Rainbow - Stone Cold - Guitar Cover by Flavio Recalde

“Stone Cold“ is a song by British hard rock band Rainbow. It was released as a single from their 1982 album Straight Between the Eyes. Straight Between the Eyes is the sixth studio album by hard rock band Rainbow. A remastered CD reissue, with packaging duplicating the original vinyl release, was released in May 1999. Videos were shot for the songs “Stone Cold“ and “Death Alley Driver“, which featured Sega’s video game Turbo. They were occasionally still aired on VH1’s Metal Mania program, but have not been aired since 2005. However, they can be found on YouTube or on the band’s “Final Cut“ 1985 home video. The single “Stone Cold“ / “Rock Fever“ was released on March 1982. Stone Cold reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 40 on June 19, 1982, and spent 12 weeks on the chart. This was the band’s only top 40 song in the United States. It also topped the Billboard Top Rock Tracks on June 5, 1982. The song “Stone Cold“ was featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on the radio station Emotion 98.3. In 2022, Straight Between the Eyes was named #5 of ’The 25 greatest rock guitar albums of 1982’ list in Guitar World. Personnel Ritchie Blackmore - guitar Roger Glover - bass, producer Joe Lynn Turner - vocals Bobby Rondinelli - drums David Rosenthal - keyboards, orchestral arrangements Songwriters Ritchie Blackmore, Joe Lynn Turner, Roger Glover Recorded Le Studio, Morin-Heights, Quebec, Canada, December 1981