Coldplay

Coldplay
The Complete Guide

Contents
1 Overview 1
1.1 Coldplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1.1 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1.2 Musical style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.1.3 Activism and commercial endorsements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.1.4 Band members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.1.5 Discography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.1.6 Concert tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.1.7 Awards and nominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.1.8 See also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.1.9 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.1.10 Further reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.1.11 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.2 Awards and nominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.2.1 American Music Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.2.2 BBC Music Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.2.3 Billboard Music Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.2.4 Brit Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.2.5 Danish Music Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.2.6 Echo Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.2.7 Emmy Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.2.8 GQ Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.2.9 Grammy Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.2.10 Golden Globe Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.2.11 Hollywood Film Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.2.12 IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.2.13 International Dance Music Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.2.14 Italian Music Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.2.15 Ivor Novello Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.2.16 Juno Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.2.17 Los Premios 40 Principales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.2.18 Los Premios MTV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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1.2.19 Mercury Music Prize Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

1.2.20 Meteor Ireland Music Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.2.21 MTV Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.2.22 MuchMusic Video Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.2.23 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.2.24 NME Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.2.25 NRJ Music Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.2.26 People's Choice Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.2.27 Q Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.2.28 Teen Choice Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.2.29 World Music Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1.2.30 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
1.2.31 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2 Members 21
2.1 Guy Berryman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.1.1 Coldplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.1.2 Business ventures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.1.3 Personal life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.1.4 Other musical projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.1.5 Non-musical credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.1.6 Discography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.1.7 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.1.8 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.2 Jonny Buckland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.2.1 Early life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.2.2 Solo work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.2.3 Guitar style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.2.4 Personal life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.2.5 Discography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.2.6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.2.7 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.3 Will Champion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.3.1 Early life and education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.3.2 Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.3.3 Personal life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.3.4 Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.3.5 Discography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.3.6 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.3.7 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.3.8 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.4 Chris Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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2.4.2 Recording career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.4.3 Influences and favourite musicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.4.4 Other endeavours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.4.5 Personal life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.4.6 Filmography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.4.7 Discography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.4.8 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2.4.9 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3 Discography 31
3.1 Coldplay discography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.1.1 Albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.1.2 Extended plays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.1.3 Singles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.1.4 Other charted songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.1.5 Other appearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.1.6 Music videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.1.7 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.1.8 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.1.9 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.2 List of Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.2.1 Songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.2.2 Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.2.3 Unreleased songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.2.4 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.2.5 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
4 Studio albums 39
4.1 ''Parachutes'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.1.1 Recording and production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.1.2 Music and style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.1.3 Release and promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.1.4 Critical reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.1.5 Commercial performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.1.6 Impact and legacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.1.7 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.1.8 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.1.9 Charts and certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.1.10 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.2 ''A Rush of Blood to the Head'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
4.2.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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4.2.2 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4.2.3 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4.2.4 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.2.5 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.2.7 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.2.8 Further reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.2.9 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.3 ''X&Y'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.3.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.3.2 Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.3.3 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.3.4 Packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4.3.8 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.3.9 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.3.10 Certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.3.11 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.3.12 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4.4 ''Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4.4.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4.4.2 Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
4.4.3 Composition and themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
4.4.4 Graphic design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4.4.6 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
4.4.7 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
4.4.8 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
4.4.10 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
4.4.11 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
4.4.12 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
4.5 ''Mylo Xyloto'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
4.5.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
4.5.2 Style and creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
4.5.4 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
4.5.5 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
4.5.6 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
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4.5.8 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
4.5.9 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
4.5.10 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
4.6 ''Ghost Stories'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
4.6.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
4.6.2 Concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
4.6.3 Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
4.6.4 Packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
4.6.5 Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
4.6.7 Chart performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
4.6.8 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
4.6.9 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
4.6.10 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
4.6.11 Certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
4.6.12 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
4.6.13 See also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
4.6.14 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
4.7 ''A Head Full of Dreams'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
4.7.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
4.7.2 Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
4.7.3 Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
4.7.4 Singles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
4.7.7 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
4.7.8 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
4.7.9 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
4.7.10 Certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
4.7.11 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
4.7.12 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
4.7.13 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
5 Live albums 91
5.1 ''Coldplay Live 2003'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
5.1.1 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
5.1.3 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
5.1.4 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
5.2 ''LeftRightLeftRightLeft'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
5.2.1 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
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5.2.2 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
5.2.3 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
5.2.4 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
5.3 ''Coldplay Live 2012'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
5.3.2 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
5.3.3 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
5.3.5 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
5.3.6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
5.3.7 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
5.4 ''Ghost Stories Live 2014'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
5.4.1 Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
5.4.2 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
5.4.3 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
5.4.4 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
5.4.5 Certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
5.4.6 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
5.4.7 See also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
5.4.8 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
5.4.9 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
6 EPs 98
6.1 ''Safety'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
6.1.1 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
6.1.2 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
6.1.3 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
6.2 ''The Blue Room'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
6.2.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
6.2.2 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
6.2.3 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
6.2.4 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
6.2.5 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
6.3 ''Acoustic'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
6.3.1 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
6.3.2 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
6.3.3 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
6.4 “Trouble” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
6.4.1 Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
6.4.2 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
6.4.3 Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
6.4.4 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
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6.4.5 Music videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

6.4.6 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
6.4.7 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
6.4.8 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
6.4.9 Certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
6.4.10 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
6.4.11 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
6.4.12 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
6.5 ''Mince Spies'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
6.5.1 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
6.5.2 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
6.5.3 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
6.6 Remixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
6.6.1 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
6.6.2 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
6.7 ''Prospekt's March'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
6.7.1 Recording and release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
6.7.2 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
6.7.3 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
6.7.6 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
6.7.7 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
6.7.8 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
6.8 ''iTunes Festival: London 2011'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
6.8.1 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
6.8.2 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
6.8.3 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
6.8.4 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
6.9 ''Live in Madrid'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
6.9.1 Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
6.9.2 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
6.9.3 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
6.9.4 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
7 Compilation album 106

7.1 ''The Singles 1999–2006'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
7.1.1 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
7.1.2 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
7.1.3 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
8 Singles 107
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8.1 “Brothers & Sisters” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

8.1.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
8.1.2 Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
8.1.3 Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
8.1.4 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
8.1.5 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
8.1.6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
8.1.7 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
8.2 “Shiver” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
8.2.1 Production and composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
8.2.2 Release and reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
8.2.3 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
8.2.5 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
8.2.6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
8.2.7 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
8.3 “Yellow” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
8.3.1 Background and inspiration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
8.3.2 Recording and production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
8.3.3 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
8.3.4 Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
8.3.7 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
8.3.8 Live performances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
8.3.9 Covers and versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
8.3.10 Impact and legacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
8.3.11 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
8.3.12 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
8.3.14 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
8.3.15 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
8.4 “Trouble” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
8.4.1 Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
8.4.2 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
8.4.3 Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
8.4.4 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
8.4.5 Music videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
8.4.6 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
8.4.7 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
8.4.8 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
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8.4.9 Certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

8.4.10 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
8.4.11 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
8.4.12 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
8.5 “Don't Panic” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
8.5.1 Origins and production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
8.5.2 Release and reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
8.5.3 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
8.5.4 In popular culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
8.5.5 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
8.5.6 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
8.5.7 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
8.5.8 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
8.6 “In My Place” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
8.6.1 Background and composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
8.6.4 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
8.6.5 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
8.6.6 Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
8.6.7 Usage in media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
8.6.8 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
8.6.10 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
8.6.11 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
8.7 “The Scientist” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
8.7.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
8.7.2 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
8.7.3 Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
8.7.4 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
8.7.5 Other versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
8.7.6 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
8.7.7 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
8.7.8 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
8.7.10 See also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
8.7.11 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
8.7.12 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
8.7.13 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
8.8 “Clocks” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
8.8.1 Background and writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
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8.8.2 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

8.8.3 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
8.8.4 Release and music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
8.8.5 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
8.8.6 Usage in media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
8.8.7 Reworked version and remixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
8.8.8 Track listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
8.8.10 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
8.8.11 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
8.9 “God Put a Smile upon Your Face” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
8.9.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
8.9.2 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
8.9.3 Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
8.9.4 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
8.9.5 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
8.9.6 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
8.9.7 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
8.9.8 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
8.9.9 See also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
8.9.10 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
8.9.11 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
8.10 “Moses” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
8.10.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
8.10.2 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
8.10.3 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
8.10.5 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
8.10.6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
8.11 “Speed of Sound” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
8.11.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
8.11.2 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
8.11.5 Accolades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
8.11.6 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
8.11.7 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
8.11.8 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
8.11.9 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
8.11.10 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
8.11.11 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
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8.12 “Fix You” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

8.12.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
8.12.2 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
8.12.3 Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
8.12.4 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
8.12.5 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
8.12.6 In popular culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
8.12.7 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
8.12.8 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
8.12.10 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
8.12.11 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
8.13 “Talk” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
8.13.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
8.13.2 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
8.13.3 Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
8.13.4 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
8.13.5 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
8.13.6 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
8.13.7 Track listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
8.13.8 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
8.13.9 See also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
8.13.10 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
8.13.11 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
8.14 “The Hardest Part” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
8.14.1 Production and composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
8.14.3 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
8.14.4 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
8.14.5 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
8.14.6 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
8.14.7 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
8.14.8 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
8.15 “Violet Hill” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
8.15.1 Background and writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
8.15.2 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
8.15.4 Music videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
8.15.5 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
8.15.7 See also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
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8.15.8 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

8.15.9 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
8.16 “Viva la Vida” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
8.16.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
8.16.2 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
8.16.3 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
8.16.5 Music videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
8.16.6 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
8.16.7 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
8.16.8 Live version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
8.16.9 Cover versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
8.16.11 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
8.16.12 Certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
8.16.13 See also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
8.16.14 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
8.16.15 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
8.17 “Lovers in Japan” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
8.17.1 Writing and composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
8.17.3 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
8.17.4 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
8.17.5 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
8.17.6 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
8.17.7 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
8.17.8 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
8.18 “Lost!" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
8.18.2 Song versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
8.18.4 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
8.18.5 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
8.18.6 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
8.18.7 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
8.18.8 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
8.19 “Lhuna” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
8.19.1 Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
8.19.2 Format and track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
8.19.3 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
8.20 “Life in Technicolor II” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
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8.20.1 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

8.20.2 References in popular culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
8.20.3 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
8.20.4 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
8.20.5 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
8.20.6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
8.20.7 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
8.21 “Strawberry Swing” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
8.21.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
8.21.2 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
8.21.3 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
8.21.4 Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
8.21.5 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
8.21.6 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
8.21.7 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
8.21.8 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
8.22 “Christmas Lights” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
8.22.2 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
8.22.4 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
8.22.5 Cover versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
8.22.6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
8.22.7 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
8.23 “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
8.23.1 Inspiration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
8.23.3 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
8.23.4 Remixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
8.23.5 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
8.23.6 Credits and personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
8.23.8 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
8.23.9 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
8.23.10 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
8.24 “Paradise” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
8.24.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
8.24.2 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
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8.24.6 Music videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

8.24.7 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
8.24.9 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
8.24.10 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
8.24.11 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
8.25 “Charlie Brown” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
8.25.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
8.25.2 Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
8.25.3 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
8.25.4 Music videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
8.25.5 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
8.25.6 Credits and personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
8.25.7 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
8.25.8 Certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
8.25.9 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
8.25.10 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
8.25.11 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
8.26 “Princess of China” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
8.26.1 Writing, recording and release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
8.26.2 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
8.26.3 Critical response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
8.26.5 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
8.26.7 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
8.26.9 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
8.26.10 Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
8.26.11 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
8.26.12 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
8.27 “Hurts Like Heaven” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
8.27.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
8.27.2 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
8.27.5 Remixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
8.27.6 Track listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
8.27.8 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
8.27.9 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
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8.27.10 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

8.28 “Up in Flames” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
8.28.1 Background and recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
8.28.4 Track listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
8.28.5 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
8.28.6 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
8.28.7 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
8.28.8 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
8.29 “Atlas” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
8.29.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
8.29.2 Composition, recording and production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
8.29.5 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
8.29.6 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
8.29.7 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
8.29.8 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
8.29.9 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
8.29.10 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
8.30 “Magic” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
8.30.2 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
8.30.3 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
8.30.4 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
8.30.5 Covers and versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
8.30.6 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
8.30.7 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
8.30.8 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
8.30.9 Certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
8.30.10 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
8.30.11 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
8.30.12 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
8.31 “Midnight” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
8.31.1 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
8.31.2 Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
8.31.3 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
8.31.4 Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
8.31.5 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
8.31.6 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
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8.31.7 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

8.31.8 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
8.31.9 Giorgio Moroder remix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
8.31.10 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
8.31.11 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
8.32 “A Sky Full of Stars” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
8.32.1 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
8.32.2 Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
8.32.3 Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
8.32.4 Packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
8.32.5 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
8.32.6 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
8.32.8 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
8.32.9 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
8.32.10 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
8.32.11 Certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
8.32.12 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
8.32.13 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
8.32.14 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
8.33 “True Love” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
8.33.1 Background and release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
8.33.2 Composition and production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
8.33.4 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
8.33.5 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
8.33.6 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
8.33.7 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
8.33.8 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
8.33.9 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
8.33.10 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
8.34 “Ink” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
8.34.1 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
8.34.2 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
8.34.3 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
8.34.4 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
8.34.5 Certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
8.34.6 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
8.34.7 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
8.34.8 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
8.35 “Miracles” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
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8.35.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

8.35.2 Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
8.35.4 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
8.35.5 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
8.35.6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
8.36 “Adventure of a Lifetime” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
8.36.1 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
8.36.2 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
8.36.4 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
8.36.5 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
8.36.6 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
8.36.7 Certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
8.36.8 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
8.36.9 See also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
8.36.10 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
8.36.11 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
8.37 “Hymn For the Weekend” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
8.37.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
8.37.3 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
8.37.4 Live performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
8.37.5 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
8.37.6 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
8.37.7 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
8.37.8 Certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
8.37.9 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
8.37.10 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
8.37.11 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
9 Promotional singles 222

9.1 “Up with the Birds” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
9.1.1 Single release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
9.1.3 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
9.1.5 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
9.2 “Everglow” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
9.2.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
9.2.2 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
9.2.3 Live performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
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9.2.4 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

9.2.5 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
9.2.6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
9.2.7 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
9.3 “Birds” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
9.3.1 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
9.3.3 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
9.3.4 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
9.3.5 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
10 Other songs 226

10.1 “Gravity” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
10.1.1 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
10.1.2 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
10.2 “White Shadows” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
10.2.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
10.2.3 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
10.2.4 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
10.2.5 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
10.2.6 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
10.3 “Cemeteries of London” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
10.3.2 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
10.3.3 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
10.3.4 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
10.4 “42” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
10.4.2 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
10.4.3 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
10.4.4 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
10.5 “Death and All His Friends” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
10.5.2 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
10.5.3 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
10.6 “Glass of Water” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
10.6.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
10.6.3 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
10.6.4 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
10.6.5 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
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10.7 “Prospekt's March/Poppyfields” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

10.7.2 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
10.7.3 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
10.7.4 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
10.8 “Major Minus” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
10.8.1 Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
10.8.2 Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
10.8.3 Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
10.8.4 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
10.8.6 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
10.8.7 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
10.8.8 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
10.9 “Moving to Mars” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
10.9.1 Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
10.9.3 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
10.9.4 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
10.9.5 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
10.10“Always in My Head” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
10.10.1 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
10.10.2 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
10.10.3 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
10.10.4 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
10.11“Another's Arms” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
10.11.1 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
10.11.2 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
10.11.3 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
10.11.4 Chart positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
10.11.5 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
10.11.6 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
10.12“Oceans” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
10.12.1 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
10.12.2 Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
10.12.3 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
10.12.5 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
10.12.6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
10.12.7 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
10.13“O” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
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10.13.1 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

10.13.2 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
10.13.3 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
10.13.4 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
10.13.5 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
10.14“Fun” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
10.14.2 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
10.14.3 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
10.14.4 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
10.14.5 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
10.14.6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
10.14.7 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
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11.1 Parachutes Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
11.1.1 Set list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
11.1.2 Tour dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
11.1.3 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
11.1.4 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
11.2 A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
11.2.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
11.2.2 Setlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
11.2.3 Tour dates * [5] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
11.2.4 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
11.2.5 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
11.2.6 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
11.3 Twisted Logic Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
11.3.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
11.3.2 Set list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
11.3.3 Tour dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
11.3.4 Video release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
11.3.5 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
11.3.6 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
11.4 Viva la Vida Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
11.4.1 Design and setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
11.4.2 Opening acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
11.4.3 Set list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
11.4.4 Tour dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
11.4.5 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
11.4.6 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
11.5 Mylo Xyloto Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
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11.5.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

11.5.2 Broadcasts and recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
11.5.3 Set list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
11.5.4 Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
11.5.5 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
11.5.6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
11.5.7 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
11.6 Ghost Stories Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
11.6.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
11.6.2 Concert setlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
11.6.3 Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
11.6.4 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
11.6.5 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
11.7 A Head Full of Dreams Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
11.7.1 Promotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
11.7.2 Opening acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
11.7.3 Setlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
11.7.4 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
11.7.5 Tour dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
11.7.6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
11.7.7 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
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12.1 EMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
12.1.1 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
12.1.2 Electronics research and development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
12.1.3 Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
12.1.4 Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
12.1.5 Criticism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
12.1.6 See also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
12.1.7 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
12.1.8 Further reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
12.1.9 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
12.2 Parlophone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
12.2.1 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
12.2.2 Notable releases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
12.2.3 Current artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
12.2.4 Notable artists signed to Parlophone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
12.2.5 Parlophone record labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
12.2.6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
12.2.7 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
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13.1 Xyloband . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
13.1.1 Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
13.1.2 Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
13.1.3 Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
13.1.4 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
13.1.5 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
13.2 Apparatjik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
13.2.1 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
13.2.2 Group members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
13.2.3 Discography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
13.2.4 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
13.2.5 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
13.3 ''We Are Here'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
13.3.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
13.3.2 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
13.3.3 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
13.3.4 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
13.3.5 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
13.4 ''Square Peg in a Round Hole'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
13.4.1 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
13.4.2 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
13.4.3 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
13.4.4 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
13.5 ''Come to Life'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
13.5.1 Songwriting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
13.5.2 Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
13.5.3 Singles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
13.5.5 Track listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
13.5.6 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
13.5.7 Release history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
13.5.8 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
13.5.9 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
13.6 ''Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief'' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
13.6.1 Recipients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
13.6.2 Audience and proceeds raised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
13.6.3 Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
13.6.4 Coverage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
13.6.5 Discography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
13.6.6 See also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
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13.6.7 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

13.6.8 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
13.7 2012 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
13.7.1 Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
13.7.2 Performance synopsis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
13.7.3 Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
13.7.4 See also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
13.7.5 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
13.7.6 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
13.8 Product Red . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
13.8.1 The Global Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
13.8.2 Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
13.8.3 Criticism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
13.8.4 Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
13.8.5 See also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
13.8.6 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
13.8.7 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
13.8.8 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
13.9 Make Trade Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
13.9.1 Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
13.9.2 Key events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
13.9.3 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
13.9.4 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
13.10Phil Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
13.10.1 Association with Coldplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
13.10.2 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
13.10.3 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
13.11Gwyneth Paltrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
13.11.2 Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
13.11.3 Other projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
13.11.4 Personal life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
13.11.5 Filmography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
13.11.6 Discography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
13.11.7 Published works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
13.11.9 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
13.11.10External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
13.12Ken Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
13.12.1 Selected discography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
13.12.2 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
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13.12.3 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

13.13Rik Simpson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
13.13.1 Production credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
13.13.3 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
13.13.4 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
13.14Jon Hopkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
13.14.1 Early life, education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
13.14.2 Music career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
13.14.4 Style and equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
13.14.5 Personal life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
13.14.6 Discography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
13.14.7 Further reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
13.14.8 See also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
13.14.9 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
13.14.10External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
13.15Markus Dravs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
13.15.1 Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
13.15.2 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
13.16Brian Eno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
13.16.2 Career . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
13.16.3 Record producer and other projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
13.16.4 Influence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
13.16.5 Personal life and beliefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
13.16.6 Discography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
13.16.7 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
13.16.8 Footnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
13.16.9 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
13.16.10External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
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14.1 Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
14.2 Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
14.3 Content license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Chapter 1
Overview
1.1 Coldplay Music Awards and seven Grammy Awards from 31 nom-
inations. Coldplay have sold more than 80 million
records worldwide, making them one of the world's best-
Coldplay are a British rock band formed in 1996 by lead selling music artists.* [14] In December 2009, Rolling
vocalist and pianist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Stone readers voted the group the fourth-best artist of
Buckland at University College London (UCL).* [6] Af- the 2000s.* [15] Coldplay have been an active supporter
ter they formed under the name Pectoralz, Guy Berryman of various social and political causes, such as Oxfam's
joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name Make Trade Fair campaign and Amnesty International.
to Starfish.* [7] Will Champion joined as a drummer The group have also performed at various charity projects
and backing vocalist, completing the performing line-up. such as Band Aid 20, Live 8, Sound Relief, Hope for Haiti
Creative Director Phil Harvey is often referred to as the Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief, The Se-
official fifth member by the band.* [8] The band renamed cret Policeman's Ball, Sport Relief and the UK's Teenage
themselves“Coldplay”in 1998,* [9] before recording and Cancer Trust.* [16]
releasing three EPs: Safety in 1998, Brothers & Sisters as
a single in 1999, and The Blue Room in the same year.
The Blue Room was their first release on a major label, 1.1.1 History
after signing to Parlophone.* [10]
They achieved worldwide fame with the release of the sin- Formation and first years (1996–99)
gle "Yellow" in 2000. This was followed by their debut al-
bum Parachutes released the same year, which was nom- Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland first met during their
inated for the Mercury Prize. The band's second album, orientation week at University College London (UCL) in
A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), was released to crit- September 1996.* [17] The pair spent the rest of the uni-
ical acclaim and won multiple awards, including NME's versity year planning a band, ultimately forming a group
Album of the Year. Their next release, X&Y, the best- called Pectoralz.* [6] Guy Berryman, a classmate of Mar-
selling album worldwide in 2005, was met with mostly tin and Buckland, later joined the group. By 1997, the
positive reviews upon its release, though some critics felt group, who had renamed themselves Starfish, performed
that it was inferior to its predecessor. The band's fourth gigs for local Camden promoters at small clubs.* [7] Mar-
studio album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends tin also had recruited his longtime school friend Phil Har-
(2008), was produced by Brian Eno and released again to vey, who was studying classics at the University of Ox-
largely positive reviews, earning several Grammy Award ford, to be the band's manager.* [18] Coldplay have since
nominations and wins at the 51st Grammy Awards.* [11] accepted Harvey as the fifth member of the group.* [9]
On 24 October 2011, they released their fifth studio al- The band's line-up was completed when Will Champion
bum, Mylo Xyloto, which received mixed to positive re- joined to take up percussion duties. Champion had grown
views, topped the charts in over 34 countries, and was the up playing piano, guitar, bass, and tin whistle; he quickly
UK's best-selling rock album of 2011.* [12] On 16 May learned the drums (despite having no previous experi-
2014, they released their sixth album, titled Ghost Sto- ence).* [6] The band finally settled on the name “Cold-
ries, which also received mixed to positive reviews and play”which was suggested by Tim Crompton, a local stu-
topped the iTunes Store albums charts in over 100 coun- dent who had been using the name for his group.* [9]
tries.* [13] On 4 December 2015, the band released their
By 1997 Martin had met then Classics student Tim Rice-
seventh album, A Head Full of Dreams, which reached Oxley. During a weekend at Virginia Water in Surrey
the top two in most major markets, but received gener-they asked each other to play their own songs on the pi-
ally mixed reviews. ano. Martin, finding Rice-Oxley to be talented, asked him
The band has won 62 awards from 209 nominations to be Coldplay's keyboard player but Rice-Oxley refused
throughout their career, including nine Brit Awards ̶ as his own band, Keane, was already active. Days af-
winning Best British Group four times̶five MTV Video ter, this event would shape the second line-up of Keane
1
2 CHAPTER 1. OVERVIEW
and keep Coldplay's unaltered, thus leaving both bands United Kingdom on 26 June 2000. In the United States,
as quartets.* [19] In 1998, the band released 500 copies the song was released as the lead single from the then-
of the Safety EP.* [20] Most of the discs were given to untitled debut album. In October 2000, the track was
record companies and friends; only 50 copies remained sent to US college and alternative radio outlets.* [30]
for sale to the public. In December of that year, Cold- Coldplay released their first studio album, Parachutes, on
play signed to the independent label Fierce Panda.* [20] 10 July 2000 in the United Kingdom via their record la-
Their first release was the three-track Brothers and Sis- bel, Parlophone. The album debuted at number one on
ters EP, which they had quickly recorded over four days the UK Albums Chart.* [31] It was released on 7 Novem-
in February 1999.* [20]
ber 2000 by record label Nettwerk in North Amer-
After completing their final examinations Coldplay ica.* [32] The album has been made available on vari-
signed a five-album contract with Parlophone in early ous formats since its initial release; both Parlophone and
1999.* [10] After making their first appearance at Nettwerk released it as a CD in 2000, and it was also
Glastonbury the band went into the studio to record released as a cassette by US label Capitol in 2001. In
a third EP, titled The Blue Room.* [21] Five thousand the following year, Parlophone issued the album as an
copies were made available to the public in October* [22] LP.* [33] Four singles were released from Parachutes, in-
and the single“Bigger Stronger”received BBC Radio 1 cluding“Shiver”and“Yellow”, and enjoyed popularity
airplay. The recording sessions for The Blue Room were in the UK and US.* [34] The third single was "Trouble",
tumultuous. Champion was briefly fired from the band, which reached number 10 in the UK charts.* [35] It was
but Martin later pleaded with him to return after kick- released more than a year later in the US, and, although
ing him out, and because of his guilt, went on a drinking it did not make the Billboard Hot 100, it reached num-
binge. Eventually, the band worked out their differences ber 28 in the Alternative Songs chart.* [36] In Decem-
and put in place a new set of rules to keep the group intact. ber 2001, the band released a limited-edition CD, Mince
Inspired by bands like U2 and R.E.M., Coldplay decided Spies, featuring a remix of “Yellow”and the Christmas
that they would operate as a democracy. Additionally, the song "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas". It was
band determined they would fire anyone who used hard pressed to 1,000 copies, and was issued only to fans and
drugs.* [23] journalists.* [37]
Parachutes was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize
in September 2000.* [38] Having found success in Eu-
Parachutes (1999–2001) rope, the band set their sights on North America,* [39] by
releasing the album there in November 2000, and started
Main articles: Parachutes (album) and Parachutes Tour the US Club Tour in February 2001.* [40] At the 2001
Brit Awards in February, Coldplay earned awards for Best
The band initially planned to record their debut album British Group, and Best British Album.* [41] Although
in the space of two weeks. However, tours and other Parachutes was a slow-burning success in the United
live performances caused the recording to spread out be- States, it eventually reached double-platinum status.* [42]
tween September 1999 and April–May 2000.* [24] The The album was critically well received and earned a Best
album was recorded at Rockfield Studios, Matrix Studios, Alternative Music Album honours at the 2002 Grammy
and Wessex Sound Studios with producer Ken Nelson, al- Awards.* [43] Chris Martin claimed, after the release of
though the majority of Parachutes' tracks were recorded Parachutes, that the album's success was intended to el-
at Liverpool's Parr Street Studios (where they accessed evate the band's status to the “biggest, best band in the
three studio rooms). The mixing process on all songs world.”* [44] After single-handedly managing the band
for the album was done by American engineer Michael until early 2001, Phil Harvey resigned from his role due
Brauer in New York.* [25] During that period, they played to the stress of performing a role usually requiring a team
on the Carling Tour, which showcased up-and-coming of people. Harvey then took on the role of “creative di-
acts.* [26] rector”and is often referred as the official fifth member
by the band, while Dave Holmes took over as the band's
After releasing three EPs without a hit song, Coldplay had manager.
their first Top 40 hit with the lead single from Parachutes,
"Shiver", which was released in March 2000 and peaked
at number 35 position on the UK Singles Chart.* [27] June A Rush of Blood to the Head (2001–04)
2000 was a pivotal moment in Coldplay's history: the
band embarked on their first headlining tour, including Main articles: A Rush of Blood to the Head and A Rush
a showing at the Glastonbury Festival. The band also of Blood to the Head Tour
released the breakthrough single "Yellow".* [28] It was After the success of Parachutes, Coldplay returned to the
Coldplay's first release to reach the top five, rising to num- studio in September 2001 to begin work on their second
ber four on the UK Singles Chart.* [28] “Yellow”and album, A Rush of Blood to the Head, once again with Ken
“Shiver”were initially released as EPs in the spring of Nelson producing. Since the band had never stayed in
2000.* [29] The former was later released as a single in London before, they had trouble focusing. They decided
1.1. COLDPLAY 3
on their official website). “2000 Miles”was the top

selling UK download that year, with proceeds from the
sales donated to Future Forests and Stop Handgun Vi-
olence campaigns.* [53] A Rush of Blood to the Head
won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Al-
bum at the 2003 Grammy Awards.* [54] At the 2004
Grammy Awards, Coldplay earned Record of the Year
for “Clocks”.* [43]
X&Y (2004–06)
Main articles: X&Y and Twisted Logic Tour

Coldplay spent most of 2004 out of the spotlight, taking
Live performances during their 2002 tour were noted for their
use of strobe lighting.
to relocate in Liverpool, where they recorded some of the

songs on Parachutes. Once there, vocalist Chris Martin
said that they became obsessed with recording. "In My
Place" was the first song recorded for the album. The
band released it as the album's lead single because it was
the track that made them want to record a second album,
following a“strange period of not really knowing what we
were doing”three months after the success of Parachutes.
According to Martin“one thing kept us going: recording
'In My Place'. Then other songs started coming.”* [45]
The band wrote more than 20 songs for the album. Some Coldplay performing in Barcelona during their Twisted Logic
of their new material, including“In My Place”and“An- Tour in 2005
imals”, was played live while the band was still tour- a break from touring and releasing a satire music video
ing Parachutes.* [37]* [46] The album's title was revealed of a song from a fictional band titled The Nappies while
through a post on the band's official website.* [47] The al- recording their third album.* [55] X&Y was released in
bum was released in August 2002 and spawned several June 2005 in UK and Europe.* [56] This new, delayed
popular singles, including “In My Place”, "Clocks", release date had put the album back into the next fis-
and the ballad "The Scientist". The latter was inspired cal year, actually causing EMI's stock to drop.* [57]* [58]
by George Harrison's All Things Must Pass, which was
It became the best-selling album of 2005 with world-
released in 1970.* [48] wide sales of 8.3 million.* [59] The lead single, "Speed
Coldplay toured from June 2002 to September 2003 for of Sound",* [60] made its radio and online music store
the A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour. They visited debut on 18 April and was released as a CD on 23 May
five continents, including co-headlining festival dates at 2005.* [61] X&Y entered the album charts of 20 countries
Glastonbury Festival,* [22] V2003 and Rock Werchter. at the number one position* [62] and was the third-fastest
Many concerts showcased elaborate lighting and indi- selling album in UK chart history.* [63]
vidualised screens reminiscent of U2's Elevation Tour Two other singles were released that year: "Fix You" in
and Nine Inch Nails' Fragility Tour.* [49] During the ex- September and "Talk" in December. Critical reaction to
tended tour, Coldplay recorded a live DVD and CD, Live X&Y was mostly positive, though slightly less enthusias-
2003, at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion.* [50] At the 2003 tic than that of its predecessor. The New York Times critic
Brit Awards held at Earls Court, London, Coldplay re- Jon Pareles described Coldplay as“the most insufferable
ceived awards for Best British Group, and Best British band of the decade”,* [64] whereas NME awarded the al-
Album.* [41] On 28 August 2003, Coldplay performed bum 9/10 calling it“Confident, bold, ambitious, bunged
“The Scientist”at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards with singles and impossible to contain, 'X&Y' doesn't
at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City, and won reinvent the wheel but it does reinforce Coldplay as the
three awards.* [51] band of their time”.* [65] Comparisons between Coldplay
In December 2003, readers of Rolling Stone chose Cold- and U2 became increasingly common.* [66]* [67] Chris
play as the best artist and the best band of the year.* [52] Martin later revealed that the reviews that ranged from
At that time the band covered The Pretenders' 1983 song mixed to negative, note-worthy for their remarks on com-
"2000 Miles" (which was made available for download paring them to U2, made him feel “liberated”.* [68]
From June 2005 to July 2006, Coldplay went on their the UK Top 10, US Top 40 (entering the Top 10 in the
Twisted Logic Tour, which included festival dates like Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart) and charted well in the
Coachella, Isle of Wight Festival, Glastonbury and the rest of the world.* [84] The title track, "Viva la Vida",
Austin City Limits Music Festival.* [69] In July 2005, was also released exclusively on iTunes. It became the
the band appeared at Live 8 in Hyde Park, where they band's first number one on the Billboard Hot 100,* [85]
played a rendition of The Verve's "Bitter Sweet Sym- and their first UK number one, based on download sales
phony" with Richard Ashcroft on vocals.* [70] On 28 Au- alone.* [86] This was also the first Number One in the UK
gust, Coldplay performed“Speed of Sound”at the 2005 Singles Chart to be based solely on download sales.
MTV Video Music Awards in Miami.* [71] In September,
Coldplay recorded a new version of “How You See the
World”with reworked lyrics for War Child's Help!: A Day
in the Life charity album.* [72] In February 2006, Cold-
play earned Best Album and Best Single honours at the
Brit Awards.* [73] Two more singles were released dur- Logo used in Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends and
ing 2006, "The Hardest Part" and "What If". The sixth Prospekt's March.
and final single, "White Shadows" was released in Mexico
during June 2007.* [74] Upon release, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
topped the album charts worldwide, and was the world's
best-selling album of 2008.* [87] It hit number one on the
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2006–09) UK album chart, despite having come on the market only
three days previously. In that time, it sold 302,000 copies;
Main articles: Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, the BBC called it“one of the fastest-selling records in UK
Viva la Vida Tour, and Prospekt's March history”.* [88] By the end of June, it had set a new record
for most-downloaded album ever.* [89]* [90] In October
In October 2006, Coldplay began work on their fourth 2008, Coldplay won two Q Awards for Best Album for
studio album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends and Best Act
with producer Brian Eno.* [75] Taking a break from in the World Today.* [91] On 9 November, Coldplay were
recording, the band toured Latin America in early 2007, named the World's Best Selling Act of 2008 at the World
performing in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico.* [76] Music Awards in Monte Carlo.* [92] They also picked
After recording in churches and other venues in Latin up two other awards, World's Best Selling Rock Act and
America and Spain during their tour, the band said the Great Britain's Best Selling Act.* [93] The band followed
album would likely reflect Hispanic influence.* [77] The up Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends with the
group spent the rest of the year recording with Eno.* [78] Prospekt's March EP, which was released on 21 Novem-
ber 2008. The EP features tracks from the Viva la Vida
or Death and All His Friends sessions and,* [94]* [95] as
well as being available on its own, was issued as a bonus
disc with later editions of Viva la Vida or Death and All
His Friends.* [96] "Life in Technicolor II" was the only
single released from the EP.
Performing live outside the BBC Television Centre during their

Viva la Vida Tour in 2008
Martin described Viva la Vida as a new direction for

Coldplay: a change from their past three albums, which
they have referred to as a“trilogy”.* [79] He said the al-
bum featured less falsetto as he allowed his voice's lower
register to take precedence.* [79] Some songs, such as
"Violet Hill", contain distorted guitar riffs and bluesy un-
dertones.* [79]
“Violet Hill”was confirmed as the first single, with a radio Coldplay performing in October 2008
release date of 29 April 2008.* [80] After the first play,
it was freely obtainable from Coldplay's website from Coldplay began their Viva la Vida Tour in June, with a
12:15 pm (GMT +0) for one week (achieving two million free concert at Brixton Academy in London.* [97] This
downloads),* [81] until it became commercially available was followed two days later by a 45-minute performance
to download on 6 May.* [82]* [83] “Violet Hill”entered that was broadcast live from outside BBC Television
1.1. COLDPLAY 5
Centre.* [98] Released in late 2008, "Lost!" became the

third single from the album, featuring a new version with
Jay-Z. After performing the opening set on 14 March
2009 for Sound Relief at the Sydney Cricket Ground,
Coldplay headlined a sold-out concert later that same
night.* [99] Sound Relief is a benefit concert for vic-
tims of the Victorian Bushfire Crisis and the Queensland
Floods.* [100] On 4 December 2008, Joe Satriani filed a
copyright infringement suit against Coldplay in the United
States District Court for the Central District of Califor-
nia. Satriani's suit asserted that the Coldplay song“Viva Coldplay playing at MuchMusic in Toronto, September 2011
la Vida”includes“substantial original portions”of the Sa-
triani song“If I Could Fly”from his 2004 album, Is There
Love in Space?. The Coldplay song in question received festival.* [116]
two Grammy Awards for “Song of the Year.”* [101]
In an interview on 13 January 2011, Coldplay mentioned
The band denied the allegation.* [102]* [103] An unspec-
two new songs to be included on their upcoming fifth al-
ified settlement was ultimately reached between the par-
bum, "Princess of China" and "Every Teardrop Is a Wa-
ties.* [104]
terfall".* [117] In a February interview, Parlophone pres-
Coldplay were nominated for four awards at the 2009 Brit ident Miles Leonard told HitQuarters that the band were
Awards: British Group, British Live Act, British Single ( still in the studio working on the album and that he ex-
“Viva la Vida”) and British Album (Viva la Vida or Death pected the final version would appear “towards the au-
and All His Friends).* [105] At the 51st Grammy Awards tumn of this year”.* [118] On 31 May 2011, Coldplay
in the same year, Coldplay won three Grammy Awards announced that “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall”was to
in the categories for Song of Year for “Viva la Vida”, be the first single for the fifth album. It was released on
Best Rock Album for Viva la Vida or Death and All His 3 June 2011. The band also presented five new songs at
Friends, and Best Vocal Pop Performance by a Duo or festivals during the summer of 2011, "Charlie Brown",
Group for “Viva la Vida”.* [106]* [107] A live album "Hurts Like Heaven",“Us Against the World”“ , Princess
entitled LeftRightLeftRightLeft was recorded at various of China”and "Major Minus".* [119]
shows during the tour. LeftRightLeftRightLeft, released
on 15 May 2009, was to be given away at the remaining
concerts of their Viva la Vida tour. It was also released as
a free download from their website.* [108] Following the
Viva la Vida Tour, Coldplay announced another “Latin
America Tour”to take place in February and March 2010,
in which they were to visit Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and
Colombia.* [109] In October 2009, Coldplay won Song of
the Year for“Viva la Vida”at The American Society of
Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Awards in
London.* [110] In December 2009, Rolling Stone readers
voted the group the fourth best artist of the 2000s.* [15]
Coldplay performing in Atlanta, Georgia on 24 September 2011

Mylo Xyloto (2009–12)
Main articles: Mylo Xyloto, Mylo Xyloto Tour, and On 12 August 2011, Coldplay announced via their of-
Coldplay Live 2012 ficial website that Mylo Xyloto was the new album title,
The band finished recording the new album in mid-2011. and that it would be released on 24 October 2011.* [120]
When Martin and Champion were interviewed by BBC On 12 September the band released "Paradise", the sec-
Radio and asked about the album's lyrical themes, Mar- ond single from their upcoming album Mylo Xyloto. On
tin replied “It's about love, addiction, OCD, escape and 23 September 2011, tickets for Coldplay's European tour
working for someone you don't like.”* [111] When asked officially went on sale. Demand proved to be very high
whether or not their fifth album would be out by the sum- with most venues selling out in seconds.* [121] Mylo Xy-
mer, Martin and Champion said that there was plenty loto was released on 24 October 2011, to mixed to pos-
of work to be done before releasing it. They confirmed itive reviews, and topped the charts in over 34 coun-
several festival appearances before its release date, in- tries.* [122]* [123]* [124]
cluding a headlining spot at the 2011 Glastonbury Fes- On 19 October 2011, Coldplay performed songs at Apple
tival,* [112] T in the Park,* [113] Austin City Limits Mu- Inc.'s private memorial event for Steve Jobs, includ-
sic Festival,* [114] Rock in Rio,* [115] and Lollapalooza ing “Viva la Vida”, “Fix You”, “Yellow”and
cles their tour in support of the Mylo Xyloto album. The

film premiered theatrically for one night only, 13 Novem-
ber 2012, and was released on CD and home video on 19
November 2012.* [134]
On 21 November, after a concert in Brisbane, Aus-
Logo used for the release of Mylo Xyloto.
tralia as part on the group's Mylo Xyloto Tour, Coldplay
hinted they were set to take a three-year break from tour-
ing.* [135]* [136] Coldplay performed two shows with
“Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall”.* [125] On 26 Octo- Jay-Z in the Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York, on
ber their “Amex Unstaged”concert at the Plaza de 30 December and New Year's Eve, and were set, which
Toros de Las Ventas in Madrid, Spain, was streamed ended the Mylo Xyloto Tour. The Mylo Xyloto Tour
by YouTube as a live webcast directed by Anton Cor- was named the fourth-highest-grossing tour worldwide
bijn.* [126] On 30 November 2011, Coldplay received of 2012 with more than $171.3 million earned in ticket
three Grammy Award nominations for the 54th Annual sales.* [137]
Grammy Awards which took place on 12 February 2012
in Los Angeles, and the band performed with Rihanna at
the ceremony.* [127]* [128] On 12 January 2012, Cold- Ghost Stories (2012–14)
play were nominated for two Brit Awards.* [129] On 21
February 2012, they were awarded the Brit Award for Main articles: Ghost Stories (Coldplay album) and Ghost
Best British Group for the third time.* [130] The album Stories Tour
was the best-selling rock album in the United Kingdom,
selling 908,000 copies.* [12] The album's second sin-
gle, "Paradise", was also the best-selling rock single in Speaking to Australian radio station 2Day FM, Chris
the UK, selling 410,000 copies.* [12] At the 2012 MTV Martin revealed that the title for their next album: “is
Video Music Awards on 6 September, “Paradise”won much easier to pronounce.”* [136] Martin debunked
the award for Best Rock Video.* [131] Mylo Xyloto has speculation that they were taking a break from touring
sold over 8 million copies worldwide.* [122] by saying, “This three-year break idea only came about
because I said at a gig in Australia that we might not be
Coldplay headlined the closing ceremony of the London back there for three years. Thatʼs probably true, but thatʼ
2012 Paralympic Games on 9 September 2012, where s just how a world tour works. No chance are we taking
they performed alongside other artists including Rihanna a three-year break.”* [138]
and Jay-Z.* [132] To tie in with their performance at the
closing ceremony, the group gave permission for bands On 9 August 2013, Coldplay announced the release of
who were participating in the Bandstand Marathon the their song, "Atlas", which featured on the soundtrack for
*
opportunity to perform their 2008 single "Viva la Vida" the film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. [139] Its re-
*
to celebrate the end of the games. [133] lease got pushed back to 6 September 2013 (everywhere
but the UK) and 8 September (UK). In December 2013 it
was announced that future Coldplay releases will be dis-
tributed by Atlantic Records in the US due to restructur-
ing within Warner Music Group following the purchase
of Parlophone Records from EMI.* [140]
On 25 February 2014, the band unveiled "Midnight",
a track from their yet-to-be released album.* [141] In
early March 2014, it was announced that the band's
sixth album, Ghost Stories, would be released 19 May
2014.* [142] Ghost Stories is a spiritually driven album
that revolves around two major themes mentioned by
Chris Martin. The album explores the idea of past ac-
tions, and the effects they can have on your future and
one's capacity for unconditional love.* [143] The band
The laser and light effects from the group's Mylo Xyloto Tour
took a different approach for their sixth studio album
In October 2012, the music video for Coldplay's song in contrast to their previous studio albums, with Mar-
"Hurts Like Heaven" was released. The video was based tin inviting the band to contribute original songwriting
on the story of Mylo Xyloto, a boy who grew up in material for the album, as opposed to building songs off
tyranny ran by Major Minus. The fictional comics en- his ideas as they had done during previous recording ses-
titled Mylo Xyloto continued on the story portrayed in the sions.* [144]
music video when the series was released in early 2013. From April to July, Coldplay embarked on a six-date
A concert documentary film Coldplay Live 2012 chroni- Ghost Stories Tour in support of the album, playing 'in-
1.1. COLDPLAY 7
timate' shows in six cities: the Beacon Theatre in New World War II drama film Unbroken directed by Angelina
York City on 5 May, Royce Hall in Los Angeles on 19 Jolie.* [156] At the 2015 Billboard Music Awards on 17
May, Casino de Paris in Paris on 28 May, Tokyo Dome May, Ghost Stories was named Top Rock Album.* [157]
City Hall in Tokyo on 12 June, Enmore Theatre in Sydney On 26 September, Coldplay performed at the 2015
on 19 June, and closed the tour at the Royal Albert Hall Global Citizen Festival in Central Park's Great Lawn in
in London on 2 July 2014.* [145] The album was made New York, an event organised by Chris Martin that advo-
available for pre-order on iTunes, alongside a new sin- cates an end to extreme global poverty.* [158] Coldplay,
gle titled "Magic".* [146] Two more singles from the al- along with Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran and Pearl Jam, head-
bum, "A Sky Full of Stars" and "True Love", have since lined the festival, which was broadcast on NBC in the US
been released. Ghost Stories received generally mixed to on 27 September and the BBC in the UK on 28 Septem-
favourable reviews.* [147] The album topped the charts in ber.* [158]
the UK, the US, and most major markets.* [148]* [149] It Speaking on Nick Grimshaw's Radio 1 Breakfast Show
received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vo-
on the BBC on 6 November, Coldplay confirmed 4 De-
cal Album and“A Sky Full of Stars”was nominated for cember as the release date of A Head Full of Dreams,
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.* [150] In December
and a new song from the album, "Adventure of a Life-
2014, Spotify named Coldplay the most-streamed band time", premiered on the show.* [159] The album fea-
in the world for 2014, and third most-streamed artist be- tures guest appearances from Beyoncé, Gwyneth Pal-
hind Ed Sheeran and Eminem.* [151] trow, Noel Gallagher, Tove Lo and Barack Obama.* [159]
The album reached number one in the UK, and number
A Head Full of Dreams (2014–present) two in the US, Australia, Canada, the Netherlands and
Italy.* [160]* [161]
Main articles: A Head Full of Dreams and A Head Full On 27 November 2015, Coldplay announced the first
of Dreams Tour dates to their 2016 A Head Full of Dreams Tour. Latin
On 4 December 2014, Chris Martin announced in an American and European legs were listed, which included
three dates at Wembley Stadium, London in June, with
further dates, including their North American tour, to be
added.* [162] More dates, including the North America
Tour, an extra Wembley concert, and an Oceania tour,
were later added gradually. On 5 December, the band
headlined the opening day of the 2015 Jingle Bell Ball at
London's O2 Arena.* [163] On 7 February 2016 Coldplay
headlined the Super Bowl 50 halftime show.* [164]* [165]
The band were joined by Beyoncé and Bruno Mars.* [166]
In April 2016, the band were named the sixth best selling
artist worldwide in 2015.* [167]
On 26 June 2016, Coldplay closed the final day of the
Glastonbury Festival in England. Their performance in-
cluded a duet with Barry Gibb, the last surviving member
*
The band performing "Adventure of a Lifetime", during their of the Bee Gees. [168] During the band's second night at
headline setlist at Glastonbury 2016. The performance was their Metlife Stadium in New Jersey on 18 July, Coldplay were
fifth at the festival, and a record-setting fourth as headliners. joined onstage by Michael J. Fox to recreate a Back to the
Future scene. Martin sang "Earth Angel" before intro-
interview with Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1 that Cold- ducing Fox onstage to join the band in performing the
play are in the middle of working on their seventh stu- Chuck Berry classic "Johnny B. Goode".* [169]
dio album, A Head Full of Dreams.* [152]* [153] Martin
stated it might be the band's final album and compared it
to Harry Potter; “It's our seventh thing, and the way we 1.1.2 Musical style
look at it, it's like the last Harry Potter book or something
like that.”* [154] He added that, unlike their promotion Martin once proclaimed the band's music as “limestone
efforts for Ghost Stories, the band will tour for the seventh rock”in comparison to“hard rock”.* [170] The band's
record.* [154] In an interview with Jo Whiley on BBC Ra- music has been called“meditative”and“blue romantic";
dio 2, Martin hinted at the style of the album by saying it "[reflects] on their emotions”and Martin “endlessly
that the band was trying to make something colourful and examine[s] his feelings”.* [171]
uplifting, yet not bombast. He also stated that it will be Coldplay started out as one of many earnest post-Britpop
something to “shuffle your feet”to.* [155] bands.* [172] In the late 1990s, the EPs released by the
On 11 December 2014, the band unveiled a new song, band had characteristics of dream pop, setting them apart
"Miracles", which was written and recorded for the from later studio albums. The tone of the band's first
studio album, Parachutes, was described as melodic pop

with“distorted guitar riffs and swishing percussion”but
also being “exquisitely dark and artistically abrasive”
.* [173] Such alternative rock style has been compared to
bands like U2, Oasis, Radiohead and Travis.* [173]* [174]
The band acknowledges the Scottish alternative rock
band, Travis, as a major influence on their earlier ma-
terial.* [175]
In their second studio album A Rush of Blood to the Head,
the band drew inspiration from artists like Echo & the
Bunnymen,* [176] Kate Bush, George Harrison* [48] and
Muse.* [177] The songs in it were considered to contain
“lush melodies and a heartbreak”and that they had a
“newfound confidence.”* [178] The music on their third
release X&Y has been considered to be “ruminations Make Trade Fair, abbreviated as MTF, shown on Chris Martin's
piano during a concert
on Martin's doubts, fears, hopes, and loves.”* [171] It
was particularly influenced by the artists Johnny Cash and
Kraftwerk.* [179]
assistance in marketing “Viva la Vida”.* [187] After
In Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, the group's
the death of Steve Jobs, Coldplay performed four songs
style was moving towards art rock, being influenced by
at Apple's Campus in Cupertino, further thanking Jobs
the bands Blur, Arcade Fire and My Bloody Valen-
* for the support he gave them.* [188]
tine. [180] The band experimented with different in-
struments including orchestras, honky-tonk pianos and Coldplay supports Amnesty International and performed
further so.* [181]* [182] Mylo Xyloto carries the concept for them at The Secret Policeman's Ball fundraiser in
*
album format from the love and war-induced Viva la 2012. [189] Martin is regarded as one of the most visi-
Vida and expands the spectrum to include electronic ble celebrity advocates for fair trade, supporting Oxfam's
*
and acoustic elements. Lyrical influences were taken ongoing Make Trade Fair campaign. [190] He has been
from graffiti and the German resistance group White on trips with Oxfam to assess conditions, has appeared
Rose.* [183] in its advertising campaign, and is known for wearing a
“Make Trade Fair”wristband during public appearances
Regarding the band's wide international success, Par-
(including at Coldplay concerts).* [191] The band were
lophone's president Miles Leonard has stated that one of
also filmed for Make Poverty History, clicking their fin-
their “secrets”is that they have never sounded like a
gers.* [192]
parochial UK artist, saying:“Some bands are very proud
to be British, but sometimes come across as being very During the early years, Coldplay became widely known in
ʻBritishʼ. Coldplay never aspire to that; on one hand the media for giving 10 per cent of the band's profits to
* *
they sound British but on the other they sound like a huge charity, [193] which they continue to do. [194] Bassist
global artist.” [118] In 2011 Coldplay were hailed as Guy Berryman said, “You can make people aware of is-
*
'rock statesmen'.* [184] sues. It isn't very much effort for us at all, but if it can
help people, then we want to do it.”* [189] The band
also asks that any gifts intended for them are donated to
1.1.3 Activism and commercial endorse- charity, according to a response on the FAQ section of
ments Coldplay's website. Martin spoke out against the 2003
invasion of Iraq by the US, UK and other forces during
Despite their worldwide popularity, the band has re- the Teenage Cancer Trust show at London's Royal Al-
mained protective of how their music is used in the me- bert Hall on 24 March 2003, where he* encouraged the
dia, refusing its use for product endorsements. In the sell-out crowd to “sing against war”. [195] He would
past, Coldplay turned down multi-million dollar contracts later endorse*
the US Democratic presidential candidates
from Gatorade, Diet Coke, and Gap, who wanted to use John Kerry [196] and Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012
*
the songs "Yellow", "Trouble", and "Don't Panic" respec- respectively. [197]
tively.* [185] According to frontman, Chris Martin,“We In June 2009, Coldplay began supporting Meat Free
wouldn't be able to live with ourselves if we sold the songs' Monday, a food campaign started by Paul McCartney
meanings like that.”* [185] The song“Viva la Vida”was which attempts to help slow climate change by having at
featured in a commercial for the iTunes Store, advertising least one meat free day a week.* [198] From 17 and 31
its exclusive availability of the single as a digital download December 2009, Coldplay auctioned a quantity of sig-
on iTunes.* [186] Additionally, Chris Martin appeared at nificant band memorabilia, including their first guitars.
an Apple Inc. Special Event on 1 September 2010, play- Proceeds went to Kids Company, a charity which helps
ing a number of songs, and also thanked Apple for their vulnerable children and young people in London.* [199]
1.1. COLDPLAY 9
A month later in January 2010, Coldplay performed a • Parachutes (2000)

slightly modified version of “A Message”, entitled “A
Message 2010”, at the Hope For Haiti Now telethon spe- • A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
cial, raising money for the victims of the 2010 Haiti earth-
quake.* [200] • X&Y (2005)
In 2011 Coldplay endorsed the song "Freedom for Pales- • Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008)
tine" by posting a link to the video. In less than a day
12,000 comments were made on that post. Some threat- • Mylo Xyloto (2011)
ened to boycott the band, and a Facebook group was cre-
ated that demanded an apology to Israel.* [201] The link • Ghost Stories (2014)
to the song was eventually removed from their Facebook
wall.* [202] According to Frank Barat of OneWorld, the • A Head Full of Dreams (2015)
link was not removed by Coldplay, but by Facebook af-
ter“thousands of people (and computer generated posts)
reported it as abusive.”* [203] 1.1.6 Concert tours
Album Artists (www.albumartists.co.uk) staged an ex-
hibition of art from Mylo Xyloto at Proud Gallery in • Parachutes Tour (2000–01)
Camden to support the charity Kids Company in Novem-
ber̶December 2012.* [204] The exhibition raised over • A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour (2002–03)
£610,000 for the children's charity which supports disad-
vantaged children in London.* [205] In November 2014, • Twisted Logic Tour (2005–07)
Martin joined the charity group Band Aid 30, performing
• Viva la Vida Tour (2008–10)
alongside current British and Irish pop acts on the latest
version of the track "Do They Know It's Christmas?" to
• Mylo Xyloto Tour (2011–12)
raise money for the 2014 Ebola crisis in Western Africa
̶this was the second time Martin has contributed to a • Ghost Stories Tour (2014)
Band Aid recording having performed in the 2004 ver-
sion (Band Aid 20).* [206] • A Head Full of Dreams Tour (2015–)
In June 2016 the band supported Vote Remain in the
United Kingdom European Union membership referen-
dum. Following the Brexit result which saw 52% of 1.1.7 Awards and nominations
the UK voting to leave the EU (despite the majority
of younger people voting remain), Chris Martin stated: Main article: List of awards and nominations received
“This decision does not represent us or indeed most of by Coldplay
our generation and the generation following us.”* [207]
Coldplay have won numerous music awards through-
1.1.4 Band members out their history, including eight Brit Awards̶winning
Best British Group four times, five MTV Video Music
• Chris Martin – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, Awards, three World Music Awards, four Billboard Mu-
keyboards sic Awards, and seven Grammy Awards out of 26 nom-
inations. 2009 was their most successful year having
• Jonny Buckland – lead guitar, backing vocals, piano, received seven Grammy Award nominations at the 51st
keyboards, harmonica Grammy Awards, and won three.* [208] Coldplay have
sold over 80 million records worldwide.* [209]
• Guy Berryman – bass guitar, backing vocals, piano,
keyboards, harmonica, percussion, guitar
• Will Champion – drums, percussion, drum machine, 1.1.8 See also
backing vocals, piano, keyboards, guitar
• List of best-selling music artists
1.1.5 Discography • List of alternative rock artists
Main articles: Coldplay discography and List of songs • List of artists who reached number one on the Hot
recorded by Coldplay 100 (US)
• List of artists who reached number one on the UK

Studio albums Singles Chart
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1.1.10 Further reading 1.2.1 American Music Awards

• Roach, Martin (September 2003). “Coldplay: No- The American Music Awards is an annually held awards
body Said It Was Easy”. Omnibus Press. ISBN ceremony for outstanding achievements for American
0-7119-9810-8. artists in the record industry, which airs on ABC.
Coldplay has received no awards from five nomina-
• Spivack, Gary (2004). Coldplay: Look at the Stars. tions.* [7]* [8]
MTV. ISBN 0-7434-9196-3.
1.1.11 External links 1.2.2 BBC Music Awards
• Official website The BBC Music Awards are the BBC's annual pop mu-
sic awards, held every December, as a celebration of the
• Coldplay on what-music.com musical achievements over the past twelve months. The
event is coordinated by the BBC's music division, BBC
• Coldplay Official Google+ page
Music.
1.2 Awards and nominations 1.2.3 Billboard Music Awards
Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in The Billboard Music Awards is an annual awards show
London by Chris Martin (lead vocals, guitars, piano), from Billboard Magazine. Coldplay has received five
Jonny Buckland (guitar), Guy Berryman (bass) and Will awards from thirteen nominations.* [9]
Champion (drums, percussion). They have released six
studio albums̶Parachutes (2000), A Rush of Blood to
the Head (2002), X&Y (2005) Viva la Vida or Death and 1.2.4 Brit Awards
All His Friends (2008), Mylo Xyloto (2011), Ghost Sto-
ries (2014) and A Head Full of Dreams (2015) ̶which The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic In-
have sold over 58 million copies.* [1]* [2] The band has re- dustry's annual pop music awards. Coldplay has
leased over forty singles, including: "Yellow", which was received eight awards from twenty-four nomina-
the band's first hit in the United States where it reached tions.* [10]* [11]* [12]* [13]* [14]* [15]
1.2.5 Danish Music Awards 1.2.10 Golden Globe Awards
The Danish Music Awards is a Danish award show pre- The Golden Globe Awards is an annual awards show es-
sented by the International Federation of the Phono- tablished in 1944 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Asso-
graphic Industry since 1989, previously known as IFPI- ciation to honor the best in film and television. Coldplay
prisen and Dansk Grammy. Coldplay has received two received one nomination
nominations.* [16]* [17]
1.2.11 Hollywood Film Awards

1.2.6 Echo Awards
The Hollywood Film Awards are awarded at the
Hollywood Film Festival, an annual film festival located
The Echo Awards is a German music award event which
in Los Angeles, California, USA. Coldplay have received
is held annually, where the year's winners are decided by
1 award from 1 nomination.
the band's sales from the previous year. Coldplay has re-
ceived four awards from all their nominations.* [18]* [19]
1.2.12 IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music
Awards
1.2.7 Emmy Awards
1.2.13 International Dance Music Awards
The Emmy Awards, considered as a TV equivalent to
the Academy Awards for film in US, are presented by The International Dance Music Awards is a dance music
the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), event held annually in March since the 1980s in Florida
the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences aimed at various musical professionals. Coldplay has re-
(NATAS) and the International Academy of Television ceived one award from two nominations.* [30]* [31]
Arts & Sciences in various sectors of the television in-
dustry including entertainment programming, news and
documentary shows.* [20]¸ 1.2.14 Italian Music Awards
The Italian Music Awards were an accolade established
Primetime Emmy Awards in 2001 by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry
to recognize the achievements in the Italian music busi-
The Primetime Emmy Awards is an American accolade ness both by domestic and international artists.* [32] The
bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences fourth and last* [33] awards ceremony was held on 15
in recognition of excellence in American primetime tele- December 2003.* [34] Coldplay has received two awards
vision programming. First given in 1949, the award was from five nominations.
originally referred to as simply the“Emmy Awards”until
the first Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies were held in
the 1970s, and the word“prime time”was added to dis- 1.2.15 Ivor Novello Awards
tinguish between the two.* [21] Coldplay have been nom-
inated once. The Ivor Novello Awards is an award ceremony for song-
writing and composing, held annually in London, United
Kingdom. Coldplay has received one award from six
1.2.8 GQ Awards nominations.* [39]* [40]
GQ is a monthly men's magazine, where the annual win-

1.2.16 Juno Awards
ners are voted through the GQ website. Coldplay has re-
*
ceived one award from one nomination. [22]
The Juno Awards is an annual awards ceremony held pri-
marily for Canadian musical artists and bands. Cold-
play has received two awards from three nomina-
1.2.9 Grammy Awards tions.* [41]* [42]
The Grammy Awards is an annual music awards

show held by the National Academy of Recording 1.2.17 Los Premios 40 Principales
Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstand-
ing achievements in the record industry. Coldplay The Los Premios 40 Principales is an annual awards cer-
has received seven awards from thirty-one nomina- emony organized by Spanish music radio Los 40 Princi-
tions.* [23]* [24]* [25]* [26]* [27]* [28]* [29] pales. The award is an annual Spanish awards show that
recognises the people and works of pop musicians. Cold- MTV Video Music Awards Japan
play received three nominations with one win.
The MTV Video Music Awards Japan is the Japanese ver-
sion of the MTV Video Music Awards, which is awarded
1.2.18 Los Premios MTV for music videos and popular culture. Coldplay has re-
ceived no awards from five nominations.* [63]
The Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica Awards (formerly
known as the MTV Video Awards, Latin America) are
the Latin American version of the MTV Video Awards, 1.2.22 MuchMusic Video Awards
to celebrate the top music videos in Latin America and
the world. Coldplay has received one award from two The MuchMusic Video Awards is an annual awards cer-
nominations.* [43]* [44] emony presented by the Canadian music video channel
MuchMusic for music videos. Coldplay have received no
awards from three nominations.* [64]
1.2.19 Mercury Music Prize Awards
1.2.23 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards
The Mercury Prize Awards is an annually held awards
ceremony for the year's best albums. Coldplay has re- The Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards is an annual award
ceived no awards from three nominations.* [45]* [46] show that were kids vote for their Favorite Movies, TV,
Music, and Sports. Coldplay only received two nomina-
tions.
1.2.20 Meteor Ireland Music Awards
The Meteor Ireland Music Awards are the national music 1.2.24 NME Awards
awards of Ireland, held annually since 2001 for achieve-
ments in the Irish and international record industry. The NME Awards is an annual music awards show,
Coldplay has received one award from three nomina- founded by the music magazine NME, where the winners
tions.* [47]* [48] are decided by public votes. Coldplay has received six
awards from eleven nominations.* [65]* [66]
1.2.21 MTV Awards

1.2.25 NRJ Music Awards
MTV Asia Awards
The NRJ Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony
held in Cannes, France for popular musicians by various
The biannual MTV Asia Awards is the Asian equivalent
categories. Coldplay has received one award from five
of the Australian MTV Australia Awards. The awards
nominations.* [68]* [69]
are for the recognition to Asian and international icons
in music, among other areas. Coldplay has received no
award from one nomination.* [49] 1.2.26 People's Choice Awards
The People's Choice Awards is an annual CBS awards
MTV Europe Music Awards
show that recognises the people and works of popular cul-
ture. Coldplay has received no awards from five nomina-
The MTV Europe Music Awards is an annual awards cer- tions.* [70]
emony established in 1994 by MTV Europe for the best
in European music. Coldplay has received five awards
from nineteen nominations.* [50]* [51]* [52]* [53]* [54] In 1.2.27 Q Awards
2011, the group once again received three nomina-
tions.* [55] The awards ceremony will take place on 6 The Q Awards is the UK's annual music awards held
November in Belfast.* [56] by music magazine Q for excellence in music. Cold-
play has received six awards from twenty nomina-
tions.* [71]* [72]* [73]* [74]* [75]* [76]* [77]* [78]
MTV Video Music Awards
The MTV Video Music Awards is an annual awards cer- 1.2.28 Teen Choice Awards
emony held primarily to honor music videos. Cold-
play has received six awards from twenty-three nomina- The Teen Choice Awards are an annual awards ceremony
tions.* [57]* [58]* [59]* [60]* [61]* [62] from Fox Broadcasting Company. Coldplay received one
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1.2.31 External links

• Coldplay official site
• Coldplay on Twitter
Chapter 2
Members
2.1 Guy Berryman 17 September 2006.* [5]* [6] In March 2007, Coldplay's
spokesman confirmed that Guy and Joanna separated af-
*
Guy Rupert Berryman (born 12 April 1978) is a ter three years of marriage, and later divorced. [7] Berry- *
Scottish musician, multi-instrumentalist and producer, man is now engaged to Dutch model Keshia Gerrits. [8]
best known as the bassist for the groups Coldplay and Berryman is an avid marathon runner and likes to run in
Apparatjik. Berryman is left-handed but plays the bass the nearest parks or around the neighbourhoods of the
right-handed. hotels whenever the band is touring. He also has an in-
terest in photography, fashion and electronic gadgets.* [2]
He is a fan of his local football team Raith Rovers F.C..
2.1.1 Coldplay Berryman owns a vintage retro style juke box and collects
Motown and Stax 7”singles to play on it. He jokes that
Berryman started an engineering degree at University he knows “every secondhand vinyl shop in every major
College London (UCL). Soon after, he dropped out of his U.S. city”. Berryman once said to have been starstruck
engineering course and switched to a seven-year architec- by James Brown in concert.* [2]
ture program at The Bartlett (UCL's school of architec-
According to an article released by MSN UK in April
ture).* [1] He dropped out of his architecture degree after
2008, Berryman has an estimated wealth of £25 mil-
one year to focus on playing bass with Coldplay. While
lion.* [9]
his bandmates were still continuing their degrees, Berry-
man worked as a barman in a local London pub.
During the Twisted Logic Tour for the promotion of Cold- 2.1.4 Other musical projects
play's third album, X&Y, Berryman took candid pictures
of the band with disposable cameras and threw them to In 2004, Berryman (and Will Champion) collaborated
the audience.* [2] with Magne Furuholmen of a-ha, Berryman's musical
hero,* [10] on his solo album Past Perfect Future Tense,
playing in the song “Kryptonite”.
2.1.2 Business ventures In 2008, Berryman participated to the Movie
Soundtheme of Umi no Shanghai. He also played
Berryman owned a clothing shop called “Jezebell”in
the bass guitar on Furuholmen's second album, A Dot
London, which closed down due to debt.
of Black in the Blue of Your Bliss. In the same year, he
On 7 June 2010, The Sun reported that Berryman and his started collaboration with Magne Furuholmen, Jonas
brother Mark would be forming a company dealing with Bjerre (of Mew) and Martin Terefe under the band
antiques.* [3] name of Apparatjik, working on a musical theme for
the BBC2 series, Amazon.* [11] The theme was made
available along with exclusive tracks from various other
2.1.3 Personal life artists on the Survival International charity album, Songs
for Survival. Apparatjik has made their very first live
Berryman was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. He was ed- performance at the eleventh edition of club transmediale,
ucated at two independent schools: at The Edinburgh an annual festival in Berlin, which took place between
Academy in the city of Edinburgh in Scotland, and at 28 January and 7 February 2010. Apparatjik performed
Kent College in the city of Canterbury in England, be- inside a specially constructed cube at the WMF on
fore attending University College London. Monday, 1 February 2010. On the same day, the band
In 2004, Berryman married Joanna, his childhood sweet- released their debut album, titled We Are Here.
heart,* [4] in a low key ceremony in the City of West- In 2010 and 2011, Berryman produced The Pierces' new
minster. The couple have one daughter, Nico, born album, You and I, together with Coldplay's producer Rik
21
22 CHAPTER 2. MEMBERS
• Ghost Stories (2014)
• A Head Full of Dreams (2015)
2.1.7 Notes
[1] Roach, Martin (2003). Coldplay: Nobody Said It Was

