| Cola | |
| Cover: | Cola CamelPhat and Elderbrook song.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | CamelPhat and Elderbrook |
| Album: | Dark Matter |
| Released: | 17 June 2017 |
| Recorded: | 2017 |
| Length: |
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| Label: | Defected |
| Producer: | CamelPhat |
| Chronology: | CamelPhat |
| Prev Title: | NYP2 |
| Prev Year: | 2017 |
| Next Title: | Bugged Out |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
"Cola" is a song by CamelPhat and Elderbrook, released as a single on 17 June 2017 by Defected Records. It was recorded, co-written, and produced by the British electronic house duo CamelPhat featuring vocals from Alexander "Elderbrook" Kotz, who was also a co-writer of the track.
It reached number one on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart in November 2017, giving the collaboration their first American chart topper.[1] The single was nominated for a Best Dance Recording at the 2018 Grammy Awards.[2] [3]
Cola is a 122 beat-per-minute dance song with influence from Chicago house music.[4] The chorus lyrics, which include the line "She sips a Coca-Cola // She can't tell the difference yet" have been interpreted by some critics as a reference to using date rape drugs to spike a woman's drink.[4] Kotz told the Los Angeles Times that the lyrics were composed with a woman who is too intoxicated to get into a club in mind; a bouncer "kindly gets her a bottle of Coca-Cola to sober her up, but she thinks it’s Rum & Coke."[4]
| Chart (2017–18) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| France (SNEP)[5] | 40 |
| Ireland (IRMA)[6] | 12 |
| Scotland (Official Charts Company)[7] | 15 |
| Chart (2017) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Hungary (Dance Top 40)[8] | 43 | |
| Hungary (Single Top 40)[9] | 78 | |
| US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[10] | 20 |
| Chart (2018) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| Hungary (Dance Top 40)[11] | 2 | |
| Hungary (Single Top 40)[12] | 44 | |
| UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[13] | 99 | |
| US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[14] | 76 |