC Lyte: "ColdRockAParty" (Bad Boy Remix) New Edition and Missy Elliott: "You Don't Have to...
Black (12 inch Vinyl Single - MCA #24073)". AllMusic. "MC Lyte – ColdRockaParty". Top 40 Singles". NZ Music Charts. Retrieved June 11, 2020. I Wanna...
appearances by Notorious B.I.G and Puff Daddy), MC Lyte's 1996 hit single "ColdRockaParty" (backup vocals by Gina Thompson), and New Edition's 1996 single "You...
title in a rematch, but forfeited it to the Rock instead, handing him the title belt before hitting him with the Stone Cold Stunner. The Rock feuded with...
October 29, 2007. "MC Lyte – ColdRockaParty". Top 40 Singles". NZ Music Charts. Retrieved 11 June 2020. "What It Is (Strike a Pose) [feat. T-Pain]". apple...
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Also in 1996, Thompson performed background vocals for the song "ColdRockAParty" by MC Lyte featuring Missy Elliott and Puff Daddy. She also appeared...
Ride It (The Train)" – Quad City DJ's "Coco Jamboo" – Mr. President "ColdRockaParty" – MC Lyte & Missy Elliott "Cosmic Girl" – Jamiroquai "Crash Into...
albums The Very Best of MC Lyte (2001), Rhyme Masters (2005), and ColdRockaParty - Best Of MC Lyte (2019). Her music video was included on her compilation...
albums The Very Best of MC Lyte (2001), Rhyme Masters (2005), and ColdRockaParty – Best of MC Lyte (2019) The music video was included on the compilation...
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