Easy. Location unknown:Omnibus Press, 18. ISBN 0-
7119-9810-8
[2] Scaggs, Austin; Corbijn, Anton (25 August 2005),

“COLDPLAY'S QUIET STORM”. “THE HAND-
SOME ONE”Rolling Stone. (981):40–46
[3] “Coldplay's Guy Berryman wants to be an antiques ex-

pert”. The Sun. London. 7 June 2010.
[4] Killkelly, Daniel (12 May 2007). “Coldplay star splits

from wife”. Digital Spy. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
[5] Montgomery, James (2 October 2006). “No Five-Year

Hiatus For Coldplay – But They Are Taking A Break”.
MTV News. mtv.com (MTV Networks). Retrieved 2008-
10-14.
[6] “Coldplay to take hiatus?". Ireland On-Line. 2 October

2006. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
Berryman performing during Coldplay's 2008 Viva la Vida
[7] Taylor, Chris (12 May 2007). “Coldplay Star Splits
Tour.
With Wife”. Entertainment Wise. Retrieved 2008-07-
11. Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman has split from his
Simpson. childhood sweetheart wife Joanna just six months after
the birth of their first child.
Apparatjik's second studio album, Square Peg in a Round
Hole, was released digitally in November 2011 and phys- [8] http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/
ically in March 2012. coldplay-bassist-guy-berryman-engaged-3276114
[9] 4 – Guy Berryman, £25 million – Salary centre

2.1.5 Non-musical credits
[10] “A-Ha Guy's an Eighties baby”. The Sun. London.
Berryman was credited with providing photographs for 18 September 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2010. COLD-
the inner sleeve of the album Foot of the Mountain, re- PLAY bassist GUY BERRYMAN has formed an offshoot
leased by Norwegian pop/rock band a-ha in 2009.* [12] new band with his musical hero, guitarist MAGNE FU-
RUHOLMEN of Eighties pop champs A-HA.
2.1.6 Discography [11] “Coldplay and A-ha team up”. Teletext. Retrieved 2008-
08-22.
With Coldplay
[12] Archived 18 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
Main article: Coldplay discography

• Parachutes (2000)
• Coldplay's official website
• A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
• Apparatjik's Official website (Curated by the super-
• X&Y (2005) group themselves, designed by Aspire Design Stu-
• Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008) dios)
• Mylo Xyloto (2011) • Guy Berryman at the Internet Movie Database

2.2. JONNY BUCKLAND 23
2.2 Jonny Buckland Buckland largely uses the Telecaster Thinline 72' as his
primary electric guitar, as seen mainly in the albums Viva
Jonathan Mark “Jonny”Buckland (born 11 September La Vida or Death and All His Friends, X&Y, and Mylo
1977) is an English musician and multi-instrumentalist, Xyloto. Buckland uses the Fender Stratocaster for his
best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the secondary guitar, but he has made clear that the Tele-
band Coldplay. caster series is his favorite. Buckland's guitar style is
mainly based on U2's The Edge's guitar sound, which
consists mainly of ringing, conservative notation, vari-
2.2.1 Early life ous amps and distorters, and musical rawness. Buck-
land's guitar-playing style has inspired many other bands
Jonathan Mark Buckland was born in Islington, Lon- to adopt a similar technique, such as The Fray's Joe King,
don. He lived there until the age of four when his fam- The Killers David Keuning, and Pat Monahan from Train
ily moved to Pantymwyn in Flintshire, Wales.* [1] Jonny on some songs. The Edge himself stated in an interview
started playing the guitar at the age of eleven, after beat Glastonbury: "[Jonny Buckland] is an inspiration to
ing spurred on by The Stone Roses, Ride, George Harri- guitar players everywhere, and I am proud to know that I
son, U2, and My Bloody Valentine, while being encour- was one of his main influences. (laughs) It makes me feel
aged by his older brother Tim.* [1] He was a student at like a real rock star.”
Ysgol y Waun and Alun School, the latter located in the
Welsh town of Mold; moving on to study astronomy and
mathematics at University College London, where he also 2.2.4 Personal life
met his future bandmates̶Chris Martin, Guy Berryman,
Will Champion (as well as their future manager Phil Har- Buckland is a fan of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.* [4] Buck-
vey)̶and formed Coldplay. land was a vegetarian for some time, but eventually gave
up after spending some time in Japan and, after not be-
Buckland is noted for his sparse arrangements and use
ing able to communicate that he didn't eat meat, was
of slide. His stylistic chiming and ringing sound have
served beef and found that he really liked it.* [5] Buck-
led to some comparisons with the playing of U2's The
land's brother Tim and his band The Domino State sup-
Edge.* [2]* [3]
ported Coldplay at the O2 in December 2008.* [6] Buck-
land married Chloe Evans in 2009, and the pair have a
2.2.2 Solo work daughter, Violet, born in May, 2007 and a son, Jonah,
born in November, 2011.
Buckland has guested on Ian McCulloch's solo album
Slideling and made a cameo appearance with band mate
Chris Martin in the film Shaun of the Dead. 2.2.5 Discography
With Coldplay
2.2.3 Guitar style
• A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
• X&Y (2005)
• Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008)
• Mylo Xyloto (2011)
• Ghost Stories (2014)
• A Head Full of Dreams (2015)
2.2.6 References
[1] Williams, Martin (31 August 2009).“There'd be no Cold-
Buckland performing during Coldplay's 2008 Viva la Vida Tour. play without Jonny Buckland”. Liverpool Daily Post.
[2] Hamilton, Rob (2 July 2008). “Rob in Stereo – Evading English comedian Ricky Gervais is Will's former boss.
Musical Immortality”. Jackson Free Press. Retrieved *
[2] He originally joined Coldplay as part of a retirement
2009-03-25. Guitarist Jonny Buckland sounds as though programme, according to the band's frontman Chris Mar-
he is morphing more and more into The Edge from U2. tin.
[3] Ahmad, Sophia (7 May 2009). “Interview with Coldplay
guitarist Jonny Buckland”. The Des Moines Register. Re-
trieved 2009-05-19. 2.3.2 Career
[4] “Coldplay guitarist: 'I'd give it all up for Tottenham Hot- Coldplay
spur'". NME. 23 October 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
Coldplay guitarist Jonny Buckland has admitted that he
Champion was the last of the four band members to join
would give music up for the chance to play for his favourite
football team Tottenham Hotspur. the ensemble on 31 July 1997. He took up the position
as drummer with no prior experience, but quickly ad-
[5] “Boombox All Access – Coldplay”. Boombox. Retrieved justed to fill the role.* [3] In 1999, lead singer Chris Mar-
2011-12-31. tin sacked Champion, but the band asked him to return
soon after.* [4]
[6] “No Coldplay split, says North Wales-based mom of gui-
tarist'". Daily Post. 28 November 2008. Jonny's brother In Coldplay, he is often regarded as the rationality of the
Tim and his band The Domino State will be supporting group. They say of him: “Will does have a very sen-
Coldplay at one of the 02 concerts. sible head on his shoulders and when it comes to mak-
ing band decisions he's really good at putting valid points
across and keeping everyone focused. He frequently has
2.2.7 External links the casting vote and his decision can sometimes override
the consensus!"* [5] As Chris Martin has said in multiple
• Coldplay.com interviews,“We [Coldplay] are all just working for Will
Champion.”
• Jonny Buckland at the Internet Movie Database
While all four members have sung backing vocals, Cham-
pion has been the most frequent. During the Viva la
2.3 Will Champion Vida Tour, Champion sang and performed an acoustic
version of the song “Death Will Never Conquer”. A
version of the song was included on Coldplay's live al-
William “Will”Champion (born 31 July 1978) is an En- bum LeftRightLeftRightLeft. He has also performed lead
glish musician and multi-instrumentalist, best known as vocals on a live version of“Til Kingdom Come”and the
the drummer and backing vocalist of the alternative rock Life in Technicolor II b-side “The Goldrush”.
band Coldplay.
Other projects
2.3.1 Early life and education
In the autumn of 2004, Champion and Coldplay bassist
William Champion was born in Southampton, Hamp-
Guy Berryman guested on A-ha keyboardist Magne Fu-
shire, England, on 31 July 1978 and was brought up in
ruholmen's first solo album Past Perfect Future Tense.
the Highfield suburb of the city, close to the University of
Champion made a cameo appearance in the "The Rains
Southampton, where his father, Timothy Champion, is a
of Castamere,”an episode of the HBO series Game of
professor of archaeology; his mother, Sarah Champion,
Thrones, where he portrayed a musician during the Red
is also an archaeologist.* [1]
Wedding.
As a youth, Champion's musical influences included Tom
Waits, Nick Cave and traditional Irish folk music. He
learned to play piano and violin when he was 8 and he 2.3.3 Personal life
learned to play the guitar when he was 12. He also
has experience on the bass, and tin whistle. Before he Champion's mother, Sara, a Doctor of Prehistoric Ar-
joined Coldplay, Champion performed in a band called chaeology, died from cancer in 2000. The album
Fat Hamster. Parachutes was dedicated to her.* [6] Champion was the
Champion attended primary school at Portswood Primary first Coldplay member to marry: He married Marianne
School, secondary school at Cantell Maths and Com- Dark, a teacher, in 2003. Their first child, a girl named
puting College, and college at Peter Symonds College. Ava, was born on 28 April 2006. On 7 May 2008, Mar-
He attended Highfield Church. As a youngster he also ianne gave birth to fraternal twins Juno and Rex.* [7]
played cricket for Chandler's Ford CC along with his Champion is a lifelong fan of Southampton F.C. and has
older brother. had a season ticket for many years.
2.4. CHRIS MARTIN 25
2.3.4 Equipment 2.3.8 External links

Champion currently uses a Yamaha drum kit* [8] with • Coldplay.com
Zildjian cymbals.* [9] In the music video for “Christ-
mas Lights”, he uses a Slingerland drumkit and Ludwig • Will Champion at the Internet Movie Database
Supraphonic Snare 14x6.5 inches. For sticks, Champion
looks to Pro-Mark's American Hickory 5A stick with a
wooden tip.
2.4 Chris Martin
2.3.5 Discography This article is about the Coldplay musician. For other
uses, see Chris Martin (disambiguation).
With Coldplay
Christopher “Chris”Anthony John Martin (born 2
March 1977)* [1] is an English singer, songwriter, record
producer and co-founder of the British alternative rock
• Parachutes (2000) band Coldplay. Born in Whitestone, near Exeter in De-
von, Martin went to University College London where he
• A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002) formed a rock band with fellow musician Jonny Buckland
• X&Y (2005) in 1996 called Pectoralz (eventually renamed Coldplay in
1998).
Martin-along with the other Coldplay members-achieved
• Mylo Xyloto (2011) worldwide fame with the release of the band's single
"Yellow" in 2000, a song that also earned the band their
• Ghost Stories (2014) first Grammy Award nomination in the Best Rock Song
• A Head Full of Dreams (2015) category. The band also garnered critical acclaim and
several accolades for their subsequent albums including
A Rush of Blood to the Head and Viva la Vida, winning a
2.3.6 Notes Grammy for both and a Brit Award for the former. Addi-
tionally, the band has sold more than 80 million records
• Roach, Martin (2003). Coldplay: The Scientist. worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling
Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-9810-8. music artists.
2.3.7 References
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/23/
Christopher
chris-martin-coldplay-glastonbury-opposite-of-walls-and-brexit Anthony John Martin was born in
Whitestone, Devon, England, and is the eldest of
[2] “Ricky Gervais revealed to be Coldplay drummer Will
Champion's Ex-Boss in recent Chris Martin Interview”.
five children. His father, Anthony Martin, is a re-
tired accountant, and his mother, Alison Martin, is
[3] Weiss, David (March 2003).“Will Champion: Just Right a music teacher. His family's business was Martins
For Coldplay”. DRUM! Magazine (March 2003). Re- of Exeter until sold by his father in 1999.* [2]* [3]
trieved 4 August 2012. William Willett, the man who campaigned for and made
[4] “Chris Martin: 'I punish myself with lemonade'". Digital daylight saving time a recognised practice, was Martin's
Spy. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2010. great-great-grandfather.* [4]
[5] Slender Fungus (20 November 2008). “Oracle question” Martin was educated at the pre-preparatory Hylton
. Coldplay.com. Retrieved 2011-10-09. School and the preparatory Exeter Cathedral School
where he found his passion for music.* [5] After Exeter
[6] Champion patron of CANCERactive, CANCERactive.
Retrieved 8-15-11.
Cathedral School, Martin boarded at Sherborne School
in Dorset, where he met future Coldplay manager Phil
[7] McLean, Craig (1 June 2008). "'We're about to be fed to Harvey.* [6]
the lions'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-03-18. Will
Champion (father of a two-year-old and three-week-old Martin continued his studies at University College Lon-
twins) don (UCL), staying at Ramsay Hall, where he read An-
cient World Studies and graduated with first-class hon-
[8] Yamaha Drum Artists, retrieved 2009-07-22 ours in Greek and Latin.* [3] At UCL, he met future Cold-
[9] Zildjian.com – en-US, archived from the original on 3 Jan- play bandmates Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and
uary 2010, retrieved 2009-07-22 Guy Berryman.* [7]
2.4.2 Recording career Loose. The two were once rumoured to be a couple, af-
ter they both performed at Glastonbury in 2002. Furtado
Coldplay joked about the situation, saying that “Yeah, he's my
boyfriend – he just doesn't know it yet”.* [10]
Main article: Coldplay
Martin's fascination with hip hop was shown in mid-2006
when he collaborated with rapper Jay-Z for the rapper's
While studying at University College London, Martin met comeback album Kingdom Come after the two met ear-
Jonny Buckland with whom he decided to form a band lier in the year. Martin put some chords together for a
– Martin on lead vocals and Buckland as lead guitarist. song known as "Beach Chair" and sent them to Jay-Z
They were joined by Guy Berryman as their bass player who enlisted the help of hip hop producer Dr. Dre to
and Will Champion, who learned how to play drums to mix it. Coldplay producer Rik Simpson conceived and
serve as the drummer for the band. In 1996, they formed performed the drum beats. The song was performed on
the rock band Coldplay, originally known as Pectoralz, 27 September 2006 by the two during Jay-Z's European
later changed to Starfish temporarily until finally they tour at Royal Albert Hall. In 2007, Martin appeared on
were offered the name Coldplay by another band who did a track titled “Part of the Plan”for Swizz Beatz' debut
not want the name any more. solo album One Man Band Man. Martin has also worked
Since the release of their first album Parachutes in 2000, on a solo collaboration with Kanye West, with whom he
the band has had internationally recognised fame and suc- shared an impromptu jam session during a 2006 concert
cess. Their song Yellow from Parachutes instantly en- at Abbey Road Studios.* [11] He performed the chorus of
tered the charts at Number 4, the hit carried Coldplay "Homecoming", from Kanye West's album Graduation.
to their aforementioned fame.* [8] To date, they have re- In 2015, Martin collaborated with producer and DJ Avicii
leased seven studio albums in total including A Rush of to work on two new tracks for his album, Stories. Their
Blood to the Head, X&Y, Viva la Vida or Death and All first collaboration is officially named “Heaven”. Mar-
His Friends, Mylo Xyloto, Ghost Stories, and A Head Full tin wrote the lyrics, Avicii did the production and Simon
of Dreams. They also released several EP's at the be- Aldred of Cherry Ghost was the vocalist.* [12]
ginning of their creation including Safety and The Blue
Room.* [9]
2.4.3 Influences and favourite musicians
Solo work
The main influence on Martin and Coldplay is the Scottish
rock band Travis, with Martin crediting the band for the
creation of his own group.* [13]
The Irish rock band U2 is another important influence on
Martin both musically and politically.* [14] Martin wrote
for Rolling Stone magazine's“100 Greatest Artists of All
Time”on the band,* [15] saying: “I don't buy weekend
tickets to Ireland and hang out in front of their gates, but
U2 are the only band whose entire catalogue I know by
heart. The first song on The Unforgettable Fire, "A Sort
of Homecoming", I know backward and forward – it's so
rousing, brilliant, and beautiful. It's one of the first songs
I played to my unborn baby.”Martin also comments on
Bono's effect on his own charity and political involvement
Martin at Music Midtown (Piedmont Park) in Atlanta, GA on 24 he is even known to joke with friends referring to himself
September 2011 as “Crono”.* [14]
As a solo artist, Martin has written songs for a variety of Martin and Coldplay were also greatly influenced by the
acts including Embrace ("Gravity") and Jamelia ("See It English rock band Radiohead. Speaking to Rolling Stone
in a Boy's Eyes", co-written with Coldplay producer Rik magazine, Martin said of Radiohead: “Sometimes I feel
Simpson). Martin has also collaborated with Ron Sex- like they cleared a path with a machete, and we came af-
smith, Faultline when he sang on two haunting Faultline terward and put up a strip mall... I would still give my left
tracks: 'Where is My Boy?' and 'Your Love Means Ev- ball to write anything as good as OK Computer.”* [16]
erything Part2.', The Streets, and Ian McCulloch. He also Martin is very vocal about his love for Norwegian new
sang a part of the vocals for the Band Aid 20 single, "Do wave/Synthpop band a-ha. In 2005 he stated the follow-
They Know It's Christmas?" at the end of 2004. In 2005, ing in an interview: “I found myself in Amsterdam the
Martin collaborated with Nelly Furtado on the track "All other day and I put a-ha's first record on. I just remem-
Good Things (Come to an End)", for her 2006 album, bered how much I loved it. It's incredible songwriting.
Everyone asks what inspired us, what we've been trying President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq. During
to steal from and what we listened to as we were growing the Teenage Cancer Trust show at London's Royal Albert
up – the first band I ever loved was a-ha.”* [17] Martin Hall on 24 March 2003, he encouraged the sell-out crowd
has also performed live together with Magne Furuholmen to “sing against war”.* [35] He was a strong supporter
of a-ha, introducing him as “the best keyboard player in of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, most no-
the world”.* [18] In November 2011, he stated that“back tably during his acceptance speech for the 2004 Grammy
when we didn't have any hits of our own we used to play Awards Record of the Year, accepting for "Clocks". He
a-ha songs.”* [19] supported Obama for President in 2008, giving a shout-
out at the end of a performance of "Yellow" on 25 Octo-
Martin known to be a fan of the English rock bands Oasis
* *
and Muse, [20] Irish pop group Westlife, [21] English- ber 2008 episode of Saturday Night Live.* [36]
Irish girl group Girls Aloud,* [22]* [23] English pop group
Take That,* [24] and Canadian indie rock band Arcade
Fire. In 2014, Martin inducted Peter Gabriel into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his solo career, and per-
formed live with the former Genesis frontman.* [25] Mar-
tin is also close friends with the musical couple Jay-Z and
Beyonce, and in a recent radio interview mentioned that
one of Coldplay's favourite musicians is Tove Lo, who
appears on their latest album.* [26]
Coldplay performed R.E.M.'s "Nightswimming" with
Michael Stipe during their Austin City Limits perfor-
mance in 2005, as a part of the Twisted Logic Tour. Mar-
tin went on to call“Nightswimming”“the greatest song
ever written”.* [27] He has called Richard Ashcroft, for-
merly of The Verve,“the best singer in the world”.* [28]
2.4.4 Other endeavours

Martin and Coldplay guitarist Jonny Buckland made
cameo appearances in the film Shaun of the Dead as sup-
porters of the fictional charity ZombAid,* [29] with Mar-
tin having a second cameo in the film as a Zombie.* [29]
In 2006 Martin had a cameo role in the second series,
episode four, of the Ricky Gervais and Stephen Mer-
chant created comedy Extras. He also appears singing in
the closing credits of the 2009 Sacha Baron Cohen film Martin playing "Trouble" on his piano during a concert in Brazil,
Brüno; along with Bono, Sting, Slash, Snoop Dogg, and February 2007
Elton John.* [30]
On 1 April 2006 The Guardian reported that Martin
In March 2015 Martin attended the televised launch of
was backing the British Conservative Party leader David
music streaming service Tidal via a video link, and re-
Cameron, and had written a new theme song for the party
vealed himself, along with other notable artists, as a
titled “Talk to David”.* [37]* [38] This was later re-
shareholder in the company.* [31] In June 2015, Martin
vealed to be an April Fool's joke. While touring Aus-
performed “Til Kingdom Come”at the funeral mass
tralia in March 2009, Martin and the rest of Coldplay
of Beau Biden, son of United States Vice-President Joe
were the opening act at the Sound Relief benefit concert
Biden, after learning that Biden was a fan of his.* [32]
at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, for the victims
of bushfires and floods in Victoria and Queensland.* [39]
Politics Martin appeared in a video for the "Robin Hood Tax"
campaign, which proposes a tax on stock trades in the
Martin has been particularly outspoken on issues of fair United States.* [40] This tax is aimed at levelling the field
trade and has campaigned for Oxfam's Make Trade Fair between the so-called “1% and 99%". In June 2016
campaign. He travelled to Ghana and Haiti to meet farm- Martin supported Vote Remain in the United Kingdom
ers and view the effects of unfair trade practices.* [33] European Union membership referendum. Following the
When performing he usually has variations of “Make Brexit result which saw 52% of the UK voting to leave the
Trade Fair”,“MTF”or an equal sign written on the back EU (despite the majority of younger people voting re-
of his left hand and the letters “MTF”can be seen em- main), Martin stated: “This decision does not represent
blazoned on his piano.* [34] He was a vocal critic of US us or indeed most of our generation and the generation
following us.”* [41] experience and awe at becoming a father. Their sec-
ond child, Moses Bruce Anthony Martin, was born April
8, 2006 in New York City.* [53] Moses's name was in-
Philanthropy spired by a song, "Moses", that Martin wrote for Pal-
trow. Simon Pegg and Martin's bandmate Jonny Buck-
On 12 December 2012, Martin performed as a part of the land are Apple's godfathers, and in exchange Martin is
“12 12 12 Concert”which was held as a fundraiser for the godfather to Pegg's daughter.* [54]* [55] Martin and
Hurricane Sandy relief. He performed "Viva La Vida", Paltrow announced their separation in March 2014, after
the R.E.M. song "Losing My Religion" with the former ten years of marriage.* [56] Paltrow filed for divorce in
R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe, and "Us Against the April 2015.* [57] A judge finalized their divorce on July
World". Other performers in the show included Bruce 15, 2016.* [58]
Springsteen, Roger Waters, Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, The
Rolling Stones, Alicia Keys, The Who, Kanye West, Billy
Joel, and Paul McCartney.* [42] On 15 November 2014, Religion
Martin joined the charity group Band Aid 30, performing
alongside British and Irish pop acts on the latest version of In a 2005 Rolling Stone magazine interview, Martin said
the track "Do They Know It's Christmas?" at Sarm West of his religious views: “I definitely believe in God. How
Studios in Notting Hill, London, to raise money for the can you look at anything and not be overwhelmed by
2014 Ebola crisis in Western Africa̶this was the sec- the miraculousness of it?"* [59] In the same interview he
ond time Martin has contributed to a Band Aid recording spoke of going through a period of spiritual confusion,
having performed in the 2004 version.* [43] stating “I went through a weird patch, starting when I
was about sixteen to twenty-two, of getting God, religion,
Martin became the creative director of the newly estab-
superstition, judgement all confused”.* [59] In a 2008
lished Global Citizen Festival in 2015, a role he will ful-
interview he said, “I'm always trying to work out what
fill for a period of 15 years.* [44] The festival was cre-
'He' or 'She' is. I don't know if it's Allah or Jesus or Mo-
ated in 2015 to mark the establishment of the United
hammed or Zeus. But I'd go for Zeus.”* [60] Following
Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a “to-
the interview, he released a text message declaring him-
do list”of 17 tasks to end extreme global poverty by
self an "all-theist", a word of his invention meaning that
the year 2030; with Martin consulting Band Aid founder
he believes in “everything”.* [60]
Bob Geldof on the role.* [44] The 2015 festival, was
held on Central Park's Great Lawn in New York on
26 September, and featured performances by Martin's
2.4.6 Filmography
band Coldplay, Beyoncé, Pearl Jam and Ed Sheeran,
and was broadcast on NBC in the US on 27 Septem-
Television
ber, and the BBC in the UK on 28 September.* [45] It
was reported that Martin became the Innocence Project's
Films
Artists' Committee as an Innocence Ambassador on 5
February 2016.* [46]
2.4.7 Discography
2.4.5 Personal life Solo
Martin forces himself to drink vodka with cranberry juice With Coldplay
when he behaves“like an idiot”.* [47]* [48] PETA named
him the World's Sexiest Vegetarian in 2005,* [49] as he Main article: Coldplay discography
had been a vegetarian for a while; however, he started
eating meat again after his split with Paltrow.* [50]
Relationships • A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
• X&Y (2005)
Martin and American actress Gwyneth Paltrow married
on 5 December 2003,* [51] in a quiet ceremony in the
absence of their friends and family. Their daughter Ap-
ple Blythe Alison Martin, was born May 14, 2004 in • Mylo Xyloto (2011)
London.* [52] Martin and the band released a song “I
am your baby's daddy”under the name “The Nap- • Ghost Stories (2014)
pies”in anticipation of the birth of Apple. The band's
song "Speed of Sound" was also inspired by Martin's • A Head Full of Dreams (2015)
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Chapter 3
Discography
3.1 Coldplay discography the album's second single, became an international hit and
topped the charts in countries such as the UK, the Nether-
lands and the US.* [6]* [9]* [14]
English rock band Coldplay has released seven studio
albums, four live albums, six compilation albums, two Mylo Xyloto was released as the band's fifth studio album
video albums, 11 extended plays, 42 singles, three on 24 October 2011. It followed in the success of its pre-
promotional singles, and 38 music videos. The band has decessors, becoming a worldwide chart-topper. The al-
sold over 80 million records worldwide.* [1]* [2] bum's first two singles, "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall"
and "Paradise", charted highly in several countries, the
Coldplay released their debut studio album Parachutes on latter becoming the band's second number-one single in
10 July 2000. It was a commercial success, peaking at the United Kingdom.* [6] The album produced an addi-
number one in the United Kingdom and performing well tional five singles: "Charlie Brown", "Princess of China",
internationally.* [3] The album was certified seven times "Up with the Birds", "Hurts Like Heaven" and "Up in
platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) Flames".
and has sold over 8.5 million copies worldwide.* [4]* [5]
Parachutes spawned four singles; "Yellow" and "Trouble" Preceded by the release of the singles "Magic",
became top ten hits in the UK, while "Shiver" and "Don't "Midnight" and "A Sky Full of Stars", the band's sixth
Panic" were moderately successful.* [6] studio album Ghost Stories was released on 19 May 2014
and went straight to number one in over 15 countries.
The band's second studio album, A Rush of Blood to Seventh album A Head Full of Dreams was released on
the Head, was released on 26 August 2002. The al- 4 December 2015, marking the shortest gap between two
bum experienced exceptionally strong sales in com- album releases by the band. Due to the massive continued
parison to its predecessor, topping the charts in the success of Adele's album 25, the band entered the chart at
UK and in many other countries, including Australia #2, missing out on a seventh UK number-one debut in a
and Canada.* [3]* [7]* [8] Its lead single, "In My Place", row. However, after their performance at the Super Bowl,
peaked at number two in the UK and charted highly in A Head Full of Dreams climbed to number 1 on the UK
several other countries.* [6] "The Scientist" and "Clocks", chart, giving them their 7th consecutive #1 album there.
the album's next two singles, became top ten hits in the To date, the band has sold 18.2 million albums and 33.6
UK; the latter single peaked at number 29 on the United million song downloads in the United States.* [15]
States Billboard Hot 100, giving the band their first top
40 hit on the chart.* [6]* [9]
Coldplay's third studio album, X&Y, was released on 6
June 2005. Topping the charts in numerous countries,
including the UK and the US, the album was a commer-
cial success.* [3]* [10] X&Y went on to become the best-
selling album of 2005, selling over 8.3 million copies by
the end of the year.* [11] Six singles were released from
X&Y. The album's lead single "Speed of Sound" peaked
at number two in the UK and became an international top
ten hit.* [6] Three of its subsequent singles, "Fix You",
"Talk" and "The Hardest Part", were also commercially
successful.
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, the band's 3.1.1 Albums
fourth studio album, was released on 12 June 2008. It
topped the charts in over thirty-six countries and became
the best-selling album of 2008.* [12]* [13] "Viva la Vida",
31
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Chapter 4
Studio albums
4.1 ''Parachutes'' bum. A few months later it was arranged that Allison
and the band meet at a rehearsal room to start on the al-
Parachutes is the debut studio album by the British bum proper. “They started up playing in the rehearsal
alternative rock band Coldplay. It was released by room and they really weren't together at all. And I was
Parlophone on 10 July 2000 in the United Kingdom. The very honest with them, I just sort of said 'Look this sim-
album was produced by the band and British record pro- ply isn't good enough'". Allison adds, “The interesting,
ducer Ken Nelson, excluding one track, “High Speed”, the most significant thing that did occur out of the fact
which was produced by Chris Allison. Parachutes has that we didn't end up starting the album on that day of
spawned the hit singles "Shiver", "Yellow", "Trouble", the rehearsal was that Chris Martin had not written 'Yel-
and "Don't Panic". low' by that time”.* [3]
The album was a commercial success, and was met Several months later British record producer Ken Nelson
with positive reviews. Upon release, the album quickly was chosen, producing all but one song on Parachutes.
reached number one in the United Kingdom, and has He was introduced to Coldplay by his manager Pete
since been certified 8× Platinum. In the United States, Byrne (who gave him a copy of the band's Fierce Panda-
the album peaked at number 51 on the Billboard 200, and distributed debut single in 1999). Nelson has claimed
has since been certified 2× Platinum. It won the Grammy that, as soon as he heard vocalist Chris Martin's voice
Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 2002, and on the song “Bigger Stronger”, he “realised that he
has earned the band various accolades since its release. was something special”. Nelson was offered the job
Parachutes is also the 19th best-selling album of the 21st while Coldplay were performing in Liverpool with En-
century in the United Kingdom, and won the Best British glish indie rock band Gomez (whose debut album, Bring
Album award at the 2001 Brit Awards. As of 2011, it has It On, was what he had produced at the time).* [4]
sold around 8.5 million copies worldwide. Coldplay initially planned to record Parachutes in the
space of two weeks. However, tours and other live per-
formances caused the recording to spread out between
4.1.1 Recording and production September 1999 and April–May 2000.* [5] The band be-
gan work on the album at Rockfield Studios in Wales, Ma-
The band started working on the album in 1999 and pro- trix Studios, and Wessex Sound Studios, although the ma-
duced an EP with British record producer Chris Alli- jority of Parachutes' tracks were recorded at Liverpool's
son. Allison was asked to 'come in and give the band Parr Street Studios. The band worked in three studio
a bit of a direction sound wise. Both the band and the rooms at Parr Street, and tracked much of the album in
A&R department – both parties wanted that'.* [1] Things one of these rooms̶the project studio which producer
got off to a productive start with the song 'High Speed', Ken Nelson describes as“basically a demo room”. The
which ultimately proved good enough to make it onto the Chris Allison-produced track“High Speed”was also in-
Parachutes album. Allison describes it thus: 'You'll no- cluded on the album, and originates from earlier sessions
tice it is quite a bit different to the other tracks, because at Orinico Studios in London. The album was mixed by
there are other sounds going on in it: we wanted to mix a American engineer Michael Brauer in New York. Cold-
soundscape in with the classic rock sound on that partic- play's record label, Parlophone, had originally intended to
ular track. I thought 'High Speed' was a really good mar- use a mixing engineer for the tracks they picked as sin-
riage between the classic rock sound and the new sound gles, but eventually hired Brauer to work on all songs on
that was developing out of it, something that was more at- Parachutes* [4] except the song“High Speed”which was
mospheric'.* [2] Seven tracks in all were recorded during mixed by Chris Allison.
the sessions at Orinoco studios in London, three of them At the Liverpool concert where he was offered the pro-
ended up on The Blue Room EP. duction job Nelson had noted that Coldplay's perfor-
The band took a break to write more songs for the al- mance was “very very uptight [...] they rushed through
39
40 CHAPTER 4. STUDIO ALBUMS
the set and it was quite difficult to listen to”. Once of thing, where you can create [differing] moods through
in the studio Nelson and the band went through each the music and lyrics.”* [8]
song, learning how to play the piece live and deciding Parachutes was recognised to have an alternative rock
what tempo to play it at in an attempt to get the group sound similar to English band Radiohead in their Bends
to “calm down”("Trouble", for example, had to be re- era. In fact, it has been suggested that the album's com-
worked to eliminate the cacophony included in its early mercial success was due in part to a portion of Radio-
versions).* [4] head's audience being alienated by the band's experimen-
The album's cover features a photograph of a globe taken tal and more electronic-influenced Kid A album.* [9]
with a disposable Kodak camera. The globe had been
purchased from W H Smith for £10; it was featured in
the music videos for "Shiver" and "Don't Panic", and also 4.1.3 Release and promotion
accompanied the band on their tours.* [6] The album was
dedicated to drummer Will Champion's mother, Dr. Sara Parachutes was released on 10 July 2000 in the United
Champion, who died of cancer in 2000.* [7] Kingdom via record label Parlophone. In the United
States, it was released on 7 November 2000 by record
label Nettwerk.* [10] The album has been made avail-
4.1.2 Music and style able on various formats since its initial release; both Par-
lophone and Nettwerk released it as a CD in 2000, and
it was also released as a cassette by newfound US label
Capitol in 2001. In the following year, Parlophone issued
the album as an LP.* [11]
The main version of the album contains 10 tracks; the
tenth track,“Everything's Not Lost”, segues to a hidden
short track called“Life Is for Living”, clocking in for a
total of 7:15. The Japanese version of the album contains
all main tracks, and the additional tracks“Careful Where
You Stand”and “For You”.
Four singles were released from the album: “Shiver”,
"Yellow", “Trouble”, and “Don't Panic”. “Shiver”
served as lead single in the United Kingdom while“Yel-
low”was used in the United States. Upon the release
of “Trouble”, Coldplay abandoned their initial plan of
releasing“Don't Panic”as the album's fourth single, af-
ter they deemed three singles were enough for an album.
Despite this, however, it was released as a single in some
European regions.* [12]
Since its wide release, Parachutes has earned the band a
large array of awards. The album won Best Album at the
2000 Q Awards, and was nominated at the 2000 Mercury
Music Prize. The following year, the band earned Best
Alternative Music Album at the Grammy Awards and
Best British Album at the BRIT Awards.* [13]* [14]
4.1.4 Critical reception

Coldplay performing “Yellow”in the 2005 Twisted Logic Tour.
Parachutes was released to generally favorable reviews
Champion has explained that Nelson's production style from music critics.* [25] At Metacritic, which assigns a
was liberating and allowed the band to feel at ease during normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream
the recording of Parachutes (many songs from the album critics, the album received an average score of 72, based
often featured slow tempos). The ensuing album was “a on 20 reviews.* [26] In a contemporary review of the al-
record's worth of moody and atmospheric tunes”. As a bum, Michael Hubbard of musicOMH called it “an al-
nod to the moods created by the album, Champion has bum of remarkable depth, especially when one consid-
compared the song lyrics to the 1972 song "Perfect Day" ers the youthful ages of the band members.”* [27] NME
by American rock singer-songwriter Lou Reed, stating stated that“all told, it's incredible this is a debut album”
that the “lyrics are beautiful and they're really, really and concluded that “accomplished, yet subtle, it works
happy, but the music is really, really sad. It's that kind perfectly as a whole in a way all the production skills in
4.1. ''PARACHUTES'' 41
the world couldn't replicate.”* [20] Melody Maker hailed inum by the Recording Industry Association of Amer-
Parachutes as a“masterpiece”and“a defining musical ica.* [38] It has also been certified three-time Platinum
statement of 2000”, while James Oldham of Uncut felt in Australia by the Australian Recording Industry Asso-
that the album “more than justifies the plaudits heaped ciation,* [39] and two-time Platinum in Canada by the
upon [the band] by the weekly music press”.* [24] The Canadian Recording Industry Association.* [40]
Guardian described the album as“one of the year's most
uplifting albums”, adding that it features“elegant songs,
classic guitars and gorgeous singing”.* [28] 4.1.6 Impact and legacy
While noting that Parachutes“brings nothing new to the
table”and that its “musical reference points are imme-
diately recognizable and difficult to overlook”, Billboard
stated that the band“seems talented enough to transcend
this early identity crisis.”* [29] Matt Diehl of Rolling
Stone opined that the album “ultimately rises above
its influences to become a work of real transcendence”
.* [23] In a retrospective write-up, MacKenzie Wilson
of AllMusic commented that Parachutes introduced the
band as “young musicians still honing their sweet har-
monies”, adding that the album“deserved the accolades
it received because it followed the general rule when in-
troducing decent pop songs: keep the emotion genuine
and real.”* [15]
In a less enthusiastic review, Spencer Owen of Pitchfork
Media called the album “harmless and pretty... [but] Coldplay continue to perform songs from Parachutes, such as
nothing else”.* [21] Barry Walters, writing in The Village “Yellow,”in live performances.
Voice, similarly writes that “there's little on Parachutes
that demands attention or punctures the pensive spell, According to the British trade paper Music Week,
and, unlike Travis's, Coldplay's hooks are slight.”* [30] Parachutes was one of the most-impressive debut albums
In his Consumer Guide column for The Village Voice, ever, spawning the hit singles “Shiver”, “Yellow”,
Robert Christgau selected“Yellow”and“Don't Panic” and “Trouble”. With nearly 2.4 million units sold in
as “choice cuts”,* [31] indicating good songs on “an the United Kingdom alone, it has placed at number 12
album that isn't worth your time or money.”* [32] Setareh on the country's list of 20 biggest-selling albums of the
Yousefi of Stylus Magazine felt that “the finer moments 21st century.* [41] The album was placed at number 25 in
of Parachutes are blended with some boring sappy songs” Channel 4's 100 greatest albums of all time, and in 2006
, with Martin's “powerful voice”ultimately being “in at number 33 in NME's 100 greatest British albums. The
many ways wasted on songs that are alright but not bewil- album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You
dering.”* [33] Must Hear Before You Die.* [42]
Despite the album's critical and commercial success,
Chris Martin said that Coldplay didn't like the album.
4.1.5 Commercial performance He also commented that they look beyond Parachutes:
“We know that's terrible music and we always try to think
Parachutes performed well in the United Kingdom. The about what we can do next.”* [43]
popularity of the songs in British clubs, pubs and sporting
events bolstered the album to debut at number one on the
UK Albums Chart.* [34] It has been certified eight-times 4.1.7 Track listing
Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry, with sales
of around 2,400,000 units, to date.* [35] In July 2011, All songs written by Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy
Parachutes climbed from No. 184 back to No. 48 in the Berryman, and Will Champion.
album's 318th charting week there.* [36] As of February
2012, the album had sold 2,559,678 copies in the UK,
making it the third biggest selling Coldplay album behind 4.1.8 Personnel
A Rush of Blood to the Head (2.8 million) and X&Y (2.6
million).* [37] 4.1.9 Charts and certifications
Parachutes has reached number 51 on the US Billboard
200, and has peaked at number one on the Billboard Heat- 4.1.10 References
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an extended period before and were bombarded by prob-
lems focusing on the production process. They decided
Literature to relocate to Liverpool, where they had recorded some
of the songs on Parachutes. Vocalist Chris Martin said
• Roach, Martin (2003). Coldplay: Nobody Said it that once there they “became obsessed with recording”
was Easy. Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-9810-8. .* [6] "In My Place" was the first song recorded for the
Retrieved 9 September 2008. album and the one that the band released as the album's
lead single “because it was the song that made us want
to do a second album. It kept us going and made us think
4.2 ''A Rush of Blood to the Head'' we could still write songs”, following “a strange period
of not really knowing what we were doing”three months
*
A Rush of Blood to the Head is the second studio al- after the success of Parachutes. [6]
bum by the British alternative rock band Coldplay. Re- The band wrote more than 20 songs for the album and
leased on 26 August 2002 in the UK through the label some of those new tracks, including “In My Place”and
Parlophone, the album was produced by the band and “Animals”, were performed live during the tours promot-
British record producer Ken Nelson. Recording started ing Parachutes.* [2]* [7] The album's title was revealed
after the band became popular worldwide with the release through a post on the band's official website.* [8]
of their debut album, Parachutes, and one of its singles During initial recording sessions in Liverpool, vocalist
in particular, "Yellow".* [1]* [2] The album makes greater Chris Martin and guitarist Jonny Buckland worked alone,
use of electric guitar and piano than its predecessor. and only on weekends. Each Monday, they would present
The album was made available in August 2002, two the song ideas that they had developed to their band-
months after its original planned release date.* [3] It mates.* [6] With A Rush of Blood to the Head nearly com-
was released on 27 August in the United States through pleted, Martin went into the studio late one night and
Capitol Records. Capitol released a remastered version wrote a piano riff that he has stated “just came out”.
of the album in 2008 on a 180-gram vinyl record as part The band recognised that this early version of the song,
of the “From the Capitol Vaults”series. The album that would become "Clocks", was special the first time
debuted and continued their huge commercial legacy, an Martin played it to them. Reasoning that it was too late
ongoing pattern that began with Parachutes which made to include the song on the album, they recorded a demo
Coldplay one of the best-selling bands worldwide. It version and included it on a CD marked “Songs for #3”
topped the UK Albums Chart upon its first week of re- , featuring unfinished tracks they intended to work on for
lease in the United Kingdom, and became the eighth their third studio album.* [3]* [9]
biggest-selling album of the 21st century in the UK.* [4] By June 2002, the band had completed A Rush of Blood
The British Phonographic Industry has since certified the to the Head, but thought their output sounded “rub-
album 9× Platinum for its accumulated sales of over 2.8 bish”and reached an agreement with the label to post-
million units in the UK and this album sold 20 million pone the release of the album until they were completely
worldwide. The album spawned the hit singles "In My satisfied.* [3]* [9] Subsequently, many songs were dis-
Place", "The Scientist", and "Clocks". "God Put a Smile carded because they sounded like they could have been on
upon Your Face" was also released, but was significantly Parachutes. Martin has claimed that it would have been
less successful. uninteresting: “It would have shown that we're happy to
A Rush of Blood to the Head has been critically acclaimed, sit back on what we'd done, and we're not. For us, it was
and the band won the 2003 Grammy for Best Alterna- important to progress and try to improve upon our abil-
4.2. ''A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD'' 45
ities as musicians.”Such ambitions put the band under of urgency, that the album's title means “doing some-
strain:“sometimes practice sessions ended abruptly with thing on impulse”.* [10] Several songs on the album are
one or more members of Coldplay threatening to quit” about relationships. These tracks are based on reality, but
.* [10] according to Martin, they were written with a fictional
After headlining the 2002 Glastonbury Festival, Coldplay twist: “Songs are like fairy tales: they have a beginning
returned to the studio and worked on some tracks from and an end and you can make *
it all work perfectly. Real
the“Songs for #3”they had produced earlier. Phil Har- life doesn't work like that”. [6]
vey, the band's manager, heard“Clocks”and urged them The album includes ballads and acoustic songs featuring
to rework it immediately: “No, you must do that song extensive use of guitar and piano. The U2-esque “epic
now 'cause you're going on [in the lyrics] about urgency, rock”of the album's opening track“Politik”, the piano-
and you're talking about keeping this song back. That driven "Clocks", the loud guitars of“A Whisper”and the
doesn't make sense.”* [3]* [9] Crowded House-inspired guitar in“Warning Sign”were
seen as an extension of the band's musical range.* [15]
Chris Martin has stated that the album's title track is
Cover art an homage to American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash,
whom he considered one of “the greatest ... men with
The album cover for A Rush of Blood to the Head was
just guitars”.* [16]
designed by photographer Sølve Sundsbø. Sundsbø had
been hired by fashion magazine Dazed & Confused in The song“Green Eyes”was written by Chris Martin for
the late 1990s to produce something with a “technolog- two people: an“American friend”and bandmate, Jonny
*
ical feel, something all white”. As an artist, he tried to Buckland. [17]
do “stuff that hasn't been done before, which is virtu-
ally impossible"; he suggested taking shots using a three-
dimensional scanning machine.* [11] 4.2.3 Reception
The model for the shot wore an all-white makeup be-
cause it produces the “best results"; for the image, the Critical response
model wore a twill-coloured cape. The computer could
not read the colours so it was replaced with spikes, and Upon release, A Rush of Blood to the Head received gen-
the head in the image was chopped because the machine erally favorable reviews from contemporary critics. Re-
only scanned 30 centimetres.* [12] The editor of the mag- view aggregating website Metacritic reports a normalised
azine liked the image and eventually featured it in one of score of 80 based on 25 reviews.* [28] Many felt that it
their publications. Martin saw the image in the magazine built upon their previous album, Parachutes.* [29] Alexis
and approached Sundsbø for permission to use the image Petridis of the newspaper The Guardian wrote that the
as the cover of A Rush of Blood to the Head. For the al- band's “new assurance is everywhere ... the timidity of
bum's singles, Martin asked Sundsbø what he could do; Parachutes is nowhere to be found”. He concludes, “It
the latter suggested scanning the head of each member sounds like an album ready to take on the world, and win.”
*
of the band (Sundsbø also did artwork duties for the Live [21]
2003 home video).* [11] Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times praised the al-
The booklet contains only two photos; One with Cold- bum, commenting that it is “one of the year's best al-
play in a location that was rumoured to be a forest, and bums”and describing it as “sparser, stranger and even
one with the same band in the studio. The album cover catchier than its predecessor”.* [30] Rolling Stone mag-
was among the ten chosen by the Royal Mail for a set of azine's Rob Sheffield, said that "A Rush of Blood to the
“Classic Album Cover”postage stamps issued in January Head is a nervier, edgier, thoroughly surprising album”
2010.* [13]* [14] , adding, “where Parachutes was the clumsy diary of
a high-strung kid, A Rush of Blood sounds more like a
band with the confidence to test its own limits.”* [25]
4.2.2 Composition Ted Kessler of NME lauded the album, calling it “an
album of outstanding natural beauty, an organic, whole-
Recording the album after 11 September attacks gave the some work.”MacKenzie Wilson of AllMusic echoed the
band a fresh perspective: “The new songs are reflective above comments, saying that it is a“strong album”. Wil-
of new attitudes. [They tell listeners] not to be frightened. son, who compliments Martin for his“sharpened”falsetto
Anybody can achieve whatever they want to.”* [2] Most and refined“haunting delivery”and Buckland for his“riv-
of the song lyrics are about urgency. Martin has com- eting guitar work”, notes that “regardless of the band
mented that previous songs were more relaxed since they still being in their mid-twenties, they've made an amazing
were in a comfortable state of mind: “Perhaps there's a record”.* [18] Emma Pearse of the American newspaper
bit more urgency on some of these songs. And that's born The Village Voice has the same sentiments, stating that
from all the places we've been and the things we've expe- it is “a little edgier, trancier, and more conversational”
rienced.”Martin has explained, in relation to the theme compared to Parachutes.* [31] Robert Christgau gave the
album a one-star honourable mention ( ) and quipped, Awards and accolades

“Let Green Eyes dump him for real and we'll see how
long he hums in the void.”* [32] A Rush of Blood to the Head has earned the band sev-
eral awards from both the domestic and international mu-
sic press. In 2002 it was awarded Best Album at the
Q Awards.* [42] In the same year, the band won two
Grammy Awards: Best Alternative Music Album and
Commercial performance Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vo-
cal for the song "In My Place".* [43] In 2003 A Rush
of Blood to the Head won Best British Album at the
BRIT Awards, and the following year the band earned
their first Grammy Award for Record of the Year for
the song "Clocks"* [43]* [44] for a total of 3 Gram-
mys for this album. The band won 3 VMAs at the
2003 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Group Video,
Breakthrough Video and Best Direction in a Video for
"The Scientist" and its music video on YouTube has over
90 million views. The same year, they won the awards
best NME album of the year, and best album of the year
at the NME awards.
The album was chosen in 2002 as Billboard magazine's
Critics' Choice.* [45] Kludge included it on their list of
best albums of 2002.* [46] In 2012, it was ranked number
466 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest al-
bums of all time.* [47] It was also ranked 21st on Rolling
Coldplay promoted A Rush of Blood to the Head with a tour of Stone's list of top 100 albums of the 2000s.* [48] In 2007
the same name. The National Association of Recording Merchandisers
and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame released a list of what
they term “The Definitive 200 Albums of All Time"; A
A Rush of Blood to the Head made an entrance into Rush of Blood to the Head ranks at number 65 on the
the UK Albums Chart upon its debut week, entering at list.* [49] The album was nominated for the BRITs Al-
number 1 and moving 273,924 copies.* [33] The British bum of 30 Years at the 2010 BRIT Awards.* [50]
Phonographic Industry has since certified the album eight
times platinum for its accumulated sales of over 2.4 mil- In a BBC Radio poll in 2013, the album topped the list
lion copies.* [34] With the subsequent release of "Clocks" ahead of Hopes and Fears by Keane, Rio by Duran Duran
and "The Scientist", the album spent over one year on and The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd.* [5]
the chart. A Rush of Blood to the Head has been placed
at number seven on the list of United Kingdom's 20
biggest-selling albums of the 21st century, published by
4.2.4 Track listing
the British trade paper Music Week.* [33] In July 2011, A
All songs written and composed by Chris Martin, Jonny
Rush of Blood to the Head climbed from No. 176 back
Buckland, Guy Berryman, and Will Champion.
to No. 44 in the album's 250th charting week there.* [35]
As of May 2014, the album had sold 2,875,980 copies
in the UK, making it Coldplay's best-selling album.* [36] 4.2.5 Personnel
As of March 2015, it is the tenth best-selling album of
the 21st century.* [37]
4.2.6 Charts and certifications
In the United States, A Rush of Blood was Coldplay's
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4.3.1 Background
4.2.8 Further reading In March 2004, Coldplay announced details about
“X&Y”while the album was being recorded. Initial plans
• Roach, Martin (2003). Coldplay: Nobody Said it were to stay out of the public eye throughout the year. Vo-
was Easy. Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-9810-8. calist Chris Martin stated, “We really feel that we have
Retrieved 14 September 2008. to be away for a while and we certainly won't release any-
thing this year, because I think people are a bit sick of
us.”This plan, however, was not carried out due to the
4.2.9 External links pressure their second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head,
had induced but they were trying“to make the best thing
• A Rush of Blood to the Head at Discogs that anyone has ever heard”.* [4]
• A Rush of Blood to the Head at Metacritic Prior to the announcement, Martin, guitarist Jonny Buck-
land, and British record producer Ken Nelson had started "... kept [adding] finishing [touches to] the record until it
recording demos while in Chicago, Illinois. The band was way too late ... [they] don't listen to it at the moment,
then entered a London studio in January 2004.* [5] because [they would] just find something to go back and
change.”* [7]
4.3.2 Recording
4.3.3 Composition
The band spent eighteen months working on the al-
Music
bum.* [6] The released album is the third version which
the band had produced during their late sessions, and
some have even considered it as their fifth album.* [7] The
band was not satisfied with the outputs of their initial ses-
sions with Nelson, who produced the band's previous two
albums.
The initial set release date was 2004, and the band had
to delay the album to January 2005. But as the new
target date was approaching, the band again discarded
songs, which they deemed“flat”and“passionless”.* [7]
Sixty songs were written during these sessions, fifty-two
of which were ditched.* [8] The band started rehearsing
the songs for a planned tour, but felt the songs sounded
better live compared to their recorded versions: “We re-
alized that we didn't really have the right songs and some
of them were starting to sound better because we were Coldplay received permission from Kraftwerk to use the main riff
playing them than they did on record, so we thought we from “Computer Love”for the track “Talk”.
better go back and record them again.”Guitarist Jonny
Buckland has said that the band had pushed themselves Coldplay has cited various influences in the album. The
“forward in every direction”in making the album, but German electronic music pioneer Kraftwerk is evident on
they felt it sounded like they were going backwards com- the song "Talk", which borrows its synthetic hook from
pared to their earlier works.* [9] 1981's “Computer Love”.* [6] Also present is 1970s
In search of perfection, Coldplay had to “step it up a electronic music from the likes of English musician David
few notches and work hard at it to get it right”.* [7] The Bowie and Brian Eno. Eno, who would later produce Viva
band chose Danton Supple, who mixed the bulk of A la Vida or Death and All His Friends and Mylo Xyloto,
Rush of Blood to the Head, to oversee the production of played backing synthesizer on the track “Low”. The
X&Y.* [10] When January went, the band had to finish first single, "Speed of Sound", also takes inspiration from
the album; they were conscious of the pressure as “ex- the drumbeat of English singer-songwriters Kate Bush's
pectations for the record grew larger”and “completing song "Running Up that Hill".* [12] According to Jon Par-
it became tougher and tougher”.* [7] Finally, the band eles of The New York Times, the band attempts to“carry
was settled with the song “Square One”, which Martin the beauty of 'Clocks'" across the album, borrowing some
has described as “a call to arms”and a “plea”to each of its features to songs like “Speed of Sound”.* [13]
of them “not to be intimidated by anything or anyone The opening track “Square One”features the famous
else”. Once finished, the band felt like they could do motif from Also sprach Zarathustra, known better as the
their own songs and not have to think of anyone else's de- title theme of Stanley Kubrick's 1968 science-fiction film
mands.* [7] During this month, the band was into the final 2001: A Space Odyssey. The three-note sequence is used
weeks of production and had put the finishing touches on as a synthesizer hook, as well as a part of the chorus,
the tracks.* [10] showcasing Chris Martin's trademark falsetto voice.
Drummer Will Champion later admitted that the band “Fix You”features an organ and piano sound.* [14] The
was not in a rush in completing the album “because the song starts with a hushed electric organ ballad, including
prospect of touring again was so daunting that we felt we Martin's falsetto.* [15] The song then builds with both an
should take our time, and also we wanted to make sure acoustic guitar and piano sound. The sound then shifts
that it was the best it could possibly be”. The band had with a plaintive three-note guitar line, ringing through
no deadline, according to him, which caused them not to a bringing rhythm upbeat tempo. Its instrumentation
feel pressured into finishing something. Once a proper is varied with the sound of church-style organs hover-
deadline was imposed onto the band, they became more ing throughout the background,* [16] piano notes, acous-
productive than previous sessions. At this juncture, the tic and electric guitar riffs, drums, and a singalong cho-
band had written “about 14 or 15 songs”.* [11] Martin rus.* [17]“The Hardest Part”features a faster piano ballad
added that the reason why they ended up late was that they sound, and starts with a repeating two-note piano riff, and
4.3. ''X&Y'' 51
features an instrumentation of a singsong guitar.* [18] It Gofton which Mark Tappin previously work for Cold-
also includes a slow tempo with a drumming rhythm. The play for the Parachutes album cover and the single covers.
track ends with the band playing the repeated instrument The image, which is visualized through a combination of
riffs.* [18] “Talk”is built around a simple guitar lick by colours and blocks, is a graphical representation of the
Jonny Buckland.* [19]* [20] The track includes a hypnotic Baudot code, an early form of telegraph communication
pace, with Will Champion adding a metronomic beat using a series of ones and zeros to communicate. The
to the drums.* [19]* [20] The song features a synthesizer code was developed by Frenchman Émile Baudot in the
hook notable from Kraftwerk's “Computer Love”. It 1870s, and was a widely used method of terrestrial and
also adds a chiming note to more abrasive riffs during the telegraph communication.* [24]
breakdown near the end of the song.* [19]* [20] “Speed The alphabet of the code is presented in the liner notes
of Sound”is a similar song musically based on the piano.
of X&Y, but if deciphered, the code actually reveals the
The song benefits from an insistently ornate keyboard riff characters 'X 9 Y', a fact outlined in Marcus du Sautoy's
and a busy but less-hummable chorus,* [21]* [22] in which
book 'The Num8er Mys7eries'. It is unclear whether this
the song builds into a huge drum beat and a synthesizer- is a genuine mistake, as the symbol for '9' is very sim-
heavy chorus, which also includes an upbeat tempo. ilar to the symbol for '&', or whether it was entered to
confuse any deciphering fans. The track listing, included
Lyrics on the booklet, CD, and back of the album, uses “X#"
on tracks 1–6, and “Y#" on tracks 7–12, rather than the
Lyrically, X&Y made an apparent shift from its predeces- conventional track numbering system. This is a reference
sors. On their previous works, Martin sang mostly in the to the title of the album. Many pages in the booklet in-
first person“I”, but moves to the second person“you” clude photos of the band working on the album. The fi-
.* [13] Accordingly, the songs on the album are reflection nal page of the booklet contains the slogan "Make Trade
of Martin's“doubts, fears, hopes, and loves”with lyrics Fair", the name of the international organization which
that are “earnest and vague”.* [23] Chris Martin continues to support.* [24] The band dedi-
cates the album to “BWP”that is presented also inside
The lyrics tend to focus significantly around the idea that the liner notes; it stands for Bruce W. Paltrow, the late
everything is broken, out of place or missing; this is ap- father of Martin's wife at the time, Gwyneth Paltrow. All
parent in nearly all songs in the album. Examples include singles released from the album feature their titles in the
"Fix You" “ ( When you lose something you can't replace” same code on their respective covers.* [25] Martin some-
) and also in“X&Y”(“When something is broken, and times wears coloured tape on his hands while on stage, as
you try to fix it, trying to repair it, any way you can”) a reference to the album.
and "Talk" (“Are you lost or incomplete? Do you feel
like a puzzle, you can't find your missing piece?"). This
theme is also reflective of the random, incomprehensible 4.3.5 Release and promotion
pattern on the album's cover (until you“fix”it using the
Baudot Code).
4.3.4 Packaging
The Twisted Logic Tour promoted X&Y from 2005 to 2006.
X&Y was initially intended for a 2004 release, al-

though early news reported it would not be released un-
til 2005;* [5] however, because of personal preferences,
songs recorded in several sessions were scrapped and had
The Baudot Code was the subject for X&Y's artwork. pushed the expected release date to January 2005. How-
ever, the new date went by and the band had to set an-
The artwork for X&Y was designed by graphic design other schedule. By early 2005, the album, rumoured to
duo Tappin Gofton, formed by Mark Tappin and Simon be called Zero Theory, had a target release date between
March and May 2005.* [10]* [26] By early April, the band “recasting their nerdy-student Britpop as Important Rock
had finalized the track listing of the album.* [2] Eventu- Music”without having to compromise Martin's unpreten-
ally, the album was released on 6 June 2005 in the United tious songwriting style.* [37] In his review for AllMusic,
Kingdom via record label Parlophone. It was issued on 7 Stephen Thomas Erlewine praised it as “a good record,
June in the United States by Capitol Records. The album crisp, professional, and assured, a sonically satisfying se-
has been released with the Copy Control protection sys- quel to A Rush of Blood to the Head", stating it as “im-
tem in some regions. In 2008, Capitol released a remas- peccable”and “a strong, accomplished album”.* [23]
tered version of the album on two 180-gram vinyl records In a less enthusiastic review for Entertainment Weekly,
as a part of the “From the Capitol Vaults”series.
David Browne felt that Coldplay's attempt at more
Around three months prior to the album release, Cold- grandiose music works “only part of the time”,
play began performing several songs from the album dur- even though he found their effort to mature commend-
ing live performances. The band made a headlining per- able.* [32] Rhyannon Rodriguez from Kludge wrote that
formance at public radio station KCRW-FM's annual A the album feels “a little forced”, describing the overall
Sounds Eclectic Evening, staging five songs from X&Y sounds as “overtly weak”.* [41] Alexis Petridis, writ-
and some of their old favourites. For the song“The Sci- ing in The Guardian, said that some of the songs are
entist”, Martin sang one of its verses backward, a tech- “mostly beautifully turned”, but marred by lyrics that
nique he learned in shooting its music video.* [27] are “so devoid of personality that they sound less like
*
The album has four main singles that were released inter- song lyrics”. [6] Pitchfork Media's Joe Tangari called
nationally: “Speed of Sound”, "Fix You", and “Talk” it “bland *
but never offensive, listenable but not memo-
in 2005, and "The Hardest Part" in 2006. A fifth single, rable.” [34] Mojo wrote that the album is “awash with
“What If”, was released in June 2006 to radio stations cliches, non-sequiturs, and cheap existentialism; at times
in France and the French-speaking portions of Belgium it all becomes nigh on unbearable”.* [39] In a negative
and Switzerland. A commercial CD was also released in review for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau named
Belgium and features the same B-side as “The Hardest X&Y“dud of the month”and called Coldplay a“precise, *
Part”(“How You See the World”recorded live at Earls bland, and banal”band, giving the album a B grade. [38]
Court), which was released in other European markets as The band has received some criticism from some music
well as Japan and Australia. This single features the "Tom critics for the similarities between the lead single, "Speed
Lord-Alge Mix”of “What If”as the A-side which dif- of Sound", and "Clocks", one of the band's most popular
fers from the usual album version. Finally, in June 2007, songs to date.* [13]* [23]* [36] Kelefa Sanneh of Rolling
"White Shadows" was released as a radio-only single in Stone magazine was less contented with X&Y, writing it
Mexico, to coincide with the band's 2007 Latin America “is something less exciting”compared to A Rush of Blood
Tour. This also complemented the special“Tour Edition” to the Head that “was a nervy bid for bigness”. Sanneh
of the album that was released in these regions.* [28] notes that the album is “the sound of a blown-up band
The hidden track "'Til Kingdom Come”is featured in trying not to deflate”and“a surprising number of songs
The Shield season 5 premiere and in the superhero film here just never take flight”. Despite such, he compliments
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).* [29] In addition, Chris the album for featuring “lovely ballads that sound, well,
*
Martin performed an acoustic rendition of the track at Coldplay-ish”. [36]
the funeral of former Attorney General of Delaware Beau
Biden.* [30] Accolades
The album earned the band several awards. In 2006,

4.3.6 Critical reception it won the Best British Album accolade at the BRIT
Awards,* [42] and International Album of the Year at the
X&Y received generally positive reviews from music crit- Juno Awards which Coldplay shared with American hip
ics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out hop group The Black Eyed Peas.* [43] X&Y had scored
of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album re- Coldplay their third consecutive Mercury Prize nomina-
ceived an average score of 72, based on 33 reviews.* [39] tion. It was also nominated for Best Rock Album at the
Blender hailed it as Coldplay's“masterpiece.”* [31] NME 48th Grammy Awards, but lost to U2's How to Dismantle
described it as “confident, bold, ambitious, bunged with an Atomic Bomb.* [44] X&Y was voted the 32nd best al-
singles and impossible to contain,”and added that it rein- bum of the year in The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop
forces Coldplay as“the band of their time”.* [33] Q mag- critics poll for 2005.* [45]
azine found it “substantially more visceral and emotion-
ally rewarding experience than both its predecessors.”
*
[35] James Hunter of The Village Voice said that it is re- 4.3.7 Commercial performance
markably “accomplished, fresh, and emotional”.* [40]
Uncut assertively called it “an exceptional pop record” X&Y was a commercial success in Europe. The album
.* [39] Spin magazine's Mikael Wood praised Coldplay for debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart (making
4.3. ''X&Y'' 53
4.3.8 Track listing

All songs written by Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy
Berryman, and Will Champion except where noted.
Tour edition DVD
To coincide with Coldplay's tour of Australia, Southeast

Asia, and Latin America, the album was re-released in
those territories as a“Tour Edition”, which also includes
Coldplay performing at Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisboa, Portugal all the B-side tracks and music videos of X&Y's singles
during the Twisted Logic Tour in 2005. on a bonus DVD:
Tour edition CD
In addition a rare “Japan Tour Special Edition”(Cat.

No. TOCP-66523) was released in 2006. This is the only
“Tour Edition”which has the bonus disc as a CD (CD
extra) (Cat. No. NCD-3013), and without Copy Control.
it Coldplay's third consecutive number-one debut) with All other“Tour Editions”have Copy Control protection.
sales totalling 464,471 the fourth highest opening sales The track listing is exactly the same as in other “Tour
week in UK history, behind Take That, Oasis and Adele. Editions”.
To date, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has cer-
tified the album eight-times platinum.* [46] The album
placed at number nine on the list of United Kingdom's 4.3.9 Charts
20 biggest-selling albums of the 21st century, published
by the British trade paper Music Week.* [47] As of Febru- 4.3.10 Certifications
ary 2012, the album had sold 2,666,980 copies in the UK,
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nal album and the Prospekt's March EP.

