Cold Rock a Party

"Cold Rock a Party"
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.