Cosby Sweater

"Cosby Sweater" is a song by Australian hip hop group, Hilltop Hoods. It was released as the third single from the group's seventh studio album, Walking Under Stars (2014). In Australia, "Cosby Sweater" peaked at No. 4 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, becoming Hilltop Hoods' highest charting single to date and their third top ten hit overall.^[2] The song was rated number three in Triple J's Hottest 100 2014. The song's accompanying music video was released on 3 October 2014 via the Australian iTunes Store.^[3]

Reference to popular culture

The track's distinctive riff heavily samples the Wimple Winch track "Save My Soul".

The "Cosby Sweater" is a reference to the colourful and unusual sweaters Bill Cosby used to wear on TV. Later, with the sexual assault allegations involving Cosby the group have since stated that they regret naming the song after him and commented “To be honest we regret name checking Bill Cosby. Like some of you we’ve only recently become aware of the allegations against him. If he’s guilty of those allegations he can go jump in a fkn lake. A deep icy lake.”.^[4]

The Cosby Sweater song also references Tom Cruise, Christina Aguilera, Bobby Fischer and the elevator fight between rapper Jay Z and Beyonce’s sister, Solange Knowles (“slap a rapper like Solange Knowles”).^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cosby Sweater" (Trials remix)	3:37
2.	"Won't Let You Down" (featuring Maverick Sabre)	4:27

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[5]	4
Australian Urban (ARIA)^[6]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2014)	Position
Australia (ARIA)^[7]	47
Chart (2015)	Position
Australia (ARIA)^[8]	66

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)^[9]	4× Platinum	280,000^{^}
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

References

↑ "iTunes – Walking Under Stars by Hilltop Hoods". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
↑ "Hilltop Hoods – Cosby Sweater (song)". australiancharts.com. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
↑ "Cosby Sweater Music Video (iTunes)". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
1 2 "Unfortunate Cosby song 'not about a sex act'".
↑ "Australian-charts.com – Hilltop Hoods – Cosby Sweater". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
↑ "The ARIA Report - Issue #1290" ARIA Top 40 Urban Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
↑ "End of Year Charts – ARIA Top 100 Singles 2014". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
↑ "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2015". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2015 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

Hilltop Hoods

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Studio albums	A Matter of Time (1999) Left Foot, Right Foot (2001) The Calling (2003) The Hard Road (2006) State of the Art (2009) Drinking from the Sun (2012) Walking Under Stars (2014)

Remix albums	The Hard Road: Restrung (2007) The Good Life In the Sun (2012) The Cold Night Sky (2015) Drinking from the Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung (2016)

EPs	Back Once Again (1997)

Singles	"Testimonial Year" "Dumb Enough" "The Nosebleed Section" "Clown Prince" "The Hard Road" "What a Great Night" "Recapturing the Vibe" "Recapturing the Vibe Restrung" "Chase That Feeling" "Still Standing" "The Light You Burned" "I Love It" "Speaking in Tongues" "Shredding the Balloon" "Rattling the Keys to the Kingdom" "Won't Let You Down" "Pyramid Building" "Cosby Sweater"

DVDs	The Calling Live (2005) The City of Light (2007) Parade of the Dead (2010)

Mixtapes (with Golden Era Records Crew)	Golden Era Mixtape 2011 (2011) Golden Era Mixtape 2012 (2012) Golden Era Mixtape 2013 (2013) Golden Era Mixtape 2014 (2014) Golden Era Mixtape 2015 (2015)

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