4.4.1 Background
In October 2006, two weeks after bassist Guy Berryman
• XFM Album Playback with Chris Martin and welcomed his first daughter, which makes him the third
Johnny Buckland Coldplay member to have a child, reports circulated that
the band were taking a five-year hiatus. The new baby,
• Yahoo! Music Interview: X&Y From A To Z
and the fact that Coldplay had no touring or recording
• Marcus du Sautoy: How do you decode the new schedule at the time, had fans wondering if the band's
Coldplay album cover?, The Guardian, 2 June 2005 new album would not be released until 2010. Dispelling
such reports, Ambrosia Healy, spokesperson to Capitol
Records, sent an e-mail message to MTV that there was
4.4 ''Viva la Vida or Death and All no self-imposed hiatus. However, Healy clarified that
Coldplay was indeed“enjoying a much-deserved break”,
His Friends'' and there was no timetable for the follow-up to the band's
third studio album, X&Y.* [3]
“Viva la Vida (album)" redirects here. For other albums Work on the album began in November 2006, only be-
of the same name, see Viva la Vida (disambiguation). ing interrupted by the Latin America Tour in March
“Life in Technicolor”redirects here. For the single 2007.* [4]
released from Prospekt's March, see Life in Technicolor
II.
4.4.2 Recording
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, often re-
ferred to as simply Viva la Vida, is the fourth studio al-
bum by the British alternative rock band Coldplay, re-
leased on 12 June 2008 on Parlophone. The album was
named after a Spanish phrase that translates in English as
“Live the life”, although it can also be taken as “Long
live life”. Lyrically, the album contains references to
love, life, death, and war.
Recording sessions for the album took place during June
2007 to April 2008 and featured production by Jon Hop-
kins, Rik Simpson, Markus Dravs, and Brian Eno. The
album was their first to be produced by Eno. The band
forced themselves to explore experimental styles, as Eno
required every song on the album to sound different, and
expanded their musical interests while recording Viva la
Vida. The band wanted to make the album shorter than
42 minutes. Despite this, the album is longer than the
length they intended. Development of the album delayed
Coldplay used French revolutionary costumes during their Viva
the release date several times. The album cover of Viva la La Vida Tour as a reference to the album's revolutionary themes
Vida is the painting Liberty Leading the People by Eugène
Delacroix. Ambient musician and English record producer Brian
Viva la Vida was both a critical and commercial suc- Eno produced the album.* [5] Coldplay moved to “The
cess. Five songs were released in promotion of the album; Bakery”, after finishing up their Latin American Tour,
"Violet Hill" and "Viva la Vida" in May 2008, "Lovers in building a studio there. The songs written during their
Japan" and "Lost!" in November 2008, and "Strawberry time at the studio are lyrically “much more abstract,
Swing" in September 2009. “Viva la Vida”became the much more visual than before”, and musically “less
band's first song to reach number one in both the United straight-forward, more oblique”.* [6] Additionally, Mar-
tin wanted to make a vocal transition from his trade- The violinist Davide Rossi contributed with Coldplay to
mark falsetto to a lower register.* [7] This is explored in record strings on his acoustic and electric violin (the lat-
“Yes”, where the main characteristic of the Velvet Un- ter being capable to reach notes as low as the upright
derground-inspired song is the lowest vocals Chris Martin bass, thus recreating a full orchestra) throughout the al-
ever recorded that was suggested by the producer Brian bum. His strings are featured in six songs: Viva la Vida
Eno to make every single song sound different in the al- (the song in which his strings are the most used), Violet
bum. The band's drummer Will Champion said in an Hill, Life In Technicolor, 42, Yes and Strawberry Swing.
interview for MTV: “One of the main things we tried Some of the songs they recorded with Rossi didn't make
to focus on with this record is changing vocal identi- the cut for the album but were released in the Prospekt
ties, because Chris has a very recognizable voice.”* [8] March EP. Those songs were: Life in Technicolor ii,
Coldplay sparked an interest at Hispanic influences af- Rainy Day and Prospekt March.
ter having recorded in churches and in Spanish-speaking On 18 July 2009, two early demos from the Viva la Vida
countries such as in Mexico in North America and Spain
recording sessions leaked onto the Internet: the previ-
in Europe,* [9] such as Barcelona.* [10] However, it was ously unheard “Bloodless Revolution”and a very early
stressed that the influence was not in any specific sound version of Viva la Vida single“Lovers in Japan”. A day
but a general feel to the songs taken as a whole. On their later another demo, called “St. Stephen”appeared on-
website, the band also described taking acoustic guitars line.* [14] On 20 July 2009, six more demos were leaked:
and basic recording equipment to churches and experi- “The Fall of Man”, “The Man Who Swears”, “The
menting with particular sounds. Man Who Swears II”(actually just the second half of
Throughout the recording of the album, Coldplay com- “The Man Who Swears”), “First Steps”, “Loveless”
municated to fans through their website. “Famous Old and “Goodbye and Goodnight”. Other three left off
Painters”and“Glass of Water”were written in late 2007 tracks were leaked later into the internet, an instrumental
and they were considering both tracks for the album, but of “Lukas”, an unreleased song given to Natalie Im-
were not well received by the producers though the latter bruglia, “Solid Ground (Until The Water Floats Over)",
was added to the finalized Prospekt's March extended play a song written and performed live in 2006, and an instru-
track listing instead.* [11] The album was delayed further, mental of “Famous Old Painters”.
but a December 2007 post gave hints that the record-
ing stage was nearly finished. The article was signed
“Prospekt”, strengthening rumours that this would be the 4.4.3 Composition and themes
album's title. While the band completed two more songs
("Lovers in Japan" and "Strawberry Swing"), they denied “Viva la Vida”is a rock* [15] album, and is more specif-
that the album was called “Prospekt”.* [11] Martin re- ically described as alternative rock,* [16] art rock,* [17]
vealed he had been reading many Charles Dickens novels pop rock,* [18] and indie pop.* [19] It features influences
during the recording process which may have contributed of dream pop, art pop and baroque pop.* [20]
to the strong visual imagery on such tracks as "Violet Hill"
and "Cemeteries of London". In an interview for the Musically, Viva la Vida contrasts with their previous al-
Latin American TV channel Boomerang in 2010 Chris bums. The title track uses an orchestra, while "Lovers
said that a big inspiration for the record was the book Les in Japan" features a honky-tonk piano. "Lost!" is influ-
Misérables, which can be noted by the French revolution enced by tribal music, whereas "Strawberry Swing" incor-
themes on "Viva La Vida" for example.* [12] porates Afropop music. Martin described Viva la Vida
as a new direction for Coldplay: a change from their past
When asked about why “Lovers in Japan”had an ad- three albums, which they have referred to as a “trilogy”
ditional track, bassist Guy Berryman explained that the .* [21] He said the album featured less falsetto as he al-
band couldn't make up their minds, because they had dis- lowed his voice's lower register to take precedence.* [21]
cussed that they did not want an extra song on the album, Some songs, such as "Violet Hill", contain distorted gui-
and instead they wanted to keep the album concise with tar riffs and bluesy undertones.* [21]
a total of ten tracks (and an intended length of under 42
minutes).* [11] Champion followed with, “We just pre- The album contains an array of different themes such
ferred to have less titles and more stuff. The album as a as love, war, and revolutions. Unlike their previous re-
whole has got the most on it, but itʼs the shortest. We leases it has a more universal approach, it deals less with
wanted to make it almost impossible for you to not lis- personal problems and more with problems of human-
ten to it all in one go.”* [11] In addition, vocalist Chris ity. Songs like an instrumental version of "Life in Tech-
Martin revealed that the band had always wanted a song nicolor II" (which didn't make it to the final track list)
title which was two in one. He added that the reason for “Violet Hill”and "Death and All His Friends" talk about
having two titles in the track listing of Viva la Vida or war and politics. Martin stated the lyrics of “Violet
Death and All His Friends was due to American singer- Hill”were a commentary on Fox News.* [22]* [23]“Vi-
songwriter Justin Timberlake doing it for his last album, olet Hill”also is the first anti-war protest song from the
FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006).* [13] band.* [24]* [25] Other songs, such as the double track
“Lovers in Japan/Reign of Love”and “Yes”are about
love and desire.

Revolutionary themes are also an important part of the
album and its promotion. Coldplay used customized
French revolutionary costumes through the Viva La Vida
Tour and on the videos produced for the album's sin-
gles.* [26] Chris Martin said on an interview for The Sun
“some say this album is brave - I just see us as being very
lucky”.* [27] Martin stated that a big inspiration for the
album was the book Les Miserables by Victor Hugo.* [28]
The work of The Beatles is apparent as an inspiration
throughout the album. For instance, the song Violet Hill
references Beatles album Abbey Road, the reference can
be seen in the title of the song, which borrows its rhythm
from The Beatles. The song is named for a road which
adjoins Abbey Road in London.* [29] Viva la Vida takes its artwork from Eugène Delacroix's 1830
painting Liberty Leading the People.
4.4.4 Graphic design

March EP have one or more graphic images. On the al-
bum's booklet there are nine paintings made by the band.
The first is a blue map of Brazil that includes part of
the lyrics from "Glass of Water" painted in white. How-
ever, the image was later reworked and used as the art-
work for the "Lost!" single cover. The second painting on
the booklet illustrates the song "42". The image consists
of part of the song's composition written in a red back-
ground, with a black stripe covering the centre. The de-
sign for "Cemeteries of London" contains an illustration
of London, the song's title and a messy violet background.
A portion of the lyrics is used on the top of it. The visual
design for “Reign of Love”has its lyrics drawn on a
green background. In the middle of the booklet, most of
the lyrics of the album are shown amidst an unrecogniz-
able object. The artwork for “Yes”consists of a ripped
heart, and a line from the song, “Lord lead me not into
temptation”. The painting next to the song's artwork
contains lyrics from "Viva la Vida" painted in black on
a blue background. The artwork for "Death and All His
Friends" was made with scissors and paper. Lyrics for
the song appear in the design. The last page in the book-
let is simple: a Roman numeral of the number 7 painted
in red and green on a yellow background.* [31] Some of
the paintings were shown on a screen during the Viva La
Some of the paintings produced during the creation of the album's Vida world tour, or used on big balloons inside of the
artwork were later used on the Viva la Vida Tour screens. venues.* [32]
There were three covers for the album. The front cover
The artwork for Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
for the standard edition is a painting by Eugène Delacroix,
was designed by Coldplay and Tappin Gofton; the lat-entitled Liberty Leading the People, which was slightly al-
ter designed the X&Y cover three years earlier. The de-
tered for the cover by using a white paint brush to draw
sign style for the album took months to be completed; it
“VIVA LA VIDA”.* [31] The Prospekt's March Edition
was initially developed from a set of large-scale sketches
cover uses the same words again, but painted in gold and
and paintings of expressive typo. Lyrics and song titles
bigger, on a plain black background. The cover for the
were boldly painted across old maps, books, copies of old
Prospekt's March EP included another Eugène Delacroix
paintings, newspapers and various sorts of second-hand
painting (Battle of Poitiers), and had“Prospekt's March”
things. The final work was photographed and later some
drawn across the painting similarly to how “Viva La
additional typography was added by computer.* [30] Vida”was drawn across Liberty Leading the People for
Almost all tracks from the album and the Prospekt's the standard album cover.* [33] The cover used for the
Asian Tour edition, has the word“VIVA”painted in red giant lightbulbs that displayed images and closeups.* [43]
and black stripes against a white background,* [34] this The band started the tour playing a concert at the Brixton
same painting was used as the home page for the official Academy and free shows at Madison Square Garden on
Coldplay website during a period, it was created by the 23 June, and ended the tour in Barcelona. The tour ended
band and painted by the drummer Will Champion on a in March 2010 at Latin America and consisted of 172
wall at the studio called The Bakery.* [35] concerts.* [43]
4.4.5 Release and promotion 4.4.6 Reception

Commercial performance
Logo from the Viva La Vida era
In a Rolling Stone magazine interview, vocalist Chris Mar-

tin announced the album's release date and its title, Viva
la Vida, which is a Spanish phrase that translates into En-
glish as “long live life”.* [36] It takes its name from a
painting by Frida Kahlo, an acclaimed 20th century Mex-
ican artist.* [37] The album cover art is an 1830 painting
by Eugène Delacroix titled Liberty Leading the People.
On 10 April 2008, a new journal entry appeared on the
band's website announcing the track list and release date,
as well as hinting at new tracks to be issued before the
album's release. "Violet Hill" was confirmed as the first Coldplay at the Viva la Vida Tour
single from Viva la Vida, with a release date of 5 May.
In May 2008, Coldplay featured in an advertisement for The album was successful around the world. In its
Apple's iTunes with the song "Viva la Vida". first week of release it debuted at number one in 36
countries.* [44] In the United Kingdom, the album sold
The band's official website was updated in late April to re- 125,000 copies in its first day of release and 302,074
veal the official Viva la Vida artwork as well as a free rein three days, debuting at number one.* [45] In its sec-
lease of the single“Violet Hill”, which became available ond week it sold another 198,000, achieving a plat-
for download for one week from 29 April 2008.* [38] The inum certification.* [46] The album sold over 500,000
album was leaked around 5 June and the band decided copies in 10 days since its release, beating the first week
to make the album available to stream via their Myspace UK sales of Coldplay's third album, X&Y.* [47] As of
profile from 8:30 pm WEST on 6 June. On 25 June
February 2012, the album had sold 1,413,762 copies in
2008, the band became the third band ever to perform the UK.* [48] The album debuted with sales of 41,041
on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, performing “42”
copies in Australia* [49] and has since been certified 4x
and “Lost!".* [39] On 27 June at 7:00 am EDT, Cold- platinum.* [50] In Canada, the album debuted at No. 1
play began a Today Show, outdoor, live performance on
on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 90,000 copies in
the streets outside of Rockefeller Plaza, New York.* [40] its first week.* [51] The album would remain at the top
The band performed on the Late Show with David Letter-
of the chart for five consecutive weeks, selling 176,000
man on 30 June and on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno copies in Canada within the first month.* [52] The album
on 17 July. has been certified five-times platinum by the Canadian
In August 2008, Coldplay announced they would be re- Recording Industry Association (CRIA).* [53]
leasing an EP, Prospekt's March, consisting of unreleased In the United States, it sold 316,000 copies in its first
material from the Viva la Vida recording sessions.* [41] day, and 720,000 in its first week of release,* [54] hold-
The album was re-released on 25 November 2008 in a ing down the number one spot for two weeks, and nearly
deluxe edition, titled Viva la Vida - Prospekt's March equalling X&Y's first week sales of 737,000.* [55] Viva la
Edition. It contains tracks from the original album and Vida has been certified double platinum by the Recording
Prospekt's March.* [42] Industry Association of America for a shipment of over
The stage setup for the Viva la Vida Tour consisted of two million copies.* [56] Viva la Vida has become the
a stripped down main stage and two catwalks; Coldplay most paid-for downloaded album of all time, with over
also performed amongst audience members at the back 702,000 downloads.* [57]* [58]* [59] By the end of the
of venues in a special acoustic set.* [43] Instead of a gi- 2008, Viva la Vida had sold total of 2,144,000 copies,
ant video screen on-stage, the band opted for six hanging making it the second top-selling album in the United
States.* [60]* [61] As of August 2011, the album had sold stars out of five in The Times,* [86] Pete Paphides admit-
2.8 million copies in the US.* [62] Globally, it was the ted in December 2008 that he was wrong to give it this
best selling album of 2008.* [63] score and had in fact become his favourite album of the
year.* [87] Conversely, NME nominated the album for
worst Album at the 2009 NME Awards, despite awarding
Critical response it 8/10.* [88]
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends has re-

ceived generally positive reviews from critics. Accord- 4.4.7 Track listing
ing to review aggregator website Metacritic, the al-
bum received an average critic score of 72 out of 100, All songs written and composed by Guy Berryman, Jonny
based on 32 reviews.* [74] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin, except
Allmusic stated, “They demonstrate a focused concen- where noted.* [89]* [90] Tracks 5, 6, and 10 contain two
tration throughout this tight album -- it's only 47 min- separate songs each; the latter two are hidden and not
utes yet covers more ground than X&Y and arguably A listed on the album sleeve.* [91] The album is intended
Rush of Blood to the Head -- that turns Viva la Vida into to be gapless and as such, some songs fade into another.
something quietly satisfying.”* [64] Chris Willman of
Entertainment Weekly magazine rated the album “A-"
Prospekt's March edition
and called it their best album,* [66] while Alexis Petridis
of The Guardian, however, wrote a mixed review ex-
The Viva la Vida: Prospekt's March edition includes the
plaining "Viva la Vida's mild tinkering with the formula
Prospekt's March EP.
represents a failure of imagination: perhaps it's hard to
think outside the box when the box is the size of the Las
Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena. Equally, however, Tour edition DVD
there's a genuine conviction about its contents, a huge
advance both on its predecessor and their legion of im- In some Asian countries a special edition of the album
itators.”* [67] Will Hermes of Rolling Stone magazine was released with a DVD including the five official videos
wrote that “Coldplay's desire to unite fans around the from Viva la Vida and the video for "Life in Technicolor
world with an entertainment they can all relate to is the II", from the Prospekt's March EP.* [92]
band's strength, and a worthy goal. But on Viva la Vida,
a record that wants to make strong statements, it's also a
weakness. Sometimes, to say what needs to be said, you 4.4.8 Personnel
need to risk pissing people off.”* [72] Melodic magazine's
critic Kaj Roth gave the album 4/5 and felt that“the typ- Coldplay
ical Coldplay trademark is there too with beautiful atmo-
spheric melodies that will embrace the heart”.* [75] Spin • Chris Martin – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
magazine's critic Mikael Wood said in a positive review
of the album, “For all of Coldplay's experimentation, • Jonny Buckland – guitar
though, there's no doubting that Viva la Vida, with its
sturdy melodies and universal themes -- think love, war • Guy Berryman – bass, photography
and peace -- is an album meant to connect with the masses
(arenas have been built for less than the climax of“Death • Will Champion – drums, percussion, backing vocals
and All His Friends”). The band's triumph lies in how
exciting they make that prospect seem”.* [73] IGN gave Additional personnel
the album 9.3/10* [76] and Q said "...So some habits die
hard, but on every other level Viva La Vida...is an em- • Michael Brauer – mixing
phatic success...radical in its own measured way but easy
to embrace...”Robert Christgau gave it a one-star hon- • François Chevallier – assistant engineer, engineer
orable mention ( ), saying, “Applying all his powers,
Chris Martin successfully dilutes Radiohead, with--what • Coldplay – artwork
else?--pleasant results.”* [77]
• Eugène Delacroix – cover painting
The album won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album
at the 2009 Grammy Awards.* [78] It appeared in several • Markus Dravs – mixing, producer
year end publications' Best Albums of 2008 list including
• Brian Eno – producer, sonic landscapes
New York Post (Number 1)* [79] Rolling Stone (Number
7),* [80] Q (Number 3),* [81] Spin (Number 9),* [82] En- • Olga Fitzroy – assistant engineer, engineer
tertainment Weekly (Number 6), and Billboard (Number
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Mylo Xyloto /ˈmaɪloʊ ˈzaɪlətoʊ/ is the fifth studio album
Meslek Birliği”. Mu-yap.org. Retrieved 2012-12-19.
by the British alternative rock band Coldplay. It was first
[146] “British album certifications – Coldplay – Viva la Vida or released on 19 October 2011 by EMI, and later world-
Death and All His Friends”. British Phonographic Indus- wide on 24 October. The band collaborated closely with
try. Retrieved 7 July 2012. Enter Viva la Vida or Death acclaimed producer Brian Eno following their success-
and All His Friends in the field Keywords. Select Title in ful collaborations on Viva la Vida or Death and All His
the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Friends, the band's fourth studio album.
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Mylo Xyloto is a concept album and a thematic rock
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or Death and All His Friends”. Recording Industry Asso- who controls the population through media and propa-
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click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then in hope to draw away“feeders”, creatures that use such
click SEARCH energy to hunt its prey. The album follows Mylo, a “si-
lencer”, who is one of an army tasked to hunt and track
down “sparkers”, people who harness light and energy
March 2012.
and use it to create sparks, comparable to graffiti in real
life. He comes across Xyloto, a sparker who is the most
[150] “oe3.ORF.at / LongplayCharts 2008”. Charts.orf.at. wanted by Major Minus. Through Xyloto, Mylo discov-
Retrieved 25 November 2010. ers his sparker abilities and his affiliation with the Car
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Aiko and Lela. Drummer Will Champion has noted that
[152] “Annual Chart - Year 2008 Top 50 Ξένων Aλμπουμ". the album is a story of the characters“falling in love and
IFPI Greece (in Greek). International Federation of the trying to escape together”, with a general theme of“love
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06-28. countries.* [6] In the United Kingdom, Mylo Xyloto be-
4.5. ''MYLO XYLOTO'' 67
came Coldplay's fifth album to debut at number one, sell- of the band's roadies blogged about the studio, describing
ing 208,000 units in its first week, and setting a one-week it as having a “gorgeous reverb”.* [18] Still about the
digital sales record with 83,000 copies sold.* [7] Mylo Xy- studio he said:
loto broke an iTunes record for digital downloads sales by
selling over 500,000 digital copies in a week.* [8] The al- “Everywhere you go there's light streaming
bum became the group's third to debut at number one on in. Even on a relatively gloomy British after-
the US Billboard 200, selling 447,000 units in the first noon, it's noticeably bright inside. I can only
week. It was the UK's best-selling rock album of 2011, imagine that this will be reflected in the new ma-
selling 908,000 copies.* [9] As of 2013, it has sold over 8 terial.”
million copies worldwide.* [10]
Mylo Xyloto received positive reviews from music crit-
ics, with a score of 65/100 on Metacritic. While some
4.5.2 Style and creation
found it to be overproduced, others praised its uplifting
Mylo Xyloto is a concept album, according to Chris Mar-
tone and new electronic sound. “Paradise”and“Every
tin, “based on a love story with a happy ending.”Two
Teardrop Is a Waterfall”received a total of three Grammy
protagonists living in an oppressive, dystopian, urban en-
Award nominations in 2012, while the album and“Char-
vironment, meet one another through a gang and fall in
lie Brown”received two further nominations in 2013.
love. Lyrically, the album is inspired by “old school
American graffiti" and “the White Rose Movement.”
4.5.1 Background Martin also said that the album was influenced by HBO
TV series The Wire.* [19]
In November 2008, in an interview with All Headline
News, Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin stated that "...I
don't think bands should keep going past [the age of] 33”
,* [11] but later rephrased this to say that what he meant
was that they must proceed “as if it's our last, because
that's the only way to proceed”in December 2008, adding
that he thought the band would never split.* [12] Bassist
Guy Berryman, who earlier wrote that the band will“just
have to start work and see how it shapes up”,* [13] re-
ported that the band would return to the studio:
“We've already got lists of song ideas. We

never stop writing. We go into the studio with all
the best laid plans then what we end up with is Subway car in New York City. The 1970s graffiti of the city in-
not what we intended. It's just exciting to won- spired the album.
der what will come out the speakers in a year's
time. We have very exciting things lined up. It's Coldplay had stated on several occasions, long before the
time to take our music down different directions release, that they wanted the album to be “more acous-
and really explore other avenues.”* [14] tic”and “more intimate”than its predecessor, 2008's
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. The band later
said they got to a point where they were trying to make
In one interview, Chris Martin predicted the style of the
two records, a stripped-down album, that started to be
incoming album as being less dominated by fanfare, and
recorded first, along with an electric one that was already
featuring a more “stripped-down”sound.* [15]
being called Mylo Xyloto by the band. However they later
decided to combine both albums. Drummer Will Cham-
Studios pion explained that the band realized they couldn't focus
on more than one thing at once, and songs like "Paradise"
In November 2008, Coldplay established a recording HQ couldn't be played in an acoustic style.* [20] Chris Martin
at a disused bakery in Primrose Hill, North London, pointed another song as a reason too:
where they recorded a big part of Viva la Vida or Death
and All His Friends.* [16] Part of Mylo Xyloto was also “We have a song called Charlie Brown,
recorded on the same place, however this time they used a which was the centrepiece of this other record
new studio, near the original, called The Beehive. While we started first. We were playing the riff on an
a few overdubs and a lot of comping were recorded at The accordion and Guy came in one morning and
Bakery, a lot of live recording and live takes were done on said, 'I'm afraid I have to put my foot down. I
the new studio.* [17] The Beehive was described by Rik don't want to speak out of turn, but I will not
Simpson, one of the producers, as a“large room”. One allow this song to be played on an accordion -
that has to go in with the Mylo bunch'. So then Vida, and at the same time there were lots of lyrics and
we thought - let's just make one album.” codes they wished to add. Researches and development
into street art started six months before the work had be-
In the end some songs composed for the acoustic album gun.* [25] Then a graffiti wall was painted by the band it-
such as “Us Against the World”and “U.F.O”main- self and Paris, formed by nine parts.* [26] Tappin Gofton
tained the “stripped”approach, while others such as wanted the whole evolution of the wall, so at the end of
“Charlie Brown”changed into a new form. Songs from every day loads of super detailed photos would be taken
both records ended up on the final album, world beat ele- from it.* [24] In the end a picture including three parts of
ments from the predecessor Viva La Vida are present but the wall was featured on the front cover, while the whole
the overall production of it became electronic influenced. wall is featured on the center of the CD's booklet.
The electro rock sound can be heard through the whole al- The final versions of the covers have a picture of the wall,
bum, beginning with opening song“Hurts Like Heaven” half of the CD's were packed with the booklet flipped,
which has synthesised sounds and vocals predominantly showing the silver initials “M X”via a die-cut sheet
on vocoder.* [21] The next track,“Paradise”, also shows placed over the photo on the front, while the other half
the band stepping outside of their comfort zone and go- was packed with the full picture and the full name of the
ing into the new electronic territory.* [22] Additionally, album written over it.* [27] Both covers use an original
this song has an R&B beat style, which is also featured typeface created for this work; the new font is used in
on“Princess Of China”. This track opens with an anx- most of the album's graphic promotion.
ious blend of synths and guitars and then goes into an
R&B type beat. The album has three short instrumentals
which are included as noodling experimental electronic Title
interjections on the record.
Chris Martin hinted at the album's title prior to release,
saying it “will probably begin with an M.”* [28] Dur-
Artwork ing interviews the band has already given many different
reasons and meanings to the album's name. In some they
stated that it had no meaning and that they had had the
title in mind for at least two years before deciding upon
it.* [29] But Martin also said it was reference to the al-
bum's characters, the boy (Mylo) and the girl (Xyloto) re-
spectively.* [5] Another meaning suggested by the front-
man was that the name was supposed to be a graffiti tag
for the band, relating "xylophone" to the word “xyloto”
.* [30] Much of the art was done by Paris 1974.* [31]
4.5.3 Release and promotion
The typeface created for the album's artwork.
The album's artworks were revealed on 12 August

2011,* [23] inspired on graffiti the band worked again
with longtime collaborators Tappin Gofton and, this time,
also with British street artist, Paris. The band had al-
ready started to research and work with graffiti on their
home studios, The Bakery and The Beehive, when de-
signer Misty Buckley introduced Paris to them, as they The Mylo Xyloto Tour was noted for its large scale display of
were looking for a graffiti artist to teach them the tech- pyrotechnics, laser lighting and Xylobands. (Pictured: Cold-
play performing at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia,
niques to do it. Although initially he was supposed to be
Pennsylvania on July 6, 2012)
just a“teacher”, Paris stayed on the project until the end,
producing part of the final work along with the band.* [24]
The album was set to be released in December 2010 as
Coldplay wanted it to be an explosion of vivid colors as a“decade-ender”, but was postponed to 2011 since the
a counterpoint to the subdued color palette of Viva La album was far from finished as Coldplay concluded their
Viva la Vida Tour. Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland "Up in Flames" was released for radio airplay in Italy on
mentioned that the album would be released in the latter 16 November 2012.* [46]
year.
The iTunes Store let users hear one new song from the Tour
album every day the week before until the album was re-
leased.* [32]
Main article: Mylo Xyloto Tour
The album was released on 24 October 2011 on CD and
on vinyl. A special edition of the album that includes the
The promotion for Mylo Xyloto began in June with the
CD, digital copy and LP disc along with copies of the
release of the first single and the beginning of a series
bands studio notes, stencils, a poster, a pop up book and
* of performances on some of the most important festi-
stickers was made available on 19 December 2011. [33]
vals around the world,* [47] including Glastonbury,* [48]
Lollapalooza,* [49] Fuji Rock Festival and Rock In
Rio.* [50] The first time the band played live some songs
Singles from the album for a big audience was on Rock Im Park
festival in Nuremberg, Germany, playing six new songs.
On 31 May, Coldplay announced that their new song Manager Dave Holmes said that the reason to play new
"Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" would be released on 3 songs on the festivals was to “invite people to the party”
June at 12 pm BST via download.* [34] The single con- also on this he said: "...let the music do the talking, play
tains elements of "I Go to Rio" written by Peter Allen new songs and get people talking about the fact you're play-
*
and Adrienne Anderson.* [35] On 21 June 2011, Cold- ing new music.” [51]
play's website announced that the band would release an After the “festival tour”, Coldplay began the proper
iTunes exclusive digital EP containing the songs “Every Mylo Xyloto Tour in October 2011 with a series of re-
Teardrop Is a Waterfall”, "Major Minus", and "Moving hearsal concerts in Europe, as well as a special concert in
to Mars" on 26 June.* [36] Johannesburg, South Africa, footage of which was used in
The album's second single, "Paradise", was released on the music video for“Paradise”. A full-production show
12 September 2011.* [37] That same day, Chris Martin began in December 2011 in the United Kingdom. For
announced that Rihanna would be featured on“Princess this first leg, on the end of the 2011, the stage design in-
of China”. “Paradise”has so far reached #15 on the corporated graffiti made by the band and the band's artist
Billboard Hot 100 chart and has reached the top 10 in 15 Paris, it also had a catwalk linking the main stage to a
charts around the world. On 1 January 2012, it became smaller stage with an “X”shape. The tour continued
* *
the year's first number-one single in the UK and Cold- into 2012 with shows in Europe, [52] [53] North Amer-
* *
play's second chart-topper in their native country. [38] ica [54] and Australia. [55]
*
The song was also the best-selling rock single of 2011 in

the United Kingdom, selling 410,000 copies.* [9]
Comic
"Charlie Brown" was later confirmed to be the third sin-
gle from the album, and the group performed the song on On 10 July 2012 the Coldplay website announced a six-
23 January 2012 on the British TV series The X Factor. part Mylo Xyloto comic, with the first issue to be released
On that date, it was solicited to US Triple A radio, and at that week's San Diego Comic-Con International.* [56]
was solicited to US adult contemporary radio the follow- Published by Bongo Comics, the story followed the tale
ing day. The single received a release date of 3 February of Mylo, a “silencer”, who, in the words of co-writer
in most other territories except for the United Kingdom, Mark Osbourne, is a part of a “war against sound and
where the single was released 12 March 2012.* [39] colour”. Together with Osbourne, Dylan Haggerty writes
"Princess of China", a collaboration with singer Rihanna, the comic (starting in the second issue) with art by Ale-
was solicited to US mainstream radio on 14 February jandro Fuentes.* [57]
2012 as the album's fourth single.* [40]* [41] A digital re-
lease followed on 13 April in the United States and on 4
June in the United Kingdom. 4.5.4 Reception
"Up with the Birds" was released as a limited edition Critical reception
7”vinyl single for Record Store Day on 21 April 2012,
backed by "U.F.O." as its B-side.* [42] The single, the Mylo Xyloto received generally positive reviews from crit-
album's fifth overall, was limited to 500 copies in the ics, receiving a score of 65 out of 100 from review aggre-
UK* [43] and 1,000 copies in the US.* [44] gator Metacritic based on 39 reviews, indicating “gen-
"Hurts Like Heaven" was released as the album's sixth erally favorable reviews.”* [68] In a five-star review, Si-
overall single on 27 July 2012, and was later solicited to mon Goddard of Q wrote that Mylo Xyloto “will, at the
US Triple A radio on 6 August.* [45] bare minimum, safely sustain their imperial position for
a long time to come”, singling out Martin and Buck-

land's musical contributions and Eno and Dravs' produc-
tion for praise.* [65] Mikael Wood of Spin wrote that like
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Mylo Xyloto
“draws from an expansive palette that makes Coldplay's
first three albums sound even quainter”and that“where
Viva La Vida showcased Coldplay's sense of adventure,
this [album] feels more eager to please”.* [67] Citing
the album the band's most ambitious effort, Josh Eels of
Rolling Stone noted that “the choruses are bigger, the
textures grander, the optimism more optimistic”and de- Coldplay playing in Toronto, September 2011
scribed it as a“bear-hug record for a bear-market world”
.* [66] The Daily Telegraph's Neil McCormick called the
record “irresistible”, noting its “adventurous”mood 208,000 copies, giving the band their fifth number-one
and “luxuriously colourful”sound.* [60] Ian Cohen of album and the second-biggest first-week sales of 2011
Pitchfork Media wrote that the album sees the band“suc- behind Lady Gaga's Born This Way.* [72] Coldplay is
cessfully continuing to explore the tension of wanting to the third group to debut at number one with their first
be one of the best bands in the world and having to settle five albums, behind The Beatles (11) and Oasis (7).* [73]
for being one of the biggest.”* [64] The downloads accounted for 83,000 units to become the
In a mixed review, Alexis Petridis of The Guardian first album to sell more than 80,000 digital copies in one
judged Mylo Xyloto's storyline as incoherent and ex- week, a record previously held by Take That's Progress
pressed skepticism toward the album's purported pop in- (79,800 units).* [74] In its second week on the chart, the
fluences, feeling that much of the album “just sounds album fell to number two selling 67,132 copies.* [75] It
like standard-issue Coldplay, replete with echoing gui- was the best-selling rock album in the United Kingdom,
tars, woah-oh choruses and vocals that signify high drama selling 908,000 copies.* [9] The album's second single,
by slipping into falsetto”, apart from electronic music "Paradise", was also the best-selling rock single in the
flourishes that “genuinely [add] a bit of freshness to a UK, selling 410,000 copies.* [9]
formulaic sound”.* [62] In a review for Entertainment Mylo Xyloto debuted at number one on the Billboard 200
Weekly, Melissa Maerz interpreted the album as an at- in the United States, with first-week sales of 447,000
tempt by the group to sound less like themselves in order copies.* [76] In Canada, the album debuted at number one
to reconcile their commercial success with the supposed on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 65,000 copies in
stigma of being“as hated as a band can be”.* [61] Randall its first week.* [77] The album debuted at number one in
Roberts of the Los Angeles Times was critical of Martin's Australia on the issue dated 31 October 2011.* [78] In
lyrics, stating that “every touch of lyrical bitterness is its second week on the chart, the album was certified
followed by enough sugar to mask the taste, which might platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Associ-
be good in the short term but isn't a recipe for long-term ation (ARIA) for shipments of 70,000 copies.* [79] In
health.”* [69] Denmark, the album debuted at number two with first-
AllMusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that week sales of 7,807 copies.* [80] The album was certified
Mylo Xyloto “has a leg up other Coldplay records for platinum by the International Federation of the Phono-
this simple reason: they're no longer attempting to mimic graphic Industry (IFPI) for shipments of 20,000 copies in
U2's portentous piety. They've embraced their school- its first week.* [9] As of April 2014, the album has sold
boy selves and are simply singing songs of love and good 1,581,000 copies in the United States.* [81]
cheer, albeit on a grand scale that somehow seems smaller
due to the group's insuppressible niceness.”* [58] Melodic
magazine's critic Johan Wippsson cited “Paradise”and 4.5.5 Track listing
“Charlie Brown”as examples of the band sounding“re-
ally on their 'own'", compared to past efforts where the All songs written and composed by Guy Berryman, Jonny
band has“taken ideas from others and sometimes a little Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin.“Enoxifica-
too clearly”.* [70] Q ranked the album as the 5th best of tion”and additional composition by Brian Eno* [82]* [83].
2011.* [71]
Sample credits* [83]
Commercial performance
•“Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall”incorporates ele-
In the United Kingdom, the album sold over 122,000 ments of “Ritmo De La Noche”written by Alex
copies in its first three days of sale according to The Christensen, Harry Castioni, Bela Lagonda and Jeff
Official Charts Company. It debuted at number one Wycombe, which incorporates elements of "I Go to
on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of over Rio" written by Peter Allen and Adrienne Anderson.
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4.6. ''GHOST STORIES'' 75
4.6 ''Ghost Stories'' that made Mylo Xyloto. Drummer Will Champion spoke
to Jo Whiley of BBC Radio 2 fame, saying in response
Ghost Stories is the sixth studio album by the British rock to a question about the album being more stripped-back:
band Coldplay. Co-produced by the band with Paul Ep- “Yeah, that might be nice, actually. There's only so
worth along with returning Mylo Xyloto producers Daniel far you can go without becoming pompous and a bit
Green and Rik Simpson, it was released by Parlophone overblown, so we'll tread that line very carefully. Reset.
on 16 May 2014. The album was released by Atlantic Recalibrate.”* [10]
Records in North America on 19 May 2014. It is the
first album by the band in North America under Atlantic,
4.6.2 Concept
after Coldplay were transferred from Capitol Records in
2013, following the purchase of EMI and its assets by the
Ghost Stories is a spiritually driven album that revolves
Universal Music Group in 2012.
around two major themes mentioned by lead singer Chris
The album was recorded by the band throughout 2013 Martin. The album explores the idea of past actions, and
and 2014 at the band's purpose-built home studios in Lon- the effects they can have on your future and one's capacity
don, England, and in Los Angeles. It features guest pro- for Unconditional Love. To him, Ghost Stories represents
ducers Avicii, Timbaland and Madeon, and the band's “a journey learning about Unconditional Love”(as said
frequent collaborator Jon Hopkins. It was heavily pro- in the televised Making of Ghost Stories with Fearne Cot-
moted by the band and Parlophone in the lead-up to its re- ton).
lease, with an accompanying prime time TV special, a vi-
sual album, and a special six-date promotional tour of the
album, as well as various appearances on television and 4.6.3 Recording
radio. The album was further promoted by five singles:
"Magic", the lead single, released in March; "Midnight", The creative process and recording sessions for the band's
released in April; "A Sky Full of Stars", released in May; sixth studio album took place between 2013 and early
"True Love", released in August; and "Ink", released in 2014, at their purpose-built studios The Bakery and The
October. It was nominated for Best Pop Vocal Album at Beehive in North London, England, then in Los Angeles
the 57th Grammy Awards. At the 2015 Billboard Music for the final process. The creation of the album actually
Awards it was named Top Rock Album. started at Guy Berryman's house in London in early 2013
where he had settled a little studio where everyone gath-
It is reported by several media outlets that Chris Martin ered to jam and try some new music during a break after
has said that the album is about his and Gwyneth Pal- the band's big tour for Mylo Xyloto. The band took a dif-
trow's split in 2014.* [4] ferent approach for their sixth studio album in contrast
to their previous studio albums.* [11] Lead singer Chris
Martin invited the band to contribute original songwriting
4.6.1 Background material for the album, as opposed to building songs off
Martin's ideas as they had done during previous record-
In 2011, Coldplay released their fifth studio album, Mylo
ing sessions. For example, "Magic" was built off a bass
Xyloto. Originally conceived by the band as a“stripped-
riff originally conceived by bassist Guy Berryman in the
down, more acoustic collection”,* [5] it became one of
studio.* [12]
Coldplay's most experimental and pop-oriented records
to date, being described as “luxuriously colourful”* [6]
where“the choruses are bigger, the textures grander [and] 4.6.4 Packaging
the optimism more optimistic.”* [7] Produced by Markus
Dravs, Brian Eno, Rik Simpson and Dan Green, the al-
bum peaked at number one on 18 national album charts
and was certified Platinum in 16 different countries. Mylo
Xyloto had also sold 8 million copies within the first
year of release.* [8] Coldplay's 2011 single, "Paradise",
became the band's second UK number-one single after
2008's "Viva la Vida". Coldplay's subsequent world tour
in promotion of Mylo Xyloto visited North America, Eu-
rope, Australia and Africa, raising $99.7 million in rev-
enue.* [9]
Going into the creative process for their sixth studio al- An example of Mila Fürstová's work, which are inspired by
bum, the band wanted to return to the “stripped-down, mythology, a central theme also depicted in the artwork for Ghost
more acoustic collection”they had stated their fifth album Stories. (Pictured: “Other Skies I”by Fürstová, 2011)
would be, returning to the original idea of an acoustic-
oriented album, with less of the production and sound The album artwork for Ghost Stories was etched by
British-based Czech etching artist Mila Fürstová.* [13] Moody Theater in Austin, Texas. In addition to perform-
The medieval art-driven artwork, measuring 100 by 100 ing“Magic”and“Midnight”, the band performed“Al-
cm, features a pair of angel wings imposed onto a painting ways in My Head”and “Another's Arms"; the first live
of an ocean under a sky at night. The angel wings them- performances of the four songs.* [19] The band also per-
selves feature cryptic imagery of medieval-style drawings formed“Magic”in a pre-recorded segment of Sport Relief
of fairly contemporary objects and concepts. The images 2014, which aired on BBC One on 21 March 2014.* [20]
include a couple in love, a man facing a mirror, a flight In April 2014, Coldplay announced an international
of white doves, a circular maze, a girl by candlelight, a scavenger hunt for sheets containing lyrics to the nine
window looking out onto an incoming tornado and a gar-
songs on the album. The notes, handwritten by Martin,
den plant with a ladder, amongst other imagery depicted were placed in ghost story books in libraries around the
in the artwork. A larger, digital version of the artwork is
world, with the band tweeting clues leading to their lo-
available on Coldplay's official website, with the ability cations. One of the hidden envelopes also contained a
to zoom into the artwork with a screen magnifier.* [14]
special Golden Ticket, allowing its finder and their guest
Fürstová had etched the artworks for all of the releases to go to London for the Coldplay concert at the Royal Al-
in the Ghost Stories album cycle, including the artwork bert Hall in July.* [21]* [22] The lyric sheets were found in
for singles "Magic" and "Midnight", which all use the libraries in Mexico City, Singapore, Helsinki, Barcelona,
same motif of a scenario taking place in a larger body. Dartford, New York City, Tauranga, Dublin and Johan-
Fürstová, whose work has been described as “dazzling nesburg.* [23]
images are both contemporary and personal, searching A TV special titled Coldplay: Ghost Stories was filmed
in the surreality of dreams, tales and fables that can 21–23 March 2014* [24] by the Grammy-nominated di-
map the framework of our consciousness”,* [15] and has rector Paul Dugdale (Adele, The Rolling Stones) on a
won numerous awards, including the Royal College of custom-built stage in a Sony Pictures movie soundstage
Art Society Award in 2001 and becoming the youngest in Los Angeles.* [25] Coldplay performed material from
academician at the Royal West of England Academy in the album in its entirety for the first time. The show,
2009,* [16] was invited by Coldplay to etch artworks for which included cinematic vignettes and 360-degree pro-
their new album in January 2013. She described the col- jections, was attended by an audience of 800 fans and
laboration between her and the band as “a most inspir- press, and was broadcast in prime time in several coun-
ing journey and a truly humbling experience to cooperate tries in May and June 2014.* [26]* [27]* [28] The special
with such talented people”.* [17] was then sold on DVD and Blu-ray in November 2014.
There are plans for an exhibition of Fürstová's Ghost Sto- Additional footage was shot at Paradise Cove in Malibu,
ries artworks in the Autumn of 2014 in central London. California and at Woollett Aquatics Center in Irvine, Cal-
25 original etchings and 100 high-quality digital prints of ifornia for the film.* [29] Chris Martin said, “The Ghost
the artwork, all hand-signed by Fürstová, are also set to Stories show at Sony Studios was a very special moment
go on sale on 19 May 2014, the same day Ghost Stories re- for our band ... This film is basically our original vi-
leases in the United Kingdom and the United States.* [18] sion for the Ghost Stories album.”* [30] Coldplay was
also the musical act for 3 May airing of NBC late-night
sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live and performed
4.6.5 Promotion “Magic”and “A Sky Full of Stars”. It was the band's
fifth appearance on the show.* [31]
Main article: Ghost Stories Tour
Coldplay performed on the opening night of the televised On 12 May 2014, seven days before its release date,
the album became available to stream in full via iTunes,
accompanied by an animated video revolving around
Fürstová's album artwork,* [32] but the band refused
to allow Spotify, Beats Music, Deezer, and Rdio to
stream the album until 22 September 2014, which they
had previously done on their last album, Mylo Xy-
loto.* [33]* [34]* [35]
Singles
A music video for "Midnight", the fifth track on the al-

bum, was released as a teaser for the band's sixth studio
album on 25 February 2014. Ghost Stories was officially
Coldplay performing at the televised 2014 iTunes Festival at unveiled by Coldplay and Parlophone a week later on 3
SXSW where four Ghost Stories tracks were premiered live.
March 2014, along with its artwork and track listing.* [36]
2014 iTunes Festival at SXSW on 11 March 2014 at the "Magic" was released by Parlophone on 3 March 2014
as the lead single promoting Ghost Stories. The featured an average score of 61, based on 31 reviews, which indi-
track, “Magic”, was also made available to download cates“generally favorable reviews”.* [61] Jason Lipshutz
through Ghost Stories on iTunes and Amazon.com the of Billboard wrote the magazine's track-by-track review
same day, with pre-orders of the album including the of the album, praising it as the band's “most listenable
track as an “instant-grat”download.* [37]* [38] Follow- album in years”and describing it as“an evocative concoc-
ing the release of the single and track, it charted on 25 tion of sullen phrases, sparse arrangements and powerful
national record charts, so far peaking within the top ten themes.”* [62] Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly
in 18 countries. commented that Ghost Stories “will likely be remem-
bered as a transitional album”and noted that “while
“Midnight”was released as a single by Parlophone on 17
April 2014* [39] as a one-sided 7-inch vinyl for Record being solid, it feels like a prequel to something better”
.* [55] Larry Fitzmaurice of Pitchfork Media wrote that
Store Day in a number of 3000 copies.* [40] "A Sky Full
of Stars" was released digitally as the second official sin- the album is a “subdued work that finds Chris Martin
and his band crisply moping through mid-tempo sound-
gle on 2 May 2014. Within 24 hours from its iTunes re-
lease, the track had sold 121,690 units worldwide,* [41] scapes and fuzzy electronic touches that have the visceral
impact of a down comforter tumbling down a flight of
peaking at number one in 86 countries on the iTunes
Store Charts.* [42] The song reached number ten on the stairs.”* [59] Nick Hasted of The Independent wrote that
Billboard Hot 100, making it their third top 10 hit and Martin “accepts his loss too meekly to approach the an-
first since "Viva la Vida" in 2008.* [43] It also became guish of a great break-up album”, but concluded that
their first number-one single on the Billboard Hot Rock the band's “step away from grand platitudes is still one
Songs chart. in the right direction”.* [57] Stephanie Benson of Spin
wrote that “its deep sea of synth-encrusted pop glistens
On 4 August 2014, the band announced that "True Love" under a halo of angelic ambient touches and Martinʼs
would be released as the third single from the album.* [44] ever-rosy perspective.”* [3]
The music video for the song was released on 22 August
2014, and was directed by Jonas Åkerlund. Chris Martin Jerry Shriver of USA Today felt that “within the realm
and Jessica Lucas stars as lovers in the video.* [45] of memorable breakup albums”, Ghost Stories lacked
“the confessional gut-punch of Dylan's Blood on the
"Ink" was released as the fourth* [46] single to Italian Tracks, the acrimony of Richard and Linda Thompson's
contemporary hit radio stations on 13 October 2014* [47] Shoot Out the Lights and the irresistible sonic appeal
and to US modern rock radio stations on 18 November of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours", ultimately describing it
2014 as the album's third radio single in the country, as “not even a particularly memorable Coldplay album”
and the fifth overall from Ghost Stories.* [48] The mu- .* [63] While noting that Ghost Stories “should be ap-
sic video for “Ink”is an interactive video which was plauded for scaling back the gaudy excesses of their previ-
written, directed and animated by an LA based agency ous albums”, Consequence of Sound's Josh Terry opined
called“Blind”. The agency worked with a company by that its songs“suffer from a lack of direction”and“could
the name “Interlude”to make more than 300 possible use the vitality that launched them to the top in the first
journeys throughout the music video.* [46] place”.* [64] Mikael Wood of the Los Angeles Times
The music video for “All Your Friends”was released wrote,“The nine songs on Ghost Stories hum gently, cul-
on 7 November 2014 for the commemoration of the first tivating an effective sense of intimacy. As always, there's
World War.* [49] Although the track is not available on a lot going on in the music, sculpted by the band along
the standard edition of Ghost Stories, it is available on with various collaborators.”He added,“Coldplay's new
the A Sky Full of Stars EP worldwide–except for the album, 'Ghost Stories,' finds the British band setting aside
*
United States were it is included on the deluxe version its trademark grandiosity.” [65]
of Ghost Stories sold by Target. An official video for
“Ghost Story”was released as a part of the "Ghost Stories
Live 2014" DVD on 24 November 2014;* [50] it was up- 4.6.7 Chart performance
loaded on the band's official youtube channel on 9 March
2015.* [51] The video was shot in black and white, and The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums
shows the band performing the song during their Ghost Chart, selling 168,000 copies in its opening week̶the
Stories Tour. Similar to“All Your Friends”, the song is second largest sales of 2014.* [66] By July 2014, it had
available on the A Sky Full of Stars EP and on the Target already become the best-selling album of the first half of
Deluxe edition of the album is the U.S. 2014 with 375,000 copies sold in the UK.* [67]
In the US, the album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard
200 with 383,000 copies sold for the week, then the
biggest debut week sales of 2014.* [68] As of November
*
Ghost Stories received mixed to positive reviews. At 2015, the album has sold 853,500 copies in the US. [69]
Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 In Canada, the album debuted at number one on the
to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received Canadian Albums Chart with 49,000 copies sold in its
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4.7. ''A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS'' 83
nominated for British Album of the Year. It was the

eighth best-selling album of 2015 with 1.9 million copies
sold worldwide, according to the International Federation
of the Phonographic Industry.* [14]
4.7.1 Background
Coldplay began working on A Head Full of Dreams in the

summer of 2014 while they were promoting their sixth
album Ghost Stories. The album has a markedly different
style and sound from its predecessors. In an interview
with Radio 2 DJ Jo Whiley in December 2014, bassist
Guy Berryman and guitarist Jonny Buckland gave a hint Promotional outdoor for A Head Full of Dreams Tour, in Buenos
Aires, Argentina.
as to the difference between A Head Full of Dreams and
its predecessor – Buckland called it the “night to the
day”, comparing the style of Ghost Stories to the expected
uplifting theme of A Head Full of Dreams. Frontman
at Wembley Stadium in June. In February, the band fea-
Chris Martin hinted at the style of the album by saying
tured a picture on various social media sites of a hot air
that the band was trying to make something colourful and
balloon (a symbol used to promote the tour) by Glas-
uplifting. He also stated that it would be something to
tonbury farms' main pyramid stage field, along with the
“shuffle your feet”to.
date Sunday 26 June. Glastonbury organisers have since
On 26 September 2015, the band performed at the Global confirmed a record-breaking fourth headline appearance,
Citizen Festival 2015 in New York City, playing a six- having previously performed on the stage in 2000, 2002,
song set, including a new song called “Amazing Day” 2005 and 2011. The band's appearance was then con-
.* [15] The band's producer Rik Simpson confirmed that firmed to be Coldplay's festival show of this year's tour.
the song would be on the new album.* [16]
4.7.2 Production
Poster and cover
The album was produced by Rik Simpson (the band's
longterm collaborator) and Norwegian duo Stargate (Tor
Hermansen and Mikkel Eriksen). Mixing duties were Around 30 October 2015 anonymous posters were
carried out predominately by Rik Simpson. Stargate ex- pinned up on the London Underground showing a geo-
ecutive produced the album. metric pattern, known as the Flower of Life, along with
a note“December 4”.* [19]* [20]* [21]* [22]* [23] Cold-
play fans claimed that the symbol resembled the design
4.7.3 Promotion on a T-shirt worn by Coldplay frontman Chris Martin at
the Global Citizen Festival in New York. On 2 Novem-
Tour ber, Coldplay posted the same piece of artwork as an an-
imated GIF on their Twitter account, seemingly confirm-
Main article: A Head Full of Dreams Tour ing that it would be the album cover and 4 December was
Compared to the sparse tour dates of the Ghost Stories the album's release date.* [21] One day later, they pub-
era, Coldplay announced a larger global tour soon af- lished another animated image of which the former was
ter the album release, which will be more reminiscent a detailed view. The artwork was created by Argentine
of the Mylo Xyloto Tour than the Ghost Stories Tour, artist Pilar Zeta in collaboration with the band. Oli Sykes,
to promote both A Head Full of Dreams and Ghost Sto- lead singer of British post-hardcore band Bring Me the
ries. It was confirmed that the band will perform in lo- Horizon, suggested that the flower of life symbol Cold-
cations such as India and South America* [17] – more play used was similar to that of the design of Bring Me the
specifically Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Horizon's 2013 album Sempiternal. Sykes took to Twitter
Mexico in the first half of 2016.* [18] They have since accusing Coldplay of “jackin our steez”. He did how-
confirmed that pre-production on the tour has started and ever clarify in a NME interview that the “flower of life”
that the official tour is planned to start next year.* [17] On is a universal symbol and has meanings across the world,
20 November 2015, they announced the A Head Full of none of which he owns the rights to. He also specifies
Dreams Tour, with shows in South America starting at 31 that it had meaning to him and that he is simply acknowl-
March 2016, Buenos Aires and a European leg is also an- edging the symbol being spread and is happy for its doing
nounced for summer 2016, including four sold-out nights so.
Live promotion Coldplay album, with all the baggage ̶both positive and
negative ̶that entails.”* [43]
At the Global Citizen Festival in New York Coldplay per- In a 1/5 star review in Truck & Driver's regular music re-
formed six songs, ending with the live debut of a new views Shaun Connors queried “why such boring wishy-
song, Amazing Day. They also played Amazing Day at washy material has been successful,”commenting the rea-
TFI Friday, where they played four songs including the soning for this defeats all rational explanation. He con-
live debut of "Adventure of a Lifetime". During their tinued: “With this latest collection of tedium there are
concert at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles they per- contributions from Beyoncé (a so-so vocalist) and Noel
formed four songs from the new album, including the Gallagher (a not even so-so guitarist),”to conclude with:
live debut of the songs A Head Full of Dreams and Up “On the basis of this album, they've either run out of ideas
& Up. On 24 November Coldplay started releasing 10- or bored themselves senseless (or both)...”* [44]
15 second snippets of each song from the new album via
Instagram at hourly intervals.* [24] NME ranked it the 35th-best album of 2015.* [45]
The band was criticised by a section of the social me-
dia for the stereotypical portrayal of Indian society in the
4.7.4 Singles music video of their single, “Hymn for the Weekend.”
*
[46]
The first single to promote the album, "Adventure of
a Lifetime", was released on 6 November 2015. The
music video for the latter came out 29 November
4.7.6 Commercial performance
2015.* [8]* [25] "Hymn for the Weekend" was released as
*
the second single for the album on 25 January 2016. [26]
The third official single "Up & Up", was released on 22 A Head Full of Dreams debuted at number three on the
April 2016.* [27] Irish Albums Chart on 11 December 2015, the band's
lowest charting album in Ireland and their first to miss
the top spot since Parachutes in 2000.* [47] The same
Promotional singles day, the album debuted at number two on the UK Albums
Chart on sales of 235,975,* [48] behind Adele's 25, which
"Everglow" was released as a promotional single four denied *
Coldplay a seventh consecutive number-one al-
days before, with a music video released on 2 December bum. [49] It was, however, their highest first-week al-
* *
2015. [28] [29] "Birds" was released as a promotional bum sales since 2008's Viva la Vida or Death and All His
single on 3 January 2016; the music video also came out Friends, which sold 302,074 copies in its first week.* [48]
on the same day.* [30]* [31] Had A Head Full of Dreams debuted atop the UK Albums
Chart, it would have made Coldplay only the second band
in UK chart history (after Oasis) to do so with their first
4.7.5 Critical reception seven albums.* [48] The album did manage to top both
the UK Album Downloads Chart and the Official Vinyl
Albums Chart.* [50]
Upon its release, A Head Full of Dreams received mixed
reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating The album also reached number two in Australia,* [51]
from mainstream critics' reviews, the album had a score Canada, the Netherlands, and Italy, held off number one
of 60 out of 100, based on 27 reviews.* [42] Jon Dolan of by Adele's 25 in all territories. In the Netherlands, how-
Rolling Stone wrote that A Head Full of Dreams “might ever, the album eventually managed to reach the number
be Coldplay's brightest album ever”and concluded:“He's one position in its thirty week on the charts, the week fol-
[Chris Martin] hinted that this could be Coldplay's last allowing Coldplay's two concerts in Amsterdam.
bum; if so, they're going out on a sustained note of grace.” In the United States, A Head Full of Dreams debuted
*
[40] Barry Nicolson of NME called it“the most satisfy- at number two on the Billboard 200, with 210,000
ing collection of songs theyʼve written in years”.* [37] equivalent album units, behind Adele's 25.* [52] It was the
Alexis Petridis of The Guardian felt that A Head Full second best selling album of the week, selling 195,000
of Dreams “is frustratingly blighted by the sense that copies in its first week.* [52] In its second week, the al-
Coldplay haven't fully committed to the album's big idea” bum fell to number seven on the Billboard 200, sell-
and remarked: “It's a moot point whether that's a sign ing 61,000 copies.* [53] On the chart dated 27 February
of innate conservatism or of a band that know exactly 2016, the album returned to the top ten of the US Bill-
what they are doing, who understand that you won't keep board 200, peaking at number four selling 90,000 units
packing out those Midwestern sports stadiums if you (71,000 in pure album sales).* [54] On 4 March 2016,
frighten the horses.”* [35] Citing the band's unwillingness the album was certified Gold by the Recording Indus-
to stray from their tried and true formula, Ian Gormely of try Association of America (RIAA) for combined album
Exclaim! wrote that "A Head Full of Dreams might have sales, streaming-equivalent and track-equivalent of half-
been a poptimist masterpiece. Instead, it's just another million units.* [55] The only country where A Head Full
of Dreams managed to debut at number one was Nor- • Merry Clayton – vocals (tracks 5 and 11)
way, replacing 25. This enabled Coldplay to achieve there
what Adele prevented them from doing in other territo- • Tove Lo – vocals (track 6)
ries; all of their studio albums reaching the top spot.* [56] • Khatia Buniatishvili – piano (track 7)
On 12 February 2016, following positive reception and
exposure from Coldplay's headlining set at the Super • Coleman Barks – narration (track 7)
Bowl 50 halftime show, the album rose to number one in • Barack Obama – vocals (track 7)
the UK after selling more than 30,000 copies that week.
This secured them a seventh number one album in the • Annabelle Wallis – vocals (track 11)
UK, thus putting them second in the list of acts with the
most UK number one albums in the 21st century; only • Noel Gallagher – guitar (track 11)
Robbie Williams has more, with nine.* [57] As of August • Moses Martin – tambourine (track 11)
2016, it has sold 3.4 million copies worldwide.* [58]
• Rik Simpson – vocals, additional instruments
4.7.7 Track listing • Mikkel S Eriksen – Additional instruments
• Tor Erik Hermansen – Additional instruments

All songs written and composed by Chris Martin, Jonny
Buckland, Guy Berryman, and Will Champion. All songs
arranged by Coldplay and Stargate. Artistic personnel
Notes • Pilar Zeta, Coldplay – design, art direction
• Phil Harvey, Ultramajic – photography

• * ^[a] signifies an additional producer.
• Dave Holmes – management
•“Kaleidoscope”and “Colour Spectrum”contain
elements of the poem “The Guesthouse”written • Mandi Bursteen – co-management
by Jellaludin “Mawlana”Rumi. “Kaleidoscope” • Arlene Moon – co-management
also contains elements of "Amazing Grace" (written
by John Newton and performed by Barack Obama).
The Choir
4.7.8 Personnel • Nico Berryman
Credits are adapted from A Head Full of Dreams liner • Jonah Buckland
notes.* [60] • Violet Buckland
Coldplay • Blue Ivy Carter
• Ava Champion
• Chris Martin - lead vocals, piano, acoustic guitar
• Juno Champion
• Jonny Buckland - electric guitar
• Marianna Champion
• Guy Berryman - bass guitar
• Rex Champion
• Will Champion - drums, drum pad, percussion,
backing vocals • Aubrey Costall
• Harvey Costall
Additional musicians* [8]
• Brian Eno
• Davide Rossi – strings (tracks 2 and 9)* [61] • Elise Eriksen
• Tim Bergling – additional programming (track 3) • Hege Fossum Eriksen
• Regiment Horns – brass (track 3) • Selma Eriksen
• Beyoncé – vocals (tracks 3 and 11) • Jacob Green
• Gwyneth Paltrow – vocals (track 4) • Sophia Green

• Daniel Grollo • Miguel Lara – additional studio assistance

• Finn Grollo • Matt McGinn – additional studio assistance
• Kat Grollo • Chris Owens – additional studio assistance
• Mathilda Grollo • Roxy Pope – additional studio assistance
• Max Harvey • John Prestage – additional studio assistance
• Rofi Harvey • Kyle Stevens – additional studio assistance
• Idil Hermansen • Derrick Stockwell – additional studio assistance
• Isak Hermansen • Matt Tuggle – additional studio assistance
• Alison Martin • Ryan Walsh – additional studio assistance
• Apple Martin • Joachim Berose – additional studio assistance
• Moses Martin • Will Wetzel – additional studio assistance
Technical personnel
4.7.9 Charts
• Stargate – production
4.7.10 Certifications
• Rik Simpson – production, mixing (track 1–4, 6, 7,
9–11) 4.7.11 Release history
• Phil Tan – mixing (track 5 and 8)
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SEARCH

• “Adventure of a Lifetime”Official music video on
YouTube
• “Adventure of a Lifetime”Teaser on YouTube
• “Adventure of a Lifetime”Behind-the-scenes video

on YouTube
• “Birds”Official music video on YouTube

• A Head Full Of Dreams (2 x Vinyl Edition) on
YouTube
Chapter 5
Live albums
5.1 ''Coldplay Live 2003'' 12. "Yellow" (from Parachutes)
13. "The Scientist" (from A Rush of Blood to the Head)

Coldplay Live 2003 is a live/video album by English
alternative rock band Coldplay, first released in Novem- 14. "Clocks" (from A Rush of Blood to the Head)
ber 2003. The set features concerts filmed at Sydney's
Hordern Pavilion on 21 and 22 July 2003. 15. "In My Place" (from A Rush of Blood to the Head)
It was nominated for Best Long Form Music Video at the 16.“Amsterdam”(from A Rush of Blood to the Head)
47th Annual Grammy Awards.
17.“Life is for Living”(from Parachutes)
The song "Moses", exclusive to this album, was written
about Chris Martin's wife Gwyneth Paltrow. The song
inspired the name of Martin and Paltrow's second child, Disc two (CD)
Moses Bruce Anthony Martin, born in 2006.* [6]* [7] The
song was solicited to US alternative radio as the album's 1.“Politik”– 6:36
only single on 6 October 2003.* [8] The live recording of
"Clocks" had a small promotional radio release in some 2.“God Put a Smile upon Your Face”– 4:57
*
countries such as Spain. [9]
3.“A Rush of Blood to the Head”– 6:51
The album is the band's second live release, following
Trouble – Norwegian Live EP from 2001. 4.“One I Love”– 5:08
5.“See You Soon”– 3:29

5.1.1 Track listing
6.“Shiver”– 5:26
Disc one (DVD) 7.“Everything's Not Lost”– 8:48
1.“Politik”(from A Rush of Blood to the Head) 8.“Moses”– 5:29
2. "God Put a Smile upon Your Face" (from A Rush of 9.“Yellow”– 5:36
Blood to the Head)
10.“Clocks”– 5:33
3.“A Rush of Blood to the Head”(from A Rush of
Blood to the Head) 11.“In My Place”– 4:13
4.“Daylight”(from A Rush of Blood to the Head) 12.“Amsterdam”– 5:22
5. "Trouble" (from Parachutes)

6.“One I Love”(from "In My Place" single)
Certifications
7. "Don't Panic" (from Parachutes)
8. "Shiver" (from Parachutes) 5.1.3 References

9.“See You Soon”(from The Blue Room EP) [1] Allmusic review
10.“Everything's Not Lost”(from Parachutes) [2] Chris Willman (21 November 2003). “Coldplay Live
2003 Review”. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 29 Oc-
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5.2 ''LeftRightLeftRightLeft'' • Interview with Chris Martin about the album

• WikiColdplay
LeftRightLeftRightLeft is a live album by British
alternative rock band Coldplay, released at 9:00 am • Free download of LeftRightLeftRightLeft, which is
GMT on 15 May 2009. The album was given away no longer available
for free at all of the remaining concerts on the Viva
la Vida Tour and was available as a free download on
the band's official website. However, the album was 5.3 ''Coldplay Live 2012''
pulled from the band's website before the release of Live
2012.* [2]* [3]* [4] Within six days, the album was down- Coldplay Live 2012 is the collective name for the offi-
loaded 3.5 million times.* [5] cial documentation of the Mylo Xyloto Tour, performed,
Regarding the limited release, Chris Martin states that: recorded and released by British alternative rock band
“Although it's live, it's supposed to be a real album, part Coldplay. The project consists of a worldwide theatrical
of our canon. Y'know, as well as being a gift move, it is and home media film release, Coldplay's third live album,
also a musical move. It's meant to say that this is what we after Coldplay Live 2003 and LeftRightLeftRightLeft, and
sound like at the moment.”* [5] a 183-page e-book depicting the tour. The film and al-
bum were recorded over many dates over the 2011 Fes-
The purpose of the free album was to show gratitude to
tival Tour and the Mylo Xyloto Tour beginning in Octo-
fans. The band stated that“playing live is what we love”
ber 2011 and ending in September 2012. The film was
and that the album is“a thank you to our fans – the people
* opened for one night only on 13 November 2012, at se-
who give us a reason to do it and make it happen.” [2]
lect cinemas around the world. The DVD and Blu-ray
The material used for the album was “recorded in 101 release of the film and the live album release occurred on
locations”. Coldplay's“sound man Dan [Green]...picked 14 November 2012.
the [tracks] he thought were best, with Phil.”* [5]

5.2.1 Track listing
The film was first announced by Phil Harvey in April
All songs written and composed by Guy Berryman, Jonny 2012. It was first announced under the title “Cold-
Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin. playFilm”.* [1] The name was also inscribed on the
Xylobands used on the Mylo Xyloto Tour between April
and September 2012. The film/album was first offi-
5.2.2 Personnel cially announced on 25 September 2012.* [2] On the same
day, two websites promoting Live 2012 launched. One
Mixed at The Bakery. promoting the theatrical release of the film, and one
Mastered at Gateway Studios. promoting the project in general.* [3]* [4] A two-minute
trailer accompanied the announcement, released online
and shown in theaters attached to other films as well.* [5]
5.2.3 References In addition, an exclusive preview of “Us Against the
World”was shown on the Live 2012 website, a swell
[1] “Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Coldplay: LeftRightLeft-
as another select track off the film of user's choice.* [6]
RightLeft”. 1 June 2009.
A 183-page e-book documenting the tour was also an-
[2] “Coldplay to give away free album”. BBC Online. BBC. nounced.* [7]
2009-05-01. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
Live 2012 was first released as an exclusive, one-night-
[3] “Coldplay Reward Fans With Free Live LP “Left- only theatrical release, shown in cinemas across 57 coun-
RightLeftRightLeft"". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. tries around the world.* [8] The film opened at 7:00pm at
2009-05-01. Retrieved 2009-05-15. respective timezones (7:30pm at some screenings), on 13
November 2012. The film was shown twice on the night, parts were the“behind the scenes interludes that punctu-
closing before midnight.* [9] A partnership deal between ate the performances. Each band member has an oppor-
Parlophone and Studio 3 saw the screening of Live 2012 tunity to reveal not only their enthusiasm for playing live
on US premium cable television as well.* [10] The film around the globe, but also their perspective on the dif-
aired exclusively on 14 November 2012 on Epix, the night ferent elements that have made up the tour. These short
after the theatrical release and a week before its commer- vignettes include details of how the Mylo Xyloto artwork
cial release in the United States. evolved and how they tried to translate that to a live set-
ting with audience members wearing glowing wristbands.
This peek behind the curtain is beneficial as it makes the
5.3.2 Reception gig footage from 3 different stops on the tour (including
their most recent Glastonbury headline set) more engag-
Critical reception ing.”* [15] Kenji Lloyd of HeyUGuys! wrote that the film
“goes above and beyond any ordinary concert film, which
Live 2012 has received large critical acclaim. Adam is just what youʼd expect from a band that isnʼt any or-
Silverstein wrote an overwhelmingly positive review for dinary band. They go the further mile, always looking
Digital Spy, saying that the film/album was pulled off well to take things further, do things better, make the extra ef-
amidst mixed reputation, writing “One (thankfully first- fort. As the band plays through the darkening night, weʼ re
class) collab with a popstar and an appearance on The X treated to the equally impressive artwork and handwritten
Factor later, however, and they almost fucked their rep lyrics that are a part of their live shows, appearing on the
…Chris Martin bawling backing vocals to the Little Mix screen itself in a fantastic bleeding of creativity.”* [16]
girls would have been uglier than Javier Bardem toothless
in Skyfall, yet that's all it would have taken.”He also says it
showcases well the“ridiculous effort that goes in to each Commercial performance
and every concert.”and that the film/album “skilfully
showcases just how incredible an adventure it is to ob- The DVD release of the film debuted at number 2 on Irish
serve a world-beating band at the top of their game. And Music DVDs Chart in the week of its release.* [17]
those still to be converted to the Coldplay cause even after
watching this? Well, they can fuck off, then.”* [12] Drew
Taylor of IndieWire wrote a similar very positive review, 5.3.3 Track listing
praising the Mylo Xyloto tour itself as well, and stating
that “even a cursory understanding of what it's like to All songs written and performed by Guy Berryman, Jonny
watch Coldplay live is better than nothing at all. Wrist- Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin and Brian Eno,
bands not included.”* [14] Sarah Milton of The Upcoming except where noted.* [18]* [19]
wrote a very positive review focusing on the band's ability
to connect with their fans through Live 2012, writing that Sample credits* [19]
“This release of their previous and current work defines
their unstoppable prowess by taking tracks to a personal •“Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall”incorporates ele-
level with their fans. This is a skill not many achieve live, ments of “Ritmo De La Noche”written by Alex
but with this album, Coldplay succeeds. It deserves im- Christensen, Harry Castioni, Bela Lagonda and Jeff
mense recognition, and we can rest assured that Coldplay Wycombe, which incorporates elements of "I Go to
will keep raising the bar of stadium rock shows for years Rio" written by Peter Allen and Adrienne Anderson.
to come.”* [13]
•“Princess of China”features a sample from
Cameron Adams of the Australian Herald Sun gave the al- "Takk..." written by Jón Þór Birgisson, Orri Páll
bum a positive review, highlighting the film/album's em- Dýrason, Georg Hólm and Kjartan Sveinsson,
ulation of the tour, stating “this is the exact show Cold- performed by Sigur Rós.
play are in the midst of charming our country with - wrist-
bands, hits, banter, yoga moves and all!". He also compli- •“Up with the Birds”features a sample from "Driven
mented the track list choice, writing that “Their biggest by You" by Brian May. It also includes a lyrical sam-
hits (Paradise, Viva La Vida, Fix You) sit nicely with their ple from “Anthem”by Leonard Cohen.
more subversive ones (Violet Hill, Every Teardrop Is a
Waterfall)". It was the album of the week in the Herald
Sun.* [11]
Jim Pusey wrote a positive review for Contactmusic, 5.3.5 Release history
praising the film for its visual effects and cinematogra-
phy. He also compared the film to the band's previous 5.3.6 References
live video, Live 2003, noticing “a band that's now less
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September 2013. DVD from one of the “Ghost Stories”concerts that
was filmed at Sony Studios, Los Angeles in March 2014,
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DVDs 2012”. Australian Recording Industry Associa-
is included with the Live CD.* [2] The performance was
tion. Retrieved 10 January 2013. previously shown on NBC, however it differs from the
TV special as it only includes the performances of the
[44] “Jaaroverzichten - DVD Music 2012” (in Dutch). songs from Ghost Stories and the NBC special only fea-
Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 December tured 6 songs from Ghost Stories and the previous hits,
2012. "Clocks,”"Viva la Vida,”and "Paradise".* [3]* [4] Ac-
[45] “Top 100 Album Combined - Classifica annuale (dal cording to the band's official website, it was filmed by
2 Gennaio 2012 al 30 Dicembre 2012)" (in Italian). Grammy Award-nominated director Paul Dugdale, in a
Federation of the Italian Music Industry / TV Sorrisi e custom-built amphitheatre at Sony Studios, Los Ange-
Canzoni. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January les, the ground-breaking production sets the band's per-
2013. formance against stunning 360-degree and overhead im-
agery.* [5]
[46] “Canadian video certifications – Coldplay – Live 2012”
. Music Canada. It has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best
Music Film category.* [6]* [7]
[47] “French album certifications – Coldplay – Live 2012”(in
French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
[48] “French video certifications – Coldplay – Live 2012”(in 5.4.1 Recording

“Always in My Head”, "Midnight" and "A Sky Full
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(in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Re-
Albert Hall, London. "Magic and ""True Love" were
trieved 20 September 2013. Select Album e Compilation
recorded on 19 June 2014 at Enmore Theatre, Sydney.
in the field Sezione. Enter Coldplay in the field Filtra. The
"Ink" was recorded on 28 May 2014 at Paris Casino,
Paris. "Another's Arms" was recorded on 5 May 2014 at
[50] “Top 100 Mexico - Semana Del 07 al 13 de Enero 2013” Beacon Theatre, New York City. "Oceans" was recorded
(in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de on 25 April at E-Werk, Cologne. "O" was recorded on
Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original 19 May 2014 at Royce Hall, Los Angeles.
(PDF) on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
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tuguese). Artistas-espectaculos.com. Retrieved 2 January
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2013.
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British Phonographic Industry. Enter Live 2012 in the Sky Full of Stars", co-written by Tim Bergling.
field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Se-
lect DVD in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the
field By Award. Click Search 5.4.3 Personnel
[53]
Coldplay
5.3.7 External links • Guy Berryman – bass guitar, keyboard, laser harp
• Jonny Buckland – electric guitar, keyboard, piano,
• The official website for the Live 2012 project. slide guitar
• The promotional website for the Theatrical release • Will Champion – drums, drum machine, reactable,
of Live 2012. electric guitar, Ebow, backing vocals
• Live 2012 on Discogs. • Chris Martin – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano,
keyboard
5.4 ''Ghost Stories Live 2014'' Production
Ghost Stories Live 2014 is the fourth live album and a • Coldplay, Rik Simpson – producers
concert film by British alternative rock band Coldplay.
• Rik Simpson – engineer
The album, a live recorded version of the band's sixth
studio album Ghost Stories, was released by Parlophone • Ted Jensen – mastering engineer
5.4. ''GHOST STORIES LIVE 2014'' 97
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garian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
5.4.5 Certifications [20] “British video certifications – Coldplay – Ghost Stories -
Live 2014”. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7
5.4.6 Release history January 2015. Enter Ghost Stories - Live 2014 in the field
Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select DVD
5.4.7 See also in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award.
Click Search
• Coldplay Live 2012 [21] “Ghost Stories Live 2014”. iTunes Store AU. Apple Inc.
5.4.8 References [22] “Ghost Stories Live 2014”. iTunes Store DE. Apple Inc.
[1] “Ghost Stories Live 2014 out 24 November”. Cold-
play.com. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015. [23] “Ghost Stories Live 2014”. iTunes Store CA. Apple Inc.
[2] Slender Fungus. “Coldplay: News - Ghost Stories Live
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BOX)". Warner Music Poland. Retrieved 4 February
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board.
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Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 November 2014.

