“Cola” by CamelPhat and Elderbrook
CamelPhat and Elderbrook’s “Cola” is about a female character who reads like a clubhead. Using a bit of imagination, the narrative details her typical night out on the town. On top of dancing, she also apparently likes drama. By virtue of this, getting into it with disagreeable bouncers seems like a regular occurrence in her life. Also one of her main characteristics, as spied by the vocalist, is that “she sips the Coca-Cola”, thus explaining the title of this song.
Was “Cola” a single release?
Yes. It was a single that came off the CamelPhat’s “Dark Matter” album on June 17 of 2017.
Credits
“Cola” was written by CamelPhat’s Dave Whelan and Mike Di Scala. They received assistance from Elderbrook. CamelPhat produced the song.
What genre(s) does “Cola” belong to?
- Dance
- House
Grammy Nomination
“Cola” was nominated for the award, “Best Dance Recording” at the Grammys in 2018. It was nominated alongside the following songs, which eventually lost to “Tonite” by LCD Soundsystem:
- Bonobo ft. Innov Gnawa’s “Bambro Koyo Ganda”
- Gorillaz ft. DRAM’s “Andromeda”
- Odesza ft. WYNNE and Mansionair’s “Line of Sight”
Chart Performance
- Hungary – 1
- UK – 1
- US – 1
Usage in TV Shows
The song was featured in the following TV shows:
- Skam Italia (episode 5 of season 2)
- Love Island (UK) (episode 32 and 38 of season 4)
The “Dark Matter” Album
“Dark Matter” was released on the 30th of October, 2020 as CamelPhat’s debut studio album. CamelPhat is a group made up of two English DJs and record producers, Dave Whelan and Mike Di Scala. Their most successful song is “Cola”. It is the first of seven singles released from their “Dark Matter” project.
CamelPhat joined forces with the following record producers in producing “Dark Matter”:
- Cristoph
- Artbat
- Andrew Frampton
- Max Farrar
- Eli & Fur
- Absofacto
- Kosuke Kasza
- Will Easton
“Dark Matter” was jointly released by the duo’s eponymous record label, CamelPhat Records and Sony Music.
The album peaked at No. 23 on the UK’s OCC.
Is there a source for this? I have always interpreted the lyrics as if the person telling the story thinks of the girl as basically „looking for trouble“ (as in that stereotypical alpha male a$$hole behaviour, be it because of the clothes she’s wearing or just because she looks pretty) and dancing in a way he sees as provocative to basically justify why he just put something in her drink which she hasn’t realized yet but will soon.
For me these are incredibly dark lyrics but unfortunately with a big portion of realism in them.
I thought the same. I heard this song long time ago, but just now I realized the lyrics. I think is deffo about dropping something in a girl’s drink. If that’s the case, pretty disgusting if you ask me. Please stand up for this kind of acts……not cool at all
Nope, she is taking Ghb on her own, if it was dropped in her drink she wouldn’t know to not mix with alcohol
Chill man being alpha and being a molester is 2 different things…
Maybe it’s Pepsi ? ….
I think you’ll find that the cola referred to isn’t a drink. A certain product (MDMA) enjoyed by clubbers is know as cola due to it’s colour when it’s of a high quality.
It’s talking about GHB, Hands down and how people behave on it
This song is talking about a club drug called GHB, (aka date rape drug). She is taking it herself, hence drinking coca cola, as you can’t mix with alcohol. The behavior is classic symptom of injecting the liquid, as it inhibits the inhibitions more than alcohol does