Fingers &amp; Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)Fingers &amp; Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) "Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)" is a 1995 song by British synthpop duo Erasure. It originally appeared on the soundtrack to the documentary film "", as "Cold Summer's Day." The duo re-recorded it for their seventh studio album, "Erasure" with new lyrics. Composed by Vince Clarke and Andy Bell, it is an uptempo dance track. Upon the release, the song became Erasure's twenty-second consecutive Top 20 hit on the UK Singles Chart. In Germany, it stopped at number 69, while it was a hit on the US "Billboard" Hot Dance  Music/Club Play, peaking at number 10. The song was released as the second single from the album by Mute Records in the UK and Elektra Records in the United States. The album version is over six minutes long; the single edit removes an extended instrumental section between the second and third choruses. The B-side is a cover version of "High Energy" (retitled "Hi NRG"), a 1984 number-one US dance chart hit by American singer Evelyn Thomas. Critical reception. British magazine "Music Week" wrote, "Initially harking back to a more familiar ground, Clarke and Bell deliver a hummable  four-on-the-floor putdown which transmutes into an epic of scorn." Music video. A music video was made to accompany the song. It features Bell singing the song as he walks through an amusement park. The actual filming was done in the London Docklands. The video was published on YouTube in September 2014 and as of November 2020, it has got more than 427 000 views. Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day) "Fingers & Thumbs (Cold Summer's Day)" is a 1995 song by British synthpop duo Erasure. It originally appeared on the soundtrack to the documentary film "", as "Cold