Chart”. OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Indus-
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2014”. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
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Phonographique.
Chapter 6
EPs
6.1 ''Safety'' 6.1.3 External links
Safety was the first public release by the British rock band • Official website
Coldplay. It was recorded over a weekend during May
1998, and was intended as a demo for record companies.
It was financed by the band and their manager Phil Harvey
for around £1500. 6.2 ''The Blue Room''
Everyone involved was so pleased with the finished prod-
uct that they decided to pay for 500 copies to be manu- Warning: Page using Template:Infobox album with
factured for distribution around London. Only about 50 unknown parameter “Writer?" (this message is shown
copies ever made it to record stores, as they gave most of only in preview).
the copies away to record companies and their friends and
families.* [1] The EP is unavailable on iTunes and there- The Blue Room is the second EP released by British rock
fore is such a rarity that it is known to fetch in excess of band Coldplay, and their first release after signing with
£2000 on eBay.* [2] the Parlophone label in October 1999.
The songs on this EP have all appeared unaltered on sub-
sequent releases by Coldplay. “Bigger Stronger”and
“Such a Rush”are featured on The Blue Room EP and 6.2.1 Background
“No More Keeping My Feet on the Ground”was a B-
side on the single release of "Yellow".* [3] The version of “Don't Panic”featured on this release
The cover photo of lead singer Chris Martin was taken by is different from the one that appears on the band's later
John Hilton, a friend of the band.* [4] debut LP, Parachutes. The fourth track,“High Speed”,
also made the cut for Parachutes although it remained un-
changed. The first track,“Bigger Stronger”(re-released
on 5 August 1999), and fifth track, “Such a Rush”, are
6.1.1 Track listing
re-releases from the Safety EP, and are the same on both
EPs.* [1]
All songs written by Coldplay.
“See You Soon”would later become a regular part of
Coldplay's setlist during their A Rush of Blood to the
6.1.2 References Head Tour and was featured in both the DVD and CD
of Coldplay's Live 2003 album. “See You Soon”was
[1] Origin And Early Years (September 1996 – October sung live for the first time since 2003 in Bogota, Colombia
1999) coldplaying.com during the A Head Full of Dreams Tour and has become
a recurring song in the tour.
[2] http://www.wikicoldplay.com/index.php/Safety_EP Only 5000 copies of the CD version were manufactured
in the original pressing, along with a limited edition 12
[3] “The Oracle”. coldplay.com. Coldplay. Retrieved 22 inch vinyl release which was individually numbered on
November 2012. the front picture sleeve. The CD version was re-released
with identical packaging in 2001, thereby making it more
[4] Slender Fungus (10 June 2010). “News - Art history #1 widely available. A 2x7”vinyl version was included with
(Safety EP)". Coldplay. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
The Singles 1999–2006 box set in 2007.
[5] “Coldplay – Safety E.P.”. Discogs. Retrieved November The artwork for the album was taken from a National Ge-
30, 2015. ographic magazine issue in 1997.* [2]
98
6.4. “TROUBLE” 99
6.2.2 Reception [2] “Acoustic EP on WikiColdplay”. Coldplaying. Wiki-

Coldplay. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
Sputnik gave a highly positive review, calling it “One of
the best EPs I've heard, with one of the best songs I've
heard.”and continued “it's the most refined, complete 6.3.3 External links
and balanced effort released prior to the impressive debut
• Careful Where You Stand at YouTube
album Parachutes" and awarded it 4.5/5.* [3] AllMusic
gave similar praise saying,“The limited-edition five-track • Yellow at YouTube
piece is well-crafted with lush harmonies and Martin's
harking vocals reflect common dream pop melodies sim-
ilar to Gene frontman Martin Rossiter”and singled out 6.4 “Trouble”
“Such a Rush”as being outstanding.* [4]
"Trouble" is a song recorded by the British alternative
6.2.3 Track listing rock band Coldplay for their debut album, Parachutes.
The band wrote the song and co-produced it with British
All songs written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, record producer Ken Nelson. The song's musicscape is
Will Champion and Chris Martin. minimalist built around a piano.
The song was released on 26 October 2000 as the album's
third single. It reached number 10 on the UK Singles
6.2.4 References
Chart, making it the band's second top 10 single in the
[1] “The Oracle”. coldplay.com. Coldplay. Retrieved 22 country. Although“Trouble”failed to chart on the United
November 2012. States, the music press deemed it almost as successful as
its predecessor, "Yellow". Two different music videos for
[2] Art History #3: The Blue Room EP. Coldplay.com. 2010-
the single were released.
08-10.
An associated EP titled Trouble – Norwegian Live EP
[3] http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/11787/
Coldplay-The-Blue-Room/
was released in the summer of 2001, consisted of five
tracks recorded live by the band at Rockefeller Music Hall
[4] http://www.allmusic.com/album/blue-room-r487937 in Oslo, Norway.
[5] “Coldplay – The Blue Room E.P.”. Discogs. Retrieved
November 30, 2015.
6.4.1 Production
6.2.5 External links According to Coldplay's lead singer Chris Martin, the
song's writing was inspired by his own behaviour. Martin
• Official website recalls,“There were some bad things going in our band ...
the song is about behaving badly towards somebody you
really love and I was certainly doing that to some mem-
6.3 ''Acoustic'' bers of the band.”He added that he supposed it was about
time to stop acting like a knobhead.* [1] The four mem-
bers of Coldplay are credited as co-writers of“Trouble”
Acoustic EP (also named as Sparks EP) is a promotional
.
EP by the British alternative rock band Coldplay, released
*
on 29 October 2000, [1] after the release of their debut British record producer Ken Nelson and the band pro-
album, Parachutes. The EP was distributed with he Inde- duced“Trouble”for their debut album, Parachutes. The
pendent in the United Kingdom. track was recorded four times before the band got the take
they preferred. The backing track was first recorded, and
The EP is notable for its acoustic version of "Yellow".
each time they add to see if it was working. They, how-
The acoustic version of “Yellow”was originally broad-
ever, decided that the first three versions were not“work-
cast on the Jo Whiley Lunchtime Social on BBC Radio 1,
ing”. The last take was recorded into Pro Tools with a
September 4, 2000. The EP also featured the video for
shaker to provide the rhythm to the track. For the backing
“Yellow”in QuickTime format.* [2]
track, Will Champion played the drums and Martin on the
piano which they recorded in a little wooden room. After
6.3.1 Track listing Guy Berryman's bass was recorded, guitarist Jonny Buck-
land added the guitar section. In recording the piano sec-
6.3.2 References tion of the track, the band used two microphones̶one
was brighter-sounding and the other had a fuller sound.
[1] “Information of “Acoustic EP"". Allmusic. Allmusic. Nelson, who wanted to keep the song simple, chose the
Retrieved 17 January 2016. fuller sound microphone for the mixing.* [2]
100 CHAPTER 6. EPS
“Trouble”was mixed in New York by American mix en- than a year later on 18 December 2001 in the United
gineer Michael Brauer. The initial mixed version, which States.* [4]* [5] An extended play titled Trouble – Norwe-
was sent back to the band and Nelson, fell short of their gian Live EP was released in the summer of 2001. In
desired quality, so it had to be redone. According to Nel- 2003, the song was featured on Coldplay's live album
son, “the vocal was overcompressed and the piano was called Live 2003.* [6]
too bright”. Despite this, Nelson did not blame Brauer As they have for their other songs, Coldplay has refused
because he was recording the album when the track was to accept several offers to use “Trouble”for promo-
being mixed.* [2] tional tools. In 2004, the band rejected a multi-million
Euro offer from Diet Coke and Gap to use the song and
"Don't Panic", the fourth single from the album. They
6.4.2 Composition
asked manager Phil Harvey to not refer such offers to
them because “a discussion might lead to compromise”
The song's lyrics have “softer emotional themes”, in-
. American actor Sylvester Stallone was interested to use
cluding apologies, unrequited love, and longing.* [1] Its
the song for the soundtrack of his 2001 film Driven, but
musicscape follows the minimalistic approach. “Trou-
the band declined.* [7]* [8]
ble”is built around a piano, with a snare drum background
that was mixed very low. The snare drum section tends to
be inaudible when the guitars come in.* [1] According to
the sheet music published by Musicnotes, Inc., the song's 6.4.4 Reception
time signature follows the common 4/4, with a tempo of
70 beats per minute. Martin's vocal range in the song “Trouble”was a commercial success. It reached number
spans from F♯3 to A4 ,* [3] the highest note being sung us- 10 on the UK Singles Chart, making it the band's second
ing the falsetto register, despite the fact Martin can reach top 10 single in the United Kingdom after “Yellow”.
this note in full voice. The performance of “Trouble”has been attributed to
the “colossal home sales”of Parachutes in the United
Kingdom.* [9]
6.4.3 Release The positive reception of the single continued when the
British outfit Lost Witness made a remixed version of the
song, which was released and became“an unlikely dance
floor anthem”. With three singles successfully released,
the band decided to abandon their initial plans of issuing
“Don't Panic”as the fourth single of the album, deemed
enough for a single album in the United Kingdom.“Don't
Panic”, however, was eventually released in some Euro-
pean regions.* [9]
In the United States, the single's chart performance was
nearly as successful as that of “Yellow"'s.* [10] It has
reached number 23 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 and
28 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks.* [11] Martin
has claimed that the single had saved them from being a
“one-hit wonder”band. The band, thinking it was not a
“great single”, surmised it would not perform well in the
United States.* [10]
6.4.5 Music videos
The original European version of the music video for

“Trouble”was directed by British director Sophie Muller.
The video footage was shot in a Newhall, California
ranch.* [12] A Wild West-themed video, it features Mar-
tin as a prisoner in a dark warehouse, tied with ropes to
a chair, being circled by cars in the freezing cold. The
Chris Martin playing “Trouble”on his piano during a concert other members of the band are seen on the upper floor
in Brazil, February 2007 in a slow motion sequence where Buckland and Cham-
pion struggle with bassist Guy Berryman, tying him to
“Trouble”was released as the third single off Parachutes another chair and forcing him to look in front. At this
on 26 October 2000 in the United Kingdom, and more point, Martin's struggling causes his chair to tip over, and
6.4. “TROUBLE” 101
he hits the ground on his side. He sings the final line of [7] “Too many American Psychos”. The Guardian. 2001-
the song (“They spun a web for me...”), before the dark- 08-16. Retrieved 2009-09-21.
ness abruptly turns to daylight. A beautiful sunrise is then [8] Hyland, Ian (2001-04-22). “The Diary: Band in a
revealed, but as the camera pans out, it is revealed to be whole lot of Trouble with Sly”. Sunday Mirror (Internet
fake and part of a large theater backdrop, with Martin still Archive). Retrieved 2008-10-13.
lying on his side, tied to the chair.
[9] Roach, p. 54
A US version of the music video was directed by Tim
[10] Moss, Corey (2001-12-18). “Coldplay Ready Second
Hope. The video follows the motif of “Don't Panic”by
Album As 'Trouble' Heats Up”. MTV. Retrieved 2008-
showing the band as two-dimensional cut-outs. The band
09-22.
are aboard a horse carriage that cruises along a forest. On
top of a mountain, a woman (Nerys Davies) waters plants [11] “Coldplay: Billboard Singles”. Allmusic. Macrovision
inside a house. A little crow flies from the carriage up to Company. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
the house, where it transforms into a more menacing bird. [12] “Pink Is Ready To Have Some Fun With 'Try This'".
It flies over the house and turns into a black cloud, which Yahoo!. 2003-10-06. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
pours rain onto the land. The rain burns little holes on the
[13] D'Angelo, Joe (2002-08-29). “Eminem Takes Home
things it falls into, and crow feathers protrude from the
Most Moonmen From Video Music Awards”. MTV. Re-
holes. Finally a tornado grabs the house and lifts it from trieved 2009-03-14.
its foundations placing it along others in a more suburban
setting. Its acclaimed visuals earned Tim Hope an MTV [14] “2002 VMA Winners”. MTV. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
Video Music Award for Best Art Direction in 2002.* [13] [15] “Trouble”. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 30
It was also nominated for Breakthrough Video.* [14] April 2011.
[16] “Trouble [Australia Bonus Tracks]". AllMusic. Rovi Cor-
6.4.6 Track listing poration. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
[17] “Trouble [Norwegian Live EP Tracks]". Amazon.com.
6.4.7 Personnel Amazon.com. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
[18] "Lescharts.com – Coldplay – Trouble” (in French). Les
• Chris Martin: lead vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, classement single. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
mellotron
[19] "Chart Track: Week 46, 2000”. Irish Singles Chart. Re-
• Jonny Buckland: electric guitar trieved 12 June 2014.
• Guy Berryman: bass guitar [20] "Italiancharts.com – Coldplay – Trouble”. Top Digital
Download. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
• Will Champion: drums, percussion
[21] "Dutchcharts.nl – Coldplay – Trouble”(in Dutch). Single
Top 100. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
6.4.8 Charts [22] "Charts.org.nz – Coldplay – Trouble”. Top 40 Singles.
Single
[23] "Swisscharts.com – Coldplay – Trouble”. Swiss Singles
Chart. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
Norwegian Live EP
[24] "Archive Chart: 2000-11-04” UK Singles Chart. Re-
[25] “Coldplay – Chart history” Billboard Bubbling Under
6.4.10 Notes Hot 100 for Coldplay. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
[26] “Coldplay – Chart history”Billboard Alternative Songs
[1] Roach, p. 49 for Coldplay. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
[2] Inglis, Sam (October 2000). “Recording Coldplay's [27] “Coldplay – Chart history” Billboard Adult Pop Songs
Parachutes”. SOS. Retrieved 2008-09-12. for Coldplay. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
[3] “Trouble”. Musicnotes, Inc. Retrieved 2011-06-19. [28] "Norwegiancharts.com – Coldplay – Trouble - Norwegian
Live EP”. Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
[4] “Coldplay - Trouble”. Discogs.com. Retrieved 20 Febru-
ary 2016. [29] lista.vg.no
[5] “Artists: Coldplay - 45 Charts - Alternative songs”. Bill- [30] “British single certifications – Coldplay”. British Phono-
board. Retrieved 20 February 2016. graphic Industry. Retrieved 15 April 2016. Enter Cold-
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102 CHAPTER 6. EPS
6.4.11 References • Cultural Christmas guide – Charles Dickens to

Coldplay
• Roach, Martin (2003). Coldplay: Nobody Said it
was Easy. Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-9810-8. • Holiday Albums: Maybe This Christmas from the
Retrieved 2008-09-22. New York Times
• 7 Christmas Songs That Donʼ

t Suck from The Huff-
6.4.12 External links ington Post
• Official website • The 50 Best Christmas songs from the Independent

UK
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
6.5 ''Mince Spies'' 6.6 Remixes

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Mince Spies is a 2001 Christmas EP released by British
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rock band Coldplay. It consists of two tracks recorded
only in preview).
by the band with the Parlophone label, with produc-
tion help from Ken Nelson. It was released to the pre-
Parachutes Coldplay fan club only and was limited to Remixes EP is the sixth EP and the first remix album by
1000 copies.* [1] Because of its limited availability, it is
Coldplay, released in July 21, 2003 through Parlophone.
the 2nd rarest Coldplay release behind the Safety EP. It includes three tracks under the label Parlophone. Side
A plays at 45 RPM and side B at 33 ⅓ RPM. The album
Coldplay's rendition of the holiday classic “Have Your-
was limited to 1000 copies.* [1]
self a Merry Little Christmas”* [2] was also included
on the 2002 compilation album Maybe This Christmas, The album was released on 12”vinyl format. The album
which benefited the charitable activities of the Toys for contained two remixes of Clocks made by the Norwegian
Tots Foundation.* [3] music duo, Röyksopp and a remix of God Put a Smile
upon Your Face made by Def Inc. Both the original ver-
This modern remake of the classic Christmas song is
* * sions of the two songs are contained in Coldplay's second
piano-driven, [4] with a very mellow pace. [5]
studio album, A Rush of Blood to the Head.
6.5.1 Track listing

6.6.1 Track listing
6.5.2 References
[1] Corey Moss, Coldplay Ready Second Album As 'Trouble' Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin.* [2]
Heats Up, MTV News, 18 December 2001 Retrieved 26
August 2013
6.6.2 References
[2] Have Yourself a Merry Coldplay Christmas, CBS Local,
23 December 2011 Retrieved 26 August 2013 [1] http://www.discogs.com/Coldplay-Remixes/release/
[3] Theresa vanHorn, Holiday Albums 2002, MTV News, 5 190571
December 2002 Retrieved 26 August 2013
[2] “Remixes EP on WikiColdplay”. WikiColplay. Wiki-
[4] Victoria Leigh Miller, The Best Modern Remakes of Clas- Coldplay. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
sic Christmas Songs, Yahoo Voices, 12 October 2009
[5] Stephanie Rodriguez,Top 10 Holiday Party Songs Cov-

ered by Contemporary Artists, Yahoo Voices, 16 October 6.7 ''Prospekt's March''
2009 Retrieved 26 August 2013
[6] “Coldplay – Mince Spies”. Discogs. Retrieved November For the song, see Prospekt's March/Poppyfields.
30, 2015.
Prospekt's March is the seventh EP by British rock
band Coldplay, initially released on 21 November 2008
in Europe and Japan, and worldwide the following
• Official site week.* [2]* [3] It features several tracks left over from the
studio sessions for Coldplay's fourth studio album, Viva
• Coldplay Wiki la Vida or Death and All His Friends.* [4]* [5] It is also
6.7. ''PROSPEKT'S MARCH'' 103
available in the deluxe edition of Viva la Vida.* [6] This Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin, except
is their first EP since Remixes (2003). “Lost+" co-written by Shawn Carter.
The cover features Eugène Delacroix's original paint-
ing* [7] Battle of Poitiers,* [8] similar to the cover art fea- 6.7.3 Personnel
tured on Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (which
included another Delacroix-created painting, Liberty
Leading the People). On 5 November, Coldplay offered
6.7.4 Chart performance
an exclusive preview of the EP via their Facebook appli-
On the Billboard issue dated 3 December, Prospekt's
cation* [9] and through their website.* [10]
March debuted at number 15 on the Billboard 200 with
There were two singles that anchored the EP. The song sales of 77,000.* [16]
"Glass of Water" entered the iTunes Top 100 songs and
went on to be performed live by the band on 4Music.
"Life in Technicolor II" began its existence in the charts at 6.7.5 Charts and certifications
No. 90 in the UK Singles Chart despite not being released
as an official single. It was later confirmed to be the EP's 6.7.6 Release history
first single.* [1] It later peaked at No. 28 upon its physical
release on 8 February 2009. The song was nominated at Prospekt's March was released on 24 November 2008 in
the 52nd Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance by the United States and Canada, one day earlier than ex-
a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Short Form Music pected.* [18]
Video.* [11]
As of January 2010, Prospekt's March has sold 537,000
copies worldwide.* [12]
6.7.7 References
[1] “Life in Technicolor ii to be single”. Coldplay.com. 5
January 2009.
6.7.1 Recording and release
[2] Martin, Chris (3 October 2008). “Prospekt's March
Throughout the recording of Viva la Vida or Death and Tracklisting”. Coldplay.com. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
All His Friends, Coldplay communicated to fans through
their website, and some of the song titles were revealed [3] Martin, Chris (7 October 2008). “Prospekt's March
Tracklisting”. Coldplay.com. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
during the recording. The name “Poppyfields”was first
revealed in September 2007; in late October 2007, a mes- [4] Harris, Chris (2 September 2008). “Coldplay Will Issue
sage said that“Famous Old Painters”and“Glass of Wa- EP of Viva La Vida Leftovers in December, New LP in
ter”had been written and were being considered for the 2009”. MTV. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
album.“Prospekt's March”appeared for the first time in
[5] Michaels, Sean (1 September 2008). “Coldplay confirm
December of the same year; all the notes were signed by
new EP and album”. The Guardian. guardian.co.uk. Re-
the pseudonym Prospekt, strengthening rumours that this
would be the album's title. Those songs did not make it
to the album's final track listing, so were featured on the [6] “Coldplay Announce Deluxe Edition of Viva la Vida”.
Prospekt's March EP, except for “Famous Old Painters” antiMUSIC. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2008.
, which was never released.
[7] “1356 Battle of Poitiers, 1830, Eugčne Delacroix (1798–
In an interview for Coldplay's official website Chris Mar- 1863) photo – Brian McMorrow photos at”. Pbase.com.
tin said that all the songs on the EP came very close to be 15 August 2005. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
on Viva la Vida, and that they were“all part of the same
[8] Martin, Chris (14 October 2008). “Prospekt's March
family”. In the same interview the frontman stated that
Artwork revealed”. Coldplay.com. Retrieved 14 October
the idea was always to put these songs out by the end of
2008.
2008.* [13]
[9] “Glass of Water”. Coldplay at Facebook. Retrieved 6
November 2008.
6.7.2 Track listing
[10] “Glass of Water”. Coldplay.com. Retrieved 6 November
Coldplay confirmed five songs for Prospekt's March on 3 2008.
October 2008, all of which had not been completed in [11] “Nominees And Winners”. GRAMMY.com. Retrieved
time for Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends.* [2] 17 December 2011.
The playlist was changed to eight songs on 5 Octo-
ber.* [14] Six of the eight tracks are new recordings of [12] “Prospekt's March Sales”. Coldplayzone.it. 4 February
the band.* [15] 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
All songs written and composed by Guy Berryman, Jonny [13] “Chis Martin's Interview for Coldplay.com”.
104 CHAPTER 6. EPS
[14] Martin, Chris (5 October 2008). “Prospekt's March 6.8.3 References

Tracklisting”. Coldplay.com. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
[1] “Free live album in The Sunday Times this weekend”
[15] Cohen, Jonathan (6 October 2008). “Coldplay Preps EP . Coldplay.com. Coldplay.com. Retrieved 17 January
With Jay-Z Guest Spot”. Billboard. Nielsen Business 2016.
Media, Inc. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
[2] “iTunes Festival: London 2011 on Discogs”. discogs.
[16] Hasty, Katie (3 December 2008). “Kanye Edges GNR, Discogs. Retrieved 14 January 2011.
Ludacris For No. 1 Debut”. Billboard. Retrieved 29
[3] “Details on WikiColdplay”. Coldplay. WikiColdplay.
January 2009.
[17] “Certified Awards Search”. BPI. Retrieved 25 August
2009. Note: Need to manually search for 'Coldplay'.
[18] “Prospekt's March EP release dates update”. Cold-
play.com. Retrieved 29 January 2009. • Official website
6.7.8 External links 6.9 ''Live in Madrid''

• Official website Live in Madrid is a live EP by British alternative rock
band Coldplay, released at 31 October 2011. The EP
was available as a free download on the Google Music
6.8 ''iTunes Festival: London site. A second version of the EP with only 5 tracks was
released through Google on November 30, 2011. The al-
2011'' bum was recorded on 26 October 2011, in Plaza de Toros
de Las Ventas, Madrid, Spain, during the band's fifth con-
iTunes Festival: London 2011 is an EP by British cert tour, Mylo Xyloto Tour and the programme "Coldplay
alternative rock band Coldplay. The album was recorded Live: Unstaged"
at the iTunes Festival in July 2011 in London and
was later released as a free download by The Sunday
Times.* [1] The EP consisted of 7 songs, all the songs were 6.9.1 Recording
recorded live during the iTunes Festival London 2011 at
The Roundhouse in London, United Kingdom. Main article: Mylo Xyloto Tour
An iTunes version of the EP was made available on 5

December 2011, consisted of three tracks and the live A premiere concert in Madrid was streamed live on
videos of these tracks. * [2] YouTube. The programme was titled, "Coldplay Live:
Unstaged". The band performed songs from Mylo Xyloto
alongside their previous hits. The concert aired on 26 Oc-
tober 2011. The show was directed by Anton Corbijn and
6.8.1 Track listing presented by American Express.* [1] The live webcast is
reported to have been viewed by nearly 20 million view-
All songs were written, composed and performed by Guy
ers.* [2] Replay of the show on Vevo was viewed by nearly
Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris
8 million viewers.
Martin. * [3]
The album consisted of recordings from the concert. The
first version of the EP consisted of 7 songs, while the sec-
6.8.2 Personnel ond version consisted only 5 songs.
Coldplay
6.9.2 Track listing
• Guy Berryman – bass guitar, backing vocals, key- All songs were written, composed and performed by Guy
board Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris
Martin.
• Jonny Buckland – electric guitar, backing vocals
• Will Champion – drums, backing vocals, guitar 6.9.3 Personnel

• Chris Martin – lead vocals, keyboard, acoustic guitar Coldplay
6.9. ''LIVE IN MADRID'' 105
• Guy Berryman – bass guitar, backing vocals, key-

board
• Jonny Buckland – electric guitar, backing vocals
• Will Champion – drums, backing vocals, guitar

• Chris Martin – lead vocals, keyboard, acoustic guitar
6.9.4 References
[1] “YouTube show launches Coldplay tour”. Press Asso-
ciation. 27 October 2011. Archived from the original on
18 November 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
[2] Itzkoff, Dave (10 November 2011). “Mary J. Blige to

Celebrate 'Life,' Past and Present, With Online Concert
Broadcast”. The New York Times. The New York Times
Company. Archived from the original on 18 November
2011. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
Chapter 7
Compilation album
7.1 ''The Singles 1999–2006'' 12. "Talk" / “Gravity”

13. "What If" (Tom Lord Alge mix) / “How You See
The Singles 1999–2006 is a box set compilation of the World No. 2”(live from Earls Court)
singles by British rock band Coldplay. The box in-
cludes all fourteen of the band's singles from the album • Originally released only as an international sin-
Parachutes to X&Y on 7”vinyl records in sleeves with gle.
the original artwork that accompanied each release.* [3]
14. "The Hardest Part" / “Pour Me”(Live at the Hol-
lywood Bowl)
7.1.1 Track listing
• Previously released only as a download-single
in the UK.
1. The Blue Room
•“Bigger Stronger”/“Don't Panic”(B1) /“See

You Soon”(B2) 7.1.2 References
•“High Speed”/ “Such a Rush” [1] 24 March '07, p.35
• The first time this 1999 EP has been released [2] May 2007
on 7"; for this release it is split onto two discs.
The original vinyl release was as a 12”, indi- [3] “Coldplay to release singles collection”. NME. 2006-01-
vidually numbered. 31.
2. "Shiver" / “For You”(B1) / “Careful Where You

Stand”(B2) 7.1.3 External links
3. "Yellow" / “Help Is Round the Corner” • Official website
4. "Trouble" / "Brothers and Sisters"
5. "Don't Panic" / "You Only Live Twice" (live from

Norway)
• Originally released only as an international sin-

gle.
6. "In My Place" / “One I Love”
7. "The Scientist" /“1.36”(B1) /“I Ran Away”(B2)
8. "Clocks" / “Crests of Waves”
9. "God Put a Smile upon Your Face" / “Murder”
• Originally released only as an international sin-

gle.
10. "Speed of Sound" / “Things I Don't Understand”
11. "Fix You" / “The World Turned Upside Down”
106
Chapter 8
Singles
8.1 “Brothers & Sisters” [2] “Brothers & Sisters EP”. coldplaying.com. Retrieved
24 July 2009.
"Brothers & Sisters" is a song by Coldplay, released as [3] “Coldplay”. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1
their first single in 1999 following the release of the band's March 2015.
first EP Safety, released a year earlier. It was later re-
released as an EP. The song has peaked at number 92 on
the UK Singles Chart. 8.1.7 External links
8.1.1 Background
After forming in 1998, Coldplay met up with local record

label Fierce Panda Records after a representative from 8.2 “Shiver”
said label saw them perform at the Camden Falcon in De-
cember of that year. Fierce Panda offered to release their "Shiver" is a song written and recorded by British
debut single, and the band agreed, signing a short record alternative rock band Coldplay. British record producer
deal.* [1]* [2] Ken Nelson and Coldplay produced the track for their de-
but album Parachutes. Vocalist Chris Martin admitted
that “Shiver”was written for a specific woman, from
8.1.2 Recording whom the media has generated several speculations. The
song contains influences attributed to American singer-
According to the single's liner notes, recording com- songwriter Jeff Buckley, whom Coldplay's early influ-
pleted in only four days and cost the band a lowly sum of ences were drawn from.
£400.* [1] The atmospheric sounds on “Easy to Please”
The song was released as the album's lead single in the
were created by setting up microphones on a wet road
* United Kingdom, and second in the United States follow-
outside the studio. [2]
ing the hit single "Yellow". The single reached number
35 on the UK Singles Chart, and its critical reception has
been generally positive.
8.1.3 Release
1,500 copies of the vinyl single were issued in a special

8.2.1 Production and composition
wrap-around picture sleeve. A new version of“Brothers
& Sisters”later appeared on the "Trouble" single. The
“Shiver”was written two years before its release. Accord-
single was re-released as an EP in late 2002 on Brash
ingly, Martin wrote the song while thinking of Australian
Records.
singer-songwriter Natalie Imbruglia, the woman he was
linked to, but later denied it.* [1] Some accounts have
claimed, however, that Imbruglia was indeed not Mar-
8.1.4 Track listing tin's inspiration in writing the song. Instead, he appeared
to have been inspired with girlfriends in his teenage days
8.1.5 Charts and early 20s. Martin actually wrote the song in a“glum”
day, when he felt he would never find the right woman for
8.1.6 References him. He described it as something of a “stalking song”
, admitting he wrote it for a specific woman. In addition,
[1] 'Brothers and Sisters' Liner Notes Martin wrote the song while listening to music of Buck-
107
108 CHAPTER 8. SINGLES
ley, and had claimed it is their“most blatant rip-off song” * [17] Spencer Owen of Pitchfork noted, “It's the only
.* [2] truly decent song on Parachutes, but simultaneously, it's
“Shiver”was recorded in Rockfield Studios in Wales, the only one that blatantly shows its influences. In fact,
United Kingdom, where the band was booked by A&R the influence can even *
be pinned to a single song: Jeff
representative Dan Keeling to begin working on the Buckley's 'Grace.'" [18]
band's debut album, Parachutes.* [3]* [4] Keeling was dis- The music video for“Shiver”was directed by English film
appointed with the early demos presented to him,* [1] say- director and cinematographer Grant Gee.* [10] It features
ing it “didn't have any of their passion, their energy”, Coldplay performing in a small studio. The yellow globe
a result of the band's freshly resolved internal pressure in featured on the Parachutes cover can be seen on top of an
the time. Keeling deemed the demos as“limp”and asked amplifier in the video. The music video received“strong
the band to redo it.* [3] Smaller parts of the song were exposure”on MTV.* [11]
recorded at Parr Street Studios in Liverpool, England,* [1] In 2003,“Shiver”was featured on Coldplay's live album
where the band relocated after Christmas in 1999. Live 2003.* [19]
The song was produced by Coldplay and British record
producer Ken Nelson.* [4] As with most songs in the al-
bum, Nelson used an analogue desk in recording“Shiver” 8.2.3 Track listing
. The guitar was re-dubbed in search of perfection, while
Martin de-tuned his guitar to easily generate complex CD
chord sequences.* [1] Martin's vocals were recorded in
more than one take, but the band chose the one with a 1.“Shiver”– 5:02
single take.* [4]
2.“For You”– 5:45
“Shiver”is in the alternative rock genre. A review claims
that Coldplay's indie rock inclinations are obvious in the 3.“Careful Where You Stand”– 4:47
song.* [5]“Shiver”has been perceived to have influences
of Buckley,* [6] whom Coldplay's early song influences
were drawn from.* [7] Martin later said of the song that it 8.2.4 Chart performance
was “a blatant Jeff Buckley attempt, not quite as good,
that's what I think”.* [8] 8.2.5 Notes
[1] (Roach 2003, p. 33)
8.2.2 Release and reception
[2] (Roach 2003, p. 34)
“Shiver”is one of the older songs in Coldplay's catalogue,
[3]“The State of Coldplay”. Q. August 2002.
and had been performed at their early concerts in 1999.
Later, it was initially released as an EP in the spring of [4] Inglis, Sam (October 2000). “Recording Coldplay's
2000.* [9] It was released as the album's lead single in the Parachutes”. SOS. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
United Kingdom on 6 March 2000, months before the re-
lease of the album.* [1]* [10] The single had been picked [5] Wilson, MacKenzie. “Parachutes: Coldplay”. Allmusic.
Macrovision Company. Archived from the original on 10
up for B-play lists on some European prominent radio sta-
November 2004. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
tions.* [11] In the United States, it was released as the sec-
ond single, following the hit single "Yellow".* [12]* [13] [6] Diehl, Matt (2000-10-03). “Coldplay: Parachutes”.
Website IGN posted a video at the 2008 Games Con- Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2008-09-25.
vention in Leipzig, Germany, revealing “Shiver”to be
part of the song list in the video game Guitar Hero World [7] (Roach 2003, p. 9)
Tour.* [14] [8] “Coldplay's Chris Martin: 'I ripped off Jeff Buckley'".
The single's reception was generally positive. It reached NME. nme.com. 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
number 35 on the UK Singles Chart.* [11] It also reached
[9] Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen
number 26 at the US Billboard Hot Modern Rock Thomas (2002). All Music Guide to Rock: The Definitive
Tracks.* [15] The song remains, to this day, an audience Guide to Rock, Pop, and Soul. Backbeat Books. p. 235.
favorite in live performances.* [11] It has earned the band ISBN 0-87930-653-X. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
praise from critics. Adrian Denning, in his review of
the album, wrote, "'Shiver' has a vocal that could be Jeff [10] Basham, David (2001-03-22). “Coldplay Giving U.S.
Buckley influenced, the soaring vocals are a joy over a Another Shot”. MTV. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
reasonably guitar rock based instrumental track.”* [16]
[11] (Roach 2003, p. 35)
A review by David DeVoe in Hybridmagazine.com reads,
"'Shiver' is a delightfully laid back tune, full of that great [12] Basham, David (2000-08-01).“Coldplay Finds American
guitar sound that I have come to appreciate this band for.” Home For “Parachutes"". MTV. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
8.3. “YELLOW” 109
[13] Basham, David (2000-09-29). “Coldplay Opens Up 8.3.1 Background and inspiration
“Parachutes”For U.S. Audiences”. MTV. Retrieved
2008-11-24.
[14] “Coldplay”. IGN. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
[15] “Coldplay: Billboard Singles”. Allmusic. Retrieved

2008-12-04.
“Yellow”was written in a Rockfield studio in Wales called
[16] Denning, Adrian. “Coldplay: Parachutes”. Adrianden- the Quadrangle, where Coldplay began working on their
ning.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-10-22. debut album, Parachutes.* [1] One night after finishing
recording "Shiver", the album's lead single, the band took
[17] DeVoe, David. “Coldplay: Parachutes”. Hybrid- a break and went out of the studio.* [2] Outside, there
magazine.com. Retrieved 2008-10-22. were few lights on and the stars in the sky were visible and
“just amazing”, according to the song's co-producer, Ken
[18] Owen, Spences (1999-12-31). “Coldplay: Parachutes”. Nelson.* [3] He told the band to look at the stars, which
Pitchfork. Retrieved 2008-10-22. they did. Lead singer Chris Martin was inspired by the
sight and the song's main melody, consisting of a chord
[19] Live 2003 (DVD). Capitol Records and Parlophone.
2003. pattern, popped into his head. At first, Martin did not
take it seriously “as he relayed the tune to the rest of
[20] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010. the band in his worst Neil Young impersonation voice”
Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. . Martin has said, “The song had the word 'stars' and
that seemed like a word you should sing in a Neil Young
[21] “Coldplay - Shiver (Nummer)". Hung Medien. voice.”* [4] The melody “started off a lot slower”, ac-
dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 20 November 2009. cording to drummer Will Champion, and it sounded like a
Neil Young song.* [2]* [5] Not long after, despite not tak-
ing the song seriously, Martin's idea worked out when he
8.2.6 References had developed the tempo of the verse. When guitarist
Jonny Buckland started playing it and supplemented it
• Roach, Martin (2003). Coldplay: Nobody Said it with his ideas, they had created the riff, “and it sort of
was Easy. Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-9810-8. got a bit heavier”.* [2]
While composing the song's lyrics, Martin could not find
the right words. He was thinking of a specific word,
8.2.7 External links which he deemed a missing key word in the lyrics, to
fit the song's concept. He looked around the studio and
• Official website saw Stephanie, a friend that happened to be present in
the studio at that time.* [4]* [5]* [6] Martin later titled the
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics song“Yellow”as a reference to Stephanie's yellow glow.
The lyrics progressed from there with the band collabo-
rating. Bassist Guy Berryman came up with the opening
line “Look at the stars”. That night, having quickly
8.3 “Yellow” composed the song, the band recorded it.
A much different origin of the song was told on The
"Yellow" is a song by British alternative rock band Howard Stern Show in November 2011. Chris Martin
Coldplay. The band wrote the song and co-produced it explained to Stern that he was impersonating Neil Young
with British record producer Ken Nelson for their debut while entertaining guests when he came across the first
album, Parachutes (2000). The song's lyrics are a refer- chord of the song, which stuck with him for a bit then in
ence to the band's lead singer Chris Martin's unrequited a Neil Young voice he sang “look at the stars”. Martin
love. went on to further explain that the word “yellow”has
The song was recorded in March 2000, and released in absolutely no meaning whatsoever and while writing the
June that same year as the second single from Parachutes, rest of the song he tried his best to change yellow to some-
following "Shiver", and the lead single in the United thing else since every lyric before yellow made no sense
States. The single reached number four in the UK Singles but in the end the word “L”just sounded right. Martin
Chart, giving Coldplay their first top-five hit in the United also told Stern that through the years depending on the at-
Kingdom. Helped by heavy rotation and usage in pro- titude and manner of whoever interviews him, he would
motions, the song thrust the band into massive popular- make up some story about a song or album titles just to
ity. “Yellow”has since been covered by various record- move on to the next question. Martin applauded Stern
ing artists worldwide, and remains one of the band's most saying “I like you, Howard, so that's the first time I've
popular songs. ever told anyone the truth behind 'Yellow'.”* [7]
8.3.2 Recording and production

The band and Nelson produced the track. Nelson was ac-
quainted with the band's music through the former's man-
ager. Nelson's manager gave him a copy of an EP and
single by Coldplay, and showed interest in working with
them after seeing the band perform live. “Yellow”was
initially recorded upstairs in the project studio, basically
a demo room in Liverpool's Parr Street Studios.* [1]* [2]
The track was later mixed in New York.
Nelson and the band encountered problems in produc-
ing some aspects of the song. According to Champion,
"... it was really difficult to record, because it worked at
about five or six different tempos. It was a tough choice
of choosing which tempo to play, because sometimes it Coldplay performing “Yellow”in 2005.
sounded too rushed, and sometimes it sounded as if it
was dragging...”* [2] The band was trying to get the right
tempo, according to Nelson, “because a beat either side on the Ground”, the third taken from the band's first
of the tempo we picked didn't have the same groove". To EP, Safety.* [12] In the United States, the song was re-
improve the song, they recorded this part live and Buck- leased as the lead single from the album. In October
land overdubbed his guitar. They recorded it two or three 2000, the track was sent to US college and alternative ra-
times until Nelson and the band were happy at the output. dio outlets.* [2] The band released a limited-edition CD
The backing vocals were recorded in the control room of of "Trouble", the third single from Parachutes, which fea-
Quadrangle.* [1] tures a remix of “Yellow”. It was pressed to 1,000
Nelson used an analogue 2-inch type tape in recording copies, and was issued only to fans and journalists.* [13]
most of the tracks in the album. As recording progressed, The single, accompanied by its TV reception through
“Yellow”was one of a couple of songs that they“couldn't its music video, received massive radio airplay, partic-
quite get on analogue”. They recorded different versions ularly at BBC Radio 1. The reaction was chiefly posi-
but it did not satisfy their taste. So Nelson used Pro Tools tive and even the newly revitalized BBC Radio 2 played
“to get the feel of [the track] just right"; once all takes the track repeatedly. This heavy rotation continued for
were recorded into the computer, “we then put it down months after its release, eventually ending as 2000's most-
to the 2-inch, which I found was a great way to do it”, aired song.* [9] A month after the album was released
according to Nelson.* [1] in the United States via record label Nettwerk, “Yel-
low”was used as the theme song for ABC autumn televi-
sion promotions.* [11]* [14] The song was also used as the
8.3.3 Composition theme music for The Cancer Council Australia's “Daf-
fodil Day”,* [15] in recognition of that organization's of-
Martin has explained of the song: "'Yellow' refers to the ficial flower's yellow hue.
mood of the band. Brightness and hope and devotion.”
The references in some of the song's lyrics, including
the swimming and drawing a line, “are all metaphori-
cal slants on the extent of his emotional devotion”.* [8]
The drawing of a line refers to Martin's habit of writing 8.3.5 Critical reception
lists, and underlining those important things on the list.
Martin has commented that the song is about devotion,
The song was well received by music critics. Matt Diehl
referring to his unrequited love (Martin was single at the
of Rolling Stone Magazine has noted “Yellow”is “un-
time he wrote the song). Despite its lyrical theme, most
people have considered “Yellow”as a happy song.* [9] repentantly romantic”, adding that “the band creates a
The song is written in the key of B major with a tempo hypnotic slo-mo otherworld where spirit rules supreme”
.* [16] “Yellow”won Best Single at the 2001 NME Car-
of 88 beats per minute and the vocal range spanning from
F♯4 to G♯5 .* [10] ling Awards.* [17] It was nominated at the 2002 Grammy
Awards for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance
by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Billboard said that“every
8.3.4 Release time that electric-guitar riff barges in, you're hooked all
over again.”* [18] In August 2009 the song was listed at
“Yellow”and “Shiver”were initially released as EPs #263 on Pitchfork Media's“Top 500 songs of the 2000s”
in the spring of 2000* [11] along with the songs “Help .* [19] In October 2011, NME placed it at number 139 on
Is Round the Corner”and “No More Keeping My Feet its list “150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years”.* [20]
8.3. “YELLOW” 111
8.3.6 Chart performance It was conceived and produced by Coldplay. Originally,

it had been intended for the whole band to appear in the
“Yellow”played well in Europe, and was popular. In video, in a sunny setting. Champion's mother's funeral
the United Kingdom, its midweek sales suggested that the was held on the day of the shooting, so it was decided that
single would reach the Top 10 of the chart. Although the only Martin would appear in the video, which was also the
band supposed “Yellow”would decline inside the Top immediate explanation of his mood during this part.* [9]
20, they would have considered its performance a triumph The weather also opposed the original plan, with harsh
since the album's lead single,“Shiver”, had only reached winds and rain instead of the sunny day that had been en-
the 35th position. Since “Yellow"'s second week sales visioned. It had also been originally intended for there
were stronger, it eventually reached number four, giving to be moving stars in the sky, as if in a time-lapse. The
the band their first Top 10 single in the United King- directors agreed that the moving stars would distract the
dom.* [21] The popularity of the song in British clubs, focus of the video from Martin.* [2] The plan of time ad-
pubs and sporting events bolstered the album to debut vancing was kept. The video begins with the beach being
at number one on the UK Albums Chart.* [22] As of somewhat dark until sunlight arrives nearly at the video's
February 2015, the song has sold 530,000 copies in the midway point.
UK.* [23] The video was directed by British directing duo James
“Yellow”achieved popularity in the United States, and Frost & Alex of The Artists Company.* [2] It was shot
was Coldplay's first American hit.* [24] The single at 50 frames per second, twice the regular speed. At the
charted on eight different Billboard singles charts;* [25] shoot, Chris Martin had to sing the song at double speed
it also topped various US modern-rock radio playlists in so that the audio and visual content would be in sync, a
the spring of 2001. The single performed as it did in Eu- common yet difficult practice of music videos. The final
rope and has helped Parachutes be certified gold by the product is slowed to 25 frames per second, giving the slow
Recording Industry Association of America during the motion effect of the video. The transition of the video
single's stay on the chart.* [26] As of October 2014, the from night to day was achieved during the telecine pro-
song has sold over 2 million copies in the US.* [27] cess. During the transfer from film to videotape, an op-
erator manually adjusted the amount of lighting for blue
After Coldplay's appearance at Sound Relief in Australia,
in the beginning, red in the middle, and yellow at the end
In the charting week starting 22 March 2009, the single
of the video.
made a return to the Australian ARIA Top 50, after al-
most eight years since its last appearance in the Top 50.
It re-entered the chart at number 48. 8.3.8 Live performances
8.3.7 Music video
Coldplay performing“Yellow”in 2006 during the Twisted Logic

tour with yellow balloons falling.
The beach at Studland Bay. Coldplay have performed the song throughout their ca-
reer, and it is a firm audience favourite. The band
The music video for “Yellow”was filmed at Studland had their debut performance on television on the show
Bay in the county of Dorset, South West England. The Later...with Jools Holland. They performed Parachutes's
video is minimalistic, featuring only Martin singing the lead single,“Shiver”, and the new song,“Yellow"; but it
song as he walks along the beach. He is seen wearing was the latter that had an immediate studio audience im-
a set of waterproofs with his hair wet, suggesting that it pact.* [28] They have also performed at the Glastonbury
had just rained. The video is one continuous shot with no Festival, one of the prominent festivals in Europe. Dur-
cuts. The entire sequence is in slow motion. ing their second appearance in July 2000, Coldplay per-
formed“Yellow”and“effortlessly”captured over 10,000 Leps has covered the song, featuring it in his 2006 album
spectators.* [28] Coldplay's popularity at this time was V Tsentre Zemli.* [36]
still growing and “Yellow”has helped cultivate it; Mar- The song has also been covered in live performances by
tin has said it was the best day of their year.* [29] Dur-various artists. Sara Bareilles gave a rendition of her“all-
ing most concert performances, large yellow balloons are time favorite song”at the iHeartRadio event in January
dropped on the audience. The first known sighting of yel- 2011.* [37] The progressive bluegrass trio Nickel Creek
low balloons was on 24 September 2002 at the UIC Pavil- has played“Yellow”in the middle of "The Lighthouse's
ion in Chicago. Chris Martin noticed the balloons in the Tale" at their concerts. Boyce Avenue an acoustic rock
air with a surprised look. In more recent years, the bal-
band from Florida covered “Yellow”in their album en-
loons are filled with confetti, and at the end of the song titled “Influential Sessions”. Galway-based musicians
Chris Martin pops one with his guitar and confetti flies
Joe Joyce and Oisin Tierney have been known to cover
everywhere. “Yellow”as part of their performances, and American
A live acoustic version performed on Jo Whiley's The band The Almost has often covered“Yellow”at their live
Lunchtime Social was included on the Acoustic EP. shows. American alternative rock band Brand New often
Another live version featuring only piano and vocals covers part of the song live at the end of their song“The
performed and broadcast in Los Angeles on KCRW's Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot”. The X Factor 2008
Morning Becomes Eclectic was included on the Japanese contestant Diana Vickers covered the song for 'Best of
Clocks EP. Most recently an acoustic piano version the British week'.* [38] During their 2010 tour, Limp Bizkit
song was recorded in the studio for Starbucks charity have also covered the song regularly live. U2 performed
compilation album Every Mother Counts 2012. a snippet of “Yellow”during the introduction to their
Coldplay performed the song at the Celebrating Steve song "Moment of Surrender" live at Glastonbury Festi-
event at the Apple campus on 16 October 2011. Be- val 2011. Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys also sung the
fore the performance, Martin revealed that, when they first line of the song at Glastonbury Festival 2013. Renard
first played it for Steve Jobs 10 years ago, Jobs said the Queenston made *a remix of the song under their alias Fur-
song was “shit”and that “they would never make it” ries in a Blender. [39] Country music singer Kacey Mus-
.* [30] graves performed an acoustic cover version of the song
for the 2015 Royal Variety Performance in London.* [40]
8.3.9 Covers and versions

8.3.10 Impact and legacy
“Yellow”has been covered by numerous singers world-
wide, some in different languages and styles. A Chinese Brian Hiatt of Rolling Stone magazine has deemed the
language version of “Yellow”was recorded by Chinese song a career-making record.* [5] Roach has claimed in
rock singer Zheng Jun in 2001, six months after the orig- his book, Coldplay: Nobody Said It Was Easy, that al-
inal release of the single.* [21] Singaporean singer Tanya though “Shiver”earned the band their debut UK Top
Chua covered the song.* [31] The cover band and comedy 40 single, it was “Yellow”that has changed “every-
act Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine cov- thing”, and that it “exemplifies so much of what had
ered this as a Lounge style version on his 2004 album made Coldplay so popular”.* [4] In the US, after it was
I'd Like a Virgin. The song has also been performed by being used in promos of ABC, the band grew in popu-
the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.* [32] American musi- larity which continued in 2001.* [11] According to Barry
cians Petra Haden and Bill Frisell covered the song, fea- Walters in his review of Coldplay's second album, A Rush
turing it in their album Petra Haden and Bill Frisell;* [33] of Blood to the Head, for Spin magazine, the band is still
the cover appears in episode 3.08 of the The O.C.. In known in the United States for their“surprise smash 'Yel-
2006, Tre Lux covered “Yellow”on the cover album low'".* [41] A Billboard magazine review said,“After one
A Strange Gathering. Fame Academy winner Alex Parks single ('Yellow') and its accompanying album (Parachutes
often performed “Yellow”and a cover appears on her ... ), Coldplay have already been anointed heir to the Brit-
debut album. English vocal troupe G4 covered the song rock throne.”* [42] The song has since been regarded as
for their second album, G4 & Friends, with “unique the centerpiece track on the album.* [22]
harmonies”.* [34] American singer-writer Brooke White
The song was featured in Richard Linklater's film
covered “Yellow”on her 2006 album Songs from the
Boyhood.* [43]
Attic. White's manager directed her to cover American
hard rock band Aerosmith's 1973 single "Dream On", but
she wanted to do “Yellow”. Since they had contra-
dicting ideas, they compromised and ended up producing 8.3.11 Track listing
cover versions of the two.* [35] In 2009, Jem performed a
cover of“Yellow”for Starbucks Entertainment's Valen- 1.“Yellow”– 4:31
tine's Day compilation Sweetheart: Our Favorite Artists
Sing Their Favorite Love Songs. Russian singer Grigory 2.“Help Is Round the Corner”– 2:36
8.3. “YELLOW” 113
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the Safety EP) – 4:31 . Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 15 June
[17] Basham, David (6 February 2001). “Coldplay, U2, Em-

8.3.12 Personnel inem Honored With NME Awards”. MTV News. Re-
• Chris Martin – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
[18] No byline (21–28 December 2001), “THE BEST SIN-
• Jonny Buckland – electric guitar, backing vocals GLES”. Entertainment Weekly. (631/632):141
• Guy Berryman – bass guitar [19] Archived 24 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
• Will Champion – drums [20] http://www.nme.com/list/

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[22] Spitz, Marc (October 2002). “Look at the Stars”. Spin:
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27 January 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
[38] The X Factor (UK series 5)#Week 6 (15 November 2008) "Trouble" is a song recorded by the British alternative
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The band wrote the song and co-produced it with British
[40] http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ record producer Ken Nelson. The song's musicscape is
watch-kacey-musgraves-cover-coldplay-in-london-20151214
minimalist built around a piano.
[41] Walters, Barry (September 2002). “The Chilling Effect” The song was released on 26 October 2000 as the album's
. Spin: 125. Retrieved 7 September 2008. third single. It reached number 10 on the UK Singles
[42] “Parachutes: Coldplay”. Billboard. Nielsen Business Chart, making it the band's second top 10 single in the
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States, the music press deemed it almost as successful as
[43] Rodriguez, Cain (13 June 2014). “Soundtrack For its predecessor, "Yellow". Two different music videos for
Richard Linklater's 'Boyhood' Includes Arcade Fire, the single were released.
Coldplay, Flaming Lips & More”. IndieWire. Retrieved
2 August 2014. An associated EP titled Trouble – Norwegian Live EP
was released in the summer of 2001, consisted of five
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tracks recorded live by the band at Rockefeller Music Hall
50 Singles.
in Oslo, Norway.
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classement single.
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Top 100. 8.4.1 Production
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According to Coldplay's lead singer Chris Martin, the
[48] “Polish Singles Chart |". song's writing was inspired by his own behaviour. Martin
recalls,“There were some bad things going in our band ...
[49] “Official Singles Chart Top 100”.
the song is about behaving badly towards somebody you
[50] “ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Singles”. really love and I was certainly doing that to some mem-
Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 5 bers of the band.”He added that he supposed it was about
September 2013. time to stop acting like a knobhead.* [1] The four mem-
[51] “Italian single certifications – Coldplay – Yellow”(in Ital-
bers of Coldplay are credited as co-writers of“Trouble”
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10 January 2015. Select Online in the field Sezione. En- British record producer Ken Nelson and the band pro-
ter Coldplay in the field Filtra. The certification will load duced“Trouble”for their debut album, Parachutes. The
automatically track was recorded four times before the band got the take
[52]“British single certifications – Coldplay – Yellow”. British they preferred. The backing track was first recorded, and
Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 9 October 2015. En- each time they add to see if it was working. They, how-
ter Yellow in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field ever, decided that the first three versions were not“work-
Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Plat- ing”. The last take was recorded into Pro Tools with a
inum in the field By Award. Click Search shaker to provide the rhythm to the track. For the backing
[53] “American single certifications – Coldplay – Yellow”. track, Will Champion played the drums and Martin on the
Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 5 piano which they recorded in a little wooden room. After
September 2013. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Guy Berryman's bass was recorded, guitarist Jonny Buck-
Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH land added the guitar section. In recording the piano sec-
tion of the track, the band used two microphones̶one
Sources was brighter-sounding and the other had a fuller sound.
Nelson, who wanted to keep the song simple, chose the
*
• Roach, Martin (2003). Coldplay: Nobody Said it fuller sound microphone for the mixing. [2]
was Easy. Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-9810-8. “Trouble”was mixed in New York by American mix en-
Retrieved 5 September 2008. gineer Michael Brauer. The initial mixed version, which
was sent back to the band and Nelson, fell short of their
desired quality, so it had to be redone. According to Nel-
8.3.15 External links son, “the vocal was overcompressed and the piano was
• "Yellow" at Discogs (list of releases) too bright”. Despite this, Nelson did not blame Brauer
because he was recording the album when the track was
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics being mixed.* [2]
8.4. “TROUBLE” 115
8.4.2 Composition "Don't Panic", the fourth single from the album. They
asked manager Phil Harvey to not refer such offers to
The song's lyrics have “softer emotional themes”, in- them because “a discussion might lead to compromise”
cluding apologies, unrequited love, and longing.* [1] Its . American actor Sylvester Stallone was interested to use
musicscape follows the minimalistic approach. “Trou- the song for the soundtrack of his 2001 film Driven, but
ble”is built around a piano, with a snare drum background the band declined.* [7]* [8]
that was mixed very low. The snare drum section tends to
be inaudible when the guitars come in.* [1] According to
the sheet music published by Musicnotes, Inc., the song's 8.4.4 Reception
time signature follows the common 4/4, with a tempo of
70 beats per minute. Martin's vocal range in the song “Trouble”was a commercial success. It reached number
spans from F♯3 to A4 ,* [3] the highest note being sung us- 10 on the UK Singles Chart, making it the band's second
ing the falsetto register, despite the fact Martin can reach top 10 single in the United Kingdom after “Yellow”.
this note in full voice. The performance of “Trouble”has been attributed to
the “colossal home sales”of Parachutes in the United
Kingdom.* [9]
8.4.3 Release The positive reception of the single continued when the
British outfit Lost Witness made a remixed version of the
song, which was released and became“an unlikely dance
floor anthem”. With three singles successfully released,
the band decided to abandon their initial plans of issuing
“Don't Panic”as the fourth single of the album, deemed
enough for a single album in the United Kingdom.“Don't
Panic”, however, was eventually released in some Euro-
pean regions.* [9]
In the United States, the single's chart performance was
nearly as successful as that of “Yellow"'s.* [10] It has
reached number 23 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 and
28 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks.* [11] Martin
has claimed that the single had saved them from being a
“one-hit wonder”band. The band, thinking it was not a
“great single”, surmised it would not perform well in the
United States.* [10]
8.4.5 Music videos
The original European version of the music video for

“Trouble”was directed by British director Sophie Muller.
The video footage was shot in a Newhall, California
ranch.* [12] A Wild West-themed video, it features Mar-
tin as a prisoner in a dark warehouse, tied with ropes to
a chair, being circled by cars in the freezing cold. The
Chris Martin playing “Trouble”on his piano during a concert other members of the band are seen on the upper floor
in Brazil, February 2007 in a slow motion sequence where Buckland and Cham-
pion struggle with bassist Guy Berryman, tying him to
“Trouble”was released as the third single off Parachutes another chair and forcing him to look in front. At this
on 26 October 2000 in the United Kingdom, and more point, Martin's struggling causes his chair to tip over, and
than a year later on 18 December 2001 in the United he hits the ground on his side. He sings the final line of
States.* [4]* [5] An extended play titled Trouble – Norwe- the song (“They spun a web for me...”), before the dark-
gian Live EP was released in the summer of 2001. In ness abruptly turns to daylight. A beautiful sunrise is then
2003, the song was featured on Coldplay's live album revealed, but as the camera pans out, it is revealed to be
called Live 2003.* [6] fake and part of a large theater backdrop, with Martin still
As they have for their other songs, Coldplay has refused lying on his side, tied to the chair.
to accept several offers to use “Trouble”for promo- A US version of the music video was directed by Tim
tional tools. In 2004, the band rejected a multi-million Hope. The video follows the motif of “Don't Panic”by
Euro offer from Diet Coke and Gap to use the song and showing the band as two-dimensional cut-outs. The band
are aboard a horse carriage that cruises along a forest. On [10] Moss, Corey (2001-12-18). “Coldplay Ready Second
top of a mountain, a woman (Nerys Davies) waters plants Album As 'Trouble' Heats Up”. MTV. Retrieved 2008-
inside a house. A little crow flies from the carriage up to 09-22.
the house, where it transforms into a more menacing bird.
[11] “Coldplay: Billboard Singles”. Allmusic. Macrovision
It flies over the house and turns into a black cloud, which
Company. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
pours rain onto the land. The rain burns little holes on the
things it falls into, and crow feathers protrude from the [12] “Pink Is Ready To Have Some Fun With 'Try This'".
holes. Finally a tornado grabs the house and lifts it from Yahoo!. 2003-10-06. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
its foundations placing it along others in a more suburban
setting. Its acclaimed visuals earned Tim Hope an MTV [13] D'Angelo, Joe (2002-08-29). “Eminem Takes Home
Video Music Award for Best Art Direction in 2002.* [13] Most Moonmen From Video Music Awards”. MTV. Re-
It was also nominated for Breakthrough Video.* [14] trieved 2009-03-14.
[14] “2002 VMA Winners”. MTV. Retrieved 2008-09-22.

8.4.6 Track listing [15] “Trouble”. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 30
April 2011.
8.4.7 Personnel
[16] “Trouble [Australia Bonus Tracks]". AllMusic. Rovi Cor-
• Chris Martin: lead vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, poration. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
mellotron
[17] “Trouble [Norwegian Live EP Tracks]". Amazon.com.
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• Will Champion: drums, percussion
8.4.8 Charts
[20] "Italiancharts.com – Coldplay – Trouble”. Top Digital
Download. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
Single
[21] "Dutchcharts.nl – Coldplay – Trouble”(in Dutch). Single
Norwegian Live EP Top 100. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
8.4.9 Certifications [22] "Charts.org.nz – Coldplay – Trouble”. Top 40 Singles.

8.4.10 Notes [23] "Swisscharts.com – Coldplay – Trouble”. Swiss Singles

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8.5. “DON'T PANIC” 117
8.4.11 References For Coldplay's debut studio album Parachutes, British

record producer Ken Nelson re-produced“Don't Panic”
• Roach, Martin (2003). Coldplay: Nobody Said it . The track was recorded live, like many other tracks fea-
was Easy. Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-9810-8. tured in the album. Guitarist Jonny Buckland recorded
Retrieved 2008-09-22. twice his overdubbed guitars, and used parts of the two
during the mixing. The band subtly used the acoustic gui-
tar, drums and bass, and also a pump organ.* [5] The song
8.4.12 External links was recorded in Rockfield Studios, Wales and Parr Street
Studio, Liverpool.* [3]
“Don't Panic”is the opening track to Parachutes. A
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics guitar-based song, it begins with a strummed electric gui-
tar, followed with more guitar lines, then the vocals.* [6]
A review claims that Coldplay's indie rock inclination is
8.5 “Don't Panic” obvious in the song.* [7] The verse melody is similar to
'Things' by Split Enz (1979).
This article is about the Coldplay song. For the Ellie
Goulding song, see Delirium (Ellie Goulding album).
For the Lena song, see Stardust (Lena album). 8.5.2 Release and reception
"Don't Panic" is a song written and recorded by the

British alternative rock band Coldplay. Originally titled
“Panic”, the earliest known version of the song existed
in 1998, performed live during the band's first gig in the
same year. It had a different melody, and was included
in the band's second EP, The Blue Room. The track was
reproduced by Coldplay and British producer Ken Nelson
for the band's debut album, Parachutes.
Following their successful releases in 2000, Coldplay and
their record label Parlophone thought there was enough
exposure of the album in the United Kingdom. Thus, the
decision of releasing a fourth single would be for regions
that had not been overdosed by the hit singles "Yellow"
and "Trouble". They settled on“Don't Panic”, which at
the time was an audience favorite. The single was released
in some European regions, and the United Kingdom only
received a promo edition. The critical reception of the
song was generally positive.
8.5.1 Origins and production

“Don't Panic”came into existence while Coldplay was
still in its infancy. In the time, the band had written 10
songs including an early version of “Don't Panic”, and
used it in recruiting the band's drummer.* [1] It was orig-
inally called “Panic”,* [2] and was one of six songs
played at Coldplay's first gig in 1998 at Camden's Lau- Coldplay performing“Don't Panic”live during the Twisted Logic
rel Tree.* [3] This version has a different melody, and the Tour
lyrics are an account of a “slightly disastrous evening Originally, the band planned to release “Don't Panic”
Chris had spent entertaining a young lady called Alice as Parachutes' fourth single. However, it was aban-
Hill”.* [3] Eventually, the title became “Don't Panic.” doned after they deemed three singles were enough for
The original version of “Don't Panic”was recorded in an album.* [8] Following the successful single releases
1999, different from the version featured in Parachutes. of the album in 2000, the band thought that Parachutes
First, lead singer Chris Martin plays the piano during the had gained enough exposure in significant regions in the
bridge. As well, there is a feedback-distorted introduc- United Kingdom. When they decided to release a fourth
tion. This version was included in The Blue Room EP, single, it would be for countries yet not “overdosed”
released in October 1999.* [4] by the hit singles "Yellow" and "Trouble". Coldplay and
their record label, Parlophone, settled on “Don't Panic” of Parachutes. Critic Adrian Denning, in his review of
, which at the time was an audience favorite. The sin- the album, compliments,“Both the vocals and guitar are
gle was eventually released on 19 March 2001 in some utterly beautiful. It's a song to take solace from, draw
European regions.* [3] The single is accompanied by the comfort from, be quietly awed by.”* [19] David DeVoe
live tracks "You Only Live Twice", a theme song for of Hybridmagazine.com wrote: “It is a wonderful song
the James Bond film of the same name, and “Bigger that echoes the promise of what is to come on the rest of
Stronger”, a song taken from the band's first EP re- the record. 'Donʼt Panic' is filled with excellent guitar
lease; these live tracks were recorded during their per- tones and a nice grooving back beat, and I love the way
formance at the Rockefeller Music Hall in Norway.* [3] the song ends.”* [20]
“Don't Panic”appeared on the UK compilation album
Now That's What I Call Music! 48.* [9]
8.5.3 Music video
Like their others songs, Coldplay has refused several of-
fers to use“Don't Panic”for promotional tools. In 2004,
The music video for “Don't Panic”was directed by
the band rejected a multi-million Euro offer from Diet
Tim Hope. The video starts off with an animated dia-
Coke and Gap to use “Don't Panic”and "Trouble", an-
gram of the water cycle, then portrays the band as two-
other song featured in the album. The band asked then-
dimensional paper cutouts doing household chores, when
manager Phil Harvey to not refer them to such offers be-
suddenly disaster strikes the earth in the forms of floods,
cause “a discussion might lead to compromise”.* [1]
volcanoes and electric shocks. Like Coldplay's earlier
Despite this, the song has been used in many promotional music videos,“Don't Panic”also features the yellow globe
tools and featured in several films and television series. on the cover of Parachutes.* [21]
In 2002, the song was featured in the comedy-drama film
Igby Goes Down,* [10] and later appeared on the film's
soundtrack album, released on 25 February 2003 by Spun 8.5.4 In popular culture
Records. Also in 2003, the song was also featured on
Coldplay's live album Live 2003.* [11] In 2004, it was on On 19 July 2011, the song was played as a wake-up call
the romantic comedy film Garden State; director Zach to STS-135 Space Shuttle Atlantis Pilot Doug Hurley as
Braff handpicked songs, including“Don't Panic”, for the a tribute from his wife and family, marking the last ever
film's Grammy Award-winning compilation album, Gar- wake-up call for a crew visiting the International Space
den State: Music From The Motion Picture.* [10]* [12] The Station from the Space Shuttle fleet.* [22]* [23]
song was also featured on the debut episode of the FX The song is nostalgically sung a cappella in the 2016 film
television series Rescue Me as well as the pilot episode of The 5th Wave, while the characters are reflecting on the
the short-lived show Odyssey 5.* [13]* [14] Additionally, destruction of planet Earth and remembering how beau-
the song was featured in episode nine of the first series tiful the world used to be.
on the British TV series Sugar Rush in 2005.* [15] It was
also referenced in the 2016 movie The 5th Wave as a lul- In February 2016, a cover of the song by Clairity was
laby to the main character's little brother. used in the trailer for the 2016 film X-Men: Apocalypse,
as well as the film's TV spot for the Super Bowl 50.
During the band's 2003 A Rush of Blood to the Head
Tour, “Don't Panic”contained an entirely different in-
troduction. In addition, Martin played the electric guitar 8.5.5 Track listing
and Buckland in harmonica solo during the bridge.* [11]
He regularly threw the harmonica into the crowd after the 8.5.6 Charts
solo. In 2001, a dance cover version of “Don't Panic”
was released by Logo featuring Dawn Joseph.* [16]
8.5.7 References
Critical reviews
[2] Diehl, Matt (August 2003). “Matt Diehl talks to the rest
Upon release, critics gave the song generally positive re- of the band”. BNET (Internet Archive). Archived from
the original on 18 July 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
views. MacKenzie Wilson, in his review from Allmusic,
notes, “Coldplay's indie rock inclinations are also ob- [3] “Coldplay: Discography”. Coldplay.com. Archived from
vious, especially on songs such as 'Don't Panic' and the original on 27 May 2003. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
'Shiver'.”* [17] In the Pitchfork Media review, Spencer
Owen writes, “This subdued, dreamy opener contains [4] Coldplay (October 1999). The Blue Room (EP). EMI.
Martin's falsetto chorus of 'We live in a beautiful world,'
[5] Inglis, Sam (October 2000). “Recording Coldplay's
which seems to sum up the overall sentiment of the Parachutes”. SOS. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
record.”* [18] Robert Christgau alleged that, along with
"Yellow", the song was one of only two good ones on all [6] Roach, p. 47
8.6. “IN MY PLACE” 119
[7] Wilson, MacKenzie. “Parachutes: Coldplay”. Allmusic. 8.6 “In My Place”

Macrovision Company. Archived from the original on 10
November 2004. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
"In My Place" is a song by the British alternative rock
[8] Roach, p. 54 band Coldplay. The song was written collaboratively by
all the band members for their second album, A Rush of
[9] Various artists (April 1999). Now That's What I Call Mu-
sic! 48 (Compilation album). EMI. Blood to the Head. The track is built around thumping
drums and chiming guitars. It was released on 5 August
[10] Drew, Miller (2005-07-07). “A Kiss After Supper: Igby 2002 as the lead single from A Rush of Blood to the Head
Goes Down”. Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 2008-11-27. and reached number two on the UK Singles Chart. The
[11] Live 2003 (DVD). Capitol Records and Parlophone. song also reached number 17 on Billboard's Modern Rock
2003. Tracks.
[12] “Garden State Soundtrack”. IGN. 2004-07-26. Retrieved “In My Place”was well received by critics, who compli-
2008-11-27. mented its arrangement and profound lyrics. The song
won the award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or
[13] Peter Tolan and Denis Leary (2004-07-21). “Guts”. Group with Vocal at the 45th Grammy Awards.
Rescue Me. Season 1. Episode 1. FX.
[14]“The Shatterer”. Odyssey 5. Season 1. Episode 101.
2002-06-28. Showtime. 8.6.1 Background and composition
[15] Olivia Hallinan (2005). Sugar Rush. Channel 4.
In an interview with Q magazine, lead singer Chris Mar-
[16] “Amazon.com: Don't Panic: Logo & Down Joseph: Mu- tin stated that “In My Place”was a song Coldplay
sic”. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2008-11-09. had left after recording their debut album Parachutes
[17] Wilson, MacKenzie.“Parachutes - Overview”. Allmusic. (2000).* [1]* [2] When the band finished recording their
Macrovision Company. Archived from the original on 10 second album A Rush of Blood to the Head, Martin said
November 2004. Retrieved 2008-10-07. that the album was complete.* [1] However, after guitarist
Jonny Buckland played the song on his guitar, Martin said
[18] Owen, Spencer (1999-12-31). “Parachutes”. Pitchfork
Media. Archived from the original on 2008-09-22. Re-
that they now needed to record it and include it on the
trieved 2008-10-07. album.* [1] Martin also said that: “That's about where
you're put in the world, and how you're given your po-
[19] Denning, Adrian (2000). “Album reviews - Parachutes” sition, and the way you look, and how you have to get
. adriandenning.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-10-07. on with it.”* [3] In an interview, Buckland revealed that
[20] DeVoe, David. “Coldplay - Parachutes”. Hybrid- the song was hard to record, as the band had played the
magazine.com. Retrieved 2008-10-07. song live.* [4] He also commented that when they started
recording the song, they did not know how it should
[21] Pope, Tim - Director (2001). Don't Panic (Music video).
sound, due to the band members' contrasting ideas.* [4]
England: EMI.
The song opens with a single crash cymbal followed by
[22] “Youtube: Flight Day 12 Wake Up Song and Greeting
two bars of 4/4 drumming, then a plaintive three-note
STS-135 |".
guitar line rings through a strummy rhythm, and Mar-
[23] “NASA: STS-135 Wakeup |". tin's vocals.* [5]* [6] Its instrumentation is varied with the
sound of thumping drums, chiming guitars, a singalong
[24] “The ARIA Report: Issue 585 (Week Commencing 14
May 2001)" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Asso-
chorus, and a string arrangement.* [5]* [6]* [7] The song
ciation. p. 4. Retrieved 12 March 2012. also features a guitar lick swirl.* [8]* [9] The three lines
of the third verse allude to a man's love of a woman, who
[25] "Italiancharts.com – Coldplay – Don't Panic”. Top Digital does not reciprocate his love. He is saying he will always
Download. wait for her, but he does not think that she should stay
[26] "Dutchcharts.nl – Coldplay – Don't Panic” (in Dutch). where she is any longer. The lyrics emphasize: “But I
Single Top 100. wait for you/if you go, if you go/leaving me here on my
own/well I wait for you.”* [10] The song's lyrics also in-
[27] “Polish Singles Chart |".
clude references to a desire for weary optimism.* [11]
[28] Zywietz, Tobias. “Chart Log UK: Chris C. – CZR”.
zobbel.de. Tobias Zywietz. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
8.5.8 External links Critics were positive towards the song. In the
Entertainment Weekly review of the album, critic David
Browne wrote: “Songs like 'In My Place' and 'Warn-
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics ing Sign' marry lyrics imbued with deep regret and mis-
two, but never the number one position.* [24] “Speed of

Sound”was marked as Coldplay's most successful single
until "Viva la Vida", reached number one in 2008.* [25]
A live recording of “In My Place”from Glastonbury
Festival 2011 was released to download on 26 June 2011.
8.6.4 Music video

The music video for “In My Place”was directed
by Sophie Muller. It debuted on 17 June 2002 on
AOL.* [5]* [26] It features a by-the-numbers band perfor-
mance, in which Coldplay are playing in a huge, nearly
empty room. The two women in the background were
Coldplay's performance of“In My Place”during the band's Viva members of the video crew: a makeup artist/wardrobe as-
la Vida Tour. sistant and the video commissioner.* [5] The video starts
off with band playing; while they play, Chris Martin, who
takes (''...You were an island / And I passed you by'' in is sitting in a corner, gets up and joins them in the song.
the touching latter song) with lyrical melodies and gui- During the video, Martin sings directly to the camera.
tar hooks that twinkle and sparkle.”* [12] Adrien Be- During the guitar solo, Martin runs up to the two women
grand of PopMatters wrote: “When the shimmering, in the background, talks to them for a while, and then re-
pretty lead-off single 'In My Place' represents the album's turns to sing the rest of the song. The video concludes
weakest moment, you know you've got something ex- with the band finishing the song.
traordinary. Currently storming the charts a la 'Yellow', The video was subjected to a spoof by Bad Lip Read-
'In My Place' is another surprisingly simple song, carried ing on their YouTube page. It was dubbed with the song
by Jonny Buckland's chiming guitar and Chris Martinʼs “Yeti”that was composed and recorded, like BLR's other
heartfelt vocals. It really shouldn't amount to much, but videos, to humorously reinterpret the lip movement and
Coldplay make it work very well. When Martin sings, action in the video. “Yeti”has received well over a mil-
“Please, please, please/Come back and sing to me,”he lion views on YouTube.* [27]
totally sells it, and you buy it. And why not? The song's
lovely.* [13]
Amy M. Bruce of The Towerlight wrote:“With a slew of
8.6.5 Personnel
introspective rock songs like 'In My Place' and 'God Put a
• Chris Martin – lead vocals, synthesizer
Smile upon Your Face,' this album is worthy of the hype
surrounding the band's first album.”* [14] Jules Willis of • Jonny Buckland – guitar
the BBC wrote:“The second track, the first written post-
Parachutes and sounding like a refugee from that album, • Guy Berryman – bass guitar
is the grower 'In My Place'. It's a fantastic pop tune that
justifies Coldplay's status as one of UK's most exciting • Will Champion – drums, backing vocals
bands.”* [15]
8.6.6 Awards
“In My Place”won a Grammy Award in the category of
Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Coldplay released “In My Place”in the US and UK on
at the 2003 Grammy Awards.* [28]* [29] The song was
5 August 2002 as the album's lead single.* [16] The single
nominated for two MuchMusic Video Awards for Best
was pressed with two B-sides:“One I Love”and“I Bloom
international video–group and People's Choice: Favorite
Blaum”.* [17]* [18] The single cover features Buckland,
international group.* [30]
with art directed by Sølve Sundsbø.* [19]
“In My Place”peaked at number two on UK Singles
Chart on 17 August 2002,* [20] kept off the top by 8.6.7 Usage in media
"Colourblind" by Darius Danesh.* [21] It stayed in the
chart until 23 November 2002.* [22] The song reached In 2003, “In My Place”was featured on Coldplay's live
number seventeen on Billboard's Hot Modern Rock album, Live 2003.* [31] In 2012, “In My Place”was
Tracks in 2002.* [23] The band were yet to have a number featured on Coldplay's live album Live 2012. The song
one single.* [24] In 2005, "Speed of Sound", the lead sin- appeared in the 2006 episode "Saving Sammy" on CBS'
gle of the band's third album, X&Y, also reached number television series Cold Case.* [32] The song was used as a
8.6. “IN MY PLACE” 121
closing montage song about a case from 2003.* [32] The [13] Begrand, Adrien (6 September 2002).“Coldplay: A Rush
track appeared again on an episode of the television se- of Blood to the Head”. PopMatters. Retrieved 2 Septem-
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*
in Guitar Hero 5. [34] In 2010 the song was on the cbs
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show Ghost Whisperer. Most notably, the song was also
“Yellow”anymore”. The Towerlight.
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second season premiere. [15] Willis, Jules (20 November 2002). “Coldplay ̶A Rush
of Blood to the Head”. BBC Music. BBC. Retrieved 2
September 2008.
8.6.8 Track listing
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2.“One I Love”– 4:35
[17] Wiederhorn, Jon (3 September 2003). “Coldplay To Re-
3.“I Bloom Blaum”– 2:11 lease Live DVD, CD”. MTV News. Retrieved 3 Septem-
ber 2008.
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on the subsequent A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour and
is also featured on the Coldplay Live 2003 DVD.* [35] [19] “Coldplay Ezine: Issue 5” (PDF). Coldplay.com.
Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2007.
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Album, Singles Charts”. Billboard. Retrieved 2 Septem-
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8.7 “The Scientist”
– IFPI Finland.
"The Scientist" is the second single from the British
[41] "Lescharts.com – Coldplay – In My Place” (in French).
alternative rock band Coldplay's second album, A Rush
Les classement single.
of Blood to the Head (2002). The song was written col-
[42] "Musicline.de – Coldplay Single-Chartverfolgung” (in laboratively by all the band members for the album. It is
German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. built around a piano ballad, with its lyrics telling the story
about a man's desire to love and an apology. The song was
[43] "The Irish Charts – Search Results – In My Place”. Irish
Singles Chart.
released in the United Kingdom as the second single from
A Rush of Blood to the Head and reached number 10 in
[44] "Italiancharts.com – Coldplay – In My Place”. Top Dig- the UK Charts. It was released in the United States as the
ital Download. third single and reached number 18 on the US Billboard
[45] "Dutchcharts.nl – Coldplay – In My Place” (in Dutch).
Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 34 on the Adult
Single Top 100. Top 40 chart.
Critics were highly positive towards“The Scientist”and
[46] "Charts.org.nz – Coldplay – In My Place”. Top 40 Sin-
gles. praised the song's piano ballad and falsetto. Several
remixes of the track exist, and its riff has been widely
[47] "Norwegiancharts.com – Coldplay – In My Place”. VG- sampled. The single's music video won three MTV Mu-
lista. sic Video Awards, for the video's use of reverse narrative.
[48] “Polish Singles Chart |". The song was also featured on the band's 2003 live album
Live 2003 and has been a permanent fixture in the band's
[49] "Archive Chart: 2002-08-11”. Scottish Singles Top 40. live set lists since 2002.
[50] "Spanishcharts.com – Coldplay – In My Place”Canciones

Top 50.
8.7.1 Background
[51] "Swedishcharts.com – Coldplay – In My Place”. Singles
Top 100. Lead singer Chris Martin wrote“The Scientist”after lis-
tening to George Harrison's "All Things Must Pass".* [1]
[52] "Swisscharts.com – Coldplay – In My Place”. Swiss Sin-
In an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, Martin re-
gles Chart.
vealed that while working on the band's second album,
[53] "Archive Chart: 2002-08-11” UK Singles Chart. A Rush of Blood to the Head, he knew that the album
was missing something.* [2] One night, during a stay in
Liverpool,* [3] Martin found an old piano that was out
for Coldplay.
of tune. He wanted to work on Harrison's song, "Isn't
[55] “Coldplay – Chart history”Billboard Alternative Songs It a Pity", but he could not manage to do so. When the
for Coldplay. song came to Martin, he asked that the recorder be turned
8.7. “THE SCIENTIST” 123
on.* [2] He concluded by saying that he came across this ber 2002 as the album's second single. The single was
chord sequence and noted that the chord was “lovely” pressed with two B-sides: “1.36”and “I Ran Away.”
.* [4] Martin recorded the vocals and piano takes in a stu- * [13] While preparing for the song as the album's sec-
dio in Liverpool.* [5] ond release, the band's US label felt the song failed to
When asked about the development of the song, dur- “provide enough of a blood rush for American listeners";
ing a track-by-track reveal, Martin said: “That's just instead, they released "Clocks" as the second single in the
*
about girls. It's weird that whatever else is on your mind, US. [14] The song was released on 15 April 2003 in the
*
whether it's the downfall of global economics or terri- US. [14]
ble environmental troubles, the thing that always gets you “The Scientist”appeared on Australia Singles Chart at
most is when you fancy someone.”* [6] The liner notes number 40 on 1 November 2003.* [15] It appeared on
from A Rush of Blood to the Head, on the other hand, Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks at number 18.* [16] The
states that “The Scientist is Dan.”, with Dan referring song peaked at number sixteen at Canada Singles Chart.
to Dan Keeling, the A&R man who signed the band to The song peaked at number 10 in UK Top 75 on 17
Parlophone.* [6] November 2002.* [17]* [18]
The single's cover, created by Sølve Sundsbø, * [19] as
8.7.2 Composition with the album's other singles, features a band member,
which in this case is drummer Will Champion.
The song is a piano-driven ballad;* [7] the song also con-
tains a piano riff. Chris Martin opens the song and is
joined by the rest of the band after the first chorus. The 8.7.4 Reception
song begins with a four-chord piano melody, with Martin
singing. The track also includes a string arrangement.* [8] “The Scientist”received widespread critical acclaim. Rob
Towards the end of the song, an electric guitar can be Sheffield of Rolling Stone, in his review of the album,
heard. wrote:“The fantastic piano ballad 'The Scientist' ... [has]
a cataclysmic falsetto finale that could raise every hair on
The lyrics to the song allude to a man's powerlessness the back of your neck.”* [20] Nick Southall of Stylus
in the face of love.* [9]* [10] His helplessness is exempli- magazine wrote: “The piano that chimes through 'The
fied in the first line of the chorus, as Martin cries “no- Scientist' is captured perfectly, the warm depression of
body said it was easy”.* [11] The song implies that he each individual key caught rather than a shrill ringing as
wants to go “back to the start.”* [12] The first lines is so often the case.”* [21] Ian Watson of NME wrote:
of the first verse emphasise an apology: “Come up to "'The Scientist' is a song inexorably linked with the end-
meet you/tell you I'm sorry/you don't know how lovely less night sky and the secret hopes and regrets of a hun-
you are.”* [11] The song's title also alludes to science in dred thousand strangers.”* [22]
question in verse three: “I was just guessing at numbers
and figures/pulling the puzzles apart/questions of science, In October 2011, NME placed it at number 37 on its list
*
science and progress/do not speak as loud as my heart.”“150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years”. [23] In 2009,
*
[11] Rolling Stone ranked it number 54 on its "100 Best Songs
of the Decade" list.* [24] In April 2013, A Rush of Blood
to the Head triumphed in a poll of Radio 2 listeners in the
8.7.3 Release United Kingdom and was named the “favourite album
of all time”beating out albums composed by artists like
The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.* [25]
8.7.5 Other versions
In 2003, “The Scientist”was featured on Coldplay's

live album Live 2003.* [26] The song was covered live
by Aimee Mann and released on a special edition of
her album Lost in Space.* [27] Natasha Bedingfield, Alex
Band, Eamon, and Avril Lavigne covered the song on Jo
Whiley's Live Lounge radio show.* [28]* [29]* [30] Also,
Belinda Carlisle did a live rendition on the ITV1 reality
show Hit Me Baby One More Time.* [31]* [32] The British
Chris Martin playing “The Scientist”on his piano during the female quartet All Angels did a choral arrangement of the
band's 2005 Twisted Logic Tour song on their album Into Paradise which was released in
2007.* [33] The chords to this song are replicated by Sum
Coldplay released“The Scientist”in Europe on 4 Novem- 41 in their song "Pieces.”* [34] In addition, the Amer-
ican television show MADtv did a parody of the video, The video opens, looking down on Martin who is singing,
called“The Narcissist.”* [35] Coldplay's original version as he lies on his back on a mattress. As the camera shot
plus a cover of the track performed by Johnette Napoli- pulls back, the mattress is revealed to be outside. A cy-
tano and Danny Lohner were featured in the 2004 film clist cycles past in reverse and Martin leaps up from the
Wicker Park.* [36]* [37] Allison Iraheta and Kris Allen mattress. He walks in reverse through a city, out into the
performed an acoustic duet of the song at Oprah Win- suburbs and eventually crossing a railway line and into
frey's “No Phone Zone”rally in Los Angeles, Califor- woods, picking up his suit jacket as he goes. Upon ar-
nia.* [38] riving at his car, a black BMW,* [46]* [47] he gets in and
briefly passes out. A woman, at first shown lying unre-
In 2011, Willie Nelson covered it for a Chipotle Mexican
Grill-sponsored short film titled “Back to the Start”, sponsive on the ground in front of the car, is shown flying
back in through the shattered windscreen. The car rolls
highlighting the problems of Concentrated Animal Feed-
ing Operations.* [39] It also appears as the last cut on his back up a hill in the woods and through a broken fence,
which joins back together as the car passes through it. As
2012 album Heroes. Nelson's version plays during the
closing credits of the 2014 movie The Judge.* [40] the video closes, the couple is shown driving back up the
road. It is revealed that Martin's passenger had removed
In 2012, Glee cast covered it in season 4, episode 4, ti- her seat belt, in order to put her jacket on, just before the
tled "The Break Up". The song was performed by Cory car accident, causing her death.* [44] Irish actress Elaine
Monteith, Darren Criss, Naya Rivera, Matthew Morrison, Cassidy portrays the female passenger.* [44]
Lea Michele, Chris Colfer, Heather Morris and Jayma
Mays.* [41] In 2003,“The Scientist”won multiple MTV Video Mu-
sic Awards for Best Group Video, Best Direction, and
The Voice (U.S.) contestant Holly Henry performed the Breakthrough Video.* [48] It was also nominated at the
song for her blind audition in 2013, which led to all four 2004 Grammy Awards for Best Short Form Music Video
coaches wanting her on their team.* [42] but lost to Johnny Cash's video for "Hurt".* [49]
In 2014, actress/singer Miley Cyrus covered the song at
selected stops of her Bangerz Tour.* [43]
8.7.8 Track listing
In 2015, The Voice U.S. contestant Chase Kerby per-
formed the song for his blind audition. His performance CD
led Gwen Stefani to turn around, and he instantly became
part of Team Gwen, although Adam said he loved the 1.“The Scientist”– 5:11
song and thanked him for singing it.
2.“1.36”– 2:05
3.“I Ran Away”– 4:26
8.7.6 Personnel
• Chris Martin – lead vocals, piano, synthesizer •“1.36”features Tim Wheeler of Ash on guitar.
• Jonny Buckland – guitars DVD

• Guy Berryman – bass guitar
1.“The Scientist”(Edit)
• Will Champion – drums, backing vocals
2.“The Scientist”(video running backwards)
3. "Lips Like Sugar" (Live, Echo & the Bunnymen–Cover)
8.7.7 Music video
4. Interview with band members
The popular music video for“The Scientist”was notable
for its distinctive reverse narrative, which employed re-
verse video. The same concept had been previously used 8.7.9 Charts and certifications
for Spike Jonze's 1996 music video for The Pharcyde's
"Drop.”The reverse video style had first been seen in 8.7.10 See also
1989 for the video for the song "The Second Summer
of Love" by Scottish band Danny Wilson. In order for 8.7.11 References
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itself is right-hand drive). The vehicle in the video was a field Sezione. Enter Coldplay in the field Filtra. The certi-
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Entertainment Charts.
[57] "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ” (in Hungarian). 8.8 “Clocks”

Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók
Szövetsége.
Not to be confused with Clock (song).
[58] "Chart Track: Week 46, 2002”. Irish Singles Chart.
[59] “Hits of the World - Italy”. Billboard. Nielsen Business“Clocks” is a song by the British alternative rock band
Media, Inc. 7 December 2002. p. 78. Retrieved 28 June Coldplay. It was written and composed, as a collabora-
2012. tion between all the members of the band, for their sec-
ond album, A Rush of Blood to the Head. Built around a
[60] "Dutchcharts.nl – Coldplay – The Scientist” (in Dutch). piano riff, the song features cryptic lyrics of contrast and
Single Top 100. urgency themes. Several remixes of the track exist and
its riff has been widely sampled.
“Clocks”debuted to critical and commercial success,
[62] "Swedishcharts.com – Coldplay – The Scientist”. Singles with critics mainly commenting on the song's piano
Top 100. melody. It was released in the United Kingdom as the
[63] "Swisscharts.com – Coldplay – The Scientist”. Swiss Sin- third single from A Rush of Blood to the Head, where it
gles Chart. reached number nine in the UK Singles Chart. It was re-
leased in the United States as the album's second single, it
[64] "Archive Chart: 2002-11-23” UK Singles Chart. reached number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number
9 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. It won the
[65] “Coldplay – Chart history”Billboard Alternative Songs Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
for Coldplay.

for Coldplay. 8.8.1 Background and writing
[67] “Certificeringer | ifpi.dk”. IFPI Denmark. Retrieved “Clocks”was written and composed during the late stages
2015-05-07. of production of Coldplay's second album, A Rush of
8.8. “CLOCKS” 127
Blood to the Head. A riff popped into Chris Martin's mind tunities/Am I a part of the cure/Or am I part of the dis-
late one night in Liverpool when he came in to the stu- ease?"* [2] The song's title also“metaphorically alludes”
dio, where he then developed it on piano. According to to its lyrics,“pushing one to wonder about the world's ob-
Martin,“Clocks”was inspired by the English rock band session with time while connecting it to the theory: make
Muse.* [1] Martin presented the riff to the band's gui- the best of it when weʼre here, present and alive.”* [7]
tarist, Jonny Buckland, who then added a layer of guitar The song is in the key of E flat Mixolydian, with a main
chords to the basic track:* [2] “He picked up his guitar chord progression of E♭ - B♭m - Fm.
[a sure sign that he likes a song] and played these bril-
liant chords ... It was like a chemical reaction process.”
*
[3] (The syncopated piano arpeggio that gives the song 8.8.3 Personnel
its signature sound also bears a similarity to a syncopated
arpeggio that is repeated several times in Alex De Grassi's • Chris Martin – lead vocals, piano, synthesizer
1981 instrumental “Clockwork.”* [4])
• Jonny Buckland – electric guitar
Before writing and composing “Clocks,”the band had
already written 10 songs for the album.* [2] But as they • Guy Berryman – bass guitar
thought it was too late for the song's inclusion in the al-
bum, since A Rush Of Blood To The Head was nearing • Will Champion – drums, backing vocals
*
completion, [3] they recorded a demo and saved it with
other unfinished tracks, labeling it “Songs for #3;" the
band projected these tracks for what would be their third
8.8.4 Release and music video
*
album. [2]
Coldplay released“Clocks”in Europe on 24 March 2003
By June 2002, Coldplay were ready to present the al- as the album's third single. The single was issued with
bum to their record label Parlophone. However, Mar- two B-sides: “Animals,”which was one of the band's
tin felt it was “rubbish;" they were so far from being favourite songs performed on tour but was not included
completely satisfied with the album that both the band in the album, and“Crests of Waves.”The single's cover,
and Parlophone delayed the release.* [3] After a headlin- created by Sølve Sundsbø as with the album's and its other
ing tour, Coldplay went on working“Songs for #3.”Phil singles, is a portrayal of Chris Martin.* [8] Across the
Harvey, a friend of Martin and the band's manager, heard United States, while preparing "The Scientist" as the al-
it and egged him on to rework “Clocks”immediately. bum's second release, Coldplay's US label felt the song
With lyrics that speak of urgency, Harvey pointed out that failed to “provide enough of a blood rush for American
its meaning would contradict Martin's idea of stashing listeners;" instead, they released“Clocks”as the second
the track.* [2]* [3] Thus persuaded by Harvey, Martin then single in the US.* [9]
further developed“Clocks,”while other band members
A music video was filmed in support of the song. It was
supplemented their ideas based on the main piano track,
directed by British film maker Dominic Leung, and shot
adding bass and drums. Coldplay recorded the song very
* at Docklands' ExCeL Building in London.* [8] It features
quickly, [1] since they were running after the postponed
the band performing the song, with a laser show, in front
schedule of A Rush of Blood to the Head, which was re-
* of a staged audience, mostly local college students. Stage
leased two months later. [3]
effects and blue-red light transitions give the video a sur-
real feel, while a stoic crowd make up the audience.
8.8.2 Composition
8.8.5 Reception
“Clocks”has a repeating piano melody, and features a
minimalist soundscape of drums and bass guitar. Martin
applied an ostinato, with emphasis that imitates a three
against two polyrhythm, as well as a descending scale on
the piano chord progression, which switches from major
to minor chords.* [5]* [6] The music of “Clocks”is also
provided using synthesizers and a sparse string arrange-
ment.* [3]* [7]
The themes of the lyrics include contrast, contradictions
and urgency.* [3] According to Jon Wiederhon of MTV
News, “Martin seems to address the helplessness of be-
ing in a dysfunctional relationship he doesn't necessarily
want to escape.”* [2] The lyrics are cryptic; the ending
lines of the second verse emphasize contradicting emo-
tion: “Come out upon my seas/Cursed missed oppor- Coldplay performing “Clocks”on the Twisted Logic Tour
The song received acclaim from music critics. Rob the Agnes song I Need You Now. Rolling Stone ranked it
Sheffield, in his review of the album for Rolling Stone #490 of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2010.* [26]
Magazine, said: that "[guitarist] Buckland shines in excel-
lent psychedelic rockers such as ... 'Clocks.'"* [10] David
Cheal of The Daily Telegraph said that “Clocks”fea- 8.8.6 Usage in media
tures a “hypnotic piano riff, a pounding, almost fran-
tic rhythm, and a contagious tune, all building to a gor- Throughout 2003, “Clocks”was featured in various
geously serene climax with Martin's floaty voice singing.” commercials, movies and television programs: from the
*
[11] Scott Floman, music critic for Goldmine magazine, BBC using a sample to advertise Freeview TV, WWE
described the song as “a stunningly pretty piano rocker, promos featuring the return of American professional
absolutely perfect and is simply one of the finest songs of wrestler Kurt Angle, HBO, the 2002 Irish drama film In
the decade.”* [12] America, and an episode of the American medical drama
television series ER. The song was played in its entirety
“Clocks”won the Record of the Year at the 2004 during the ending credits for the 2003 film Confidence and
Grammy Awards.* [13] It was nominated for Best Single was also featured on the TV shows The Sopranos, Third
at the 2003 Q Awards.* [14]“Clocks”was ranked at num- Watch,* [27] Hindsight, and Family Guy. In late 2003, the
ber 68 on Pitchfork's Top 100 Singles of 2000-04.* [15] song was used in a trailer for the movie Peter Pan. This
It was ranked at number 155 on Pitchfork Media's 500 song was also used in the 2006 Disney film, The Wild, the
Greatest Songs of the 2000s list.* [16] In October 2011, 2010 Lionsgate film Alpha and Omega and the 2014 Blue
NME placed it at number 148 on its list“150 Best Tracks Skies film, Rio 2.
of the Past 15 Years”.* [17] In February 2013 the song
was voted by listeners of BBC Radio 6 Music as the great-
est song released during the 10 years the station had been 8.8.7 Reworked version and remixes
broadcasting.
The single was successful in radio throughout 2003* [7] A number of versions and remixes of “Clocks”exist.
and appeared on several singles charts worldwide. In the
United Kingdom, the song peaked at number nine* [18] • Norwegian duo Röyksopp made a remixed version
and in the United States rose to number 29.* [19] It also of the song, pressed on 1000, limited-edition 12”
reached number seven in Canada and number 28 in Aus- vinyl records, 100 of which were made available
tralia. through the band's official website.* [28] The version
placed fifth in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2003 (the
original version of the song placed 69th the previous
The piano riff and its parallels year).* [29]* [30]
• In 2004, R&B singer Brandy, together with pro-
“Clocks”has been regarded as one of the finest achieve-
ducer Timbaland, sampled “Clocks”for her song
ments of Coldplay;* [20] the song's piano progression re-
“Should I Go”on her fourth studio album Afrodisiac.
mains the band's signature creation.* [21] According to
The New York Times, the opening piano arpeggios of • Chinese all-female group Twelve Girls Band re-
“Clocks”have been widely sampled.* [6] Also, many of leased a cover of this song on their 2004 album
the songs in X&Y feature influences from“Clocks.”Brian Eastern Energy.
Cohen of Billboard magazine noted that“Clocks”served
as a“launching pad”for songs featured in X&Y,“several • A remixed cover of the song is included on the
of which echo that track either in structure or feel.”* [22] soundtrack of the 2007 video game Dance Dance
"Speed of Sound,”the first single from Coldplay's third Revolution: Hottest Party for the Wii console.
album, X&Y, is similar to “Clocks,”* [21]* [23] in that • The song, albeit with altered lyrics, appears in the
the two songs have the same descending chord progres- Two and a Half Men episode “Twanging Your
sion. According to The New York Times, American singer Magic Clanger.”
Jordin Sparks's 2008 single "No Air" “breathes life into
the overfamiliar piano line”from “Clocks.”* [24] The • Live versions appeared on Coldplay's live albums
song “Should I Go”by American singer Brandy Nor- Live 2003,* [31] LeftRightLeftRightLeft (2009),* [32]
wood, from her album Afrodisiac, samples the piano riff and Live 2012.
of“Clocks,”* [25] as does Mexican singer Alejandro Fer-
• A version of the song in the style of Buena Vista So-
nández's 2007 single“Te Voy A Perder.”In 2009, French
cial Club appears on the 2006 Rhythms del Mundo
DJ David Guetta, featuring Kelly Rowland, released the
album.* [33]
song "When Love Takes Over,”which has a piano intro-
duction like“Clocks.”A riff similar to“Clocks”was also • A further version based on the 2006 Rhythms Del
used for the 2009 song "Shining Down" by Chicagoan hip Mundo version was released as part of the 2010
hop artist Lupe Fiasco and featuring Matthew Santos. An album Revival. It features “Lele”of Los Van
analogous riff can also be heard in the DJ Cahill Remix of Van.* [34]
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Regional singles were released for Canada, Europe, Aus-
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tralia, and an enhanced version for Taiwan. Promo singles
were released for the United Kingdom and United States.
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8.9.1 Background
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Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin said, about the writing of
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the song, “That came out of playing live and wanting to
[40] "Lescharts.com – Coldplay – Clocks” (in French). Les have something with a bit more bounce. We were really
classement single. getting into things like PJ Harvey and Muse – things with
a bit more energy.”* [2]
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When we came to record it in the studio
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where we'd left it and where we were happy to
leave it and we couldn't put our finger on what it
[45] "Swisscharts.com – Coldplay – Clocks”. Swiss Singles was and so it was a really nice day one day, me
Chart. and Chris were just trying, I was actually just
trying to record bass at the time and me and
[46] “Italian single certifications – Coldplay – Clocks”(in Ital-
ian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 1 Chris were just sitting down trying to brain-
November 2014. Select Online in the field Sezione. Enter storm it and work out what was wrong and so
Coldplay in the field Filtra. Select 2002 in the field Anno. I started trying to just do a few different bass
The certification will load automatically lines and stuff. Between the two of us we came
up with just this kind of groove, which stays on
[47]“British single certifications – Coldplay – Clocks”. British the same note as opposed to change, it's quite
Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 1 November 2014. En-
technical but it kind of added a bit of bounce
ter Clocks in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field
to the song and it made it roll along in a much
Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Sil-
ver in the field By Award. Click Search more fluid way. It was a bit mechanical before
and it's just interesting how something small
[48] “American single certifications – Coldplay – Clocks”. like that can really change the whole vibe of
Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 1 a song. It was just nice because from there on
November 2014. If necessary, click Advanced, then click it was one of our favourite tracks and it almost
Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH didn't get on the record but it's now one of our
favourite tracks.* [3]
8.9.2 Composition
The song features an acoustic and electric guitar sound.

The song starts with a hushed acoustic ballad, the song
8.9 “God Put a Smile upon Your then builds into a roar of an electric guitar and soar-
Face” ing with vocals.* [4] The song also includes an uptempo
metronomic drumming rhythm.* [5]* [6]
"God Put a Smile upon Your Face" is a song by British The first line of the third verse allude to a definitive mo-
alternative rock band Coldplay. It was written by all ment with the cryptic reference to God:“Now when you
members of the band for their second studio album, A work it out, I'm worse than you/Yeah, when you work it
Rush of Blood to the Head (2002). The song is built out I wanted to/Now, when you work out where to draw
8.9. “GOD PUT A SMILE UPON YOUR FACE” 131
the line/Your guess is as good as mine.”* [7] Greg Kot of band's live album, Live 2003.* [17] The song is available
the Chicago Tribune commented that the lyric“God gave on Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock video game as a
you style and gave you grace,”Martin sings as if “cata- downloadable song. The game also includes other Cold-
loguing the attributes he only wishes he had”.* [8] When play songs such as "Yellow" and "Violet Hill".* [18] Plan
the song is performed live, guitarist Jonny Buckland be- B sampled the track on his 2007 mixtape Paint it Blacker.
gins a long ripping off guitar riff while Chris Martin plays The song was also covered by Mark Ronson on his album
an acoustic guitar.* [9] Version,* [19]* [20] which he performed live with Adele
at the 2008 Brit Awards.* [21]
The song was also covered by Matt Jorgensen +451 on
8.9.3 Release their album Hope release on Origin Records.
8.9.5 Music video

The music video, released in October 2003,* [22] is shot
in black-and-white and has a narrative theme. The video
is directed by Jamie Thraves, who had previously directed
the band's third video for "The Scientist".* [12]* [23]
The video intercuts footage of the band performing the
song with the story of a businessman, who is humiliated
and horrified to find that he is gradually disappearing,
after bumping into a mysterious stranger with no shoes.
The businessman is played by actor Paddy Considine.
Coldplay performing“God Put a Smile upon Your Face”during
their 2005 Twisted Logic Tour
8.9.6 Personnel
Coldplay released “God Put a Smile upon Your Face” • Chris Martin – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
in the UK on 7 July 2003.* [10] This was followed with
releases in the US and Canada on 14 July 2003.* [10] • Jonny Buckland – electric lead and rhythm guitar
The song was later released on 21 July 2003 in Aus-
tralia and Taiwan.* [10]* [11] When the song was released, • Guy Berryman – bass guitar
* *
it featured the B-side “Murder”. [12] [13] The sin- • Will Champion – drums
gle cover features bassist Guy Berryman, art-directed by
Sølve Sundsbø.* [10]* [12] Regional singles were released
for Canada, Europe, Australia, and an enhanced version 8.9.7 Track listing
for Taiwan.* [10]* [12] Promotional singles were released
in the UK and US.* [10]* [12] 8.9.8 Charts
8.9.4 Reception 8.9.9 See also
Critics were positive towards the song. In the Rolling 8.9.10 References
Stone review of the album, critic Rob Sheffield wrote:
"'God Put a Smile Upon Your Face' is the slinkiest and [1] Sheffield, Rob (26 August 2002).“Coldplay - A Rush Of
Blood To The Head”. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 7 April
best thing Coldplay have ever done.”* [14] Adrien Be-
2014.
grand of PopMatters wrote: “Buckland's lead fills high-
light the wondrous 'God Put a Smile on Your Face', as [2] “Coldplay E-Zine: Issue 6” (PDF). Coldplay.com.
the song's chorus reaches heights that rival those of their Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008. Re-
fellow countrymen Doves.”* [15] Ted Kessler of NME trieved 2008-08-31.
wrote: “Over a pounding garage tattoo Martin poses
[3] Jenkins, Will (2002-09-08).“Coldplay Interview”. Crud
a deep, mortality-based teaser ('where do we go from
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*
as you....your guess is as good as mine.'" [16]
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8.10 “Moses”
Blood To The Head Review”. Rolling Stone. Archived
"Moses" is a song by British alternative rock band
from the original on 19 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for
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sion get lost in popularity - Coldplay tries to pull off being
popular, but not middle of the road”. Chicago Tribune: The song was written about lead singer Chris Martin's
3. then wife, Gwyneth Paltrow. Martin has said that the
song is “about falling in love with the most beautiful
[18] Brudvig, Erik (13 June 2008). “Coldplay gets Emotional
woman in the world.”* [1] The song's title later served
with Guitar Hero 3”. IGN Xbox360. News Corporation.
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Bruce Anthony Martin.* [2] It was written in mid-2002
[19] Sinclair, David (2008-02-16). “Mark Ronson live re- during the A Rush of Blood to the Head sessions but it got
views”. The Times. London. Retrieved 2008-09-05. rejected.
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piles His Versions Of Songs”. MTV News. Retrieved 8.10.2 Personnel
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8.10.4 Chart performance 8.11.1 Background
8.10.5 Release history

In an interview, Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin revealed
that the song was written in mid-2004 and was inspired
8.10.6 References by Martin's daughter, Apple, and English alternative rock
singer Kate Bush: “That's a song where we were listen-
[1] “Moses by Coldplay Songfacts”. Songfacts. Retrieved ing to a lot of Kate Bush last summer, and we wanted a
23 April 2012.
song which had a lot of tom-toms in it. I just had my
daughter up also, and was kind of feeling in a sense of
[2] “Coldplay, “Moses”| Song Inspirations | Comcast.net”
. Xfinity.comcast.net. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
awe and wonderment, so the song is kind of a Kate Bush
song about miracles.”* [4] The drumbeat of the song was
[3] “Coldplay Album & Song Chart History: Alternative inspired by Bush's 1985 song "Running Up that Hill".* [5]
Songs”. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved In a separate interview, bassist Guy Berryman, in discus-
25 March 2012. sion of “Speed of Sound”, said: “We were listening
to a Kate Bush song called 'Running Up that Hill' and we
[4] “Coldplay Album & Song Chart History: Adult Pop were really trying to recreate the drums on that song for
Songs”. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved this song, and the chords. Some bands are reluctant to
25 April 2012. admit that they take things from other artists and bands
that they listen to and we're shameless in that respect, we
[5] “Alternative: Week Of: October 6, 2003”. Radio & don't mind telling.”* [6]
Records. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
The band's opinion towards the song, however, has
soured. Martin has said that he dislikes“Speed of Sound”
, saying in a 2011 interview,“We never got it right.”* [7]
8.11 “Speed of Sound” During an interview with Howard Stern, Martin said that
his dislike of “Speed of Sound”stems from the song
This article is about the song by Coldplay. For other having “a shit recording.”* [8] Due to this, Martin is
uses, see Speed of sound (disambiguation). reluctant to perform the song live, citing his feelings to-
wards the song, noting that“an audience can pick up real
fast if youʼre not convinced by something.”* [9]
"Speed of Sound" is a song by British alternative rock
band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band
for their third studio album, X&Y (2005). Built around a
piano riff, the song builds into a huge, synthesiser-heavy
chorus. It was released by Parlophone Records as the lead
single from the album. “Speed of Sound”was released
in the US on 18 April 2005, and then made its radio pre- 8.11.2 Composition
miere on BBC Radio 1 with Lamacq on the day of the
release on 19 April.* [1] The single was pressed with two
B-sides: “Things I Don't Understand”and “Proof”. “Speed of Sound”is a piano-based song. The song ben-
The song premiered in the UK on 23 May.* [2] efits from an insistently ornate keyboard riff and a busy
but less-hummable chorus,* [10]* [11] in which the song
Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin admitted that the song
was developed after the band had listened to English art builds into a huge drum beat and a synthesiser-heavy cho-
rus, which also includes an upbeat tempo. The song is
rock singer Kate Bush. The song's drum beat is similar
to Bush's 1985 song "Running Up That Hill". Upon the written in the key of A Mixolydian.
song's release, it charted in the UK Singles Chart in theThe lyrics in the song are cryptic; the ending lines of
number two position. In the United States, it debuted at the third verse emphasise in belief and faith: “If you
number eight on the Billboard Hot 100,* [3] their first top
could see it then you'd understand/ah, when you see it
then you'll understand,”and “Some things you have to
ten hit in the country, and their most successful song until
"Viva la Vida" reached number one in 2008. believe/others are puzzles puzzling me.”* [12] The fourth
“Speed of Sound”was recognised Song of the Year by line in the second verse alludes to discovering your place
the American Society of Composers, Authors and Pub- in the world: “How long* am *I gonna stand/with my head
lishers (ASCAP) and it was nominated twice at the 48th stuck under the sand.” [12] [13]
Grammy Awards. The song won a Brit Award in the cat- In his review of X&Y, Bill White of the Seattle Post-
egory for Best British Single in 2006. The track's music Intelligencer newspaper noted that the “slowing ... cre-
video was nominated for four MTV Video Music Awards. ative juices”evident in “Speed of Sound”compare to
“Speed of Sound”was also the billionth song downloaded “melodies from both Jeff Buckley ('Last Goodbye') and
from the iTunes Store. Keane ('Everybody's Changing')".* [14]
8.11.3 Critical reception 8.11.5 Accolades

The song was met with a polarised response from critics “Speed of Sound”was nominated for two Grammy
upon its release. PopMatters felt that the song “comes Awards in the categories of Best Rock Song and Best
close to sounding too safe, almost like the band is on au- Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocals at the
topilot.”* [15] MusicOMH commented that “Speed Of 2006 Grammy Awards.* [27]* [28] The song won an MTV
Sound, the lead single, has 'Clocks'-like drumming con- Europe Music Award in the category for Best Song.* [29]
trasts with synth sequences that remind more of Enya than In December 2005,“Speed of Sound”appeared at num-
rock music”and criticised it for sounding “familiar and ber nine on Q magazine's “100 Greatest Tracks of the
far older than it is.”Pitchfork Media likewise criticised Year”.* [30] In 2006, the song won a Brit Award for Best
the song's“uncanny resemblance to 'Clocks'" and contin- British Single.* [31] That same year, American Society of
ued “Certainly, it rarely hurts to stick with what works, Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) named the
but this is not just a near-exact replica of its successful track Song of the Year.* [32]* [33]
predecessor; it's also a less memorable song riding a piano
hook that has so deeply infiltrated the pop-culture land-
scape that I've become numb to it.”The reviewer did, 8.11.6 Music video
however, comment that “the track's vocal melody out-
performs the one from 'Clocks' by a hair.”
The Village Voice felt that the song was “unusually ac-
complished, fresh, and emotional.”* [16] Paste Maga-
zine praised the song, saying that it “reveals the hand
[Coldplay are] playing: a piano riff as memorable as the
one in 'Clocks,' ringing guitars, martial drums, orchestral
pomp and, in the center, Chris Martin's keening vocal,
so vulnerable and yet forceful enough to stand out from
the mass of sonic detail.”The New York Times, contrari-
wise, dinged X&Y for“trying to carry beauty of 'Clocks'
across an entire album – not least in its first single, 'Speed
of Sound,' which isn't the only song on the album to bor-
row the 'Clocks' drumbeat.”Rolling Stone magazine gave
a mixed review, calling it “an appealing but not thrilling
song”and noted "...it sounds a bit like...”Clocks" but The music video has a two-storey-high LED display in the back-
without the swagger.”* [17] ground
The video promo for “Speed of Sound”was shot on a

Los Angeles sound stage on 22 and 23 April 2005.* [34]
Shooting took place on large sets backed by large Light-
“Speed of Sound”was beaten to the number one spot on
the UK Singles Chart by the novelty song "Axel F" by the emitting diode (LED) displays developed by Element
Labs.* [35] The performance-based video was directed by
Crazy Frog,* [18]* [19] instead peaking at number two for
a week, although it did stay in the Top 75 for sixteen non- Mark Romanek.* [36]* [37] The video features the band
performing in front of a curved ellipse wall that con-
consecutive weeks.* [20] However, it became Coldplay's
first UK download number one.* [18] sists of 640 Element Labs' VersaTubes placed on 6”cen-
tres.* [38]
It also became Coldplay's first and (at that point) biggest
single to chart in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, The on-set animations were programmed and performed
debuting as well as peaking at number eight,* [21]* [22] live during the shoot.* [39]* [40] Romanek wanted the
making it the band's most successful single until "Viva song's stem “split out”and to have the drums, bass,
la Vida" reached number one in 2008.* [23] The single guitar, and vocals on separate tracks, which were then
marked the first time a British band entered directly in the animated, and the lights were synthesised to each of the
top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart since "Say You'll tracks. In the end, Romanek and Michael Keeling, the
Be There" by the Spice Girls.* [20] The song was also lighting designer, opted to use Chris Martin's vocal track
the billionth song downloaded from Apple, Inc.'s iTunes to animate“because it had such dynamics. Roughly 75%
Store.* [24]* [25] A ringtone was available from Cingular of the video is driven by voice-activated animation”, said
Wireless, which had a song clip from “Speed of Sound” Keeling.* [38]
available a week before it was heard on radio.* [26] The The video opens in pitch-black, followed by a light fram-
song was also included in “Weird Al”Yankovic's polka ing Martin as he reaches skyward out of the shadows. The
medley "Polkarama!" from his 2006 album Straight Outta scene then shifts to the band, as they play the song. When
Lynwood. Martin spread his hands, the two-story-high LED lights
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8.12. “FIX YOU” 137
8.12 “Fix You” ever written”.* [8]

During a track-by-track reveal, bassist Guy Berryman ad-
For the Offspring song of the same name, see Rise and mitted that the song takes “a bit of inspiration”from
Fall, Rage and Grace. Jimmy Cliff's 1969 song "Many Rivers to Cross". Berry-
man also added, “It becomes its own thing, kind of like
"Fix You" is a song by British alternative rock band points of inspiration that kind of lead you down certain
Coldplay. It was written by all four members of the band paths. Whenever you want to write a song like someone
for their third studio album, X&Y (2005). The track is else, it ultimately
*
ends up sounding like something differ-
built around an organ accompanied by slow tempo drums ent anyway.” [9]
and vocals. While studying at University College London the band
It was released on 5 September 2005 as the second single lived in Ramsay Hall, reminiscing on the experience they
from X&Y and has reached number four on the UK Sin- said that the lyric “lights will guide you home”comes
gles Chart. The song reached number 18 in the United from living next to the BT Tower, a notable landmark
States Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks. Promo sin- in London which they would follow coming back from
gles were released for the UK and US. Blythe Danner, nights out.
the mother of Gwyneth Paltrow and former mother-in-
law of Chris Martin, stated in an interview in May 2012
that Martin 'wrote the song for Gwyneth when her father
8.12.2 Composition
*
died and I weep every time I hear it'. [1]
The song, which is written in the key of E-flat major,
“Fix You”was critically acclaimed by music critics. It has features an organ and piano sound.* [10] The song starts
been widely sampled, with different covers and sounds. with a hushed electric organ ballad, including Martin's
The song was nominated for multiple awards in the cate- falsetto.* [11] The song then builds with both acoustic
gories of Best Song Musically and Lyrically and Anthem guitar and piano. The sound then shifts with a plain-
of the Summer. The music video was garnered as a trib- tive three-note guitar line, ringing through a rhythmic up-
ute to the 7 July 2005 London bombings. The guitar solo beat tempo. Subtle instrumentation includes the back-
of“Fix You”is currently used as the player introduction at ground sound of church-style organ throughout.* [12] pi-
all of the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens' ano notes, acoustic and electric guitar riffs, drums, and a
home games,* [2] during the three stars of the game se- singalong chorus with an anthemic feel.* [13]
lection after every Los Angeles Kings home win, and was
The message throughout the song, in which Martin sings,
played at Staples Center as the Stanley Cup was brought
is words of encouragement: “Lights will guide you
on the ice after the Kings' victory in the 2014 Stanley Cup
home / And ignite your bones / And I will try to fix
Final. The song is also used for the 2015–16 New York
you.”* [14]* [15]* [16] Michele Hatty of USA Weekend
Islanders inaugural season in Barclays Center.
reported that Martin sings about recovering from grief
The song was played live at the Steve Jobs in the song.* [17] Travis Gass of the Bangor Daily News
memorial/celebration-of-life event at Apple head- wrote that Martin offers his sympathies for the downtrod-
quarters on 19 October 2011 in Cupertino, California. den, with “When you love someone but it goes to waste
/ Could it be worse?". Gass goes on to interpret that the
“booming drums”and chorus is that of Queen's 1975 song
8.12.1 Background "Bohemian Rhapsody".* [18]
When writing the song, vocalist Chris Martin originally

intended to use a church-style organ for the track. Un- 8.12.3 Release
able to gain access to the instrument, Martin instead used
an old keyboard that his late father-in-law, Bruce Paltrow, Coldplay released “Fix You”in the UK and US on
gave to his daughter Gwyneth.* [3] However, in other in- 5 September 2005 as the second single of their third
stances Martin has claimed that“Fix You”is influenced album.* [19] The single was pressed with two B-side's:
by English alternative rock band Elbow's 2003 anthem “The World Turned Upside Down”and “Pour Me”
“Grace Under Pressure”.* [4]* [5]* [6] .* [19]* [20] On 14 September 2005, the band released
When asked about the development of the song, Martin the Fix You EP in the iTunes Store.* [19] In response to
said: “My father-in-law Bruce Paltrow bought this big Hurricane Katrina, all of the sales went to the Ameri-
keyboard just before he died. No one had ever plugged it can Red Cross Hurricane 2005 Relief and the National
in. I plugged it in, and there was this incredible sound I'd Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences' MusiCares Hur-
never heard before. All these songs poured out from this ricane Relief Fund.* [19] Promotional singles were re-
one sound. Something has to inspire you, and something leased in the UK and US.* [19]
else takes over. It's very cloudy.”* [7] Martin also noted The track peaked at number four in the UK Singles Chart
that the song is“probably the most important song we've on 17 September 2005.* [21] As of 30 July 2011, the
song had spent 122 weeks on that chart.* [22] It peaked at Tracks of the Year”,* [30] and was listed as one of the
number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 18 on “Tracks of the Year”by NME in 2005.* [31]
the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks.* [23] The song In 2005, Coldplay performed the song live on Saturday
also charted on the Billboard Pop 100 and Hot Digi- Night Live and the Live 8 event in July.* [32] “Fix You”
tal Songs.* [23] The single appeared in Australia's Sin- was also played on Shelter from the Storm.* [19] It has
gles Chart in the number four position on 18 Septem- also become a tribute song for the victims and eventually
ber 2005,* [24] after retiring in the 58 spot.* [24] It also
became the anthem for the event.* [19] The song was fea-
appeared at number eight on the Irish Singles Chart and tured in an episode of the American teen drama television
spent seven consecutive weeks on the chart.* [25] On 14
series The O.C.,* [33]* [34] and then in Without a Trace,
November 2010, the song re-entered the Australian sin- Cold Case and Brothers & Sisters. The half part of the
gles chart at number 37.* [26]
song was played over the trailer for the 2006 film World
In 2009, the song also appeared on Coldplay's live album, Trade Center.* [35]* [36] It was also featured in the 2006
LeftRightLeftRightLeft.* [27] movie You, Me and Dupree.* [37] The track was nomi-
nated for an Ivor Novello Award in the category of Best
Song musically and lyrically.* [38]* [39] The song was also
8.12.4 Reception nominated for an UK Festival Award in the category of
Anthem of the Summer.* [40] On 14 March 2009, the
band performed a rendition of the song at the relief con-
cert, Sound Relief, in Sydney, Australia.* [41] On 19 Oc-
tober 2011, the band played the song at the“Celebrating
Steve”event for Apple employees over a global media
stream to all the Apple Stores. This event was also avail-
able for Apple customers via the company website.
The song appears in The Acoustic Album (2006). It was
performed in 2006 by the New England octogenarian
chorus group Young@Heart. The group's performance
was led by former chorus member Fred Knittle, who
suffered from congestive heart failure and breathed with
assistance from an oxygen tank. The performance was
originally planned to be a duet between Knittle and Bob
Salvini, another former chorus member, but Salvini died
shortly before the show. Knittle performed it as a solo, as
a tribute to his friend.* [42] The performance was initially
recorded for a British documentary that aired on Channel
4; footage of the performance was uploaded to YouTube
in November 2006 to positive response.* [43]* [44] An ex-
panded version of the film, titled Young@Heart, debuted
at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival and was released
in US theatres in 2008.* [45]* [46]
8.12.5 Music video

Chris Martin playing“Fix You”on a synthesiser during the band's
2008 Viva la Vida Tour
The music video for “Fix You”was directed by Sophie
The song received widespread acclaim from music crit- Muller, who had previously worked with the band for
ics. In the Rolling Stone review of the album, critic Kelefa their 2002 video "In My Place".* [47] The video was
Sanneh wrote: “One of the best is 'Fix You', an un- filmed at the end of two concerts on 4 and 5 July 2005 at
abashedly sentimental song where Martin delivers words the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, England.* [48] The con-
of encouragement in a gentle falsetto [...] Proving once cert goers doubled as extras for the video shoot, which
more that no band can deliver a stately rock ballad like required two takes on each day to complete.* [19]* [49]
this one.”* [14] Paul McNamee of NME magazine wrote: In the first half of the video the band's lead singer, Chris
“Itʼs a wonderful song that shifts from simple stark pi- Martin, wanders the streets of London starting at Too-
ano and voice to a ringing, clattering burst of intent and ley Street under London Bridge Station, while the slo-
proto-prog four-part harmony.”* [28] Adrien Begrand of gan "Make Trade Fair" is projected onto the Royal Na-
PopMatters in his review of the album, noted the song as tional Theatre, using the same ITA2 colour scheme on the
the “best ballad”off X&Y.* [29] In 2005, the song ap- cover of X&Y. The tunnels that Martin is seen wandering
peared at number two on Q magazine's “100 Greatest within are located both in and around London St Pancras
8.12. “FIX YOU” 139
and King's Cross railway stations, and the filming for the • Straight No Chaser covered this song on their album
video took place during the time of the redevelopment With a Twist.
and expansion of London St Pancras International. Mar-
tin is then seen walking across Waterloo Bridge, which • On 19 January 2011, Rianne Selwyn sang an orches-
crosses the River Thames, connecting the Southbank with tral, female version to this song.
The Strand. As soon as the electric guitar kicks in, Mar- • YouTube cover artists Boyce Avenue and Tyler
tin's walk turns into a run as he darts through streets of Ward collaborated to cover this song on Boyce Av-
London, until very quickly reaching the side of the stage enue's album Cover Collaborations, Vol. 2.
at the Reebok Stadium in Bolton, where he joins the rest
of the band for the song's finale. The audience sings along • Alternative rock band Secondhand Serenade pro-
with the song's final refrain, and at the end of the video duced a secondary creation of the song in their al-
Martin thanks them for their support and wishes them bum A Twist in My Story.
goodnight.
• Country artist Carrie Underwood performed the
The video debuted on 1 August 2005.* [50] The music song on her Blown Away Tour.
video was nominated at the 15th annual Music Video
Production Association Awards in the category of Adult • Marit Larsen performed the song at a session for
Contemporary.* [50] After its release, the music video Radio Hamburg on December 2011.
was repurposed as a tribute to the victims of the 7 July
• Charlie Lubeck performed this song as a last chance
2005 London bombings, although it was filmed before
performance on the second season of The Glee
they occurred.* [19]
Project.
• On 13 August 2012, Yellowcard released a cover as
8.12.6 In popular culture a bonus track on their album Southern Air.
Cover versions • Country group Little Big Town performed a cover
for the American Red Cross: Music Builds disaster
• On 21 June 2011, The Voice contestant and eventual relief effort.* [51]
winner Javier Colon sang the song during the semi-
finals of season 1 of the show. The studio version • Gabrielle Aplin covered the song during a session at
of the song was also released the following day as a BBC's Maida Vale studio.
download.
• Alexandra Burke covered the song for her second
• On the NBC show The Sing-Off runners-up Street EP, #NewRules.
Corner Symphony performed the song on the Sea-
• Red Hot Chilli Pipers covered the song, and also
son 2 finale.
performed the song live at HebCelt Fest 2013.
• The song also gets covered by Secondhand Sere-
• Gregorian and Amelia Brightman performed the
nade using only guitar riffs during the first half of
song live on their Dark Side of the Chant tour in
the cover.
2011.
• On 31 July 2011, at "The Black Star Tour" live in
• Naturally 7 covered the song on their album Hidden
Rio de Janeiro, the Canadian singer Avril Lavigne
In Plain Sight in 2015.
sang the song.
• On November 24, 2014, The Voice contestant Matt
• The song was covered on 4 October 2011 episode
McAndrew covered it during the top10 week.
of Glee entitled "Asian F", and is sung by Matthew
Morrison and the Glee cast. • In December 2015 the song was used, alongside
"Bridge over Troubled Water", in the UK charity
• On The X Factor UK, Janet Devlin covered this song
Christmas No 1 mashup song "A Bridge Over You",
on the first Live Show on 8 October 2011.
by the choir of the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS
• Ronan Parke covered this song on his debut album Trust, selling more than 127,000 copies.* [52]
Ronan Parke.
• On The X Factor US, Drew Ryniewicz covered this Media

song on the third Live Show on 9 November 2011.
On the Thanksgiving episode of the second season, The song has been used on the final sequences of the
the top 10 performed this song. episode “I'll Try To Fix You”of the 2012 HBO's
television series The Newsroom,* [53] as well as an
• Kelly Clarkson covered this song on one of her episode of Scrubs, and the final scene of the episode
shows during her Stronger Tour. “Cargo”of the CBS series Cold Case. The song also
briefly featured in the Australian family drama Packed [4] “Coldplay admit 'Fix You' is a copy of Elbow's track”.
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nal episode of the first season of British public television
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8.13 “Talk”
Chris Martin singing “Talk”during the band's 2005 Twisted
This article is about the song by Coldplay. For other Logic Tour
songs, see Talk (disambiguation).
"Talk" is a song by British alternative rock band

Coldplay. Built around a motif from Kraftwerk's 1981
song "Computer Love", it was written by all members band in the studio] we went and did a whole other ver-
of the band and appeared on their third album, X&Y. sion of it. A whole other song. What happened with the
In the United States, the song entered at number 86 on song 'Talk' is that it was all going great and then someone
the Billboard Hot 100 and elsewhere in the world its suc- said 'That should be the first single' and we all just freaked
cess varied. It peaked at number one in the Netherlands' out and scrapped it all. [...] Weʼve just mixed it and it
Dutch Top 40, becoming the band's first number one sin- sounds great. I think weʼve had such pain getting to that
gle there. place, Iʼm not sure anyone quite knows what to do with
it anymore. When we heard it mixed properly, it sounded
The song received positive reviews, with critics noting mega.”* [1]
the music's sound and memorable lyrics. Both the song
and its "Thin White Duke" remix were nominated for the The band received permission from the electronic music
2007 Grammy Awards, the latter of which won in the cat- German band Kraftwerk to use the main riff from its song
egory of Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical. "Computer Love" (German: Computerliebe), from its
1981 studio album Computer World (German: Computer-
welt), for“Talk”, replacing Kraftwerk's synthesizers with
8.13.1 Background guitars.* [3]* [4]* [5] In a track-by-track interview given by
the band on X&Y, bassist Guy Berryman reported that in
Coldplay had difficulties with the recording sessions for response to the band's request, Kraftwerk founding mem-
months, as to the sound of the track.* [1]* [2] They were ber Ralf Hütter “said something like, 'Yes, you can use
skeptical in deciding to add“Talk”to the final track listing it, and thank you very much for asking my permission,
of X&Y.* [1] During the recording sessions, which had unlike that bastard Jay-Z'.”* [6]
seen the band scrap huge amounts of material, the song The band recorded three separate versions of the single;
was left out when they sent early versions of the album to the one recorded on X&Y was based on an early cut of
its record label, Parlophone. The song, however, made it the song.* [7] A newer version of the track – with a dif-
to the track list, after it was properly mixed.* [1] ferent set of lyrics – was leaked onto the internet in early
When asked about the development of the song by 2005.* [8] The track was originally intended to be a B-side
NME.com, vocalist Chris Martin said, “From that ver- for the song "Speed of Sound", before becoming the last
sion, [a version that NME.com heard, while visiting the addition to X&Y's track listing.* [3]
8.13. “TALK” 143
8.13.2 Composition
The track includes a hypnotic pace, with Will Champion

adding a metronomic beat to the drums.* [9]* [10] The
song features the synthesizer melody from Kraftwerk's
“Computer Love”. It also adds a chiming note to more
abrasive riffs during the breakdown near the end of the
song.* [9]* [10]
In the fourth line of the second verse, Martin sings with a
trace of irony: “Or write a song nobody had sung/Or do
something that's never been done.”* [11]* [12] In the third
line of the third verse, Martin alludes to fear, but changes
to joy:“Tell me how do you feel?/Well I feel like they're Coldplay performing “Talk”during their 2005 Twisted Logic
talking in a language I don't speak/And they're talking it Tour
to me.”* [11] In the fifth verse, Martin summarises about
an individual who is lost and trying to discover the un-
known: “So you don't know where you're going/But you stands out as an anthem in an album full of them.”* [20]
want to talk/And you feel like you're going where you've Dan Tallis of the BBC noted that the track was “fantas-
been before/You'll tell anyone who will listen but you feel tic”and“positively gargantuan”.* [21] Jonathan Keefe of
ignored.”* [11] Slant magazine wrote: "'Talk' is given one of the album's
most memorable melodies, but its impact is reduced by
According to Josh Tyrangiel of Time magazine, the the song's structure, in which the lead guitar echoes Mar-
meaning to “Talk”is based on how Martin “wants to tin's vocal melody after every line, so that melody be-
teach us how to feel better about ourselves, and his lessons comes tiresome well before the first chorus hits.”* [22]
have the moral superiority disguised as sensitivity that Despite “Talk"'s positive reception, Martin has stated
marked Bono's mighty mullet period.”* [13] Tyrangiel in- that Berryman dislikes it, and thus they no longer perform
terpreted the lyrics,“Are you lost or incomplete/ Do you the song live.* [23]
feel like a puzzle, you can't find your missing piece/ Tell
me how you feel”, with Martin begging in the song.* [13] The song was remixed by Jacques Lu Cont, with the ti-
tle “Talk (Thin White Duke Mix)".* [24] The song by
Lu Cont won the coveted Best Remixed Recording, Non-
8.13.3 Release Classical award at the 2007 Grammy Awards.* [25]* [26]
“Talk”was also nominated for a Grammy award in the
Coldplay released “Talk”in the UK and US on 19 De- category of Best *
Rock Performance by a duo or Group
*
cember 2005 as the album's third single. [14] The single with Vocals. [25]
was pressed with two B-sides: "Gravity" and “Sleeping The song was also used as the basis of a download-
Sun”.* [14]* [15] able hoax track titled “Talk to David” produced as
“Talk”peaked at number 10 in the UK Singles Chart an April Fools' Day prank by the British newspaper
on 31 December 2005.* [16] The song charted at num- The Guardian. This featured lyrics purporting to give
ber 86 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number five support to* Conservative opposition party leader David
on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks in 2005.* [17] Cameron. [27] The song was featured heavily in the sea-
The song was released early in the Netherlands,* [14] thus son two CSI: NY episode“Jamalot”, in which the charac-
charting in the Dutch Top 40. It reached number one ter Danny *
Messer plays the song as a ringtone on his cell
*
the closing week of 2005. [18] The band performed the phone. [28] The band's American record label, Capitol
song live at the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards in Records, paid for promotional consideration to place the
Lisbon, Portugal, the 2006 Juno Awards in Halifax, Nova song in the episode and for the character to talk about
*
Scotia, and the 2006 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, Coldplay. [28]
California.* [14]* [19]
8.13.5 Music video

8.13.4 Reception
The music video for “Talk”was helmed by direc-
Critics were positive towards the song. In the PopMatters tor/photographer Anton Corbijn.* [14]* [29] Filming of
review of the album, critic Adrian Begrand wrote: “It's the video took place on 5 and 6 November 2005 at Ealing
the excellent, and much talked-about 'Talk' that has the Studios, London, just before the band began their tour,
band showing tremendous creativity, delving straight into Twisted Logic.* [14] The black-and-white clip invokes a
mid-'70s krautrock, and piecing together a gorgeous pop B movie science fiction theme, with imagery ranging from
song.”* [9] Bud Scoppa of Paste magazine wrote: "'Talk' a flying saucer to 3D glasses. The main plot line of the
music video features the band as astronauts landing on [7] “Coldplay E-Zine: Issue 14”(PDF). Coldplay.com. July
an alien planet, where they re-activate a dormant robot, 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August
who eventually eats them and their spaceship as they are 2006. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
attempting to fly away. [8] Simpson, Dave (2005-04-07).“New Coldplay album sets
puzzle for fans”. The Guardian. guardian.co.uk. Re-
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[9] Begrand, Adrian (2005-06-05). “Coldplay: X&Y Re-
• Chris Martin – vocals, electric guitar view”. PopMatters. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
[10] “Coldplay ̶Talk”. Last.fm. December 2005. Retrieved

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[13] Tyrangiel, Josh (2005-06-05). “X&Y and Too Much

Additional musicians
Zzzzz”. Time. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
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Wilson, Laura Melhuish – violins cember 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18
March 2007. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
• Susan Dench, Peter Lale – viola
[15] “Talk by Coldplay”. Yahoo! Music. Yahoo!. December
• Anne Lines – cello 2005. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
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[20] Scoppa, Bud (2005-06-01). “Coldplay ̶X&Y ̶Music

Reviews”. Paste. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
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[21] Tallis, Dan (2005-06-05). “Coldplay ̶X&Y”. BBC
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[22] Keefe, Jonathan. “Slant Magazine Music Review: Cold-
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[23] Britt, Hannah (2011-10-31). “Interview: Coldplay's

Chris Martin”. Concrete. The University of East Anglia.
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[37] "Lescharts.com – Coldplay – Talk” (in French). Les sion was released in Taiwan. Promo singles were released
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8.14.1 Production and composition
The previous single from X&Y, "Talk", was a tribute to
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the German band Kraftwerk; similarly, “The Hardest
Download. Part”was intended by Coldplay to acknowledge Ameri-
can band R.E.M.* [1]* [2] When asked why the song paid a
[41] "Charts.org.nz – Coldplay – Talk”. Top 40 Singles. tribute to R.E.M.'s lead singer, Michael Stipe, Chris Mar-
tin said:“I've lost all respect for fame, but I haven't lost all
[42] “Polish Singles Chart |". respect for respect. So the one great thing about being fa-
mous is that I get to meet people who I respect. Our rela-
[43] "Spanishcharts.com – Coldplay – Talk” Canciones Top tionship is akin to a dog and its master. I'll always look up
to him.”* [1] The band felt the track resembled R.E.M.'s
1991 single, "Losing My Religion".* [3]* [4] “The Hard-
[44] "Swedishcharts.com – Coldplay – Talk”. Singles Top
est Part”was left out of the album track list when the
band sent an early version of X&Y to their record label,
Parlophone,* [3] but was included when the album was fi-
[45] "Swisscharts.com – Coldplay – Talk”. Swiss Singles
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UK on 3 April 2006 as the fourth single of their third
album.* [3] The single was pressed with a B-side, “How
[48] “Hot Dance Club Songs”. Billboard. Nielsen Business
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You See the World”, recorded live at Earls Court.* [3]
The international version of the single was made available
in the UK on 19 June 2006.* [3] Regional singles were
released for Canada, Europe, Australia, and a different
8.13.11 External links version for Taiwan.* [3] Promotional singles were released
in the UK and US.* [3] The track peaked at number 37
• Official website on Billboard's Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart.* [7]
Although the song did not chart on the UK Singles Chart,
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*
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Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 19 Septem-
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years old Barbara Moseley and 25 years old Gene Spencer PopMatters. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
whose performance was actually filmed in 1990.* [18]
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8.14.4 Personnel Daily Telegraph.
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2006. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
• Guy Berryman - bass guitar
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Ultratop 50. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
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[24] “Polish Singles Chart |". was watching Bill O'Reilly, and I was like, 'I know how
to finish that song. My best friend, Tim ... was having
[25] ""ČNS IFPI”(in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top100 Ofi- trouble with his boss, and it made me think that so many
ciálna”. IFPI Slovakia.
people spend their lives being told what to do by people
[26] "Swisscharts.com – Coldplay – The Hardest Part”. Swiss that they just don't like. So it was that idea, and watching
Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 June 2011. Bill O'Reilly, and all these words just came out.”* [1]* [3]
During an interview with MTV News, bassist Guy Berry-
man revealed that the song was one of the older songs
8.14.8 External links that the band had been working on and that they had to
move it to one side from the list of songs that were going
to appear in the album. Phil Harvey, the band's manager,
urged them to include the track in the album, which led
to the band to drag it back to the shortlist. The first verse
8.15 “Violet Hill” of the song was taken from an unreleased song named
“December”, written by frontman Chris Martin and gui-
For other uses, see Violet Hill (disambiguation). tarist Jonny Buckland in 1997. An early instrumental of
the song from the Viva la Vida sessions was leaked into
the internet in 2009, it contained an excerp from a previ-
"Violet Hill" is a song by British alternative rock band
ously performed song named “Solid Ground (Until the
Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for
Water Floats Over)" as the intro, but it was scratched and
their fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His
the song remained unreleased.* [4]
Friends (2008). Built around a repeating guitar sound,
it utilises a marching tempo, supported by the pianos The song is the first anti-war protest song from the
and rhythms that accompany the song's lyrics. The song band,* [2]* [5] and it borrows its rhythm from The Bea-
was initially made available as a free download on the tles. “Violet Hill”derives its title from a street of the
band's website and was downloaded more than two mil- same name near Abbey Road.* [6]* [7]
lion times.
Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin revealed that the song had
been in development for a number of years, with the 8.15.2 Composition
first line and the first little melody of the song written,
prior to its completion in 2007.* [1] “Violet Hill”is the
“Violet Hill”features an atmospheric synthesizer intro,
first anti-war protest song from the group.* [2] The sin-
which gives way to a piano melody played by Martin. The
gle was received with positive reviews. The track was
rest of the band then joins in and the song's prominent
released worldwide as the lead single from Viva la Vida
guitar riff, characterized by a jagged, fuzzbox distortion
or Death and All His Friends, reaching number nine on
effect, enters.* [9] Martin sings about medieval imagery
the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and num-
of carnivals, cathedrals, religion and war, culminating
ber eight on the UK Singles Chart.
in a soaring chorus with an anthemic theme.* [10]* [11]
It was featured as a downloadable song for the 2007 mu- The momentum of the song builds around guitarist Jonny
sic video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, as well Buckland, who plays a solo.
as being featured in Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits
The lyrics start off with Martin recalling: “Was a
and the documentary Warren Miller's Children of Win-
long and dark December/From the rooftops I remem-
ter. The song was nominated at the Q awards in the cat-
ber/There was snow”.* [12] Martin emphasizes towards
egory for Best Track and received two Grammy Award
the thoughts of a soldier going into battle.* [13] The
nominations for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Perfor-
line “If you love me, why'd you let me go?", talks
mance by a Duo or Group. The music video for “Violet
about a man's love of a woman, who does not recipro-
Hill”was nominated for Best Special Effects at the 2008
cate his love.* [10]* [12]* [14]* [15] The song ends with
MTV Video Music Awards. The single has been widely
Martin playing the piano and singing, and pleading in
sampled, with different covers and sounds.
nearly spoken-words: “If you love me, won't you let me
know?"* [12]* [14] In live performances of the song, he
plays the piano part on his acoustic guitar.
8.15.1 Background and writing
According to Neil McCormick of The Sydney Morning
Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin revealed that the band Herald, he writes that the lyrics “I don't want to be a
wrote the first line and the first little melody of the song soldier”, is a way that Martin can conjure John Lennon
years prior but did not finish it until 2007.* [1] Martin told into the song's melody.* [16] McCormick, however, notes
Rolling Stone magazine that lyrics from the song about“a that Martin“adds his own poetic twist”to the lyric“Who
carnival of idiots on show”and how a“fox became God” the captain of some sinking ship would stow, far below/So
were a commentary on Fox News.* [1]* [3] “One day I if you love me, why'd you let me go?".* [16]
Musically, it is one of Coldplay's more diverse pieces, “The song's first guitar crush arrives after a lengthy am-
featuring many different time signatures. While the ma- bient intro, and brings an electrifying jolt to the striking
jority of the song is in common time, or 4/4, the interlude piano melody. Martin brings a booming confidence to
of“if you love me, won't you let me know?" is in 6/4, pre- his vocals that has been more evident in Coldplay's live
ceding two bars of 4/4 before going back into the verses. shows than on record.”* [29] Simon Vozick-Levinson
The outro, consisting of Chris Martin's vocal accompa- from Entertainment Weekly wrote: "'Violet Hill' opens
nied by a piano switches from 4/4, 3/4, 5/4 and 6/4. with a thin synth wash that's very Music for Airports, and
proceeds from there to some droning, stabbing guitar tex-
tures that sound cooler than most any Coldplay tunes I
8.15.3 Release and promotion can think of.”* [30] Kristina Feliciano of Paste magazine
wrote:“You know you're in for a different kind of Cold-
play experience when Chris Martin ditches his anguished
falsetto for a deep, doomy basso profundo, as he does on
'Violet Hill'".* [31] Mikael Wood of Spin magazine wrote:
"'Violet Hill' pulls a similar fake-out, bludgeoning a del-
icate Eno-style soundscape with big Black Sabbath gui-
tars.”* [32] Darcie Stevens of the Austin Chronicle wrote:
“While the band's fourth LP begins light and pretty, its
power breaks late-album with Old West tangent 'Violet
Hill'".* [33] The song appeared on Rolling Stone's Hot List
for May 2009, with the magazine calling it“a (relatively)
hard-rocking attack on Fox News' America”.* [34]
Coldplay performing“Violet Hill”outside BBC Television Centre After the song's release, “Violet Hill”was featured
during their Viva la Vida Tour in 2008 in the music video games Guitar Hero III: Legends of
Rock, as downloadable content,* [6]* [35] and in Guitar
The band announced on 28 April 2008 that the single Hero On Tour: Modern Hits.* [36] The single was covered
would be released on the official Coldplay website on by Pendulum, when they were guests in BBC Radio
29 April 2008 for free for one week before the paid 1's Live Lounge.* [37] The song has been mixed by
download on 6 May.* [17]* [18] The song was downloaded Michael Brauer, who also mixed Coldplay's debut album,
for free by over 600,000 people in the 24 hours since it Parachutes.* [38] It was also featured on an episode of the
was made available at 12:15 p.m. on 29 April.* [19] In UK soap opera, Hollyoaks.* [39]
the subsequent week, the single was downloaded 2 mil- The official video for “Violet Hill”was nominated for
lion times from the Coldplay website.* [20] Best UK Video as well as Best Special Effects for the
*
Coldplay released“Violet Hill”in the US on 9 May 2008 2008 MTV Video Music Awards. [40] The track was also
as the album's first single. A promotional 7”vinyl re- nominated for two Q awards *
in the categories of Best
lease of the single was given away free in the 10 May Track and Best Video; [41] the song lost in both cate-
issue of NME, including non-album track “A Spell a gories to Keane's "Spiralling" in Best Track and Vampire
*
Rebel Yell”on the B-side. [21] On subsequent physical Weekend's "A-Punk" in Best Video, respectively.* [42]
releases, “Lost?", an acoustic recording of album track The song was nominated for two Grammy Awards in the
"Lost!" serves as “Violet Hill"'s B-side instead.* [22] categories of Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance
by a Duo or Group.* [43]* [44]
The single debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 on 24
May 2008 at number 40.* [23] The song stayed in the
peak position from its release.* [23] Three weeks after
its release, the track entered at the number nine position
8.15.4 Music videos
*
on Hot Modern Rock Tracks. [24] The song peaked at
A music video was filmed in support of the song, which
number six in Canada Singles Chart and number eight
was released 18 May. It was directed by visual artist Asa
in the UK Singles Chart, making it the second single to
Mader, and parts were shot at Mount Etna and filmed in
reach the Top 10 to have not having a single released
* * * Catania, Sicily.* [4]* [45]
physically. [25] [26] [27] “Violet Hill”was certified
Platinum by Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Dis- An alternative music video, named 'Dancing Politicians',
cos (ABPD).* [28] was posted on Coldplay's official website on 17 May, di-
rected by Mat Whitecross.* [4] The video is made up of
clips, sometimes looped, featuring various politicians and
Reception scenes of war, along with clips of the band in Mader's
version of the video, as well as firework displays at the
Critics were positive towards the song. In the Los Ange- end. It prominently features George W. Bush, present-
les Times review of the album, critic Todd Martens wrote: ing clips of him in a mocking manner. Prominent per-
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. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
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“Something Different”for Upcoming Album”. Rolling
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[10] Youngs, Ian (2008-06-06). “Joining Coldplay's musical

journey”. BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
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Hussein, Boris Yeltsin, Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary La Vida: Everything To Everyone, In Bigger Than The
Clinton, Tony and Cherie Blair, and Queen Elizabeth II Sound”. MTV News. MTV Networks. Retrieved 2008-
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8.16. “VIVA LA VIDA” 151
[70] https://web.archive.org/web/20090609150517/http: Spanish “viva”is an expression used to acclaim some-

//www.mtv.de/charts/Jahrescharts2008. Archived from one or something,* [6] so “Live the Life”is an accu-
the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2010. rate translation and the painting reflects the artist irony
Missing or empty |title= (help) of acclaiming life while suffering physically.* [7] When
asked about the album's title, referring to Frida Kahlo's
[71] “British single certifications – Coldplay – Violet Hill”.
British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 30 December
strength, enduring polio, a broken spine, and a decade of
2014. Enter Violet Hill in the field Keywords. Select Title chronic pain, Chris Martin said: “She went through a lot
in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. of pain, of course, and then she started a big painting in
Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search her house that said 'Viva la Vida', I just loved the boldness
of it.”* [8]
During the album's production,“Viva la Vida”was one of
8.15.9 External links the songs that had polarized each member's opinion over
which version they should choose. In an interview, vocal-
• Official website ist Chris Martin recalled: “We did quite a few different
versions and went round the houses a bit and eventually
• Coldplay.com info page for promotion with NME
settled on those treatments for it.":* [9]
• “Violet Hill”Official music video on YouTube
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics 8.16.2 Personnel

• Chris Martin – vocals, piano
8.16 “Viva la Vida” • Brian Eno – synthesizers, backing vocals
• Davide Rossi – strings

This article is about the song. For the album on which it
appears, see Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. • Jonny Buckland – guitar, backing vocals
For other uses, see Viva la Vida (disambiguation).
• Guy Berryman – bass guitar, backing vocals
"Viva la Vida" (/ˈviːvə lə ˈviːdə/; Spanish: [ˈbiβa la ˈβiða]) • Will Champion – percussion, drums, backing vocals
is a song by the British alternative rock band Coldplay. It
was written by all members of the band for their fourth
album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008), 8.16.3 Composition
and was released as the second single from the album. On
the album, this song segues directly into the next track, "'Viva La Vida' soars in with a grandiose instrumental
"Violet Hill". Viva la Vida is Spanish for “Long Live arrangement and sweeping lyrics detailing the pain of be-
Life”. ing deposed from a lofty position. The big sound of the
song constantly verges on becoming overblown, but Cold-
The lyrics to the song contain historical and Christian ref-
play knows how to walk the tightrope perfectly. Bells and
erences, and the track is built around a repeating string
chimes and orchestral swells are all there on the chorus,
section in unison with a digital processed piano with a
but Chris Martin's voice still pierces through like a clarion
timpani background.
call. Lyrically, the pain of the protagonist is clear, but the
The song was released on 13 June 2008 as the album's sweep of words about Jerusalem bells, Roman Catholic
second single, debuting to critical acclaim and commer- choirs, and Saint Peter give 'Viva La Vida' an air of intel-
cial success. “Viva la Vida”reached the top spot of the ligence rare in today's most popular pop songs.”
UK Singles Chart and Billboard Hot 100, becoming the
̶Bill Lamb, About.com.* [10]
band's first number-one single in both the US and UK.
The song won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year The lyrics to “Viva la Vida”are narrated by a protago-
at the 51st Grammy Awards in 2009. The song became nist who says he“used to rule the world”. They contain
the sixth song to reach the 4 million mark in paid down- many Biblical references.* [11] For example, “pillars of
loads in the United States.* [3] It has sold over 7.1 million
sand”is a reference to the biblical parable given by Jesus
copies worldwide by 2014, and over 6 million in US alone about the fool who built his house on sand, and the wise
by June 2013.* [4]* [5] man who built it on solid rock, while “pillars of salt”
is a reference to Lot's wife, who was turned into a pillar
of salt. The words 'Be my mirror, my sword and shield'
8.16.1 Background may be a reference to the Bible as it is referred to as a
sword in Ephesians 6:17 and as a mirror in James 1:23.
The song's Spanish title,“Viva la Vida”, is taken from a “I know Saint Peter won't call my name”refers to the pop-
painting by 20th century Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. In ular belief of St. Peter guarding the gates of Heaven. He
driving force throughout the song, with a strong begin-

ning loop that supports Martin's voice, until the choruses
where the symphonic power of the orchestra takes its
fullest shape. The prominent chords played by the string
section throughout the song (and in the chorus of“Rainy
Day,”another of the band's songs) are very similar to
those used by “Viva la Vida”co-producer Brian Eno
in his piece “An Ending (Ascent),”meaning they could
have been suggested partially for the song by Eno.* [16]
The song is played in the key of A♭ major at a tempo of
138 beats per minute, while the vocal range spans E♭3 –
A♭4 .* [17]
Will Champion with the timpani and church bell used in the song 8.16.4 Release and promotion
“Viva la Vida”was initially released only with iTunes
is often depicted in art as holding the keys to the Kingdom Store pre-orders of Viva la Vida or Death and All His
of Heaven per the Petrine doctrine and the Biblical ref- Friends on 7 May 2008 – the “new edit”version of the
erence in Matthew 16:19. He is also commonly depicted song – which led to the song's temporary exclusion from
with the book of life reading off the names of those indi- the UK Singles Chart.* [18] It was released as a download-
viduals who had believed in Jesus Christ as per Revela- only single on 25 May 2008, and a physical CD single
tion 20. The phrase“my head upon a silver plate”refers in Europe on 29 July 2008 to coincide with the release
to the beheading of St. John the Baptist when Salome of the single's music videos. “Viva la Vida”was well-
demanded his head delivered to her upon a platter. The downloaded in the internet, becoming iTunes' best-selling
church bells and background vocals are given away in the song of 2008.* [19]
chorus' first two lines “I hear Jerusalem bells a'ringing” The song was used as part of Apple Inc.'s iPod + iTunes
and“Roman Catholic choirs are singing”,* [12] respec- advertisement campaign.* [20]* [21] Coldplay performed
tively. The protagonist's lament of St. Peter not calling the song live for the first time at the 2008 MTV Movie
his name because“there never was an honest word”when Awards.* [22]* [23] It has since gone on to make many me-
he “ruled the world”is suggestive of the popular belief dia appearances, including being featured throughout the
that the unsaved will be condemned to eternity in Hell. episode “A Person of Interest” from the paranormal
People have claimed that the song may be about many drama Medium, as a song played on the radio in the
subjects, such as the French Revolution* [13] or even the episode“We're Not in Kansas Anymore”from the teen
experiences and feelings of the doomed English Queen drama 90210,* [24] used as bumper music on Bill Ben-
Anne Boleyn on her downfall after losing her last child. nett's “Morning in America”radio talk show, and on
the international soundtrack to the Brazilian soap opera
Martin has explained the song lyric “I know Saint Peter
A Favorita which helped push “Viva la Vida”up the
won't call my name”in an interview with Q magazine:
charts in Brazil, where the telenovela been shown.* [25]
“It's about ... You're not on the list,”* [14] When asked
In 2009, Solange Knowles covered the song.* [26] Lady
about the song, bass guitarist Guy Berryman said: “It's a
Gaga also covered the song for BBC Radio 1.* [27] A live
story about a king who's lost his kingdom, and all the al-
version of the song appeared on Coldplay's 2009 live al-
bum's artwork is based on the idea of revolutionaries and
bum LeftRightLeftRightLeft.* [28] Pet Shop Boys also per-
guerrillas. There's this slightly anti-authoritarian view-
formed the song live on their 2009 Pandemonium Tour
point that's crept into some of the lyrics and it's some of
and the song appeared on their Christmas EP.* [29] It was
the pay-off between being surrounded by governments on
also used in an episode entitled "Million Dollar Maybe"
one side, but also we're human beings with emotions and
of The Simpsons. The song was covered in the seventh
we're all going to die and the stupidity of what we have
series of The X Factor by the boyband One Direction in
to put up with every day. Hence the album title.”* [15]
2010.
Unlike the typical arrangement of Coldplay songs, in
which either the guitar or piano is the prominent instru-
ment, the track mostly consists of a string section playing 8.16.5 Music videos
the song's upbeat riff, along with a steady bass drum beat,
percussion (including a timpani and a church bell), bass The official music video for “Viva la Vida”was di-
guitar, and Martin's vocals; there is limited use of elec- rected by Hype Williams and premiered at Coldplay's of-
tric guitar. All the strings are arranged and conducted by ficial website on 1 August 2008.* [30] The video depicts
violinist Davide Rossi, who is one of the main collabo- the band performing against a blurry, warped version of
rators of the album. Rossi's strings comprise the main Eugène Delacroix's painting La Liberté guidant le peuple.
Since its release, the video has received over 250 million
views on YouTube.
Chris Martin as the king in the Anton Corbijn video
A second, alternate video was shot in The Hague, the

Netherlands, directed by Anton Corbijn and released
alongside the first.* [31] This second version is a tribute to
Corbijn's video for Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence"
and portrays Chris Martin as the king from whose per-
spective the song is sung. During the video, he carries
Will Champion performing “Viva la Vida”during the Viva la
Delacroix's painting. At the end, he hangs the picture up
Vida Tour
in a white stall on top of a hill. As he sings the last cho-
rus, his band mates surface heading his way, tying in loose
ends from the "Violet Hill" video. of 2008 at number nine;* [38] it was also voted number
two on Rolling Stone's Readers' Rock List: Best Songs
of 2008.* [39] “Viva la Vida”was also listed at number
8.16.6 Reception five on Blender's 1001 Downloads: The Top 144 Songs of
2008,* [40] as well in the number eight position on Village
Critical response Voice's Pazz and Jop list.* [41]
“Viva la Vida”has been sampled in several other songs,
“Viva la Vida”received widespread critical acclaim. In
including Flo Rida's single "Be on You".
the Entertainment Weekly review of the album, critic
Chris Willman wrote: “Take the title track ... on which
[Martin] imagines himself as a paranoid monarch. 'Who Chart performance
would ever want to be king?' Martin asks. 'Revolutionar-
ies wait/For my head on a silver plate!' The confident “Viva la Vida”has become the band's highest-charting
majesty of the music, however, belies how he and his single. Fueled by high digital sales, the song peaked at
bandmates have invigorated their rock-lite reign.”* [20]the top spot of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming
Josh Hathaway from The Plain Dealer noted “Viva la the band's first and, to date, only US number-one sin-
Vida”as the“catchiest”song on the album.* [32] Chris gle and their second top ten on the Hot 100.* [42]* [43]
Jones of the BBC noted: “The string/brass mutations It is the first song by a British group to reach number-one
that bolster a track like 'Viva La Vida' ... conjure tunes so
on the Billboard Hot 100 since "Wannabe" by the Spice
sweetly melancholy.”* [33] In the IGN review, critic Chad
Girls in 1996.* [44] Although the song was initially suc-
Grischow wrote, “It is their one and only foray into un-cessful in digital sales,* [42]* [43] after being released, it
abashed orchestral pop, but the punchy strut of the strings
went on to become the band's highest-charting single in
and fantastic marching vocals make it far too charming American radio, becoming their first top ten hit on the
and lively to dislike, and even harder not to love.”* [34]
Hot 100 Airplay where it peaked at number eight.* [45] It
“Viva la Vida”was nominated for "Record of the Year", had also become the band's first number-one single on the
and won "Song of the Year", and "Best Pop Perfor- Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.* [46] On the Bill-
mance by a Duo or a Group" at the 2009 Grammy board Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks, the song has become
Awards.* [35]* [36] This song also won the Ivor Novello the band's first number one, as well as the first single on
Award for“Best Selling British Single”.* [37] The song the Capitol Records label to ever top the chart.* [47] The
was included in Rolling Stone's annual“100 Best Songs” single has been certified triple platinum by the Recording
Industry Association of America.* [48] The song also be- a 4–0 victory against Espanyol on 5 May 2012. UEFA
came one of the first six songs to reach the 4 million mark used “Viva la Vida”as the goal celebration song for the
in paid digital downloads. As of January 2014, it had sold 2012 UEFA Champions League Final* [52] and Europa
6,131,000 units in the US.* [49] League Final.
The single was also successful in the United Kingdom. The National Hockey League's New York Rangers played
Although the song had been disqualified from the UK “Viva la Vida”at Madison Square Garden after victo-
charts due to initially being available only by pre-ordering ries during the 2011 season.* [53] The song was used
the album on iTunes, it became eligible to chart after the by the Vancouver Canucks in a tribute video during
album was released. “Viva la Vida”hit number one on Markus Näslund's number retirement ceremony held in
the UK Singles Chart, becoming Coldplay's first chart- Vancouver's Rogers Arena. It was also used in Game
topping single in the UK.* [50] 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals when the Boston Bru-
In Canada, the single made a“Hot Shot Debut”at number ins won the Stanley Cup on Vancouver Ice. The Kansas
four on the Canadian Hot 100 on the issue of 24 May, City Chiefs play the song at the end of home games in
making it Coldplay's highest debut there.* [51] It is also Arrowhead Stadium. Additionally, it is also used by the
Coldplay's highest charting single in Australia, where it Kansas City Royals to celebrate home runs and wins at
reached number 2. Kauffman Stadium. This is the at-bat music of Scott
Rolen, third baseman of the Cincinnati Reds. The song
In Spain, the single peaked at #2 and achieved Double was also used pre match during every 2008 Rugby League
Platinum status due to the 80,000 copies sold. It also had World Cup game before the two teams took to the field
a strong airplay on the Spanish radio stations. and in the halftime show of Super Bowl 50 in 2016.
Sporting usage
Plagiarism allegations
Coldplay were first accused of plagiarism of“The Songs

I Didn't Write”by American alternative band Creaky
Boards, for the melody of“Viva la Vida”.* [54] Creaky
Boards' band member Andrew Hoepfner claimed that
Martin had heard them playing the song at a live show
in October 2007.* [55] The band released a video clip,
in which it compares sections of both songs.* [55] Cold-
play denied the claim; band spokesman Murray Cham-
bers said Martin was working in AIR Studios in London
at that time, having checked the singer's diary.* [56] In ad-
dition, Coldplay had recorded a demo version of “Viva
la Vida”in March 2007, long before Creaky Boards per-
formed it live in October of the same year.* [55] Creaky
Boards later retracted the accusations and speculated that
both songs may have been inspired by the video game The
Legend of Zelda.* [56]
Chris Martin performing“Viva la Vida”during the band's 2008 On December 4th, 2008, American guitarist Joe Satri-
Viva la Vida Tour ani filed a copyright infringement suit against Coldplay
During the 2008–09 season, the German football club in Los Angeles.* [57]* [58] The suit claims that “Viva la
Hamburger SV used “Viva la Vida”as their goal cel- Vida”incorporates “substantial, original portions”of
ebration song. It's also the goal celebration song of the his instrumental track “If I Could Fly”from his 2004
German football club Hannover 96. The song also be- album Is There Love in Space?* [59] The band has denied
came the anthem of Spanish football club FC Barcelona the allegation, saying the similarities were“entirely coin-
during the 2008–09 season. It turned out to be a season cidental”.* [60] On September 14th, 2009, the case was
of unprecedented success for the Spanish club in 2009, dismissed by the California Central District Court, with
as they won all six competitions they could possibly be both parties potentially agreeing to an out-of-court settle-
involved in, which no football club has managed before ment.* [61]
in history. The song was selected by the manager of the In May 2009, Yusuf Islam stated that the song is very sim-
club, Pep Guardiola – himself a Coldplay fan – to help ilar to his song "Foreigner Suite,”recorded under his for-
motivate and encourage his team. It was often played at mer stage name, Cat Stevens. He said “My son brought
the Camp Nou before the start of a Barcelona match. The it to my attention and said: 'Doesn't that sound like 'For-
song was also played during Pep Guardiola's farewell be- eigner Suite?'"* [62] Islam said that any legal action he
fore his final match coaching Barcelona at the Nou Camp, might take “depends on how well Satriani does.”* [62]
Coldplay drummer Will Champion denied the claim, stat- Other recorded cover versions
ing, “We're confident we haven't done anything wrong.”
*
[63] In June 2009, Islam later said, “They did copy my • 2Cellos performed an instrumental cover of “Viva
song but I don't think they did it on purpose,”adding,“I la Vida”in their debut album 2Cellos.
don't want them to think I am angry with them. I'd love
to sit down and have a cup of tea with them and let them • Weezer included their cover version of the song on
*
know it's okay.” [64] the deluxe edition of their 2010 album Hurley.
In a documentary for Sveriges Television (2011) Amer- • Electropop artist Joy Electric covered the song on
ican music professor Dr. Lawrence Ferrara showed that the 2009 album Favorites at Play.
the melody structures of “Viva La Vida”, “If I Could
Fly”and“Foreigner Suite”were very similar to the com- • Canadian band The Abrams Brothers covered“Viva
position "Se tu m'ami" by the Italian composer Giovanni la Vida”on the album Northern Redemption.
Battista Pergolesi, who died in 1736. “Obviously this
• Australian singer Mark Vincent recorded a version
is a work that we would call in the 'public domain'", Dr.
for his 2013 album The Quartet Sessions
Ferrara said.* [65]
Chris Martin once said that the plagiarism allegations • Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox recorded a
were inspiring him and added: “If everyoneʼs trying to cover on YouTube and on the album Top Hat on
take away our best song, then weʼd better write 25 better Fleek, with Puddles Pity Party as the lead vocalist.
ones!"* [66] Will Champion has also talked about the ac-
• Dj Jonathan Hussein included an Trance remix
cusation saying,“For some reason, God only knows why,
version of “Viva la Vida”under the pseudonym
the successful songs seem to be the ones that are accused
“Trance Winter”in their album I`m Here in 2016.
of being stolen.”* [67]
Cover performances
8.16.7 Track listing • Aimer included a cover of the song on her studio
album, Bitter & Sweet.
8.16.8 Live version • Chris Mann sang the song for his quarter final per-
formance during the second season of The Voice.
The song and "Lost+" was performed live at the 51st An-
nual Grammy Awards, took place at the Staples Center in • Lady Gaga performed an acoustic version to the
Los Angeles, on February 8, 2009. Coldplay performed a song on piano on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge,
medley of“Lost+" and“Viva la Vida”on the ceremony. changing some of the words in the lyrics.
American rapper, Jay-Z, who was the featured vocals of
“Lost+", performed “Lost+" with Coldplay in the stage. • VV Brown covered the song for the first time on 6
January 2010, on French TV show Taratata.
The performance was recorded and released on 8 Febru-
ary 2009, after the release of "Life in Technicolor II" • The Dirty Heads covered the song on YouTube's
RAWsession.* [70]
• The song was covered in 2008 by Japanese idol

Track listing group SMAP, as a collaboration with Coldplay.
They performed this song together (as Smaplay) on
an episode of SMAP's television variety program,
8.16.9 Cover versions SMAP×SMAP. A famous portrait of the French Rev-
olution appears near the end, suggesting the song's
Darin version questionable meaning.* [71]
Swedish singer Darin's cover of the song reached number • Boyce Avenue covered an acoustic version of the
1 on 30 October 2009 on the Swedish Singles Chart.* [68] song on YouTube in 2009.* [72]
The song appears in Darin's 2010 album Lovekiller. • Matt Giraud covered the song during the eighth sea-
In 2010, it was yet again included as the B-side of Darin's son of American Idol.
"You're Out of My Life" single, reaching #3 in the
Swedish Singles Chart. • Tim Urban covered the song during the ninth season
of American Idol.
Coldplay's original single had already charted in Sweden
for a total of 49 weeks between 15 May 2008 and 23 Oc- • K'naan covered the song at Mod Club Theatre and
tober 2009, peaking at number seven.* [69] at several of his live shows in 2009.* [73]
• Pet Shop Boys performed the song live on their 2009 • The song was performed simultaneously by amateur
Pandemonium Tour and the song appeared on their musicians across the UK on 9 September 2012 as
Christmas EP. part of the Bandstand Marathon, the finale event of
the London 2012 Festival.
• Westlife performed a one off version of the song
in the O2 Blueroom in Dublin on 20 August 2010.
Then performed again as part of their medley on • It was the last song played by Chris Moyles on
their 2011 Gravity Tour. his final BBC Radio 1 breakfast show on Friday
14 September 2012, the longest-running breakfast
• Supergroup NKOTBSB used the song as a backing show in BBC Radio 1's history.
track for the mashup of "Single" and "The One" for
their 2011–12 tour.
• Coldplay performed some of the song live in The
• Solange Knowles performed the song live, including Simpsons episode "Million Dollar Maybe".* [76]
it on the setlist of her AOL Sessions to promote her
second studio album Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. • The song was used in the official soundtrack for The
Dreams. Big Year.
• Taylor Swift performed an acoustic version of the
song on the Simon Mayo Drivetime show for BBC • The song was played to the crew of the Space Shuttle
Radio 2. Atlantis to wake them up on day two of STS-135, the
final mission of the Space Shuttle program. It was
• One Direction performed the song on Week 1 of X played for crew member Douglas Hurley.
Factor Series 7 Live Shows.
• Cher Lloyd sang a hip hop version of the song during • The song was used as a fanfare to welcome the
the bootcamp stage. Singapore Armed Forces Parachute Team (better
known as the Red Lions) during the National Day
• Penn Masala covered the song, mixing it with
celebrations of 2011 in Singapore.
“Jashn-e-Bahara”from Jodhaa Akbar on their al-
bum Panoramic.
• The song was used by the People's Part of Free-
• The cast of the U.S television show Glee will be cov- dom and Democracy of the Netherlands (VVD)
ering the song in a future episode.* [74] when Party Leader and Prime Minister Mark Rutte
• Jens Johansen wrote a notable SSATTB a capella ar- walked on stage to present his acceptance speech af-
rangement for Vocal Line.* [75] ter winning the 2012 parliamentary elections.
• English-Irish boy band The Wanted covered • The song also appears on NBA 2K13 and Pro Evolu-
Coldplay in a medley of their songs during their tion Soccer 2014 as part of the game's soundtrack.
2012 tour in Europe, North America and Australia.
The medley consisted of “Viva la Vida”, "Every
Teardrop is a Waterfall", "Paradise" and "Fix You". •“Viva la Vida”has also been spoofed in a mu-
sic video titled “Fallen Kingdom”, created by
• Mikha Angelo covered the song on Week 7 of X YouTube's CaptainSparklez and TryHardNinja.
Factor Indonesia Season 1 Gala Shows.
• Raef (singer in awakening records) performed the • This song has since been used as the main theme of
song on poetic vision tour. Indonesian television channel ANTV, as part of the
channel's 20th anniversary.
• Producer Grant Rindner produced a trap remix of
the track entitled “Viva La Trap”.
• As of 8 October 2011, the song has been made avail-
• The confessional Lutheran online radio station able for download in Rock Band 3 as by itself or as
LPR's (Lutheran Public Radio) program: Issues Etc. part of the “Coldplay Collection 1”track pack.
has utilized the song as its bump-music since 2008.
• The song was played in a montage for Jerry Lewis in
his work to receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian
8.16.10 In popular culture
Award at the 81st Academy Awards.
• Coldplay performed the song at the Closing Cere-
mony of London 2012 (the ceremony to mark the • The song was played in honor of Markus Naslund for
end of the Paralympic Games, and so also the end his Vancouver Canucks jersey retirement ceremony
of the summer of the London 2012 Olympic and on 11 December 2010. The song was played in the
Paralympics). video tribute for Naslund.
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8.17. “LOVERS IN JAPAN” 161
8.17 “Lovers in Japan” revealed that the band had wanted to have a“two-in-one”
song title, as American recording artist Justin Timberlake
Warning: Page using Template:Infobox single with had done *
the same on his album FutureSex/LoveSounds
unknown parameter “Type”(this message is shown (2006). [4]
only in preview). The song's instrumentation features an introductory de-
tuned tack piano sound,* [5] progressing to feature up-
* *
"Lovers in Japan" is a song by British alternative rock beat guitar riffs and soaring choruses. [6] [7] Towards
band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band the end, it builds into a rhythmically soaring, sound, *
com-
*
for their fourth studio album, Viva la Vida or Death and pared by critics to that of Irish rock band U2. [8] [9]
*
All His Friends. The song is built around an introductory Martin sings about the shortness of time, [7] as well as
tack piano sound, then followed by chiming guitars and “runners who must run until the race is won”and “sol-
soaring choruses, supported by the pianos and rhythms diers who must *
soldier on”in the second and third verses
*
that accompany the song's lyrics. The album version of of the song. [10] [11]* [12]
“Lovers in Japan”also includes the track“Reign of Love”
.
It was released as a promotional radio single on 3 Novem-
ber 2008 and peaked at number 10 on the Billboard
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. The song also
charted at number 19 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart.
“Lovers in Japan”was well received by music critics, who
praised the track's general sound. Although the promo-
tional single is seen as the fourth single from the album,
the version on the single is the Osaka Sun Mix, which is
featured on the Prospekt's March EP.
8.17.1 Writing and composition

When asked about the development of the song, during a
track-by-track reveal, drummer Will Champion said:
We were in a studio in New York, this place Coldplay performing “Lovers in Japan”outside the BBC Tele-
called the Magic Shop, and it had this thing vision Centre during their Viva la Vida Tour in 2008.
called a tack piano there, which sounds like
an old honky-tonk piano, where you put little Coldplay released“Lovers in Japan”in the United States
tacks in the hammers, so it sounds like more on 3 November 2008 as the fourth single from Viva la
of a harpsichord almost. And so we wanted to Vida or Death and All His Friends. A new mix of the song
use that kind of sound, but we didn't have a is also featured in the band's 2008 EP Prospekt's March,
tack piano, so rather than sample it, we went entitled“Lovers in Japan (Osaka Sun Mix)".* [13] Chris
and bought an old piano from the shop up the Martin said of the Prospekt's March version of the song:
road from our studio, and we bought a load of “We've been playing it live better than it is on the record.
tacks, and me and Guy and Jon spent a cou- So the live version has informed this Osaka Sun version,
ple of hours pushing tacks into the piano ham- which is just a bit more lively.”* [14]“Lovers in Japan”
mers.* [1]* [2] was released as a radio-only single in the United States
and later entered Billboard's Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks
On Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, “Lovers chart, where it peaked at number 32 on the issue dated
in Japan”transitions seamlessly into a second track en- 29 November 2008.* [15] The track also peaked at num-
titled “Reign of Love”. In an interview with Q maga- ber 10 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
zine, bassist Guy Berryman explained that the band could chart and at number 65 on the Pop 100 chart.* [16]* [17]
not make up their minds about the track listing, as they Outside of the United States, “Lovers in Japan”peaked
had discussed that they wanted to keep the album concise at number 41 on the Japan Hot 100.* [18]
with a total of ten tracks and an intended length of under “Lovers in Japan”received high commendations from
42 minutes.* [3] Champion further stated, “We just pre- critics. Alexis Petridis of The Guardian review of the al-
ferred to have less titles and more stuff. The album as a bum, wrote:“Chris Martin's melodies ... shine: even his
whole has got the most on it, but itʼs the shortest. We loudest detractor could hardly deny his way with a tune as
wanted to make it almost impossible for you to not listen evidenced here by '42' and 'Lovers in Japan'.”* [19] Evan
to it all in one go.”* [3] In addition, vocalist Chris Martin Sawdey of PopMatters remarked that the song is “stun-
ning, jaw-dropping highlight”. He added that “Martin 8.17.4 Track listing

pounds away at a bouncy toy-piano melody ... leading into
a chorus where guitarist Jonny Buckland gets to unleash 8.17.5 Charts
what might be the catchiest guitar riff he's written... (and
yes, he absolutely bathes in the moment).”* [20] Joey 8.17.6 Release history
Guerra of the Houston Chronicle described “Lovers in
Japan”as a“joyous, romantic anthem that combines wist-
8.17.7 References
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The video utilises the “Osaka Sun Mix”version of the [13] “Prospekt's March EP released”. Coldplay.com. 24
song.* [26] November 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
The first half of the video shows the band playing in a [14] “Chris: “We're having the time of our lives"". Cold-
courtyard while each member writes certain words from play.com. 14 November 2008. Retrieved 6 February
the lyrics in glowing neon on the screen. During the cho- 2009.
rus, the camera spins around in circles to go along with
the lines“They are turning my head out”.* [26] The video [15]“Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks”. Billboard. Nielsen Business
Media. 29 November 2008.
ends with butterfly-shaped confetti raining on the band, as
*
happens when each chorus is played at live concerts, [27] [16] “Coldplay – Chart History: Bubbling Under Hot 100”.
along with the words “The End”on the screen behind Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 29 June
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8.18. “LOST!" 163
[17] “Coldplay – Chart History: Pop 100”. Billboard. 8.18 “Lost!"

Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
[18]“Japan Hot 100 Singles”. Billboard. Nielsen Business For other uses, see Lost.
Media.
"Lost!" is a song by the British alternative rock band
[19] Petridis, Alexis (6 June 2008). “Coldplay, Viva la
Coldplay. The band co-produced it with Brian Eno and
Vida or Death and All His Friends”. The Guardian.
guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
Markus Dravs for their fourth album, Viva la Vida or
Death and All His Friends. The song was released on
[20] Sawdey, Evan (17 June 2008). “Coldplay ̶Viva la Vida 10 November 2008 as the fourth overall single from the
or Death and All His Friends”. PopMatters. Retrieved 5 album to generally positive critical reviews. A live ver-
December 2008. sion was released via digital download following a per-
formance of the band and Jay-Z at the 2009 Grammy
[21] Guerra, Joey (16 June 2008). “Coldplay channels U2 on Awards, spurring high digital sales and giving “Lost!"
new album”. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 8 December a new peak at number 40 in the United States.
2008.
Several official versions of the song exist, including vo-
[22] Gottlieb, Jed (12 June 2008). “discs What's Hot, What's
calist Chris Martin's separate recording with a piano ac-
Not”. Boston Herald. companiment (known as “Lost?") which appears as a
B-side for "Violet Hill", and a version that features Jay-
[23] Crawford, Jeff (18 June 2008). “Reviews”. City Mes-
Z (known as “Lost+") which appears on their 2008 EP
senger: 028.
Prospekt's March. The accompanying music video to
[24] Hathaway, Josh (15 July 2008). “Music Review: Cold- the single features a live performance of the band in the
play ̶Viva la Vida”. The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 8 United States. Coldplay launched a contest through their
December 2008. website, in which fans submitted self-made music videos.
The winning entries were posted on the band's website.
[25] “Lovers In Japan video premiere tomorrow”. Cold- The song was used in the 2010 film, The Way.
play.com. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
[26] “Coldplay ̶Lovers in Japan”. Yahoo!. Retrieved 18

February 2009.
[27] Hiatt, Brian (11 December 2008). “On the Road With According to Coldplay drummer Will Champion in a fan
Coldplay”. Rolling Stone. p. 2. Retrieved 9 June 2009. mailout, “Lost!" had been developed long before the
band began recording tracks for their fourth studio al-
[28] "Ultratop.be – Coldplay – Lovers in Japan” (in French). bum, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, and was
Ultratop 50. Retrieved 17 June 2011. not getting into completion. Champion recalls, “I was
starting to get into using a particular drum programming
[29] “Coldplay – Chart history”Canadian Hot 100 for Cold-
programme. I was messing around with that and I built
play. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
this beat up from scratch. ... Then Chris overheard it and
[30] "Nederlandse Top 40 – Coldplay search results” (in played 'Lost!' over the top of it.”* [1] Martin revealed that
Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 29 June 2013. the song's drumbeat took inspiration from Justin Timber-
lake's "Cry Me a River", which was one of Champion's
[31] “Coldplay – Chart History: Adult Pop Songs”. Billboard. favourite songs at that time.* [2]
Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
“Lost!" was one of the earliest songs the band worked on
[32] “Coldplay – Chart History: Triple A”. Billboard. for the album. The Blur song “Sing”was a source of
Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 29 June 2013. inspiration in having provided a starting point for writing
“Lost!".While in Detroit, Michigan, for a concert tour,
[33]“R&R Going For Adds: CHR/Top 40 (Week Of: Novem- the band was listening to “Sing”in their dressing room.
ber 3, 2008)". Radio & Records. Retrieved 29 June 2013. Once they went on stage for a soundcheck, they thought
of writing a song based from it.* [3] According to guitarist
[34] “R&R Going For Adds: Hot AC (Week Of: November
3, 2008)". Radio & Records. Retrieved 29 June 2013. Jonny Buckland,“We recorded some of it in a church up
the road that's now a studio. In a huge room with a piano
[35] “R&R Going For Adds: Triple A (Week Of: January 5, and organ going at the same time.”* [4] In an interview
2009)". Radio & Records. Retrieved 29 June 2013. with The Sun, Martin said,“The line in this song 'Just be-
cause I'm losing doesn't mean I'm lost' is what the whole
record came out of because we were feeling down at the
8.17.8 External links end of the last tour. That line arrived and it was, 'OK,
that's how we kinda feel. We know we can improve.”
• “Lovers in Japan”music video on YouTube *
[5] The ensuing track evolved in different versions.* [3]
The song's musicscape features a church organ riff, tribal •“Lost@" is a recording of the song performed live at
drum-circle groove, and minimal handclaps. Towards the the United Center, Chicago on 22 July 2008. This
end of the track, it builds into a “rhythmically soaring, version also forms the basis for the single's music
Edge-like”guitar solo.* [6]* [7] Coldplay's use of “ex- video.
otic”instruments* [8] for majority of tracks in the album,
including “Lost!", was a result of a goal in wanting to • "Lost+ / Viva la Vida (Live At the 51st Annual
present their songs differently, something “which have Grammy Awards)" is a recording of "Viva la Vida"
*
never been heard”in previous releases. [9] In a review and this song, performed live at the 51st Annual
Alex Denney of The Guardian, he described the music of Grammy Awards.
*
“Lost!" as "tabla-assisted gospel-hop". [10] Kitty Empire Main article: Lost+ / Viva la Vida (Live At the 51st
of The Guardian wrote in a review that“Lost!",“a great Annual Grammy Awards)
organ-driven tune, alive with handclaps and foot-stomps”
, is the most obvious homage to Canadian indie rock band
Arcade Fire among other tracks off the album.* [11] 8.18.3 Release and reception
According to Chris Willman of Entertainment Weekly
magazine, the lyrics to“Lost!" are“a lament about spiri-
tual bereftness”.* [12] Rolling Stone magazine's Will Her-
mes interpreted the lyrics as about “holding on against
the odds that has the breathtaking loft”of "I Still Haven't
Found What I'm Looking For",* [6] a song off Irish band
U2's 1987 album The Joshua Tree. The chorus to the
lyrics is noted by Ian Youngs of BBC “a typical Chris
Martin chorus that mixes insecurity with determination”
.* [13]
8.18.2 Song versions

The following songs are different variations of “Lost!": Chris Martin performing“Lost!" during the band's Viva la Vida
Tour.
•“Lost?" is a separate recording of the song featuring
only singer Chris Martin and a piano. It was initially “Lost!" was released as a promotional CD single in
released as the B-side on the CD version of "Violet September 2008. On 10 November 2008, Cold-
Hill", later as a bonus track to the Japanese, iTunes play officially released a four-track digital EP of
Store and Amazon MP3 editions of Viva la Vida or “Lost!",* [1]* [18] confirming the song's status as a single.
Death and All His Friends and finally on the“Lost!"
The song has been well received by critics. Will Her-
digital EP.
mes of Rolling Stone magazine noted “Lost!" as “prob-
•“Lost+" features a rap section by Jay-Z, with whom ably”the “album's most sublime pop moment”.* [6]
the band recorded the reworked track in New NME's critic Mark Beaumont had the same view of Her-
York.* [14] This version was premiered on BBC Ra- mes, complimenting,“It's not until ['Lost!'] – all church
dio 1 on 16 October 2008.* [15]* [16] “Lost+" was organ funkiness, stomporific handclap rhythms and Chris
released as the lead track from “Lost!"'s digital EP pouting like a preacher in a jacuzzi full of strippers – that
release, and was included on the Prospekt's March [Viva la Vida] really hits its stride.”* [19] Chris Jones of
EP.* [14]* [16] Jay-Z's rap was based on a freestyle BBC writes, "... 'Lost!' seems to sport bongos in its mix,
he performed on Funkmaster Flex's show on the Hot yet it's the plaintive voice with its vague sense of regret,
97 radio station. This took place on 31 October the lifts from minor key piano forays into vast, pump-
2008, while Jay-Z was promoting his Kingdom Come ing rock and also a strident optimism that people are go-
album.* [17] ing to come here for.”* [20] Ryan Dombal of Pitchfork
Media had the same sentiment: “Thanks to a bubbling
• Coldplay performed the song at the 2009
bit of exotic percussion that wouldn't sound out of place
Grammy Awards. They opened it with a ren-
on Peter Gabriel's latter-day LPs, 'Lost!' is transformed
dition of “Lost?" but Jay-Z joined singer
from Just Another Coldplay Song into a uniquely alluring
Chris Martin on stage and rapped over the pi-
smash and live staple for years to come.”* [8] An arti-
ano solo. This version is also referred to as
cle in The Guardian lambasted “Lost!": “This song
“Lost+" by the website and was released digi-
is a deflated balloon, or, put another way, a used empty
tally.
condom. He has, I think, merged visual, audio and tex-
•“Lost-" is an instrumental track, identical to“Lost!" tual into a kind of polysensory jam; no part of it works
but without vocals. without the other two.”* [21]
8.18. “LOST!" 165
Since it did not match the commercial success of the al- 8.18.5 Track listing
bum's previous singles, “Lost!" charted in some coun-
tries during the week of the album being released and due 8.18.6 Charts
to high digital sales, despite not officially being a single at
the time. It has charted most notably the United Kingdom Lost!
where it peaked at number 54 in the UK Singles Chart and
in the United States where it debuted at number 94 on the Lost+
Billboard Hot 100. The single has peaked at number 10
on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks.* [22] Its UK 8.18.7 References
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2008-10-16. Retrieved 2009-01-07. 8.19 “Lhuna”
[30] “More Lost? videos”. coldplay.com. 2008-11-18. Re-
"Lhuna" is a charity single performed by the British
trieved 2009-01-07.
band Coldplay and Australian singer-songwriter Kylie
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8.19.1 Release
2009-01-07.
It was recorded during the sessions of Viva la Vida or
[33] "Austriancharts.at – Coldplay – Lost!" (in German). Ö3Death and All His Friends, but never made the final cut.
Austria Top 40. Retrieved 17 June 2011. When asked why the song did not appear on the album,
Chris Martin said that it was too“sexy”.* [1] Afterwards,
[34] “Coldplay - Lost!". αCharts.us. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
the song was expected to appear on the Prospekt's March
*
[35] "Musicline.de – Coldplay Single-Chartverfolgung” (in EP, [2] but also did not make it. Finally, it was released
German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Re- as a charity single on 1 December 2008 to promote World
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Media Forest.
8.19.2 Format and track listing
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8.20. “LIFE IN TECHNICOLOR II” 167
8.19.3 References
[1] Coldplay tira Kylie Minogue de disco novo por fazer

música sexy (in Portuguese)
[2] Coldplay garante que músicas novas serão lançadas ainda

em 2008 (in Portuguese)
[3] Cohen, Jonathan (6 December 2008), “Tunes You Can

Use”. Billboard. 120 (49):44
8.20 “Life in Technicolor II”
"Life in Technicolor II" (properly spelled and written as

"Life in Technicolor ii"), is a song by British alternative
rock band Coldplay and the first single from the band's
2008 EP, Prospekt's March.* [1] The song is the full, vo-
cal version of the instrumental song “Life in Techni-
color”from Coldplay's fourth studio album, Viva la Vida
or Death and All His Friends.* [2] A promo CD single for
the song was released in December 2008.* [3] The official
Coldplay performing“Life in Technicolor ii”at the Parque Simon
single was released on 2 February 2009 on 7”vinyl and
Bolivar, Bogota, Colombia on March 4, 2010.
digital download.* [4] The single includes the previously
unreleased and unheard track “The Goldrush”, one of
the few Coldplay songs featuring lead vocals by drummer
8.20.2 References in popular culture
Will Champion.* [5] It was nominated for two Grammy
Awards for the 52nd Grammy Awards; "Best Rock Per-
The instrumental version of this song (released on the
formance by a Duo or Group with Vocal" and "Best Short
Viva La Vida album) can be heard as the film Night at
Form Music Video".* [6]
the Museum 2 ends during a scene with Ben Stiller and
“Life in Technicolor ii”starts with a loop consisting of a Amy Adams. It was also used on Sky Sports' “Ford
santoor accompanied by tabla-like percussion. The loop Super Sunday”coverage during the 2008/2009 as well
is then repeated through the verses and part of the chorus. as “Match of the Day”during the same season. This
version was used at the beginning of the Great Yarmouth
(UK) Hippodrome Circus show 2009. NFL Network also
used it for their coverage of the 2009 NFL Scouting Com-
8.20.1 Music video bine and also for their coverage of the 2009 NFL Draft.
The song was also played during the opening montage of
The music video premiered on 20 January 2009 on the 2009 ESPY Awards. The instrumental version of the
4Music and Channel 4.* [7] The video starts out with song is used in London Eye's pre-flight 4D Experience
kids sitting and awaiting a traditional Punch and Judy show. A portion of the instrumental version is also used
puppet show and features the band performing as pup- in Apple Inc.'s introduction of the 2008 MacBook Air,
pets. However, the puppet show becomes increasingly as well as the introduction of the Late 08 MacBook.* [12]
extravagant as the video goes on, eventually featuring The song was also used in a promotional on Public Broad-
pyrotechnics and frontman Chris Martin crowd surfing casting Service (PBS) for PBS's primary programming.
over the children. Finally the puppet band members Life in Technicolor II was used in an advertisement for
board a small helicopter which crashes through a win- Wimbledon 2013 on ESPN.
dow and flies away.* [8] James Clarkson* [9] and Cold-
play's unofficial fifth member, Phil Harvey, can be seen
in the video.* [10]
The director of this video is Dougal Wilson. The video
was nominated in the Best Art Direction in a Video and
Best Visual Effects in a Video categories at the UK Mu- 7”vinyl A. “Life in Technicolor ii”– 4:05
sic Video Awards 2009,* [11] as well as Best Short Form
Music Video at the 52nd Grammy Awards. B. “The Goldrush”– 2:29
8.20.4 Release history 8.21 “Strawberry Swing”

8.20.5 Charts "Strawberry Swing" is a song by British alternative rock
band Coldplay. On 13 September 2009, it was released as
8.20.6 References the fifth and final single from the band's fourth studio al-
bum, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008).
[1] “Capitol International”. 2008-11-23. The song was written by members of the band and was
[2] Fletcher, Alex.“Coldplay: 'Life In Technicolor ii'". Dig- produced by Markus Dravs, Brian Eno, Jon Hopkins and
italspy.com. Retrieved 20 February 2010. Rik Simpson. The track received mostly positive reviews
from music critics who praised the infectious melody, the
[3] ""Life in Technicolor ii”promotional single information” vocal performance of Chris Martin and the tribal influ-
. Coldplaying.com. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
ence of the production.
[4] “News: Life In Technicolor ii to be single”. Cold- “Strawberry Swing”reached a position of 158 on the
play.com. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
UK Singles Chart and reached position 5 on both the
[5] Balls, David. “B-side of the Week: Coldplay's 'Gol- Polish Singles Chart and the Dutch Tipparade charts.
drush'". Digitalspy.com. Retrieved 20 February 2010. The song received a stop-motion music video directed by
Shynola, which was nominated for Breakthrough Video
[6] “The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Nominees List”.
at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. Coldplay per-
Grammy.com. Retrieved 27 February 2010.
formed the song on their 2008 Viva la Vida Tour, and a
[7] “News: Sneak preview of the “Life In Technicolor ii” live version of the song appeared on Coldplay's live al-
video”. Coldplay.com. Retrieved 27 February 2010. bum, LeftRightLeftRightLeft (2009).
[8] http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/morning/ R&B singer-songwriter Frank Ocean performed a cover
story.aspx?storyid=100810&catid=25 version of the song on his 2011 mixtape Nostalgia, Ul-
[9] http://www.khaleejtimes.com/CityHome.asp?xfile=
tra. The track was performed by Ocean during his
data/citytimes/2009/January/citytimes_January211. 2012 Coachella Music Festival appearance and his 2012
xml&section=citytimes&col= Channel Orange tour. Ocean's cover received mostly pos-
itive reviews from critics.
[10] ColdplayTV (2009-01-23). “Life In Technicolor ii -
Coldplay”. YouTube. Retrieved 2009-04-12. The song was performed in the 2012 Summer Para-
lympics closing ceremony, with the British Paraorchestra.
[11] Knight, David (30 September 2009). “UK Music Video
Awards 2009 – the Technical Achievement Award nomi-
nations in full”. Promo News. Retrieved 2009-09-30. 8.21.1 Background
[12] “MacBook Late 08 - YouTube”. YouTube.com. Re-
trieved 19 October 2008. “Strawberry Swing”, like much of Viva la Vida, was
primarily produced by English record producer Brian
[13] “The ARIA Report”(PDF). Pandora Archive. Retrieved Eno.* [2] Coldplay sparked an interest at Hispanic influ-
27 February 2010. ences after having recorded in churches and in Spanish-
[14] “Coldplay - Life In Technicolor II (Song)". swiss- speaking countries such as in Mexico in America and
charts.com. Retrieved 20 February 2010. Spain in Europe, adding an African-sounding influence
to the song.* [3] The track was released as the fifth offi-
[15] "Search the charts". Irish Recorded Music Association.
cial single from Viva la Vida on 13 September 2009.* [4]
Retrieved on 20 February 2009. NB: Enter“Life in Tech-
nicolor”in “Search by Song Title”and select “search”
The song was later part of the international soundtrack to
. the Brazilian soap opera Tempos Modernos in 2009.* [5]
[16] http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.
Results of a study by the British Academy of Sound Ther-
jsp?cfi=848&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Japan+Hot+100+ apy show that “Strawberry Swing”is one of the most
Singles&ci=3105752&cdi=10119042&cid=01%2F23% psychologically relaxing songs ever recorded. It came in
2F2009 5th place among surveyed songs behind Marconi Union's
“Weightless”.
[17] "Life In Technicolor II". Chart Stats. Retrieved on 20
February 2009.
8.21.2 Composition
8.20.7 External links “Strawberry Swing”contains influences from afro-
• Official website pop and highlife music, and is built around finger-
picked, distortion-free guitars with a heavy bassline and
• “Life in Technicolor II”Official music video on psychedelic synths.* [6] Lead singer Chris Martin ex-
YouTube plained how the song's musical style came into existence:
8.21. “STRAWBERRY SWING” 169
“My mum comes from Zimbabwe, so I spent a lot of time Ocean's song“nearly shits all over anything Coldplay has
there. I used to work in a studio where people played done.”* [17]
that."(Shed Studios).* [6] Alexis Petrdis of The Guardian
stated that there “certainly a wider sonic palette on of-
fer”on the song, musing that that track contained both a 8.21.4 Promotion
jerkily funky beat, and a vaguely African-sounding gui-
tar line.* [7] The song shares common traits of Cold- Music video
play's songs; it's a mid-tempo track, featuring echoing
guitars, piano ballad-inspired melodies and bittersweet,
anthemics, falsetto vocals.* [7] The overall sound of the
song was also inspired by the Delakota song“The Rock”
, which utilizes a backward guitar loop.* [8]
8.21.3 Reception
The song received mostly positive reviews from music
critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic stated
that the track, with its light, “gently infectious melody
and insistent rhythmic pulse, breaks from the album's Screenshot from the video making reference to the Viva la Vida
appealingly meditative murk.”* [9] Chris Willman of or Death and All His Friends album cover.
Entertainment Weekly described the song as “ebullient”
, and mused that the track “throws Afrocentric guitar A music video for “Strawberry Swing”was directed
*
atop one of those Eno/Dravs soundscapes beautifully” by Shynola. [18] The stop motion video featuring Chris
*
. [10] Pitchfork Media's Ryan Dombal reported that“the Martin lying on the ground against animated chalk draw-
*
Gabriel connection is also apparent on the spectacular, ings. [18] The video premiered on 4Music and Channel
wide-eyed 'Strawberry Swing', which floats light tribal 4 on 29 July 2009. The video begins with Martin waking
drums above circular guitars and Martin's idyllic mus- up in his house. Once he sees that a woman is being held
*
ings.” [11] Evan Sawdey of PopMatters wrote that the hostage by a giant squirrel, he turns into a superhero and
guitar playing that populate “Violet Hill”and “Straw- attempts to save her. Along the way, Martin faces attacks
berry Swing”sound like that for the first time in the bandʼ from the squirrel and a giant fish in the ocean.* [18] When
s career, Coldplay is actually using the ludicrous studio Martin finally gets to the squirrel's home, he rescues the
budget that theyʼre provided with each for release, here lady by drawing a nut-shaped bomb that blows the squir- *
indulging in every passing whim and fancy, all while Eno rel up. The two then fly away and begin to kiss. [18]
serves as the playground supervisor, the results proving At the end of the song, the animation stops and Martin
to be as potent as they are varied.”* [12] IGN's Chad gets up *
off the chalk-colored floor in real speed and walks
Grischow wrote that the track“blends spectacularly with away. [18] The video was nominated in the Best Anima-
Martin's calming, 'It's such a perfect day', refrain”and tion in a Video category at the UK Music Video Awards
*
noted that “when the jangling acoustic guitar drifts in 2009. [19] In August 2010, the video was nominated for
near the conclusion, it is the cherry on top of a killer “Breakthrough Video”at the 2010 MTV Video Music
*
*
tune.” [13] Awards. [20]
In September 2009, the originality of the Shynola-
directed video was questioned by singer-songwriter Andy
Frank Ocean version
J Gallagher; he argued that “Owen Trevor had virtually
the same idea at least a year before.”* [21] In an offi-
Frank Ocean's cover of the song received positive reviews
cial PDF statement, Shynola stated “Having never seen
from music critics. AbsolutePunk's Holly Hox called
Mr. Trevor's video before, we can categorically deny that
Ocean's version “catchy”, musing that it “proves that
his video was any influence on our video. Any similari-
Ocean's voice is as great as his knack for writing thought-
ties are purely coincidental.”* [22] The PDF also con-
ful pop songs.”* [14] Connor O'Neill of The Miscellany
tained image-by-image rebuttals of Gallagher's claims,
News writes that “there is so much atmosphere you al-
and added that the video was mainly inspired by the
most melt into it, and he spreads you over an apocalyptic
“dreamlike weirdness”of animator Winsor McCay's art-
swan song.”* [15] Music critic Robert Christgau felt that
work.* [23]
Ocean's cover was superior to the original, stating that it's
“where the alienated young R&B pro rewrites the sappy
Coldplay single without underplaying its lyricism or, as Live performances
promised, its nostalgia. “I've loved the good times here”
is a sendoff worthy of the “dying world”Ocean calls Coldplay performed the song at the 2008 Viva la Vida
home.”* [16] Sputnikmusic's Rudy K. commented that Tour.* [24] A performance of the song was featured on
the LeftRightLeftRightLeft live album released by Cold- [15] O'Neill, Connor (2012-04-20). “Frank Ocean's Nostal-
play in 2009.* [25] Ocean performed his cover of the gia, Ultra self-released”. The Miscellany News. Re-
song during his 2011 Nostalgia Ultra tour, and his 2012 trieved 2011-04-28.
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[17] Rudy K. (9 May 2011). “Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra
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• Official site
• Coldplay Wiki
• Music Video at YouTube
8.22 “Christmas Lights” Screenshot from the video
"Christmas Lights" is a song by British alternative rock

band Coldplay released on 1 December 2010, as a digital shape. After a meeting at the studio called The Bakery all
download.* [1] Described by the band as “a mid-tempo the ideas had been set up and the only thing missing was
number”in the key of G major, the song was released to the location for the shooting. Some places suggested were
very positive reviews. The cover art is by Yu Matsuoka the tunnels under Waterloo and the roof of John Lewis.
Pol.* [2] However they opted for the South Bank just five days be-
fore the shooting of the video, to tie in a line about the
meeting of the sea and the city.* [5]
Coldplay began filming the music video on 24 Novem-
The single's release date was announced through the of- ber. The video appears to be one continuous shot, and
ficial Coldplay website on 24 November 2010.* [1] A while it might have been filmed with a single camera,
countdown in minutes and seconds to 1 December 8pm all we know is that several hours and many takes went
GMT, appeared on the homepage of the website, accom- into the video. Whether this means the finished prod-
panied by an animated GIF of the album art. uct is a mix of many clips seamlessly stitched together is
unknown.* [6] It begins with the starting up of a record
Coldplay released three 'making-of' videos through their
player, and the camera panning across a multicoloured
iTunes Ping page, showing the creation of the music
player piano, then the four members of the band. Mar-
video. Another video was also released on their website,
tin begins to sing the first verse as the camera pans and
giving a preview of the music video and the song itself,
zooms out to show the piano - which is now next to him -
plus more 'making-of' footage.
then back. Martin has changed his position, and the rest
It was originally thought that“Christmas Lights”would be of the band are nowhere to be seen. Martin rises up from
a song from the band's fifth studio album Mylo Xyloto, but the stage where he is lying, then begins to play the piano,
this was confirmed not to be the case by Coldplay's official which is now on a stage in front of the Thames. Curtains
fan-question answer system The Oracle on two separate open to reveal the rest of the band, who join in playing the
occasions.* [3]* [4] song, accompanied by fireworks and three violin-playing
For the week ending 18 December 2010, “Christmas Elvises (who are friends of the band: the British actor
Lights”both debuted and peaked at position number 25 Simon Pegg, the 'fifth member' of Coldplay Phil Harvey
on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and position and Tim Crompton, friend of the band and frontman of
number 12 on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart. The High Wire).* [7]* [8] One hundred fans of the band
appear in the music video; they release coloured balloons
from a boat on the Thames whilst singing along to part of
8.22.2 Music video the song.
"Credo Elvem Etiam Vivere" is written across the top of
The discussions about the video started about one month the stage. In Latin this means“I Believe Elvis Yet Lives”
before its release. The original plan was to film a simple .* [9] This is likely connected to the three Elvises appear-
video at Oxford Street, as the place is mentioned in the ing in the video, which is, in turn, connected to the lyrics
song's lyrics. After that many other options were anal- of the song.
ysed, like a similar video to The Beatles' video for "All
You Need Is Love", with the band and friends at the stu- The video was directed by Mat Whitecross, a long-time
dio. But that idea was left out as Coldplay were in the friend of the band and director of several of Coldplay's
middle of the production of Mylo Xyloto, and that could other music videos, such as "Bigger Stronger", "Lovers
disrupt the flow of the recording. Another idea for the in Japan", "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" and more re-
video included filming at the Willesden Music Hall. Fi- cently, "Paradise".
nally they decided to invite the designer Misty Buckley to Just hours after the release of the video it was removed
the project and the ideas for the final video started to take from YouTube after the IFPI claimed a breach of copy-
right,* [10] despite the video being on one of Coldplay's [14] "Coldplay: Christmas Lights” (in Finnish).
official channels. However, as of 21 December 2010 this Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
has been fixed.
8.22.3 Charts and certifications [16] "Italiancharts.com – Coldplay – Christmas Lights”. Top
Digital Download.
8.22.4 Personnel [17] “EHR top 40”. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
• Chris Martin - lead vocals, keyboards [18] "Dutchcharts.nl – Coldplay – Christmas Lights” (in
Dutch). Single Top 100.
• Jonny Buckland - guitar
[19] "Charts.org.nz – Coldplay – Christmas Lights”. Top 40
• Guy Berryman - bass Singles.
• Will Champion - drums, percussion, backing vocals [20] "Norwegiancharts.com – Coldplay – Christmas Lights”.
VG-lista.

8.22.5 Cover versions
[22] ds. “Sns Ifpi”. Ifpicr.cz. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
• Yellowcard recorded the song for the Fearless
Records Punk Goes Christmas compilation in [23] "Spanishcharts.com – Coldplay – Christmas Lights”
Canciones Top 50.
2013.* [34]
[24] "Swedishcharts.com – Coldplay – Christmas Lights”.
Singles Top 100.
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8.23. “EVERY TEARDROP IS A WATERFALL” 173
8.23 “Every Teardrop Is a Water- on YouTube you'll hear the chords for your-
self. As for other people asking if Ritmo de
fall” la Noche by The Sacados should also be cred-
ited the answer is “no”. Firstly, that is a
"Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" is a song by British cover of Chocolate's song by the same name
alternative rock band Coldplay. The song is the lead sin- who sampled I Go To Rio. Secondly, they both
gle from Coldplay's fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto, it came later in 1990 so hopefully they should
was released on 3 June 2011, as a digital download ex- have credited Peter & Adrienne.* [9]
cept in the United Kingdom where it was released 2 days
later.* [1] This is not the first time that Coldplay have used samples
The song was nominated for two Grammy Awards: Best to write a new song, having used a Kraftwerk motif for
Rock Performance and Best Rock Song.* [2] It contains their X&Y single "Talk".* [10]
elements of the 1976 song "I Go to Rio" written by Peter
Allen and Adrienne Anderson.* [3]
Debuting at number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the
United States, the song sold 85,000 copies in its first The song received a positive reception from critics.
week, before climbing to its peak of number 14.* [4] It
peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart.* [2] The Boston Herald gave a positive review, saying“Chris
Martin does it again. He gives force to wimp music,
The song made its radio debut on BBC Radio 1, BBC Ra- beauty to base pop and the world another Coldplay an-
dio 2, BBC 6 Music, Absolute Radio, and Xfm.* [5]* [6] them. Basically, the boys are joyous, and so is this
Coldplay first performed it live on 4 June at the Rock stadium-rock track. 'I turn the music up, I got my records
am Ring and Rock im Park festival in Nürnberg, Ger- on, I shut the world outside until the lights come on'
many.* [7] It was also played live at the Steve Jobs Martin sings over buoyant synths, ringing guitar and big
memorial/celebration-of-life event at Apple headquarters drums. You can feel the love and hear the band's next
on 19 October 2011 in Cupertino, California, and at the chart-topper all at once.”* [11]
opening of the MTV European Music Awards in Belfast,
Northern Ireland on 6 November 2011. Rolling Stone gave the song a three and a half stars rating
out of five commenting“Chris Martin says Coldplay's up-
The song was used as the theme for the live-action coming album is influenced by old-school New York graf-
film adaptation of Chūya Koyama's Uchū Kyōdai (Space fiti, and in a recent photo the bandmates are dressed in
Brothers) manga.* [8] The song was also used in the 2011 neon chillwear like they just walked off the set of Breakin'
film, The Change-Up. 3: A Brit-Pop Odyssey. But the first single doesn't go for
the sound of early hip-hop so much as its sense of year-
zero possibility. Over a rave-tinged keyboard melody,
8.23.1 Inspiration leavened by producer Brian Eno's rainforest-of-the-soul
ambiance, Martin sings of kids dancing until morning and
When the song was first released on Coldplay's YouTube
heaven inside his headphones. When the drums kick in
channel, it sparked many negative comments in the
fully, it moves like "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by way of the
comment section, saying the song was plagiarised from
Velvets'“Sunday Morning,”a flag-waving ode to change-
"Ritmo de la noche" by 1990s-era German group Choco-
as-inspiration: “I'd rather be a comma than a full stop,”
late, or from Peter Allen's "I Go to Rio". However, upon
Martin sings. Coming from a guy whose critics take him
release of the song, the line “Every Teardrop Is A Wa-
for a human exclamation point, it's a welcome sentiment.”
terfall contains elements of I Go To Rio written by Peter *
[12]
Allen and Adrienne Anderson" was noted below the offi-
cial lyrics to the song on Coldplay's website. [3] The Or- MTV praised the song, stating“Modern rock behemoths
*
acle (Coldplay's web site Question and Answer section) Coldplay just previewed the first single off their upcoming
responded on 9 June 2011 to a question raised concern- Brian Eno-produced fifth studio album, and it's every bit
ing its inspiration and collaboration: as soaring as we've come to expect from the band.”and
finished up saying “In any case, “Every Teardrop Is A
I don't think people are quite understanding the Waterfall”has major summer smash potential, so teary
song's composition. To clarify: Chris was in- waterfalls, be gone, Coldplay!"* [13]
spired to write Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall Bill Lamb of About.com gave the song a four stars rating
after hearing some chords in a nightclub scene out of five explaining “The overall effect of this song
in Alejandro González Iñárritu's film Biutiful is Coldplay moving forward into new explorations while
(2010). The chords in the film are part of a keeping the elements that endear them to their fans wholly
track that is based on I Go To Rio written by intact. “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall”is unlikely to be
Peter Allen and Adrienne Anderson, released hailed as an instant classic to match the very best of Cold-
by Peter Allen in 1976. If you look at a clip play's past work, but a strong argument could be made
that the band has never released their best material as the 8.23.5 Track listing
first single from any of their albums. As an appetiser,
“Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall”is very pleasing.”* [14] • Digital download* [18]* [19]
1.“Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall”̶4:03

8.23.3 Music video
• CD single* [20] / 7”vinyl* [21]
2. "Major Minus" ̶3:30
• Digital EP * [22]
2. "Major Minus" ̶3:30
Screenshot from the music video, which shows the band playing 3. "Moving to Mars" ̶4:19
across various backdrops sprayed with colourful graffiti paint.
• Digital download - live version* [23]

The video was released to the public on 28 June 2011. It
shows the band playing across various backdrops sprayed 1.“Every Teardrop is a Waterfall”(Live from Glas-
with colourful graffiti painted by the band's artist“Paris” tonbury, 2011) ̶4:38
. The video was shot between 14 and 15 June 2011 at
Millennium Mills in east London, close to London City
Airport, but begins with a shot of the Downtown Los An-
8.23.6 Credits and personnel
geles skyline. The music video, which features the band,
uses a stop motion technique and was directed by Mat
• Guy Berryman – bass guitar, songwriter
Whitecross, who has worked with the band since 1999
and was responsible for the videos for "Lovers in Japan" • Jonny Buckland – electric guitar, songwriter
and "Christmas Lights", among others. The video was
edited by Nick Allix of The Whitehouse Post based in • Will Champion – backing vocals, drums, songwriter
London Soho.
The video received positive reviews by critics who noted • Chris Martin – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, song-
its colourful visual. Rolling Stone said: “The vibrant, writer
colorful clip is well-suited to the song, which has a shaky,
• Peter Allen – songwriter
excited energy and the sort of optimistic, romantic lyrics
that have made Coldplay one of the world's most crowd-
• Adrienne Anderson – songwriter
pleasing rock bands”.* [15] The New York Post wrote“the
clip proves that the boys are just as interested in pushing • Markus Dravs – producer
boundaries with their videos as they are with their music”
*
[16] while The Sun called it “a colourful affair”.* [17] • Daniel Green – producer and mixing
• Rik Simpson – producer and mixing
8.23.4 Remixes • Mark 'Spike' Stent – mixing
The song has been remixed several times. The Swedish • Davide Rossi – strings
House Mafia played their remix during many of their
shows during 2011 and 2012; the remix was well received • Jon Hopkins – additional programming
by most critics and fans. It was included on the Swedish
House Mafia's album, Until Now, with the artist's name • Brian Eno – “enoxification”and additional com-
listed as 'Coldplay vs. Swedish House Mafia' with the ti- position
tle as in the original, rather than putting on a remix credit.
The song has also been remixed by Swedish DJ Avicii. Source:* [24]
8.23. “EVERY TEARDROP IS A WATERFALL” 175
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8.24. “PARADISE” 177
8.24 “Paradise” 8.24.3 Critical reception
"Paradise" is a song by British alternative rock band The song was met with positive reviews from the majority
Coldplay. The song was released on 12 September 2011 of music critics. Billboard gave a positive review calling
as the second single from their fifth studio album, Mylo the track “another slice of hug-warm ecstasy”and gave
Xyloto.* [3] The song received its radio debut at 7:50 a.m. praise to the “boiling strings, rattling synthesizers, and
on The Chris Moyles Show (BBC Radio 1) on 12 Septem- bass-heavy-beats”saying “it shows they know how to
ber 2011.* [4]* [5] According to Coldplay's official web- bring a few new tricks to the table”. Both Q and Rolling
site, the single was not initially chart eligible in the United Stone offered similar praise, and also noted that it was
Kingdom, because it was available on iTunes as an “in- another step in the right direction. Altsounds.com gave a
stant grat”(immediate download) when pre-ordering the similar review remarking that there are“Drums that you
album.* [6] Following the release of the album on 30 Oc- would expect in a Rihanna song and melodies you would
tober 2011, the song became chart eligible in the UK and expect from a band like Friendly Fires and the “oohs”
entered the UK Singles Chart at number 14, before taking from 3OH!3 is what you first hear. That is, of course,
the number 1 spot on its tenth week, becoming the band's until Chris Martin's vocals come into play and there is no
second number-one single after "Viva la Vida" in 2008. doubt in your mind that this is Coldplay. A wonderful
The song was met with positive reviews, and was the best chorus of “para-para-paradise”reminds you just how
selling rock song of 2011 in the United Kingdom, selling good they really are. It will remain with you for weeks
410,000 copies.* [7] to come, like that new piece of clothing you just can't get
enough of”.
On 30 November, the song was nominated for a Grammy
Award, in the category Best Pop Duo/Group Perfor- About.com said, in a three-and-a-half star review, that
mance. On 12 February 2012, Coldplay performed“Par- “even when Coldplay sound a bit like they are spinning
adise”live at the RE, along with "Princess of China".* [8] their wheels musically, it can still have quite beautiful mo-
At the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards on 6 September, ments. The huge opening fanfare of 'Paradise' is simply
the song won the award for Best Rock Video.* [9] Fol- gorgeous”but felt the rest of the song didn't hold up as
lowing the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs on CBC, the song well as it could have. NME gave a more mixed reaction
was featured in a yearly finale montage on CBC recapping to the song and felt that “It's hard to say what the band
the Stanley Cup Playoffs as well as British and American is aiming for with the song. To replicate the epic football
television advertisements and trailers for the Academy stadium 'moment' of 'Yellow'? The energy of a 'Viva La
Award winning film Life of Pi which was nominated for Vida'? If so it doesn't quite work on either count”but con-
11 Academy Awards. tinued“if you're going to have a mid-paced Coldplay-by-
numbers single-single, you may as well have one as grand
and gorgeous as 'Paradise'.”
8.24.1 Background
In 2010, the producers of ITV reality show The X Fac-
tor originally approached Chris Martin to write a winner's “Paradise”became a top five hit in 16 countries. In the
song for the seventh series of the show in 2010. “Par- United States it peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot
adise”was originally conceived by Martin as a response to 100. Following the release on 12 September 2011,“Par-
the show's request, but drummer Will Champion insisted adise”was revealed chart ineligible in the United King-
that the song be included on Mylo Xyloto.* [10] dom, having been offered as an “instant grat”(imme-
diate download) for anyone who pre-ordered the album,
Mylo Xyloto. The release of the album on 24 October
8.24.2 Personnel 2011 saw “Paradise”debut at number 14 on the UK
Singles Chart with sales of 27,277 copies (the track had
• Chris Martin – vocals, piano a total of 118,547 downloads in the six weeks of chart
ineligibility). After being made purchasable at 59p (in-
stead of 99p) on the UK's iTunes Store and being played
• Jonny Buckland – guitar
on the X Factor final,“Paradise”regained momentum in
the UK and climbed up to number two on 18 December
• Guy Berryman – keyboard bass
2011. On 1 January 2012, almost four months after its
release,“Paradise”peaked at number one becoming the
• Will Champion – drums first number-one single of 2012 in the UK. It is Coldplay's
first UK number-one single since "Viva la Vida" (2008).
• Brian Eno – synthesizers “Paradise”was the biggest-selling rock single of 2011 in
the UK, with sales of 410,000 copies.* [11] It has sold
• Davide Rossi – strings 954,500 copies in the UK as of February 2016.* [12]
8.24.5 Live performances (which appears to be ZAR 67.05, roughly equivalent to

GBP 5.34 or USD 8.40) for a unicycle by busking on
“Paradise”was first played for a television studio audi- the street, and after a seemingly hopeless wander comes
ence on the night of 9 September 2011. It was shot for across three other elephants (the rest of Coldplay) play-
France 2's Taratata, a Parisian music show. The crowd's ing the song in the veld (South African grasslands). The
response of this first performance was described as“un- video shifts to the band playing a concert together, before
mistakable”by one of the band's roadies.* [13] The song returning to the veld where they run towards the camera.
was first played for a big audience at the Austin City Lim- The music video was shot on location in London, Cape
its Taping event on 15 September 2011 and then on the Town, the Klein Karoo in the Western Cape and Johan-
following day at the Austin City Limits Festival when it nesburg.* [17] The bike shop shown is Woodstock Cycle-
was for the first time officially broadcast live. works in Woodstock, Cape Town. The concert segment
Coldplay performed the song on the finale of The X Fac- was filmed at the end of a live show at the FNB Stadium
tor, as well as an episode of Saturday Night Live in which in Nasrec, Johannesburg, on 8 October 2011. After per-
the band was the musical guest. On 28 October, Cold- forming this song live, the band donned their elephant
play performed the song before a studio audience on The heads and gloves and pretended to perform as the last
Ellen DeGeneres Show. minute of the studio recording played. The concertgoers
were encouraged to cheer as if they were really perform-
“Paradise”became the anthem for the 2012 Summer Par-
ing. While preparing for the shoot, Chris told the waiting
alympics and was played twice during the closing cere-
crowd, “When you're not as attractive as Beyoncé, you
mony, the latter performance featuring rapper Jay-Z.
have to do what you can for videos.”
Another music video was directed by Shynola who had
8.24.6 Music videos directed the video for "Strawberry Swing". The video was
intended as the first incarnation for the video before the
band came up with the elephant concept.* [18] The promo
pictures the life of a little girl that comes out from jail.
A special video of “Paradise”was created for the 2012
Summer Paralympics and shown between event breaks.
This version featured clips of Paralympian Athletes com-
peting in events.
In 2012, the song was played at the Sydney New Year's
Eve Embrace Midnight fireworks display, on December
Screenshot from the official video version, showing Chris Martin 31st.
on a unicycle in an elephant costume.

Coldplay initially announced that the single's music video
would be directed by Hype Williams* [14] but that version
Remixes
was scrapped after shooting and the band decided instead
to record a new version directed by long-time collaborator
Mat Whitecross. The band called Whitecross just a day 8.24.8 Charts and certifications
before the shooting and the video's concept was finished
just hours before the director traveled from London to 8.24.9 Release history
South Africa. The band's frontman Chris Martin created
the video's concept storyline, which was ultimately filmed 8.24.10 References
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2011-12-27.
[66] “RAPPORTS ANNUELS 2011”(in French). Retrieved "Charlie Brown" (originally titled "Cartoon Heart") is
2011-12-27. a song by British alternative rock band Coldplay. The
song was released as the third single from their fifth studio
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8.25. “CHARLIE BROWN” 181
8.25.1 Background Under The Radar praised the song and said "Mylo Xy-
loto's finest anthem, 'Charlie Brown,' shoots for The Sub-
According to the band,“Charlie Brown”was the first song urbs with the clumsy line 'Stole the key/took a car down-
recorded during sessions for the band's then-upcoming town to where the lost boys meet/took what they offered
fifth studio album, with the intention of being included me' but redeems itself with a massive, ascending guitar
on what later became Mylo Xyloto. hook that I can't help feeling would have sound-tracked
The lyrics of an early version of the song included a men- any climactic scene from Friday Night Lights beautifully.”
*
tion of Charlie Brown, the famous Peanuts character. The [12] PopMatters said that the song “absolutely crack-
character's name, however, “was left out of the final led with energy”and felt “it shows the band having
recording but the name stuck as the band couldn't think stumbled upon one of those great, instantly recognisable
of an alternative.”* [3] During the writing and recording melodies that sounds better with each reiteration̶who
sessions of Mylo Xyloto, the song took on other names, wouldʼ ve thought a guitar and a xylophone could sound so
such as “Cartoon Heart”, before eventually being ti- epic when paired together.”* [13] Will Hermes of Rolling
tled“Charlie Brown”.* [4] It was written by Chris Mar- Stone had mixed feelings for the song, and gave the song
tin in his daughter's doll's house. The doll's house was two and a half stars out of five in his preview of numerous
converted into a studio when Martin's daughter said she songs from Mylo Xyloto, saying that the song “triangu-
didn't like it.* [5] lates Springsteen, U2 and Arcade Fire in a hood-rat or-
atorio that roars even if Chris Martin's delivery feels too
gentle.”* [14]
8.25.2 Development “Charlie Brown”was chosen as ESPN's title song for the
commercials and introduction videos of its coverage of
During an online interview with the Australian publica- Euro 2012.
tion Sunday Herald Sun, Coldplay said they were making
Coldplay performed“Charlie Brown”at the 2012 BRIT
two records, describing “Charlie Brown”as the centre-
Awards, the song opened the show and subsequently
piece of the stripped down album the band intended to
climbed up the UK chart to No30 on Sunday 26 February
make along with the electric one they were already call-
2012. Meaning Coldplay had two songs in the UK Top
ing as Mylo Xyloto. They then decided to combine both
40 former UK No1 hit "Paradise" and "Charlie Brown".
of the albums because bassist Guy Berryman said that he
“will not allow this song to be played on an accordion,”“Charlie Brown”was nominated for Grammy Award for
as it was originally planned to be.* [6] Best Rock Performance at the 2013 Grammy Awards.
Coldplay first performed“Charlie Brown”at a“friends
and family”gig at The Forum, Kentish Town, London on
31 May 2011. They then continued to play it at multiple
8.25.4 Music videos
shows in 2011, beginning with the Rock im Park festival
On 6 December 2011 Coldplay uploaded a promo-
in Nürnberg, Germany on 3 June 2011 and again at Rock
tional, music video for “Charlie Brown”to their official
am Ring festival the following day, which was the first
YouTube account, which utilised footage from a collec-
live broadcast of the song officially authorised by the band
tion of concerts they had performed throughout the band's
and management. The song became very popular among
2011 Summer Festival Tour. The video was directed by
the festivals crowd. Drummer Will Champion said it had
Mat Whitecross and Mark Rowbotham. In the descrip-
happy memories of playing it over the summer.* [7]
tion section of the music video, the band's drummer Will
Champion announced that a “proper”video would be
8.25.3 Reception released at a later stage.* [15]
The song was met with positive reviews from critics. In

an article published by Q magazine on 10 October 2011
entitled“First Impressions of... Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto",
they wrote that "'Charlie Brown' is one of the best things
Coldplay have done”and likened the song to the style of
U2's The Joshua Tree and “the heady holler-alongs of
Arcade Fire".* [8] They also name it as their track of the
day on 2 December 2011.* [9] BBC music called Charlie
Brown “one of those Coldplay-patented sun-breaking- Screenshot from the final video, showing Antonia Thomas and
through-clouds moments”and gave praise to Buckland's Elliot Tittensor.
guitar riff.* [10] Billboard called the song one of the“al-
bum's best track(s). Chorus riff will haunt every corner of The official music video for“Charlie Brown”, to which
your mind. Oriental flair recalls“Viva La Vida”album.” Champion was referring was filmed with director Mat
*
[11] Whitecross throughout November and December 2011.
Additional filming was made in mid to late January 8.25.7 Charts

2012.* [16] The "Xylobands" conceptual creator for the
Mylo Xyloto Tour posted on Twitter that there would be 8.25.8 Certifications
photos from the video uploaded on 2 February 2012 and
that the official music video would be posted on VEVO 8.25.9 Release history
the following morning on 3 February 2012.
The music video for “Charlie Brown”was released 8.25.10 References
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Dutch) Dutch Top 40. loto. The song was written by band members Guy Berry-
man, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, and Chris Mar-
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40. genres of electronic rock, electropop and R&B. The song
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Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201208 into was sent to US Mainstream radio on 14 February 2012.
search. It was later released as a digital download on 13 April
2012. A companion EP to the single, featuring an acous-
[33] "March 2012/ Archive Chart: 24 March 2012” UK Sin- tic version of the song, was released on 1 June 2012.
gles Chart.
“Princess of China”was met with a generally mixed re-
[34] “Coldplay – Chart history” Billboard Bubbling Under sponse from music critics, with some praising the collab-
Hot 100 for Coldplay. oration between Martin and Rihanna, though others crit-
icized it for being generic and uninspiring. The song per-
[35] “Coldplay – Chart history” Billboard Adult Alternative
formed well on international charts around the world. The
Songs for Coldplay.
song peaked at number 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100
[36] “Coldplay – Chart history”Billboard Alternative Songs and number four on the UK Singles Chart. It has also
for Coldplay. reached the top ten of the Australian and New Zealand
charts and five other international charts.
[37] “Coldplay – Chart history” Billboard Hot Rock Songs
for Coldplay. The song's accompanying music video, directed by Adria
Petty and Alan Bibby, was filmed in March 2012 in Los
[38] “Pop Rock General”. Record Report. 1 March 2012. Angeles and released on 2 June 2012. The video depicts
Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. a complicated love story of Rihanna and Chris Martin,
[39]“British single certifications – Coldplay – Charlie Brown”. scenes of which include a sword fight and Rihanna imitat-
British Phonographic Industry. Enter Charlie Brown in the ing a multi-armed goddess. The video was met with pos-
field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select itive reviews, with critics praising the Asian theme of the
single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By video. The song was performed live on the 54th Grammy
Award. Click Search Awards held at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
would unite and react favourably to the song, Martin ex-

pressed that he was not concerned with how it would be
received, and noted that Rihanna is always pushing the
boundaries of the music industry.* [4]
On 21 September 2011, reports surfaced online that Will
Champion, who plays the drums in the band, had ex-
pressed interest in singing the lyrics that were ultimately
delegated to Rihanna.* [5] Martin dispelled the suggestion
that there was any tension between the bandmates and Ri-
hanna, saying,“There's a bit of a love story thread so we
really needed someone to sing higher than me. For all
Will's good intentions, he can't do it. You need to be fe-
male.”* [5]
“Princess of China”premiered on Dutch radio on 16
October 2011 and was later uploaded to the band's of-
ficial VEVO account on YouTube, but it was removed by
their record label, EMI.* [3] The song was made avail-
able to purchase via digital download on 25 October
2011.* [6]* [7]
8.26.2 Composition
Barbadian recording artist Rihanna lent her vocals on“Princess
of China”. “Princess of China”is influenced by the music genres of
Chinese music, electronic rock,* [8] electropop,* [9] and
R&B.* [10]* [11] The song starts with a sample of Sigur
8.26.1 Writing, recording and release Rós' “Takk...”, which is also featured throughout the
song. As noted by Amy Sciarretto of Popcrush, it fea-
tures a “moody”and heavy synth throughout the dura-
“Princess of China”was written by Guy Berryman, Jonny
tion of the song.* [9]* [12] The song also prominently fea-
Buckland, Will Champion, Brian Eno and Chris Martin.
tures both Martin's and Rihanna's falsetto register, which
The production of the song was helmed by Markus Dravs,
was praised by multiple critics. Gil Kaufman of MTV
Dan Green and Rik Simpson.* [1] During the record-
News noted that both of the vocalists falsetto's matched
ing sessions for their fifth studio album Mylo Xyloto,
each other perfectly, and that Martin's falsetto compli-
the frontman of Coldplay, Chris Martin confirmed the
mented Rihanna's higher register.* [13] Judah Joseph of
band had recorded a song with Barbadian recording artist
The Huffington Post gave an explanation of the song's
Rihanna.* [2] Martin explained that the song was specif-
composition as part of his review, writing“The best way
ically written for Rihanna to be featured on, and hoped
to describe the composition behind 'Princess of China'
that she would like it enough to want to lend her vocals
is to compare it to an old-school Zelda Gameboy game's
to the track, while further stating, “In like a dream sce-
sound effects – but in the best way. The song is epic,
nario, we had a song that I'd secretly kind of written to see
Asia-influenced, and it exemplifies the adventurous vibe
if Rihanna would want to sing it ... and then the rest of the
that comes from an alternative-hip-hop combination.”
band wanted to keep it, so we came up with the idea of *
[14] According to the sheet music published on Music-
asking her to sing it with us, and, to our great surprise, she
notes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the song is
said okay”.* [2] Martin also explained how he approached
written in the time signature of common time, and is com-
the singer about collaborating on the song, saying, “The
posed in the key of A minor with a tempo of 84 beats per
album [Mylo Xyloto] is designed as a whole piece. It has
minute.* [15] The song follows a basic sequence of Am7 –
boy and girl lead characters and top of our list for the
C–Dm/F–G6 as its chord progression.* [15]
girl part was Rihanna, but it took a while to pluck up the
courage to ask her. We did a show in Las Vegas and I
met her and said, 'Do you think there's any chance?' I
8.26.3 Critical response
was very Hugh Grant-like and spluttering about it.”* [3]
The song was mixed by Mark Spike Stent, Rik Simpson, “Princess of China”received mixed reviews from music
Daniel Green and Michael Brauer.* [1] In an interview critics. A reviewer for NME commented that “Princess
with MTV News Martin confirmed that the “Princess of China”is an attempt to sound as pop orientated as pos-
of China”is the band's favourite song on the album be- sible and compared the effort to one of Coldplay's previ-
cause of how it differs from their previous efforts in terms ous singles, "Viva la Vida", writing“Well, if you can get
of genre and musical direction.* [2] When asked if fans beyond the outrageously chart-hungry intro – that glossy
synth sound wouldn't sound out of place on a Taio Cruz 5 November 2011, after the release of Mylo Xyloto.* [32]
album – it's actually kind of awesome. For all the poppy The next week it dropped to number 49 before falling
surface sheen, this is a song with surprisingly hefty balls, of the chart.* [32] “Princess of China”re-entered the
possessed of a pounding momentum that recalls 'Viva La chart on 19 May 2012 at number 61. After five weeks,
Vida'.”* [12] Josh Eells said, in his review of the album the single reached its peak of number 4 and stayed on the
for Rolling Stone, that“Princess of China is a ballad about position for one week.* [32] The song has sold 475,000
loss and regret, co-starring Rihanna. It's a partnership copies in the UK in 2012, and was ranked No. 25 in the
that probably came together over champagne brunch at year's best-selling single list.* [33] As of February 2016,
Jay-Z's, but its synth-fuzz groove is offhandedly seduc- the single has sold 560,000 copies in the UK, marking it
tive.”* [16] Coldplay's 4th biggest-selling single in the country.* [34]
Robbie Daw of Idolator praised the collaboration, writing “Princess of China”made its singles chart debut in Ireland
“the marriage of Chris Martin and [Rihanna]'s vocals is and the Wallonia region of Belgium on 28 October 2011.
a solid one”, but noted that he was not sure what to ex- In Ireland, the song debuted at number 22, which meant
pect.* [17] Judah Joseph of The Huffington Post praised that Rihanna had four different songs from four different
the song, calling it a“collaborative monster”, and noted albums, including two of her own, in the top forty of the
that the song was likely to be chosen as a single to gain chart, with "We Found Love" (Talk That Talk, 2011) fea-
airplay and because “it is simply too good”.* [14] Neil turing Calvin Harris at number one,“Princess of China”
McCormick of The Daily Telegraph reviewed the song (Mylo Xyloto, 2011) at number 22, "Fly" (Pink Friday,
favourably, and labelled the collaboration as “effective” 2010) with Nicki Minaj at number 30 and "Cheers (Drink
, writing “the richly textured backing bringing out in- to That)" (Loud, 2010) at number 39.* [35] In the Wallo-
teresting nuances in her sweet but tough vocal, but it is nia region of Belgium, the song debuted at number 45
the very English soulfulness of Martin himself that re- on the singles chart.* [36] In Denmark, the song debuted
ally adds depth to Coldplay.”* [9] Jason Lipshutz, of at number 17 on 4 November 2011.* [37] The song re-
Billboard, called the song “the most epic breakup song entered the chart at number 20 on 15 June 2012 and
in recent memory: after Chris Martin warbles, “Once reached its peak of seven after two weeks. It stayed for a
upon a time, we fell apart/You hold it in your hands, like total of 10 weeks on the chart.* [37]“Princess of China”
two halves in your heart,”the verse is washed away in a debuted and peaked at number 14 for one week on the
sea of sinister synthesizer and pounding “Woh-oh-oh's” Finnish Singles Chart.* [38] In Germany, the song de-
.* [18] Mark Hogan of Spin gave a mixed review of the buted at number 97 in May 2012.* [39]
song, writing that although the song is “inoffensive”, it
is not “inspiring”.* [19]
8.26.5 Music video
Background and release
Upon the release of Mylo Xyloto,“Princess of China”de-
buted at its peak of number 20 on the US Billboard Hot The video was filmed in March 2012 in Los Angeles. It
100 chart.* [20] The song sold 105,000 digital copies in was directed by Adria Petty and Alan Bibby. Rihanna
its first week and debuted at number eight on Hot Digital described her look in the video as “gangsta goth geisha”
Songs for the chart issue dated 12 November 2011.* [21] .* [40]* [41] Starting from 17 April 2012, a tour edition
However, the next week it fell 56 places to number 76, of the video started playing behind the band as they per-
representing the biggest fall for the week.* [22] The single form the song during their North American leg of their
re-entered the US Billboard Hot 100 on 11 February 2012 Mylo Xyloto Tour.* [42]* [43] In the tour version of the
at number 98, following the announcement that Rihanna video, it shows Rihanna wearing two different costumes
and Coldplay are set to perform the song together at the and golden nail guards as she performs a choreography
54th Grammy Awards.* [23]* [24] The next week it fell with her arms in front of a background with colorful ef-
off the chart again, before re-entering again on 25 Febru- fects. It contains visual references to various Chinese
ary 2012 at number 75.* [25] The single became Cold- wuxia films, including Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hid-
play's fifth and Rihanna's twentieth top-twenty song in the den Dragon, and Zhang Yimou's Hero, House of Flying
US.* [26]* [27] “Princess of China”debuted at number Daggers and Curse of the Golden Flower.
39 on the US Pop Songs for the issue dated 14 FebruaryIt was confirmed that the full video would be finished
2012* [28] and later managed to peak at number 24 on by the third week of May 2012.* [44] During the sec-
31 March 2012.* [29] “Princess of China”debuted at ond week of May, Coldplay released sketch drawings as
its peak of number 17 on the Canadian Hot 100 on 12 teasers of“Princess of China”video. On 14 May 2012,
November 2011 based solely on digital downloads.* [30]Coldplay and Rihanna released a behind the scenes video
The next week it dropped to number 41 before falling of
of “Princess of China”via VEVO and on their own
the chart.* [31] YouTube sites. The video was officially released on 2
The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 33 on June 2012.
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8.27 “Hurts Like Heaven”

"Hurts Like Heaven" is a song by British rock band
Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band
and producer Brian Eno for Coldplay's fifth studio album,
Mylo Xyloto. The song was released as the album's sixth Aiko and Lela drawing sparks over the“silencers”posters along
overall single on 27 July 2012. a street of “Silencia”.
8.27.1 Background to use energy to draw bright and colorful graffiti on the
walls), who, with other“sparkers”, light up the streets of
In an interview with The Independent, lead singer Chris “Silencia”escaping from the“silencers”who eventually
Martin stated that guitarist Jonny Buckland was largely catch and arrest them.* [7]* [8]
involved in the creation of“Hurts Like Heaven”, saying
of the song: "'Hurts Like Heaven' is all Jonny. It only has
two chords. The songs are group-y, it's guitar-y. Jonny is 8.27.3 Critical reception
coming out of his cocoon. We're just trying some risky
things.”* [4] “Hurts Like Heaven”received generally positive reviews
Reviews of the song have noted that the song contains from critics. Will Hermes of Rolling Stone published
signs of influences of the other artists; in their preview of a favourable review of “Hurts Like Heaven"; giving
Mylo Xyloto, Q noted that “the melodies, like the title, the track 3 and a half stars out of 5, he praised the
are a nod to the '80s heroes they so successfully channeled song's“outstanding guitar asides”, noting that the song's
on A Rush of Blood to the Head, The Cure and Echo and word rush “occasionally recalled LCD Soundsystem's
*
the Bunnymen's influence looming large as Chris Martin 'All My Friends'". [5] In his review of Mylo Xyloto, Ian
sings like he's in a hurry [...] the chorus [...] is as uplift- Cohen of Pitchfork Media called the song“a remarkably
ingly bittersweet as Robert Smith and co's best pop songs, aerodynamic piece of all-purpose inspirational rock that
whilst the“whoa oh oh”bridge provides the record's first never gets too pushy even with [Chris] Martin's mean-
*
stadium-singalong moment.”Reviews from both Rolling ingful/meaningless proclamations.” [9] Josh Modell of
*
Stone [5] and The A.V. Club have drawn comparisons to The A.V. Club also reviewed the song positively, calling
dance-punk band LCD Soundsystem, with the latter call- it a“nice kick in the formula” , calling the band“expert
*
ing the song “a driving homage”to the band. [6] * formula-repeaters.” [6] Mikael Wood of Spin wrote that
the song“rides a zippy new-wave groove that justifies its
Cure-conjuring title”.* [10] Andy Gill of The Indepen-
8.27.2 Music video dent wrote that the song “opens proceedings at a peak,
the twinkly demeanour of its bustling pop layered with
*
The music video for“Hurts Like Heaven”was announced disparate guitar lines”. [11]
at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International con-
vention. Coldplay posted a 30-second teaser trailer on
Twitter on the evening of 5 October 2012. It was later re- 8.27.4 Live performances
leased on 8 October 2012. The clip, who does not feature
the band, is a comic book style animation set on a futur- Recorded in 2010, the song was first performed at the
istic dystopian storyline and it's the animated version of 2011 Rock Im Park festival in Nuremberg, Germany on
the first number of the Mylo Xyloto comics. Directed by 4 June 2011.* [12] It acts as an opener on both Mylo Xy-
Mark Osborne with illustrations by Alejandro Fuentes, loto and its corresponding tour, played immediately after
the video contains flashes of neons, the band's trademark the album's title track, “Mylo Xyloto”, a 42-second in-
over the course of Mylo Xyloto's promotions. strumental that segues into “Hurts Like Heaven”.
The story is set in the world of“Silencia”ruled by a dic-
tator: Major Minus, who wants to take colors and sounds
off the streets and controls the population through pro- 8.27.5 Remixes
paganda (like posters on the walls that invite people to
be silent) and his army of “silencers”. The video fol- An official remix by Kat Krazy has been unveiled on 28
lows Aiko and Lela, two“sparkers”(people who are able December 2012* [13]* [14]
8.27. “HURTS LIKE HEAVEN” 191
8.27.6 Track listings [11] Gill, Andy (21 October 2011). “Album: Coldplay, Mylo
Xyloto (Parlophone)". The Independent. Retrieved 6
• Digital download* [15] February 2012.
[12] jessica (6 June 2011). “Coldplay Debut “Hurts Like

1.“Hurts Like Heaven”(Edit) ̶3:58
Heaven,”“Major Minus,”“Us Against the World,”
“Charlie Brown”In Germany”. Stereogum. Buzz Media.
• Promotional CD single* [16] Retrieved 24 June 2012.
1.“Hurts Like Heaven”(Radio Edit) ̶3:02 [13] Juicy Remixes (28 December 2012). “Coldplay - Hurts
Like Heaven (Kat Krazy Remix)". Kat Krazy. Youtube.
2.“Hurts Like Heaven”(Album Version) ̶4:23 Retrieved 28 December 2012.
3.“Hurts Like Heaven”(Instrumental) ̶4:22 [14] Kat Krazy (28 December 2012). “Coldplay - Hurts Like
Heaven (Kat Krazy Remix)". Kat Krazy. katkrazymu-
• 7”vinyl picture disc* [17] sic.com. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
[15] https://www.discogs.com/Coldplay-Hurts-Like-Heaven/
1.“Hurts Like Heaven”(7”Edit) ̶3:17 release/4074177
2. "Us Against the World" (From Live 2012) ̶3:52
[16] https://www.discogs.com/Coldplay-Hurts-Like-Heaven/
release/3940896
8.27.7 Chart performance [17] https://www.discogs.com/Coldplay-Hurts-Like-Heaven/
release/4492681
Upon the release of Mylo Xyloto, “Hurts Like Heaven”
charted in two territories. The song debuted at number 21 [18] “South Korea Gaon International Chart (Week: October
on the South Korea Gaon International Chart for the issue 23, 2011 to October 30, 2011)" (in Korean). Gaon Chart.
dated 23 October 2011.* [18] It also debuted at number Retrieved 2011-10-29.
157 on the UK Singles Chart for the issue dated 5 Novem-
ber 2011.* [19] [19] “CHART: CLUK Update 5.11.2011 (wk43)". zobbel.de.
8.27.8 Release history [20] "Ultratop.be – Coldplay – Hurts Like Heaven”(in Dutch).
Ultratip.
8.27.9 References [21] "Ultratop.be – Coldplay – Hurts Like Heaven” (in
French). Ultratip.
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8.27.10 External links 8.28.3 Live performances
• Official website “Up in Flames”was first performed live in a near-

complete state in front of cameras at the Austin City Lim-
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics its taping on 16 September 2011.* [7] It was performed a
second time before Mylo Xyloto's release on the 20 Oc-
tober broadcast of the American talk show The Colbert
8.28 “Up in Flames” Report.* [9] It would also later become a signature track
on the setlist of all dates of the Mylo Xyloto Tour, first
played live in front of a global audience on 26 October
"Up in Flames" is a song written and recorded by British 2011 at the AMEX Unstaged concert in Madrid.
rock band Coldplay for their fifth studio album, Mylo Xy-
loto (2011). It was released for radio airplay in Italy on
16 November 2012.* [2] 8.28.4 Track listings
8.28.5 Charts
8.28.1 Background and recording
The last song to be recorded for the album, after most of
the songs had already been mixed and mastered, “Up
in Flames”was first conceived by lead singer Chris Mar-
8.28.7 References
tin in the hours leading up to the band's headlining per- [1] Mapes, Jillian (12 January 2015).“Coldplay's 'Mylo Xy-
formance at the 2011 iTunes Festival in London on 22 loto': Track-By-Track Review”. Billboard.
July 2011.* [3] Portions of the song, including the first
instance of electronic drums in a Coldplay song, were [2] Mompellio, Gabriel (13 November 2012). “Coldplay
recorded backstage at the Roundhouse. The track was – Up In Flames (Radio Date: 16-11-2012)" (in Italian).
rush-recorded to make it on the final version of the al- EarOne. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
bum, completed and issued to publishers on 9 September [3] “Roadie #42 – Blog #141”. Coldplay.com. 5 September
2011.* [4] In an interview with Perth Now, Martin spoke 2011. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013.
about the recording of “Up in Flames": Retrieved 24 March 2014.
[4] “We've finished the album”. Coldplay.com. 9 September

You know when you're finished. We don't 2011. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013.
need to write any more songs now. We were Retrieved 24 March 2014.
feeling like we were missing one, that was it.
[5] Adams, Cameron (1 August 2011). “Coldplay honours
It's basially quite a schizophrenic record. We're
Amy Winehouse at Splendour in the Grass 2011”. Perth
still putting it together. There's some very loud
Now. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
stuff, some very quiet stuff, it's seeing if they
can live in harmony together.* [5] [6] “Watch Coldplay Debut 'Up In Flames' In Austin”.
Idolator. Spin Media. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 24
March 2014.
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play debuts 'Up In Flames'". Consequence of Sound. Re-
Idolator writer Robbie Daw gave the debut Austin City trieved 24 March 2014.
Limits performance of “Up in Flames”a positive re-
view, describing it as “immense”and “hypnotic in [8] Doherty, Niall (10 October 2011). “First Impressions
its simplicity, but devastatingly, achingly gorgeous.”* [6] of... Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto”. Q. London. Retrieved 24
Michael Roffman of Consequence of Sound gave the per- March 2014.
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monotonous, but it's no 'Warning Sign'.”* [7] Up 'Colbert Report' With 'Paradise' & 'Up in Flames':
Watch”. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved
In his review of Mylo Xyloto, Niall Doherty of Q wrote
24 March 2014.
that the track“puts Coldplay back in well-traversed bal-
lad territory”and was positive towards the track: “The [10]“Coldplay - Up In Flames”. Coldplay @ Discogs. Discogs.
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echo-chamber falsetto – suggests that the days of autopi-
lot Coldplay are over, beautifully simple and using the [11]“Coldplay - Up In Flames”. Coldplay @ Discogs. Discogs.
melody as its dynamic. Again, just when you think it
might take off, it ends. Coldplay have learned to make [12] "Ultratop.be – Coldplay – Up in Flames” (in Dutch).
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Nederlandse Top 40. Retrieved 24 March 2014. a fan of the books makes this even more meaningful.
The Coldplay single underscores the stature of record-
[14] “Gaon Download Chart – 2011 11 1 " (in
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*
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8.29.2 Composition, recording and pro-

8.28.8 External links duction
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics “Atlas”was written by Coldplay members, Guy Berry-
man, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin,
and recorded in London between April and July 2013.* [1]
8.29 “Atlas” and originally for Ghost Stories.
The song is a down-tempo ballad, featuring delicate piano
"Atlas" is a song written and recorded by British refrain with a “moody, haunting melody”, and show-
alternative rock band Coldplay for The Hunger Games: casing Martin's lower-register vocals.* [8] According to
Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, some reviewers, it sounds “less like more recent Cold-
the soundtrack to the 2013 American science-fiction play tracks and more like a throwback to their sound on
adventure film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.* [2] It A Rush of Blood to the Head,”* [9] and“like a tossed-off
was released digitally as the lead single from the sound- remnant from the outfit's early days, before it began ex-
track on 6 September 2013 worldwide, and on 8 Septem- perimenting with deep rhythms and vivid textures.”* [1]
ber in the United Kingdom. The song was accompanied The piano builds to a bolder,* [9]“anthemic-quality”cho-
by a lyric video, which also premiered on 6 September. rus with richly layered production,* [8] reminiscent of the
band's fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto. The song was pro-
“Atlas”has charted in 16 countries and reached top ten
duced by Coldplay, Rik Simpson (with whom the band
positions in three of them, and has also received mostly
has previously worked on the Grammy Award-winning
positive reviews from music critics. The ballad, which
album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends and Mylo
is the first song ever written and recorded by Coldplay
Xyloto), and Daniel Green (Mylo Xyloto).* [2]
for a film, won the Hollywood Song Award at the 17th
Hollywood Film Awards,* [3] and was nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media 8.29.3 Critical reception
and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.* [4]
Upon release, “Atlas”received mostly positive reviews
from music critics. Michael Nelson of Stereogum called
8.29.1 Background the track “a swooning, appropriately cinematic ballad.”
*
[10] Erin Coulehan of Rolling Stone magazine wrote,
“Atlas”is Coldplay's first new track in almost two years, “The dreamy tune features a classic Coldplay presenta-
as the band's fifth studio album Mylo Xyloto was released
tion, with twinkling piano that builds as Chris Martin
in October 2011. The song was written specifically for croons 'I'll carry your world'.”* [11]“The dreamy, piano-
Catching Fire and marks the first time that Coldplay have
driven track was clearly written specifically for ʻCatch-
ever recorded an original song for a motion picture, or any ing Fire,ʼwith lyrics like“some bend the bow”̶about
piece of media outside the music industry.* [5] The song
bow-and-arrow-wielding heroine Katniss, presumably ̶
“We're a Team”from the movie score is also co-written and“caught in the fire”(pretty self-explanatory),”wrote
by Coldplay, and featured elements of “Atlas”. * [6] Karen Lanza of PopCrush.* [12]
According to Billboard magazine, “the lyrics abstractly
touch upon main characters Katniss and Peeta's mutual Upon release of the soundtrack album, Consequence of
reliance.”* [2] Sound's Rob Hakimian called the song“spirited”,* [13]
and AllMusic's Heather Phares described it as“typically
“I have great respect and admiration for Coldplay, and sweeping and earnest”.* [14] Randall Roberts of the Los
we are thrilled with how well they have connected to the Angeles Times wrote, “Coldplay is here too, but in a
themes and ideas within the film. Their unwavering pas- battle with Lorde's haunting version of Tears for Fears'
sion and excitement for the project elevated the collabo- "Everybody Wants to Rule the World", Lorde would for-
ration even further, and we can't wait to share this music ever reign supreme.”* [15] Slant Magazine's Blue Sul-
with audiences around the world,”said the film's director livan commented that "'Atlas' is autopilot Coldplay dip-
Francis Lawrence.* [5] ping into its back catalogue for a paycheck, but at least
“We are so honored that Coldplay, one of the iconic rock it approximates a pulse. Though the band may have zero
bands of our generation, will perform the first song out insider-cred, 'Atlas' proves that 'Clocks' played at three-
quarter speed with most of the chorus scooped out still by Mario Hugo and featured illustration by Micah Lid-
runs rings around most of the current zeitgeist.”* [16] berg.* [27]* [28] The video“follows a shooting star cours-
ing through the universe while tracing various constella-
tions in the zodiac to the point of supernova.”* [11]
Awards and accolades
Ray Rahman of Entertainment Weekly wrote, “Three
On 15 October 2013, it was announced that“Atlas”would things the internet is definitely not tired of yet ̶
receive the Hollywood Song Award at the 17th Holly- Coldplay, The Hunger Games, and high-production lyric
wood Film Awards. The song was also performed at the videos ̶have all converged in the form of“Atlas.”(...)
gala ceremony, which took place on 21 October 2013 at The just-released visual is an intense affair set on an as-
the Beverly Hilton hotel. Carlos de Abreau, the Holly- tral plane, full of all sorts of Olympian imagery designed
wood Film Awards founder and executive director, told to get you excited* for Katnissʼreturn to the big screen
The Hollywood Reporter, “The Hollywood Film Awards this November.” [29]
is thrilled to present the Hollywood Song Award to a band
as globally respected and prolific as Coldplay. They con-
tinue to build their legacy and, with 'Atlas' marking the
first time they have recorded for a motion picture, we can-
not think of an artist better deserving of this honor.”* [3] 8.29.7 Personnel
On 7 December 2013,“Atlas”received a Grammy Award Adapted from liner notes of the “Atlas”single.* [30]
nomination in the Best Song Written for Visual Media
category.* [4]* [17] On 12 December 2013, it was nomi-
nated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. 8.29.8 Charts

“Atlas”has achieved moderate chart success, having
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Group. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013.
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[54] “Top 40/M Future Releases”. All Access Music Group. “Magic”has received highly positive reviews from crit-
Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Re- ics. Jamieson Cox of Time magazine wrote that“Magic”
trieved 5 September 2013. isn't as far from the style of Coldplay's previous albums
as "Midnight", the first track from Ghost Stories that was
revealed. He added that the single “does hint at a few
new tricks up the band's sleeve,”and described it as “a
8.30 “Magic” successful marriage of old and new.”* [6] Rolling Stone
magazine's Kory Grow commented in similar tone, call-
"Magic" is a song recorded by British alternative rock ing the song“a return to form,”proven“to be Coldplay
band Coldplay for their sixth studio album, Ghost Stories through and through.”* [7] Digital Spy's Lewis Corner
(2014). It was written and produced by band members concurred, writing: "[The song] isn't a quick card trick
Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris to draw you in like some of the band's previous hits, but
Martin, with production assistance from Paul Epworth, rather a long-form spectacle that slowly allures you with
Daniel Green, and Rik Simpson. The song was released its intricacies and delicate craftsmanship.”* [8] The song
as the lead single from Ghost Stories on 3 March 2014, by was placed at number thirty on Rolling Stone's 50 Best
Parlophone. Songs of 2014 list.* [9]
Writing for Consequence of Sound, Alex Young opined
that the track “sounds a lot less Bon Iver and a lot more
8.30.1 Background and recording Chris Martin drinking a venti, no-whip Skinny Vanilla
Latte on a Sunday afternoon.”* [10] Carl Williot of
The song was recorded by the band during sessions for Idolator noted the song's Edge influence and commented
their sixth studio album in 2013, at their purpose-built that it showed “a tonedown their trademark grandeur
studios The Bakery and The Beehive in North London, in exchange for a more minimalist, atmospheric set of
England, both originally constructed for work on their songs.”* [11] Spin's Kyle McGovern had similar thoughts,
two previous studio albums, 2008's Viva la Vida or Death and called the track“a low-key meditation on love.”* [12]
and All His Friends and 2011's Mylo Xyloto respectively. Bill Lamb of About.com gave the song 4.5 stars out of 5
The song's bass riff, the first part of the song, was orig- and called it a “refreshingly simple, heartwarming love
inally conceived by Guy Berryman during the band's song.”* [13] Writing for Los Angeles Times, Mikael Wood
recording sessions in February 2013.* [3] The song was commented: “With Martin's delicate falsetto floating
then covered by singer-songwriter Lauren Aquilina for over a muted drum-machine beat ... this one offers up a
her BBC Radio 1 Maida Vale Studios session. sumptuous vocal melody – and a surprisingly soulful one
at that.”* [14]
The single art for“Magic”was etched by British-based,
Czech etching artist Mila Fürstová.* [4] The artwork fea-
tures a symbolic white dove imposed onto a blue back- Awards and accolades
ground. Much like other artworks of the Ghost Sto-
ries album cycle, depicts a scenario contained within the 8.30.4 Music video
perimeter of the subject of focus, this time the white
dove. The scenario features imagery related to stage Background and concept
magic, including a levitating couple, a flying deck of cards
and a theater stage.
8.30.2 Composition
A beat consisting of a“muffled snare”and“dusty bass

riff”is repeated throughout most of the song. As the
song progresses, a piano is later added to the instrumen-
tation which is eventually swapped out for a stomp-clap
beat and again for a synth beat. Following the song's sec-
ond chorus, these beats are gradually combined together
while Martin sings in falsetto. The song's “anticlimac- Cecile and Claude argue. The music video mimics early silent
tic”portion then decreases intensity until it has eventually films, which used methods such as straightforward cinematogra-
resumed to simply a snare and bass riff.* [5] phy and intertitles to subtitle the otherwise inaudible characters.
8.30. “MAGIC” 197
A music video for“Magic”was directed by Jonas Åker- 8.30.5 Covers and versions
lund.* [15] Starring Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi, the video
pays tribute to silent films, and is based on a literal inter- In July 2014, R&B artist Brandy released a rerecorded
pretation of“Magic”, with the narrative revolving around version of“Magic”to her TwitMusic account.* [23]* [24]
an “old-timey magic show”.* [16] The five-minute mu- The same day, it peaked at number one on Billboard's
sic video was premiered on music video hosting service Trending 140 chart, less than 24 hours after its pre-
Vevo on 7 April 2014. miere.* [25] Covered in live performances by various
The narrative of the music video is centered around a artists. In April 2014, singer Aloe Blacc performed the
magic show, which was translated by the director from song on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.* [26] A few days
a literal interpretation of Coldplay's song, whose lyrics later, You Me At Six covered the song BBC Radio 1's
make allusions to various magic tricks and stunts.* [17] Live Lounge on the same venue.* [27] Singer Rita Ora
The video itself is presented as a monochrome silent gave a mashup rendition of “Magic”and Beyoncé's
film,* [18] with cinematography and production mimick- "Drunk in Love" at the Radio 1's Big Weekend event in
ing those of the early 20th Century silent films,* [19] in- May 2014.* [28] In September 2014, Jacob Banks also
cluding an opening credits sequence, with“ragtime jazz” sang“Magic”on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.* [29]* [30]
, reminiscent of those used in early silent films.* [20] The
video's narrative has been compared to the 2006 film The
Prestige, without the“gripping”elements of the film.* [21]
8.30.7 Personnel
Synopsis and reception Adapted from DR credits.* [31]
Cecile (Zhang Ziyi) is a stage magician who performs

magic in a traveling circus. She performs with Christophe 8.30.8 Charts
(Chris Martin), a young magician who serves as Cecile's
assistant. The duo perform various routine magic acts, 8.30.9 Certifications
such as impalement arts and shapeshifting. Cecile is
married to Claude (also played by Chris Martin), a fa- 8.30.10 Release history
mous magician who, in addition to being an alcoholic, is
violently aggressive to his wife. As Christophe contin- 8.30.11 References
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8.31.3 Reception
• “Magic” on YouTube
• "Magic" at Discogs (list of releases) Critical reception

The song received mostly positive reviews from critics,
• Official website who noted a change in the sound of the band and drew
comparisons to Bon Iver and Justin Vernon. Al Horner
of NME approved of the band's new musical direction and
lauded the song as a“dive into icy electronic experimen-
8.31 “Midnight” talism”.* [7] Contactmusic.com's Lauren James similarly
praised the song, writing: “gone are the crashing pianos,
"Midnight" is a song recorded by British alternative guitar and soaring vocals of the Brit rockers' more famous
rock band Coldplay for their sixth studio album, Ghost ballads, replaced with a pared back, minimalist electronic
Stories (2014). It was written and produced by band song”.* [8] Micahel Nelson of Stereogum concurred,
members Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Cham- commenting that the song brought out Coldplay“at their
pion and Chris Martin, with production assistance from most spacious and ambient, stripped down to a ghostly
Paul Epworth, Daniel Green, and Rik Simpson, and co- essence.”* [9] Writing for PopMatters, Evan Sawdey
production from Jon Hopkins. A music video for the rated the song 8/10 and summarized it as“chilly, moody,
Ghost Stories track was released on 25 February 2014 and evocative”.* [10] Rolling Stone's Cory Grow com-
as a teaser for the then-unannounced sixth studio al- pared Martin's vocals to Peter Gabriel“as he sings about
bum.* [3] A “Midnight”7-inch vinyl single was pressed darkness, while the synths build throughout the track be-
by Parlophone for Record Store Day 2014. The single, fore a skittery, rave-like keyboard line flits about noisy
featuring the track on a single side of the record, was static”.* [11] Idolator's Carl Williot described the song as
released on 17 April 2014, becoming the second music “a haunting electronic soundscape that not only lacks the
release by the band in promotion of Ghost Stories. band's trademark anthemic choruses and stadium-filling
A live version of the song, recorded and filmed at the guitar lines, but boasts nary a hook and has few decipher-
Royal Albert Hall, in London, was included in the Ghost able lyrics”.* [12] Lewis Corner of Digital Spy opined
Stories Live 2014. that the song was “subdued, murky, twinkling, but defi-
nitely not lead single material on first listen”and hailed the
band for“never fail[ing] to shake up their sound and be-
8.31.1 Composition come even more successful with it.”* [13] Jamieson Cox
of Time magazine felt the song“never blossoms into one
“Midnight”was built over a previously unreleased original of Coldplay's trademark climaxes, instead blurring into
track produced by Jon Hopkins in 2003.* [4] The track, a phosphene cloud of synth melodies”but praised it for
named “Amphora”, was never completed by Hopkins being “another step in a new direction for a band that's
and was partly released by ambient/electronic music blog never been content with staying in place”.* [14]
8.31. “MIDNIGHT” 201
Accolades 8.31.6 Personnel
8.31.4 Promotion Adapted from “Midnight”liner notes.* [19]
8.31.7 Charts
Certifications
8.31.9 Giorgio Moroder remix
A remix of“Midnight”by Italian dance music producer

The music video for “Midnight”was noted for its use of night Giorgio Moroder was released by Parlophone on 21 April
vision filters. 2014 as a digital download single.* [55]* [56]
A 5-minute music video for “Midnight”, directed by

Mary Wigmore, was premiered on music video hosting Critical reception
service Vevo at 6pm UTC (Midnight in Ulaanbaatar,
Mongolia time), on 25 February 2014.* [15] The video
was shot nearly in its entirety in thermal infrared imag- The remix version of the song has received positive re-
ing and negative imagery, incorporating various visual ef- views from music critics. Kory Grow of the Rolling
fects. The thermal infrared camera was a FLIR SC8303 Stone magazine wrote that Moroder turned an understated
with either a 25 or a 50mm prime lens, depending on the EDM track into a“dance floor banger”and“eight-minute
shot. The lenses were made by Janos Corporation. The affair with no time squandered": “One of Coldplay's
wavelength range is 3 to 5 microns, or mid wave infrared. most unassuming tracks off their forthcoming record
The thermal infrared video was recorded as HD-SDI on Ghost Stories is now its most danceable.”He also com-
an Atomos Samurai Blade with a 480 GB solid state hard mented that the producer “adds a pounding bass-drum
drive. Simultaneously, raw digital video was captured at beat from the onset and then uses the synth filigrees to-
30 frames per second into FLIR ExaminIR software. The ward the end of the track ... to build it into something
video was watched over 1 million times in less than 24 that would have once backed Summer. Vocal 'aahs' and
hours after it was posted on their Facebook page. Just soft pads of synths, alongside robotic chanting in French,
two days later it reached 3 million views, later passing 31 make the track more Moroder than Martin for the final
million views by 24 June 2015. four minutes.”* [57]
“Midnight”was first performed live by Coldplay on the Mikael Wood of The Los Angeles Times wrote in simi-
opening night of the 2014 iTunes Festival at SXSW on lar tone, “The producer's lengthy reworking, which cli-
12 March 2014 at the Moody Theater in Austin, Texas. maxes in a surging synth fantasia complete with robot
It was performed as the only song during the encore seg- voices, adds some verve to Coldplay's rather sedate orig-
inal.”* [58] Tom Breihan of Stereogum noted that while
ment of the setlist. Bassist Guy Berryman played the laser
harp and Will Champion a Reactable. the remix “might not have the same spacey majesty as
peak Moroder, it still does a nice job translating the in-
The song was featured on the drama TV series Under the ward sweep of the original track into an orchestral disco
Dome in the seventh episode of the show's second season. pulse.”* [59]
The song was also used for the Exodus: Gods and Kings
theatrical trailer. According to Ryan Kristobak of The Huffington Post,
Moroder transformed “Midnight”into “a dance-floor
hit, without abandoning the song's Brian Eno/Bon Iver-
influenced ambience.”* [60] Idolator's Robbie Daw com-
mented, “Here Moroder lays a hypnotic click-click-
8.31.5 Track listing click disco beat below the Kid A-esque atmosphere of the
track, and the whole thing eventually builds into a tornado
“Midnight (Giorgio Moroder Remix)" was released dig- of majestic synths and menacing piano chords. And, of
itally in April 2014.* [16] Three other remixes are in- course, no modern day remix by Giorgio Moroder would
cluded on A Sky Full of Stars CD single released in June be complete without the addition of his own ghostly robot
2014.* [17] vocals.”* [61]
Track listing [18] “discogs”. Midnight (Remixes).
[19] Coldplay (2014). Midnight (7”vinyl). Parlophone.

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8.32 “A Sky Full of Stars”
29 April 2014.
"A Sky Full of Stars" is a song recorded by British
[45] “Midnight (2014)" (in German). 7digital (DE). Retrieved alternative rock band Coldplay, it was released on 2
29 April 2014. May 2014 as the third single from their sixth studio al-
[46] “Midnight (2014)" (in French). 7digital (LU). Retrieved bum, Ghost Stories (2014). The band co-wrote and co-
29 April 2014. produced the song with Avicii, and received production
assistance from Paul Epworth, Daniel Green, and Rik
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2014.
“A Sky Full of Stars”marks the band's first dance
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with wings like of the Ghost Stories artwork, buildings

such as a church, and objects such as a maze and a chair,
also alluding to those in the Ghost Stories artwork, are
depicted encased in a three-dimensional star chart. The
artwork is reminiscent of Fürstová's earlier work, Other
Skies, which also features various figures, buildings and
objects imposed onto a star map.* [13]
8.32.5 Reception
Critical reception
“A Sky Full of Stars”was met with positive reception

upon its release. Carl Williott of Idolator gave the track a
positive review, stating: “Quite honestly it sounds more
like a Zedd or Avicii offering than a Coldplay one, and
it's certainly the loudest and most joyful cut we've heard
from the album so far”.* [14] Melinda Newman of HitFix
had similar thoughts, calling the song“the most commer-
cial and dance-y track so far”from the album.* [15] Chris
De Ville of Stereogum gave “A Sky Full of Stars”an
Swedish record producer Avicii was invited by the band to pro- overwhelmingly positive comment, stating that the song is
duce “A Sky Full of Stars”. “the most energetic and classically Coldplay song we've
heard from the album so far”.* [16] Chris Martins of Spin
magazine also commented relatively positively, writing
Swedish record producer Avicii was invited by the band
that “The big-tent EDM offering is pretty satisfying in
to collaborate on “A Sky Full of Stars”. In addition
all of the ways that those things are”.* [1]
to producing the track, he was also asked by lead singer
Chris Martin to play and record the piano parts. However, Consequence of Sound's wrote the song “starts off as a
Martin later stated in a BBC Radio 1 interview with Zane heartfelt piano ballad before flourishes of pounding elec-
Lowe that he felt that he had “cheated”on the band tronics take over the chorus”and noted that it “falls in
by asking Avicii to play the piano instead of playing it line with the synth-heavy soundscapes of 'Midnight', but
himself.* [8] with more danceable flavor.”* [17] Zane Lowe of BBC
Radio 1 named the track his 'Hottest Record' for 29 April
2014.* [18] However, a negative review came from Car-
8.32.3 Release olyn Menyes of Music Times who criticized the song for
“lack[ing] a personality or heart, something that the best
On 2 May 2014,“A Sky Full of Stars”was released early Coldplay songs are chock full of.”* [19] Josh Modell of
through Ghost Stories on the iTunes Store worldwide,* [9] The A.V. Club panned it as a“blatantly pandering, album-
and on Spotify.* [10] On 5 May 2014, the single was re- interrupting, mood-f*cking-up [track] which is destined
leased on Google Play store in Australia. On 26 June, to be a hit and also instantly dated.”* [20]
Coldplay announced the A Sky Full of Stars EP. It would
feature the radio edit of the song, as well as the three
bonus tracks from the deluxe version of Ghost Stories: Commercial performance
“All Your Friends”, the title track“Ghost Story”and“O
(Reprise)", sold by Target. The extended play was avail- Within 24 hours from its iTunes release, the track had
able worldwide, with the exception of the United States, sold 121,690 units worldwide,* [21] peaking at number
as the deluxe version of the album was only available in one in 86 countries on the iTunes Store Charts. As of July
the U.S. The EP was released on 29 June 2014.* [11] 2014, the song reached the Top 10 of nearly every coun-
try it charted in, including the bands' homeland country,
the United Kingdom where it reached number 9 on UK
8.32.4 Packaging Singles Chart.* [22] The single enjoyed massive commer-
cial success in Australia and New Zealand. In Australia,
The single art for “A Sky Full of Stars”was etched by the song reached number two on the ARIA Charts,* [23]
UK-based, Czech etching artist Mila Fürstová.* [9]* [12] matching the band previous best efforts charting single
The artwork continues the motif of artworks in the Ghost for the 2008 singles Viva La Vida.* [24] In New Zealand,
Stories album cycle, which feature a scene occurring in the song reached number two on New Zealand Singles
a larger, enclosed body. Multiple figures such as angels Chart,* [25] becoming the band's highest-charting single
to date and their fifth top-ten single in the country.* [26]

On the issue dated 30 May 2014, the song reached num-
ber ten on the Billboard Hot 100, making it their third
top 10 hit and first since "Viva la Vida" in 2008.* [27] It
also became their first number-one single on the Billboard
Hot Rock Songs chart. “A Sky Full of Stars”was the
band's second number one on the US Hot Dance Club
Songs chart.* [28] The song has sold over a million digital
copies in the U.S. as of November 2014.* [29]
8.32.6 Music video
The official music video was directed by Mat Whitecross

and the shooting took place on King Street in the inner
Sydney suburb of Newtown, on 17 June 2014.* [30] It was
released on 19 June 2014.
View of the stage at Wembley Stadium, as Coldplay perform “A
At the beginning of the video, Coldplay's lead singer, Sky Full of Stars”during a concert on their A Head Full of
Chris Martin, walks through Sydney's streets dressed as Dreams Tour.
a one-man band, singing the first verse of the song. Then
he reaches the other members of the band (also dressed
as one-man bands) and, together, they play the instru- 8.32.8 Track listing
mental refrain. Martin is then seen walking through the
street, without the other members, while he sings the sec- All songs written and composed by Guy Berryman, Jonny
ond verse. At the end of the video the band reunites in a Buckland, Will Champion, and Chris Martin, except“A
square, singing and playing the final part of the song with Sky Full of Stars”(co-written by Tim Bergling).
a crowd of fans. While Martin is singing the final part,
many paper-made stars are blown into the square.
8.32.9 Personnel
An alternate music video leaked onto the internet in late
2014.* [31] No further information was given about it. Adapted from Ghost Stories liner notes.* [39]
However, snippets from the alternate video can be seen in
the first video,* [32] playing on the TVs in a shop's show-
case, proving the former video is a scrapped version.
8.32.10 Charts
8.32.7 Live performances
“A Sky Full of Stars”was first played in closed-audience
performances. The band, when performing the song be- 8.32.13 References
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Retrieved 3 June 2014. wide and spawned the hit singles "Paradise" and "Princess
of China", Coldplay planned to release a more stripped-
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down record.* [2]* [3] Frontman Chris Martin claimed
that the album is about“life itself and all its glorious col-
*
[136] “A Sky Full Of Stars (Hardwell Remix) [FFRR]". orfulness”, [4] while critics noted that it was inspired in
Beatport. Retrieved 21 July 2014. Martin's divorce from actress Gwyneth Paltrow* [5]* [6]
deemed it a “breakup album”.* [2]* [7] Martin elabo-
rated:
Up to a certain point in my life I wasn't
• “A Sky Full of Stars”Official music video on completely vulnerable and it caused some
YouTube problems. If you don't let love in then you can't
really give it back. So what “Ghost Stories”
• “A Sky Full of Stars”(Alternative version) on
means to me is like, you've got to open yourself
Vimeo
up to love and if you really do, of course it will
• “A Sky Full of Stars”(Live) on YouTube be painful at times, but then it will be great at
some point.* [6]
On 4 August 2014, the band announced “True Love”
• Official website as the album's third single, along with its artwork, which
was created by artist Mila Fürstová.* [8] The song was of-
ficially released on 14 August 2014.* [9] Regarding the
8.33 “True Love” decision to release“True Love”as a single, Martin com-
mented:
"True Love" is a song written and performed by British
alternative rock band Coldplay for their sixth studio al- Sometimes we'll pick a single knowing that
bum Ghost Stories, where it appears as the fourth track. It it doesn't really fit into how singles should
was released by Parlophone as the third single from Ghost sound or do sound. Our whole philosophy, es-
Stories on 14 August 2014. The band co-produced the pecially recently, has been to follow our gut
track with Paul Epworth, Daniel Green and Rik Simpson, feeling. If we feel like this record needs to be a
while American record producer Timbaland provided ad- bit smaller and shouldn't tour it, then we follow
ditional drums. it, and we worry about the consequences after-
wards. I think choosing 'True Love' as a single
The song's main instrumentation consists in heavy
is probably the same kind of thing. Somehow
rhythms, dancing synths and wallowing strings. It also
for me it completes the trio of things that we
features a guitar solo. Lyrically,“True Love”talks about
want to represent the album.* [10]
heartache and how the protagonist can't bear the pain of
losing his lover. The song's lyrics were addressed to be
about Martin's divorce from his wife Gwyneth Paltrow, a
8.33.2 Composition and production
recurrent theme on the whole album. Martin has claimed
that “True Love”is the band's favorite track it has ever “True Love”was written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buck-
written.* [1] land, Will Champion and Chris Martin, with production
The song garnered acclaim from music critics, who com- being handled by the band with Paul Epworth, Daniel
mended the song's raw honesty and its lyrics, which were Green and Rik Simpson.* [11] American record pro-
seen as haunting and painfully truthful. Commercially ducer Timbaland provided additional drums, while Da-
successful in Belgium and the Netherlands,“True Love” vide Rossi arranged strings. The song is written in the
dest song on the album [...] as Martin echoes his phrases

-- 'Tell me you love me, if you don't then lie' -- to create a
sense of begging.”* [13] Stephanie Benson of Spin wrote
that the track“climaxes with a moody, languid guitar solo
straight out of John Mayer's seduction handbook.”* [15]
Matthew Horton of NME observed that“the real heart of
'Ghost Stories' is in [...] the choppy dubstep textures of
'True Love' where Martin croaks, 'One last time/Tell me
you love me,' and we all start to feel his own hollowness.”
*
[16]
Mack Hayden of Paste Magazine called it“the most Cold-
play moment on the album, whe[re] Martin sings 'Say that
you love me / And if you don't, then lie'. It's this kind
of wounded romanticism that made 'A Rush of Blood
to the Head' such a wonderful album, and it's good to
see it back here.”* [17] Josh Terry of Consequence of
Sound also noted that the lyrics are“one of his most gut-
ting lines ever”, noting that“they're devastating words.”
*
[18] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic claimed that
the addition of Timbaland“giv[es] 'Ghost Stories' a fleet
electronic facility that undercuts Coldplay's reputation as
a dogmatic rock band without ever suggesting the group is
adventurous.”* [19] Jamieson Cox of Time praised“the
skittering percussion that drives the weepy [track],”* [20]
while Larry Fitzmaurice of Pitchfork named it a "Spandau
Ballet-gone-Disney ballad.”* [21] Adam Silverstein of
“True Love"'s lyrical content was allegedly about Chris Martin's
divorce from actress Gwyneth Paltrow. Digital Spy wrote that the “transcendent”song “hit[s]
you like a strike from Magneto.”* [22]
key of G-flat major, with a moderate tempo of 120 beats

per minute. Martin's vocal range spans from the low note 8.33.4 Music video
of G♭3 to the high note of G♭5.* [12] Its instrumentation
consist in heavy rhythms, dancing synths and wallowing The song's music video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund,
strings.* [13] Chris DeVille of Stereogum noted that the who also directed the "Magic" video. It was shot in the
song has “Timbaland show[ing] up to add 'Apologize'- Los Angeles Theater, Los Angeles on 24 June 2014 and
style schmaltz”and “a mournful guitar solo.”* [7] Venice Beach on 25 June 2014 and premiered on 22 Au-
gust 2014.* [23] The video stars Chris Martin and Cana-
Lyrically,“True Love”deals with themes of heartbreak.
dian actress Jessica Lucas.* [23] It centres around a tale
DeVille writes that Martin “lashes out at his lover's al-
of two ballet-loving outsiders and the message behind the
leged lies on 'True Love' even as he strains to bring back
video is about “in spite of the obstacles blocking our
the old feelings”in the lines“And I wish you would have
access, 'anything is possible'.”* [24] According to Åker-
let me know/ What's really going on below/ I've lost you
lund, the video “came about in the same way as 'Magic'
now, you've let me go/ But one last time/ Tell me you love
did. One thing I said early was that I wanted it to be very
me.”* [7] In the chorus, the truth is too painful to bear,
different in tone from 'Magic'. But related somehow be-
so the singer instructs his partner “Just tell me you love
cause it has a story.”* [25]
me/ If you don't, then lie/ Oh, lie to me.”* [14]
Synopsis
The music video begins with Martin in a fat suit toddling
“True Love”received acclaim from music critics, who along to the metro bus and, realising he could never fit
went on to praise its lyrics and instrumentation. Caryn through the door, hitches a ride at the rear of the bus on a
Ganz of Rolling Stone felt that the song's “detuned, skateboard to his destination, which is a Los Angeles the-
squalling guitar solo is the album's most jarring but ul- atre where there's a ballet rehearsing. Later, an aspirant
timately most satisfying sonic moment. It's probably not ballerina, played by Lucas, also stuck in a fat suit hops
the song Martin wanted to write, but it's the one he needs along to an audition where a line of slender dancers give
right now.”* [14] Jason Lipshutz of Billboard noted that her sidelong glances. She hands over her portfolio to the
“True Love”makes the band “deliver perhaps the sad- people holding the audition and, because of her appear-
8.33. “TRUE LOVE” 211
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'boss' comes out in the alley and kicks him back to work. [10] “Chris Martin Opens Up About 'Ghost Stories' and Song-
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the girl is compelled to join him in a dance making theirs
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8.33.6 Personnel
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man sees many constellations and the constellations are
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• Jonny Buckland – lead guitar, slide guitar

• “True Love”Official music video on YouTube
Technical personnel
• Paul Epworth – production

8.34 “Ink” • Rik Simpson – production
• Daniel Green – production

"Ink" is a song recorded by British alternative rock band
Coldplay from their sixth studio album Ghost Stories
(2014). It was released as the fifth overall single from 8.34.4 Charts
the album on 13 October 2014. Prior to its single re-
lease, “Ink”debuted at number 156 on the UK Singles
Chart.* [1]

8.34.1 Music video
8.34.7 References
The animated video was designed by production team,
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[3] “Coldplay Magazine - Ink Single”.

Synopsis
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on the road. The video continue with the man's drifting
in the ocean, looking to a cloud which represent to the
woman. The man falls after arrive to a waterfall. A bird [8] "Nederlandse Top 40 – Coldplay search results” (in
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[9] "Dutchcharts.nl – Coldplay – Ink”(in Dutch). Single Top commercial for Sky Movies Christmas.* [10]* [11] How-
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8.35.2 Release
[12] “Triple A > Future Releases”. All Access Music Group. On 11 December 2014, an audio track of“Miracles”was
Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Re- released onto Coldplay's official YouTube channel.* [12]
It was also announced that the song would be released
[13] “Alternative > Future Releases”. All Access Music on 15 December 2014 through Parlophone and Atlantic
Group. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Records as a part of the Unbroken – Original Motion Pic-
Retrieved 9 November 2014. ture Soundtrack album accompanying the film, and as
a single-track digital download via iTunes on the same
day.* [2] It was also included on the Japanese release of
8.34.8 External links the upcoming album A Head Full of Dreams as a bonus
track.
• “Ink”Official fans' cut video on YouTube
• Official website 8.35.3 Critical reception

• www.coldplay.com/ink/
Eliza Berman of TIME magazine called the track“an an-
themic tribute to the film's heroic protagonist,”describ-
ing its sound as “poppy and easy on the ears, bordering
8.35 “Miracles” on anthemic as it builds to a cathartic release in the final
minute.”She also commented,“If someone were to com-
"Miracles" is a song by British alternative rock band mission a song to play over the credits of a movie about
Coldplay, which was written and recorded for the 2014 heroic determination that comes out on Christmas Day,
drama film Unbroken, directed by Angelina Jolie.* [1] Coldplay's 'Miracles' would be it.”* [13]
The song was first unveiled on 11 December 2014, and
Rolling Stone magazine's Daniel Kreps wrote that “It's
released as a single from the film's soundtrack album
easy to picture 'Miracles,' which will likely generate some
on 15 December 2014 through Parlophone and Atlantic
Best Song Oscar buzz, accompanying the Unbroken end
Records.* [2] The song was accompanied by a lyric video,
credits,”and described the song as“piano-driven,” “gen-
which was released on 22 December of the same year. It
tle, uplifting”and“reminiscent of Coldplay's latest single
is also included on the Japanese edition of the band's sev-
'Ink'.”* [4]
enth studio album A Head Full of Dreams (2015).
Ryan Kristobak of The Huffington Post noted,“Sonically
The song was well received by music critics, who
similar to the band's most recent album, Ghost Stories,
praised its anthemic and uplifting feel. Several sources
'Miracles' is a classic Coldplay mixture of sad, yet inspi-
also noted that the song could be a serious con-
rational, with a dash more of the latter in keeping with
tender for the Academy Award for Best Original
* * * * * the movie's story.”* [3]
Song; [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] however, it eventually did not
receive a nomination.* [8] Radio.com's Shannon Carlin commented, “With a
sweetly strummed guitar, a twinkling piano and a lot of
snapping, this song sounds triumphant and as varied as
8.35.1 Background the film itself. It also sounds ready for its Oscar mo-
ment. Frontman Chris Martin sings about angels that talk
On 28 October 2014, Coldplay announced on its offi- to him, lightning strikes and floating above the world. It's
cial website that it would be releasing a song written and all pretty magical.”* [5]
recorded especially for Unbroken, a film directed and pro- Tom Breihan of Stereogum called the song “a fairly
duced by Angelina Jolie and telling the story of Ameri- generic uplift anthem that really just sounds like a Cold-
can Olympic distance runner and prisoner of war during play song,”adding that“it's a more rhythmically focused
World War II, Louis Zamperini.* [1]* [9] Coldplay song than it has to be, and it's a bit surprising
On 29 November 2014, Billboard and Gigwise wrote on hearing the band trying out ideas on syncopation during
their websites that a snippet of“Miracles”was used in a an Oscar-season end-credits anthem.”* [6]
8.35.4 Personnel [17] "Spanishcharts.com – Coldplay – Miracles” Canciones

Top 50. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
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2014”. Official Charts Company. Archived from the
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play's New Song 'Miracles' From The 'Unbroken' Sound-
track”. The Huffington Post. Retrieved 12 December
2014. 8.36 “Adventure of a Lifetime”
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"Adventure of a Lifetime" is a song by British rock band
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lead single from their seventh studio album, A Head Full
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broken': Listen”. Radio.com. Retrieved 12 December “Adventure of a Lifetime”received critical acclaim, with
2014. reviewers praising the song's new direction. It was also a
commercial hit, reaching number seven on the UK Sin-
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tions: Nods for Common & John Legend, But Nothing 8.36.1 Reception
for Lorde”. Billboard. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
Upon its release, “Adventure of a Lifetime”received
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general acclaim from critics, with praise being drawn to-
New Slow Jam 'Miracles' From 'Unbroken' Soundtrack”.
Billboard. Retrieved 12 December 2014. wards the previously unseen disco style by the band. Fil-
ippo L'Astorina of the British entertainment website The
[10] Vena, Jocelyn (29 November 2014). “Hear A Snippet of Upcoming rated the song four out of five stars. L'Astorina
Coldplay's 'Miracles' UPDATE”. Billboard. Retrieved praised the structure and sound saying “its effortless
13 December 2014. pop structure lies on a funky groove with electric guitars
mimicking Indian sitar sounds”.* [7] Writing for Idolator,
[11] Cowler, Jasmine (29 November 2014).“Watch: Coldplay
Bianca Gracie and Robbie Daw rated the song 7/10 and
preview new track 'Miracles' on Sky advert”. Gigwise.
Retrieved 13 December 2014. 8/10 respectively, stating that the song is “incredibly vi-
brant in an almost childlike, blissful way that gives such
[12] “Coldplay - Miracles (Official audio)". YouTube. 11 an energetic rush”and that it is“the best Coldplay single
December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014. in seven years”.* [8] Rolling Stone ranked “Adventure
of a Lifetime”at number 41 on its year-end list to find
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the 50 best songs of 2015.* [9]
play's 'Miracles,' from the Soundtrack to Unbroken”.
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[14] “Unbroken (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | 8.36.2 Music video

Alexandre Desplat”. Qobuz.com. Retrieved 26 Decem-
ber 2014. The official music video was directed by the band's long-
time collaborator, Mat Whitecross. It was released on 27
[15] "Lescharts.com – Coldplay – Miracles”(in French). Les
November 2015. The concept for the video was hatched
classement single. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
after Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and British motion
[16] “Creative Disc Top 50 Chart 02 Feb” (in Indonesian). capture expert/actor Andy Serkis met on a plane and dis-
Creative Disc. February 2, 2015. Retrieved February 2, cussed ideas. It took about six months in the making of
2015. the music video.* [10]
8.36. “ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME” 215
Background and production Champion) to gather. It then slaps its chest and jumps to
a path inside the forest alone.
According to The Guardian, the video was shot at The The character sings the song and swings on the willow
Imaginarium Studios, where the reboot series of Planet tree vines. Then, the four chimpanzees dance together
of the Apes and parts of Avengers: Age of Ultron and Star during the chorus. After the chorus, they find an electric
Wars: The Force Awakens were filmed.* [11]* [12] guitar, a bass and a drum set. The chimpanzees bang on
Hannah Clark, the producer of the video commented, the instruments before they realize their proper use. The
“As creatures go, chimps are one of the more difficult characters play the instruments and form an “ape band”
to animate. Not only are they quite human in their move- . A hat is added on Buckland's character and an earring
ment, but they are covered in hair. Add to this that we had is added on Berryman's character after they have formed
no backgrounds shot, and we were asking an awful lot of a band.
any post-collaborator.”The band's faces were covered in During the bridge of the song, the band is surrounded by
a special, reflective and light-catching make-up that al- other chimpanzees (also played by themselves). The rest
lowed the computers to appropriately interpret the video of the video features the dance movements of the other
feed and create renders of the chimpanzees' characters. chimpanzees and the performance of the ape band. At the
The band members weren't playing real instruments, but end of the video, Martin's character climbs up to a tree
similarly-shaped objects that enabled creation of realistic
and overlooks the view of the forest which also features
body positions.* [11] some Indian temples, a reference to the Indian inspiration
The animation, visual effects and motion design of the of the associated album, A Head Full of Dreams.
video was carried out by Mathematic – a Paris-based pro-
duction company. Mat Whitecross filmed the band us-
ing a special camera. Each of band members also wore 8.36.3 In popular culture
a head-mounted camera system that was configured into
a three camera solution. The camera systems provided On 29 December 2015, the song was made available as
multiple video streams from which the production team downloadable content for the music video game Rock
was able to recreate 3D points.* [11] Band 4.* [13]
Release 8.36.4 Track listing

A 15-second teaser named "#AOALvideo November 27”
8.36.5 Personnel
was uploaded on the band's official YouTube account on
12 November 2015. The teaser consisted a short excerpt
Credits are adapted from A Head Full of Dreams liner
of the video, behind-the-scenes video and animated video
notes.* [17]
of the single artwork. The geometric pattern and the rep-
resentative pattern of the album, Flower of Life appeared
at the end of the teaser. Coldplay
The music video was uploaded on the official page of the
band at 8:00 a.m. (UK time) on 27 November 2015. On • Guy Berryman – bass guitar, keyboards
29 November 2015, the video was uploaded on the official
YouTube account. • Jonny Buckland – lead guitar, keyboards
• Will Champion – drums, programming

Synopsis
• Chris Martin – lead vocals, piano
The CGI animated video features a group of music-loving
chimpanzees that come across a Beats Pill speaker under Additional musicians
a pile of leaves. The primates then discover the power of
music and form a band that resembles the band members.
• Merry Clayton – backing vocals
The video begins with a similar layout with Coldplay's
2011 music video, "Paradise". As it opens, four chim- • Mikkel S Eriksen – additional instruments, produc-
panzees (played by the band members) are sitting in a for- tion, mixing
est. The opening verses begin after a chimpanzee (played
by Jonny Buckland) find a portable speaker under a pile • Tor Erik Hermansen – additional instruments, pro-
of leaves while it's playing the song. Another chimpanzee duction, mixing
(played by Chris Martin) listens to the music and calls
the rest of the group (played by Guy Berryman and Will • Phil Tan – audio mixer
8.36.6 Charts [14] “Adventure Of A Lifetime by Coldplay”. Qobuz UK.

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[16] “Adventure of a Lifetime (Matoma Remix) - Single by

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[74] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017JGRPEG song, and she accepted the request.* [2]
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[76] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventure-Of-A-Lifetime/ in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. According
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to Flo Rida or something”, and he thought, “it's such a
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shame that Coldplay could never have one of those late-
[78] https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0181T7LF8 night club songs, like "Turn Down for What". I thought
Iʼd like to have a song called 'Drinks on Me' where you
[79] https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01B9FD2D6 sit on the side of a club and buy everyone drinks because
[80] https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01B8O2V2Q you're so fucking cool,”Martin recalled. “I was chuck-
ling about that, when this melody came, 'drinks on me,
[81] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BCQUQFY drinks on me', then the rest of the song came out. I pre-
sented it to the rest of the band and they said, 'We love
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//www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases
this song, but there's no way you can sing “drinks on
me."' So that changed into 'drink from me' and the idea
of having an angelic person in your life. Then that turned
8.36.11 External links into asking Beyoncé to sing on it.”* [3]
• “Adventure of a Lifetime”Official music video on

YouTube 8.37.2 Critical reception
• “The making of Adventure Of A Lifetime music Jody Rosen of Billboard called it “the album's groovi-
video on YouTube est”.* [4] Helen Brown of The Daily Telegraph wrote:
“Beyoncé makes more of her appearance on 'Hymn for
the Weekend', bringing her chunky harmonies and no-
nonsense brass section to a peppy little excursion into
indie r&b which opens with a paradisiacal fanfare and
8.37 “Hymn For the Weekend” finds Martin dropping out of his falsetto autopilot into a
more raw voice.”* [5] Sarah Rodman of The Boston Globe
"Hymn for the Weekend" is a song by British rock band wrote "... it's with the third track, 'Hymn for the Week-
Coldplay, featuring uncredited vocals by American singer end', that the album truly lifts off on the wings of an an-
Beyoncé.* [1] It was released on 25 January 2016 as the gelic choir (including Beyoncé), a swaggering piano, and
second single from their seventh studio album, A Head a euphoric, lightly funky track bolstering Martin's excla-
Full of Dreams (2015), where it appears as the third track. mations of feeling high.”* [6]
The song was written by the members of Coldplay and In a mixed review, Carl Williot of Idolator wrote, “The
produced by Rik Simpson, Tim Bergling, Digital Divide, Beyoncé-assisted 'Hymn for the Weekend' almost equals
and Stargate. The song is an electronic-rock with influ- (the album's) energy, but it lacks the drama of 'Princess of
ences of dance-rock and pop rock. China'", adding, that as a track featuring Beyoncé“you'd
“Hymn for the Weekend”has reached number 35 on the expect a show-stopping moment.”He concluded “the
Billboard Hot 100 and number six on the UK Singles guys sound like total goobers trying to do the club swagger
Chart. The single also reached the top twenty in over thing, like a drunk dad doing the rap dance du jour at a
twenty countries, including Switzerland, Spain, Australia wedding.”* [7]
and Germany. A music video for the song was released
on January 21 and features Coldplay and Beyoncé in var-
ious cities in India. 8.37.3 Music video
According to The Times of India, the video was shot in
8.37.1 Background October 2015 at various Indian cities including Varanasi
Worli Village, Mumbai and Kolkata. The fort showcased
The song was debuted on Annie Mac's BBC radio show at the start and in between is Bassein Fort aka Saint Se-
on 30 November 2015, and Coldplay bassist Guy Berry- bastian's Fort located in Vasai, Mumbai. The video was
man dialed in after the song aired to talk about his brush also shot at the famous Maratha Mandir theatre which is
with royalty. According to Berryman, lead singer Chris reputed for showcasing a single film for 15 straight years.
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video was filmed by Ben Mor, and was released on 29 Full of Dreams, album review: 'Coldplay get their groove
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Indian actress Sonam Kapoor.* [10] December 2015.
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Brit Awards on 24 February 2016.* [12]* [13] 2016.
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8.37.5 Track listing 29 January 2016.
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8.37.6 Personnel The Times of India. Retrieved 28 January 2016. {{Pro-
duction Company: Black Dog Films with River Studios
Credits are adapted from A Head Full of Dreams liner Director: Ben Mor Executive Producers: Katie Dolan &
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• Hymn for the Weekend on YouTube

Chapter 9
Promotional singles
9.1 “Up with the Birds” with a bang is not necessary with you started with three
of them. Instead, Coldplay borrows lines from Leonard
*
"Up with the Birds" is a song by British alternative rock Cohen's 'Anthem' and channels Radiohead, again.” [8]
band Coldplay. It was written by all four members of
the band for their fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto. The
track's first section is built around organ, strings and pi- 9.1.3 Track listing
ano, creating a downbeat, quiet mood, while the track's
second section is dominated by guitars and drums, fea- 9.1.4 Chart performance
turing a faster tempo. The track also features samples
from "Driven by You" (1991) by English musician Brian Upon the release of Mylo Xyloto, “Up with the Birds”
May and a lyrical interpolation of “Anthem”(1992) by debuted at number 43 on the South Korea Gaon Interna-
Canadian musician Leonard Cohen. tional Chart for the issue dated 23 October 2011.* [9]
It was released on 21 April 2012 as a limited edition
7”single for Record Store Day, serving as the overall
fifth single release from Mylo Xyloto. On the strength of 9.1.5 References
digital downloads, the track charted at number 43 on the
South Korea Gaon International Chart following the re- [1] “Coldplay – Up With The Birds / UFO”.
lease of the album. Critical reception of the song was RecordStoreDay.com. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
generally positive, with critics noting that the song was a
good choice to serve as a closer to the album. [2] “Exklusive RSD Releases” (in German).
RecordStoreDayGermany.de. Retrieved 30 March
2012.
9.1.1 Single release
[3] “Artistes 2012 << Disquaire Day” (in French). Dis-
In celebration of Record Store Day,“Up with the Birds” quaireDay.fr. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
was released as a limited edition 7”vinyl single on 21
April 2012, backed by“U.F.O.”as its B-side.* [1] A total [4] “Crash Records Online Store – Record Store Day 2012”
of 2,000 copies of the single were pressed;* [2] 300 copies . Crash Records. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
were released in France,* [3] 500 copies were released in
the United Kingdom* [4] and 1,000 copies were released [5] “Record Store Day – April 21, 2012”. Strictly Discs.
in the United States.* [5] Retrieved 27 March 2012.
[6] Aston, Martin (14 October 2011). “Coldplay Mylo Xy-

9.1.2 Critical reception loto Review”. BBC Music. BBC. Retrieved 30 March
2012.
“Up with the Birds”received generally positive reviews
from critics. Martin Aston of BBC, in his review of Mylo [7] Clarke, Helen.“Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto”. MusicOMH.
Xyloto, called the song “a serene finale that shows Cold- Retrieved 30 March 2012.
play understand the change of dynamics more than the
dynamics of change.”* [6] Helen Clarke of MusicOMH [8] Mapes, Jillian (20 October 2011).“Coldplay's 'Mylo Xy-
described the song as a “lyrical pick-n-mix cover”of loto': Track-By-Track Review”. Billboard (Prometheus
“Anthem”, writing: “It's an interesting choice to wrap Global Media). Retrieved 30 March 2012.
up [the album] with; the sedate, poetic lullaby perhaps
signalling the end of [Chris] Martin's 'concept' [of the al- [9] “Gaon Download Chart – 2011 11 1 " (in
bum].”* [7] Jillian Mapes of Billboard wrote:“Going out Korean). Gaon Chart. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
222
9.2. “EVERGLOW” 223
9.2 “Everglow”
"Everglow" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It
is the fourth track from their seventh studio album, A
Head Full of Dreams.* [1] The song features uncredited
guest vocals by Gwyneth Paltrow, the ex-wife of Chris
Martin.* [2] The song was served as a promotional single
of the album and released on 26 November 2015. The
track was also premiered during Zane Lowe's Beats 1 ra-
dio show.* [3]
9.2.1 Background
Martin came up with the idea for the title of the song from
a slang word he heard from a surfer. In an interview with
Zane Lowe, he explained the origin of the phrase:“I was
in the ocean one day with this surfer guy, who spoke just
like you'd imagine a surfer guy to speak …This guy spoke
like Sean Penn's character from Fast Times at Ridgemont
High. He was like, 'Yo dude, I was doing this thing the
other day man, it gave me this total everglow!'"* [4]
9.2.2 Composition
“Everglow”revolves around a heartfelt piano riff. The Martin's ex-wife, Gwyneth Paltrow was featured on“Everglow”
track is written in the key of E Major at 73 BPM and .
a chord progression that alternates between C#m-A-E-
G#m7 and C#m-A-E-B.* [5]
• Tor Erik Hermansen – additional instruments, pro-
duction, mixing
9.2.3 Live performance
• Gwyneth Paltrow – backing vocals
The song was performed debut during the iHeartRadio • Davide Rossi – strings
album release party of A Head Full of Dreams, on 19
November 2015. • Rik Simpson – additional instruments, backing vo-
cals, mixing
9.2.4 Personnel
9.2.5 Charts
notes.* [6]
9.2.6 References
Coldplay [1] “Hear Coldplay's Heartfelt New Ballad 'Everglow'".
Rolling Stone.
• Jonny Buckland – electric guitar trow”. Variety.
• Will Champion – drums, drum pad, percussion, [3] “Listen to new song Everglow”. Coldplay.com. Retrieved
backing vocals 20 January 2016.
• Chris Martin – lead vocals, piano, acoustic guitar [4] “Hear Coldplay's Heartfelt New Ballad 'Everglow'".
Rolling Stone.
Additional musicians
[5] “Everglow Chords”. ultimate-guitar.com.
• Mikkel S Eriksen – additional instruments, produc- [6] A Head Full of Dream (booklet). Coldplay. Parlophone.
tion, mixing 2015. 1053933969.
224 CHAPTER 9. PROMOTIONAL SINGLES
[7] Ryan, Gavin (12 December 2015).“ARIA Singles: Justin 9.3 “Birds”
Bieber Takes Top Spot with 'Love Yourself'". Noise11.
"Birds" is a song by British alternative rock band
[8] "Austriancharts.at – Coldplay – Everglow” (in German). Coldplay. It was produced by the band's long-time record
Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 10 December 2015. producer Rik Simpson along with Norwegian production
duo Stargate. It appears as the second track on their sev-
[9] “Coldplay – Chart history”Canadian Hot 100 for Cold- enth studio album, A Head Full of Dreams (2015).
play. Retrieved 18 December 2015.

Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201550 into 9.3.1 Music video
search.
[11] "Lescharts.com – Coldplay – Everglow”(in French). Les

classement single. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Re-

Szövetsége. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
[15] "Italiancharts.com – Coldplay – Everglow”. Top Digital

Download. Retrieved 9 December 2015. Salvation Mountain, where the video was filmed.
Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 5 December 2015. An official music video was also released by the
band.* [1]* [2]* [3] The video was directed by Marcus
[17] "Dutchcharts.nl – Coldplay – Everglow” (in Dutch). Haney. It was set to the back drop of Colorado Desert's
Single Top 100. Retrieved 19 December 2015. famous Salvation Mountain. The entire video was shot on
a Super 8mm camera. The director wrote on Instagram:
[18] "SNS IFPI”(in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top
100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201550 “It's a tribute of thanks to the late artist Leonard Knight
into search. for creating Salvation Mountain and bringing so much joy
to everyone who's come across it.”* [4]
[19] "Spanishcharts.com – Coldplay – Everglow” Canciones
Top 50. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
[20] "Swedishcharts.com – Coldplay – Everglow”. Singles Top
100. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
Stuart Berman of Pitchfork called the song“a shot of taut,
[21] "Swisscharts.com – Coldplay – Everglow”. Swiss Singles Phoenix-styled motorik pop that provides a rare moment
Chart. Retrieved 7 December 2015. of intensity on an album thatʼs all about arm-swaying,
Super Bowl-crashing bombast”.* [5]
[23] “Coldplay – Chart history” Billboard Bubbling Under 9.3.3 Charts

Hot 100 for Coldplay. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
9.3.4 References
for Coldplay. Retrieved 26 December 2015. [1] “Coldplay - Birds (Official music video)". YouTube,
Coldplay Official. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
9.2.7 External links [2] “Coldplay (official facebook page)". Coldplay Facebook.
[3] “Coldplay Gets Psychedelic in the Desert for 'Birds'
• Official website Video: Watch”. Billboard. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
9.3. “BIRDS” 225
[4] “Coldplay explore Colorado's Salvation Mountain in their

colourful Birds music video”. DailyMail.co.uk. Retrieved
4 January 2016.
[5] Berman, Stuart (4 December 2015). “Coldplay: A Head

Full of Dreams”. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 8 January
2016.
[6] "Dutchcharts.nl – Coldplay – Birds” (in Dutch). Single

[7] “Chart Log UK - New Chart Entries - 19.12.2015”.

zobbel.de. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 13 January
2016.

for Coldplay.

• “Birds”Official music video on YouTube

Chapter 10
Other songs
10.1 “Gravity” 10.1.2 External links

"Gravity" is the lead single from Out of Nothing, the
fourth album by English rock band Embrace. Written by
Coldplay, the song was first performed live by Coldplay
in 2002. Ultimately, Chris Martin gave the song to Em- 10.2 “White Shadows”
brace. “Gravity”peaked at #7 on the UK Singles Chart.
It was released on CD format and red 7”vinyl. It later be- For the 1923 film often known by this title, see The
came the theme song to the TV show Mike Bassett: Man- White Shadow (film).
ager, starring Ricky Tomlinson.
The B-side, “Wasted”, started off as “Logical Love "White Shadows" is a song by British alternative rock
Song”and was originally conceived during the Drawn band Coldplay. It is the third track on their third stu-
from Memory sessions. dio album X&Y (2005) and released as the sixth overall
“Gravity”was re-recorded by Coldplay in late 2005 and single from the album on 8 June 2007. The song was co-
is included as a B-side to their single "Talk". produced by the band and their long-time producer Ken
Nelson, while it was engineered by Rich Costey.“White
The songs“Too Many Times” “, The Shot's Still Ringing” Shadows”also features musical contributions by Brian
, and“Waterfall”are featured on the B-sides compilation Eno, who plays synthesizers on the track.* [1]
Dry Kids: B-Sides 1997-2005.
The song was used in Series 2 Episode 7 of Gavin and
Stacey when Nessa was giving birth to “Neil The Baby”
10.2.1 Background
.
In September 2006, it was announced through a ques-
tion and answer section on Coldplay's official website that
10.1.1 Track listing “White Shadows”would be the fifth single released from
X&Y in Australia; this would have been the sixth song
7” overall to be released from the album, followed by "The
Hardest Part" and "What If".* [2] Weeks later, it was re-
1.“Gravity” ported on the band's official message board that releases
of both “White Shadows”and a DVD of a June 2006
2.“Wasted” performance in Toronto had been cancelled.* [2] No rea-
sons were ever given.* [2] Although “White Shadows”
CD1
was not released as a worldwide single, the song was re-
leased as a single in Mexico in June 2007 to coincide with
1.“Gravity”
the Latin American leg of their Twisted Logic Tour.* [3]
2.“Too Many Times” It subsequently peaked at number 87 on the Mexican Sin-
gles Chart.* [2] The song was also released to radio in
CD2 Italy.* [2]
1.“Gravity”
2.“The Shot's Still Ringing”
“White Shadows”received generally positive reviews
3.“Waterfall”
from music critics. David Browne of Entertainment
4.“Gravity”(video) Weekly wrote that the line “part of a system I am, I
226
10.4. “42” 227
am”from the chorus is a reference to the band's “ce- 10.3.1 Writing and composition
lestial”sound.* [4] Michael Hubbard of MusicOMH as-
sumed that the“system”referred to in the song was“Cap- The song was inspired by ghost stories, like the Medieval
italism ... with fair trade fluffiness attached”, commenting practice of burning witches.“Cemeteries of London”was
that Chris Martin does not write songs for a “specialist influenced by other styles like folk and Spanish songs, in
audience”.* [5] Adrien Begrand of PopMatters described an interview for NG-Magazine Will Champion said:“For
“White Shadows”as“terrific”and noted that it“draw[s] me it's a folk song...in its structure.”* [1]
slightly from Berlin-era David Bowie".* [6] Entertainment Weekly printed an article on Coldplay and
the new album with a new song slant on some of the songs,
10.2.3 Personnel on that interview the band's bassist Guy Berryman said:
“When I imagine the song in my head, I see London in
• Chris Martin - Vocals, acoustic guitar 1850, a hell of a lot of rain and men in top hats”.* [2] The
song is musically darker than most of Coldplay's work,
• Jonny Buckland - Electric guitar with a barrage of eerie noises. Martin has described it as
• Guy Berryman - Bass guitar, backing vocals a“ghost march”, it has lyrical references of supernatural
issues and religious quest.
• Will Champion - Drums
• Brian Eno - Synthesizers 10.3.2 Charts
10.2.4 Charts 10.3.3 References

[1] “Coldplay Promo Interview on Viva La Vida, Part Three
10.2.5 References (2008)". YouTube. 2008-06-19. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
[1] X&Y (liner notes). Coldplay. Parlophone. 2005. 07243 [2] “Summer Music Preview: 14 Hot CDs”. Entertainment
474786 2 8. Weekly. 26 May 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
[2] “Special Releases: White Shadows”. ColdplayZone.
[3] “Chart Log UK 1994–2008”. Zobbel. Retrieved 2009-
09-24.
30 March 2012.
[3] “The Oracle”. Coldplay. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 29 [4] “Coldplay - Cemeteries Of London”. ultratop.be. Re-
June 2013. trieved 2013-10-31.
[4] Browne, David (13 June 2005). “X&Y (2005)".

Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 16 May 2010. 10.3.4 External links
[5] Hubbard, Michael (6 June 2005). “Coldplay – X&Y”.
MusicOMH. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
[6] Begrand, Adrien (6 June 2006). “Coldplay: X&Y”.

PopMatters. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
10.4 “42”
10.2.6 External links "42" is a song by alternative rock band Coldplay. It was
written by all members of the band for their fourth album,
• Official website Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. The song, di-
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics vided into three parts, does not have a chorus. The first
part is a ballad with piano and strings. It then transforms
into an uptempo rock arrangement with a guitar solo. Fi-
nally, the song ends with a multi-instrumental part.
10.3 “Cemeteries of London”
A live version of “42”was featured on the band's 2009
live album, LeftRightLeftRightLeft.* [1]
For cemeteries located in London, England, see List of
cemeteries in London.
"Cemeteries of London" is a song by English alternative
rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the The mysterious title“42”may be related to the fact that
band for their fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All there were 42 songs that were trashed during the X&Y
His Friends. The song is darker than Coldplay's previous recording sessions, or it may be a reference to Douglas
recordings. Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Many fans
228 CHAPTER 10. OTHER SONGS
were also led to believe that the song was about midlife His Friends”, bringing the length of the track up to over
crisis at the age of 42. The band originally considered this six minutes. A brief 40 second section of“The Escapist”
song as the album's first single. is what begins “Life in Technicolor”making the album
The song is a distinctive for Coldplay as it has no cho- cyclical.
rus and it's divided into three parts. In a track-by-track A live version of “Death and All His Friends”
analysis, guitarist Jonny Buckland revealed:“We've been was featured on the band's 2009 live album,
trying for about two years now to record a song that didn't LeftRightLeftRightLeft.* [1]
have any chorus and didn't really have any verses... and
'42' was the only time we were able to do it successfully.”
Frontman Chris Martin added,“Although every time we 10.5.1 Writing and composition
tried we've called it 42, that's about the ninth '42'"* [2]
Martin also said, in an interview for MTV, that the track The “quiet half”of the song was originally a separate
was called 42 because it was his“favorite number”.* [3] song altogether named “School”. “School”was orig-
Buckland used an ostrich tuning in this song, tuning his inally intended to be an introduction to another Coldplay
guitar to F–F-F-f-f-f. song entitled“Rainy Day”that was later featured on the
Prospekt's March EP. However,“School”was eventually
re-worked into the current state of the “Death and All
10.4.2 Charts His Friends”.* [2]
Certifications Singer Chris Martin also revealed in an interview for

MTV that the name of the song was supposed to be the
theme of the album, he said:“We're aware of all the bad
10.4.3 References stuff in life, you know, but that doesn't mean you should
[1] Slender Fungus (1 May 2009). “News – Coldplay to give ever give in to it, you know? So we all sing that bit to-
away live album”. Coldplay. Retrieved 16 August 2011. gether really loudly, as kind of a message to ourselves:
never giving up and never focusing on the bad stuff too
[2] “Coldplay Promo Interview on Viva La Vida, Part Three much.”* [3]
(2008)". YouTube. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
While the band was working on the song, producer Brian
[3] Montgomery, James (29 June 2008). “Coldplay Give Eno was the most obsessed with finishing it, even creating
Track-By-Track Tour of Viva La Vida, Explain Hand- the line “I don't want a cycle of recycled revenge”.* [2]
claps, Tack Pianos and the Number 42”. MTV News.
Retrieved 29 August 2008. The song was recorded in several different places around
the world such as Barcelona, London and New York City,
[4] “Chart Log UK 1994–2008”. Zobbel. Retrieved 24 taking several months for it to be finalized.* [2]
September 2009.
[5] “Certificados” (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira

de Produtores de Discos. Retrieved 5 April 2014. 10.5.2 Charts
Certifications
10.5.3 References
[1] Kreps, Daniel (1 May 2009). “Coldplay Reward Fans
10.5 “Death and All His Friends” Stone. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
[2] “Coldplay Promo Interview on Viva La Vida, Part Six

This article is about the song. For the album on which it (2008)". YouTube. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
appears, see Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends.
[3] “Coldplay Give Track-By-Track Tour Of Viva La Vida,
Explain Handclaps, Tack Pianos And The Number 42”.
"Death and All His Friends" is a song by English MTV. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
alternative rock band Coldplay. It was written by all
members of the band for their fourth album, Viva la Vida [4] “Discography Coldplay”. Swedishcharts.com. Hung
or Death and All His Friends. The song begins with Chris Medien. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
Martin singing softly to a piano accompaniment before
[5] “Chart Log UK 1994–2008”. Zobbel. Retrieved 24
morphing into an uplifting arrangement featuring drums, September 2009.
chiming guitars, and a choir recorded in an art gallery in
Barcelona. A hidden song featured on the album, entitled [6] “Certificados” (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira
"The Escapist", shares this track with “Death and All de Produtores de Discos. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
10.7. “PROSPEKT'S MARCH/POPPYFIELDS” 229
10.6 “Glass of Water” play's official website, using the pseudonym “Prospekt”
, wrote: “Chris [Martin] is up and down like a yo-yo.”
*
For other uses, see A Glass of Water (disambiguation). [2] Martin himself has described the song as “heav-
For the drinkware, see List of glassware. ier”than tracks from Viva la Vida or Death and All His
Friends.* [1] The song starts with a repeating guitar riff,
which the track is built around. Its chorus moves in a 7 ⁄4
"Glass of Water" is a song by British alternative rock time signature and has piano rolls in softer sections of the
band Coldplay. Included on their 2008 EP Prospekt's song. The ending of “Glass of Water”also has a coda
March, it was written by all members of the band during instead of a generic tonic crash ending.
recording sessions for their fourth album, Viva la Vida or
Death and All His Friends (2008). The song starts with
and is built around a repeating guitar riff, with additional 10.6.3 Charts
instruments added to the song's mix over the course of its
duration. 10.6.4 References
Although the song was not released as a single, it appeared
on the UK and Canadian singles charts as well as on the [1] busybeeburns (14 November 2008). “Chris Martin:
Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. A live “We're having the time of our lives"". Coldplaying. Re-
version of the song was included on the band's live album trieved 2 February 2012.
LeftRightLeftRightLeft (2009). [2] “Coldplay: Archive (30.10.07)". Retrieved 2 February
2012.
10.6.1 Background [3] “Coldplay - Glass Of Water - Music Charts”. αCharts.us.

Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin revealed that during the
[4] “Chart Stats > Coldplay”. chartstats.com. Retrieved 7
recording sessions for the band's fourth album, Viva la
December 2009.
Vida or Death and All His Friends, the band intended
to record and write extra songs not meant for inclusion [5] “Billboard chart search: Coldplay - “Glass of Water""
on the album, and “Glass of Water”was one of these (XML). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. Retrieved 30
songs.* [1] January 2012.
Martin said that the songs from Prospekt's March, includ-
ing“Glass of Water”, and the songs from Viva la Vida or
Death and All His Friends are“all part of the same fam-
ily.”* [1] Indeed, the song contains similar lyrical themes
to songs from Viva la Vida and is referenced in the book-
let of the album; its title and some of its lyrics appear on • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
a painting in the album booklet's centrefold, and the first
page of the booklet is a map of Brazil with lyrics from
“Glass of Water”scribbled over it in crayon.
10.7 “Prospekt's
Before the release of a studio recording of the song,
“Glass of Water”was debuted to the public during the March/Poppyfields”
final concert of Coldplay's 2008 European leg of the Viva
la Vida Tour, at the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium, and Warning: Page using Template:Infobox song with
eventually become a regular part of the tour's set list. unknown parameter“Writer?s?" (this message is shown
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The song's title was introduced along with an unreleased
song, "Famous Old Painters", in a journal dated 26 Octo- "Prospekt's March/Poppyfields" are two songs by
ber 2007, and released to the public on Coldplay's official alternative rock band Coldplay that are included on the
website on 30 October.* [2] The announcement suggested same track. They were written by all members of the
further delays of the release of Viva la Vida or Death and band for their fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and
All His Friends, while assuring readers that “the self in- All His Friends but neither song made it to the final setlist,
sured deadline...still stands”. so they ended up on the Prospekt's March EP. The song
“Glass of Water”carries a heavy and massive mood, dif- “Prospekt's March”is built around acoustic guitars, an
ferent of most Coldplay songs released until that date. In atmospheric synthesizer and vocals. The second song,
a journal naming “Glass of Water”, a writer for Cold- “Poppyfields”is a short instrumental.
10.7.1 Writing and composition who is based on a collection of various media oligarchs
and politicians.* [2]
The track has two different songs, like many others on
the Viva la Vida album, such as "Lovers in Japan/Reign
of Love”. “Prospekt's March”is the main song and 10.8.1 Recording
“Poppyfields”is a short, ambient instrumental piece. The
songs are often considered to be a single-song medley as The song was recorded by aLEca in the “Beehive”, the
one unit. The band once explained that one of the reasonsband's personal recording studio in London. It was one of
to put two songs in the same track was to add a bit of the first songs from Mylo Xyloto to be recorded, having
value, so it would have “enough value for money”* [1] been primarily recorded in 2008, with the final touches
The name “Poppyfields”was first revealed in Septem- being added in early 2010.
ber 2007 when Coldplay published a note signed as
“Prospekt”. The name “Prospekt's March”appeared
for the first time in December of the same year, signed 10.8.2 Development
by the same pseudonym.* [2]
According to excerpts from the band's personal notes
contained within the limited, pop-up edition of the al-
10.7.2 Charts bum, the song was originally titled “Silencia”. The
lead singer of the band, Chris Martin said that the song
10.7.3 References was inspired by Cormac McCarthy's book The Road. In
an interview with the band by the American publication
[1] “Coldplay Give Track-By-Track Tour Of Viva La Vida, Billboard Martin described the song as“a sort of villain-
Explain Handclaps, Tack Pianos And The Number 42 - ous, dark piece”, adding:
Music, Celebrity, Artist News”. MTV.com. 2008-06-
09. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
"It's the idea of two people running away
[2] Slender Fungus.“Timeline”. Coldplay. Retrieved 2013- from a Kafka environment, or an Orwellian
10-31. thing."
[3] “Chart Log UK 1994–2008”. Zobbel. Retrieved 2009-

09-24. Other sources of inspiration for the song include the
1970s and 80s graffiti movement of New York City and
[4] Steffen Hung. “Coldplay - Prospekt's March / Poppy- the White Rose movement. According to Martin, he ad-
fields”. finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 2013-10-31. mires people who speak out and express themselves in
negative environments, admitting he's not always done
that himself.
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics "I admire it. I've spent a lot of my life play-
ing it a bit safe or conforming to something, even
• Official website though I didn't agree with it. So I have respect
and admiration for people who don't. The ideas
come from graffiti art of the 70s in New York,
10.8 “Major Minus” where people were expressing themselves with
paint. Then there was the White Rose Move-
ment. Anybody who's standing up for them-
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shown only in preview).
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unknown parameter “Last single”(this message is
shown only in preview). The song was first released on 23 June 2011, as the b-
side to "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall".* [3] It was then
"Major Minus" is a song by British alternative rock band re-released with the companion track "Moving to Mars"
Coldplay and the eighth track from their fifth studio al- on the Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall EP on 27 June.* [4]
bum Mylo Xyloto.* [1] The song takes its title from a fic- Finally, it was released as part of the band's fifth album
tional character of the same name created by the band, Mylo Xyloto on 24 October.
10.9. “MOVING TO MARS” 231
10.8.4 Reception [6] “First Impressions of... Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto”.
In a cover story run by the American publication Bill- [7] “Coldplay - Major Minus Live Rock am Ring”.
board on Mylo Xyloto,* [5] they described“Major Minus” [8] "Australian-charts.com – Coldplay – Major Minus”.
as: ARIA Top 50 Singles.
[9] "Ultratop.be – Coldplay – Major Minus” (in Dutch).

"... an ominous, thundering beast of a song Ultratop 50.
with rattling guitars, potent (and rare) Buckland
solos and restless, shifting musical patterns." [10] “Coldplay – Chart history”Canadian Hot 100 for Cold-
play.
In an article published by Q on 10 October 2011 enti- [11] "Lescharts.com – Coldplay – Major Minus” (in French).
tled “First Impressions of... Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto” Les classement single.
*
[6] they wrote:
[12] "Spanishcharts.com – Coldplay – Major Minus”
Canciones Top 50.
"Beginning with the jagged strum of a de-
tuned acoustic guitar, Major Minus sounds like [13] “South Korean Gaon Chart - Week: October 23, 2011 to
the bitter flipside of God Put A Smile Upon Your October 29, 2011” (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Retrieved
Face. Chris Martin's vocals sounding like they 2011-10-29.
were recorded in a seedy phonebox, the “they
[14] http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/110709cluk.txt
got one eye on the road/ And one on you”cho-
rus delivered amidst guitar shards and a kinetic [15] “Coldplay > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles”.
percussive groove. One of the most immediate Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
songs on the album, and the most darkly play-
ful thing they've done since Daylight."
10.8.5 Live performances • Coldplay official website
Coldplay first performed “Major Minus”at a friends • Wikicoldplay entry

and family gig at The Forum, Kentish Town, London on • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
31 May 2011. They then continued to play it throughout
the 2011 Summer Festival Tour, playing it in front of the
general public for the first time at Rock im Park Festi-
val in Nürnberg, Germany on 3 June 2011, and playing it 10.9 “Moving to Mars”
again at Rock am Ring the following day, which was the
first live broadcast of the song officially authorised by the "Moving to Mars" is a song by British alternative rock
band and management.* [7] band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the
band for their fifth studio album Mylo Xyloto. However,
During Coldplay's headlining performance on the Pyra-
it failed to make the final track listing. Instead, it was
mid Stage at Glastonbury Festival on 25 June 2011, the
released in the Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall iTunes ex-
hashtag #MajorMinus trended on Twitter worldwide af-
clusive EP. The first half of the song is a piano based
ter the song had been played.
ballad, while the rest of it is a mid-tempo number with
progressive rock influences.
10.8.6 Charts
10.9.1 Development
10.8.7 References
The song was inspired by a documentary of the same
[1] “Coldplay - Recordings”.
name, which is based around two families being forced
*
[2] “Amex Unstaged Concert Coldplay Song Facts”. Cold- out of Burma into an entirely new world in the UK. [1]
playing.com. Retrieved 2012-01-28. The film was directed by the band's longtime collabora-
tor Mat Whitecross, who also directed some of Coldplay's
[3] “Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall / Major Minus - CD, vinyl music videos, such as "Lovers in Japan", "Every Teardrop
and digital release”. Is a Waterfall", "Paradise" and "Charlie Brown". During
the recording sessions, one of the band's roadies under
[4] “Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall EP out now”.
the pseudonym of“Roadie 42”, blogged about Moving
[5] “Coldplay: The Billboard Cover Story”. Billboard mag- To Mars in February 2011, using the acronym 'MTM'.
azine. Retrieved 2012-01-28. He said:* [2]
"Every room had some kind of writing or [2] Slender Fungus (2011-02-11). “News - Roadie #42 -
recording setup on the go - you even had to Blog #127”. Coldplay. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
time your use of the kettle carefully, as a laptop
and speakers had been set up in the kitchen and [3] “Coldplay Reveals 'Mylo Xyloto' Album Art, Release
Jonny was in there working on his epic lead for Date”. Billboard.com. 2009-09-14. Retrieved 2012-
MTM. So, by comparison, the first few weeks of 02-14.
the year felt like a ghost town."
[4] “Luke Pritchard - My New Song, Recording With Andy
In a cover story run by the American publication Rourke and an Unreleased Coldplay Track”. The Huff-
ington Post. 13 December 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
Billboard on Mylo Xyloto, the magazine described the
track as a "'Major Tom'-meets-Sinatra exercise”. With
[5] Slender Fungus (2011-06-24). “News - Hear Moving To
regards to the song, guitarist Jonny Buckland stated:* [3]
Mars now”. Coldplay. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
“It probably won't make it (the record). It was
[6] Luis Tovar. “New Coldplay – “Moving To Mars”at
just one of those ones. There was a period
Pretty Much Amazing | PMA”. Prettymuchamazing.com.
where it all worked, then it sat for a bit, we threw Retrieved 2012-02-14.
(out) lots of ideas, brought them together, pulled
them apart, put them back on. We always like [7] "Australian-charts.com – Coldplay – Moving to Mars”.
the beginning... that intimate sound. And we ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
thought, 'Where can we take it? What can we
do?'" [8] "Ultratop.be – Coldplay – Moving to Mars” (in French).
Ultratop 50. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
The Kooks' frontman Luke Pritchard said that the track
is one of Coldplay's best songs and that it's“bound to be [9] “Coldplay – Chart history”Canadian Hot 100 for Cold-
a bootleg classic”. He also spoke about a conversation he play.
had had with the band's lead singer Chris Martin about the
song and said the frontman looked genuinely disappointed [10] “Suomen Virallinen Latauslista - Viikko 26, ti 28.6 - ma
that the track was left off the record.* [4] 4.7.2011” (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Fin-
land. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012.
[11] "Lescharts.com – Coldplay – Moving to Mars” (in
The song was uploaded onto YouTube for streaming pur- French). Les classement single. Retrieved 10 January
poses on 24 June 2011 and released on iTunes two days 2016.
later.* [5] It was well received by the fans and the press,
with Billboard writing about the song: [12] "Spanishcharts.com – Coldplay – Moving to Mars”
Canciones Top 50. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
"Moving to Mars”is a sparse, vocal-led bal-
lad that gathers steam behind a gentle piano line [13] "Archive Chart: 2012-07-12” UK Singles Chart. Re-
halfway through." trieved 12 July 2012.
While the site Pretty Much Amazing said: [14] “Coldplay – Chart history”Billboard Hot 100 for Cold-
play. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
"The third song the band chose to share
from the EP, 'Moving To Mars' sounds like
classic Coldplay, though with some well-timed 10.9.5 External links
shifts that sort of brings Bends-era Radiohead
to mind. Too bad it lacks the timeless melodies • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
that make cuts like 'The Scientist' and 'Yellow'
stand out."* [6]
10.10 “Always in My Head”

10.9.3 Charts
"Always in My Head" is a song by British alternative
10.9.4 References rock band Coldplay. It was written by all the members
[1] Oracle (8 July 2011). “Coldplay: Oracle - I was looking of the band and appears as the opening track from their
*
up the song Moving to Mars the other day, when I stum- sixth studio album, Ghost Stories (2014). [1] Although it
bled across a documentary...”. Coldplay.com. Retrieved was never released as a single, the song has charted in the
10 July 2011. UK and in France.
10.11. “ANOTHER'S ARMS” 233
10.10.1 Composition 10.11.2 Reception
“Always in My Head”begins with an ambient piece in- Billboard writer Jason Lipshutz called“Another's Arms”
cluding an angel choir that reappears in the album's outro, “a songwriting gem”, although he found the arrangement
"O". Like the rest of Ghost Stories, the song's lyrics deal “flat”.* [2] Josh Modell of The A.V. Club felt that it was
with a troubled relationship.* [2] Additional vocals from “undercooked”,* [4] while Consequence of Sound's Josh
Martin's daughter, Apple, is featured on the song.* [3] Terry said that the song was the “most well-crafted of-
fering”of Ghost Stories.* [5]
10.10.2 Charts
10.11.3 Personnel
10.10.3 References
Credits are adapted from Ghost Stories liner notes.* [3]
[1] “Coldplay Perform“Always in My Head”and“Magic”
on “The Tonight Show"". Pitchfork. Coldplay
[2] “Coldplay's“Always In My Head”Addresses Chris Mar-

tin's Split With Gwyneth Paltrow - Music News - Fuse”.
Fuse. • Jonny Buckland – electric guitar, keyboard, piano,
slide guitar
[3] NME.COM. “Coldplay reveal new song 'Always In My
Head' featuring Chris Martin's daughter Apple – listen”. • Will Champion – drums, drum machine, backing
NME.COM. vocals
[4] "(in French) Syndicat National de l'Édition Phono- • Chris Martin – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano,
graphique”. Leschart. keyboard
[5] “CHART LOG UK: NEW ENTRIES UPDATE”.
Zobbel.de. Additional musicians
[6] “Coldplay – Chart history” Billboard Hot Rock Songs • John Metcalfe – strings arrangement, conductor
for Coldplay.
Technical personnel
• Paul Epworth – production
• Coldplay – production
• Official website • Daniel Green – production
• Rik Simpson – production
10.11 “Another's Arms” • Mark “Spike”Stent – mixing
• Geoff Swan – assistant mixing
"Another's Arms" is a song by British rock band
Coldplay. It is the sixth track from their sixth studio • Mike Dean – “extra magic”[sic]
album, Ghost Stories. It was written, produced, and
performed by Coldplay, with co-production handled by • Madeon – “extra magic”
Daniel Green, Paul Epworth, and Rik Simpson. The song
• Ted Jensen – mastering
debuted at number 70 on the UK Singles Chart, number
74 in Ireland and number 52 in Switzerland. • Olga Fitzroy – engineering
• Matt Wiggins – engineering
10.11.1 Composition • Jaime Sickora – engineering
Lasting for three minutes and 54 seconds, “An- • Chris Owens – engineering
other's Arms”features an arrangement of guitars, strings,
“whooshing keys”, “stuttering drums”, a “female • Joe Visciano – engineering
specter”that “croons in and out of focus”, and Chris • Tom Bailey – additional studio assistance
Martin's lead vocals.* [2]* [3] The song contains a vocal
sample from “Silver Chord”by Jane Weaver. • Fiona Cruickshank – additional studio assistance
• Nicolas Essig – additional studio assistance 10.11.6 External links

• Jeff Gartenbaum – additional studio assistance • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
• Christian Green – additional studio assistance
• Joseph Hartwell Jones – additional studio assistance
• Pablo Hernandez – additional studio assistance
10.12 “Oceans”
• Neil Lambert – additional studio assistance
• Matt McGinn – additional studio assistance "Oceans" is a song by British alternative rock band
Coldplay. It is the seventh track from their sixth studio
• Adam Miller – additional studio assistance album, Ghost Stories.
• Roxy Pope – additional studio assistance
• John Prestage – additional studio assistance 10.12.1 Composition
• Bill Rahko – additional studio assistance
The song is an acoustic ballad* [1] that has been described
• Kyle Stevens – additional studio assistance as channelling Coldplay's earlier works, Parachutes and A
Rush of Blood to the Head. The song is predominantly
• Dave Holmes – management
played with an acoustic guitar and a steady electronic
drum beat, with a light orchestra accompanying the song
10.11.4 Chart positions towards the end. The song's second half merges into the
next track from the album, A Sky Full of Stars. * [2] The
10.11.5 References song's lyrics, which share the same motif as the rest of
the songs featured on Ghost Stories, deal with a troubled
[1] “Idolator - Ghost Stories by Coldplay”. 15 January 2015. relationship.* [3]
[2] Lipshutz, Jason (14 May 2014). “Coldplay's Haunted
'Ghost Stories' Album: Track-By-Track Review”. 10.12.2 Recording
Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 27 May
2014.
The song was recorded by the band during sessions for
[3] Ghost Stories (booklet). Coldplay. Parlophone. 2014. their sixth studio album in 2013, at their purpose-built
825646299133. studios The Bakery and The Beehive in North London,
[4] Modell, Josh (19 May 2014). “Coldplay goes quiet on England, both originally constructed for work on their
Ghost Stories, with one terrible, notable exception”. The two previous studio albums, Viva la Vida or Death and
A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved 27 May 2014. All His Friends and Mylo Xyloto respectively.
[5] Terry, Josh (15 May 2014). “Album Review: Coldplay
– Ghost Stories”. Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 27 10.12.3 Reception
May 2014.
[6] "Lescharts.com – Coldplay – Another's Arms” (in “Oceans”received positive reception upon its debut dur-
French). Les classement single. Retrieved 14 June 2014. ing the band's appearance on Live Lounge. Carolyn
Menyes of Music Times, who described the song as
[7] “Top 30 Singles Chart Indonesia”. Music Weekly Asia.
Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved
“dreamy”, wrote a positive review of the song, describing
29 May 2014. it further as“sleepy, comforting and straight up pretty in
all the right ways; at least on the surface”.* [2] Bruna Nes-
[8] "Chart Track: Week 21, 2014”. Irish Singles Chart. Re- sif of E! also wrote positively of Martin's performance of
trieved 27 May 2014. the song, writing that“there are notes Martin hits that are
[9] “FIMI – Classifiche – Top Digital – Classifica settimanale just incredible, and they sound just as amazing as they do
WK 21 del 2014”. Federazione Industria Musicale Ital- while playing on repeat on your radio at home”.* [4] Carl
iana (in Italian). Retrieved 18 April 2015. Williott of Idolator, upon mentioning comparisons of the
song to Parachutes, wrote that the song“is the first track
[10] “Top 30 Singles Chart Malaysia”. Music Weekly Asia.
Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved that truly feels like it could've come from a Parachutes
29 May 2014. session. There's hardly a hook to be found, but it's a
lovely, slightly forlorn sway of a song, with an acous-
[11] "Swisscharts.com – Coldplay – Another's Arms”. Swiss tic guitar anchoring Chris Martin's meandering falsetto
Singles Chart. Retrieved 27 May 2014. amidst some swirling atmospherics”.* [5] Alex Young of
[12] "Coldplay: Artist Chart History” Official Charts Com- Consequence of Sound jokingly stated that the song would
pany. Retrieved 27 May 2014. “make for a good Starbucks soundtrack”.* [1]
10.13. “O” 235
10.12.4 Live performances standard edition of Ghost Stories between the two songs
there are more than two minutes of silence while in the
“Oceans”was first performed by the band during their Target deluxe edition there is no silence. The song has
appearance on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge program on charted in England and in France. A live version of the
23 April 2014, alongside "Magic". A video of the per- track recorded at the Royce Hall of Los Angeles appears
formance was uploaded onto the official BBC Radio 1 in the Ghost Stories Live 2014.
YouTube channel the same day as the airing of the perfor-
mance.* [6]* [7] The performance was featured on many
music magazines and websites, with some noting Martin's 10.13.1 Composition
performance of the song, playing the acoustic guitar with-
out his wedding ring; the first time since his separation “Fly On”
from Gwyneth Paltrow.* [4]
“Fly On”is the hidden song at the beginning of the track.
It is a piano ballad.* [1]* [2]
10.12.5 Personnel
10.12.6 References “O”
[1] Young, Alex. “Watch: Coldplay debuts new song “O”is an ambient piece at the end of the track. It begins
“Oceans"". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 24 April with the same angel choir of the album opener, "Always
2014. in My Head". In the song Chris Martin can be heard re-
peating“Don't ever let go”through a vocoder. Additional
[2] Menyes, Carolyn. “LISTEN: Coldplay return to
vocals from Martin's children, Apple and Moses, are fea-
'Parachutes' roots for new song 'Oceans' from 'Ghost Sto-
tured in the song.* [3] Martin, in an interview with Zane
ries'". Music Times. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
Lowe, defined“O”his“favourite piece of music made
[3] Grow, Kory. “Coldplay Mourn a Dying Relationship in by Coldplay”. He also stated that the song includes the
New Song 'Oceans'". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Re- message of the album:“Never give up”.* [4] A different
trieved 24 April 2014. version of “O”, called "O (Reprise)", appears at the
end of the Target deluxe edition of Ghost Stories, sold by
[4] Nessif, Bruna. “Chris Martin Sings About Trying to Fix
Target only in the USA,* [5] and as the final track in the A
a Relationship in New Coldplay Song“Oceans”̶Watch
Their Live Performance!". E!. NBCUniversal. Retrieved Sky Full of Stars EP. This version leaves behind its synth
24 April 2014. base in favour of a Western-influenced guitar rhythm.
[5] Williott, Carl. “Coldplay Debut “Oceans”For BBC

Radio 1: Watch”. Idolator. Spin Media. Retrieved 24 10.13.2 Personnel
April 2014.
Credits are adapted from Ghost Stories liner notes.* [6]
[6] Jenn Pelly, Jenn. “Coldplay Debut New Song“Oceans”
, Announce TV Special”. Pitchfork. Retrieved 24 April
2014.
10.13.3 Charts
[7]“Coldplay to headline Radio 1's Big Weekend in Glasgow”
. bbc.co.uk. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10.13.4 References
24 April 2014.
[1] “Ghost Stories' review - Spin”. Spin.com.
10.12.7 External links [2] “Coldplay's Haunted 'Ghost Stories' Album: Track-By-
Track Review - Billboard”. Billboard.com.
[3] “Daily Mail”.
• Coldplay website
[4] “Chris Martin. Zane Lowe. The Full Interview”.
[5] “Target - Ghost Stories Deluxe”.

10.13 “O”
[6] Ghost Stories (booklet). Coldplay. Parlophone. 2014.
825646299133.
"O" (also known as "O (Fly On)") is a track recorded
by British alternative rock band Coldplay for their sixth [7] Coldplaying.com Chris Martin interview transcription:
studio album Ghost Stories (2014). It appears as the ninth "[About “Another's Arms"] so we called [Mike Dean]
and final song on the album. It is divided in two different up and asked if he would help out and he said, well, ʻiʼ
songs: "Fly On" (0:00–3:54) and "O" (6:18–7:47), in the m free until 5, Iʼll do some bass!ʼ"
[8] Wikipedia “Madeon”article. Although credited as just The song was recorded by the band during sessions for
“extra magic”on the album notes, he worked on the am- their seventh studio album in 2014, at their purpose-built
bient noises on tracks 1 and 9 alone. studios The Bakery and The Beehive in North London,
England, both originally constructed for work on their
[9] "(in French) Syndicat National de l'Édition Phono-
three previous studio albums, 2008's Viva la Vida or
graphique”. Leschart.
Death and All His Friends, 2011's Mylo Xyloto and 2014's
[10] . Zobbel.de http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/140531cluk.txt. Ghost Stories respectively.
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10.14.2 Composition
“Fun”has been described as an“uplifting, airy scene bol-
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics stered by the beautifully-meshed duet”with Tove Lo,* [1]
who joins Chris Martin in singing, “Didn't we have
• Official website fun? Don't say it's all a waste.”* [2] Martin's vocals are
preceded by a “distant, distorted”guitar part.* [1] The
song has electronic heartbeats over some Coldplay's mid-
tempo work, with a “Cure-style darkness towards the
10.14 “Fun” end”.* [3]
"Fun" is a song by British alternative rock band Coldplay, Stereogum's Tom Breihan called“Fun”a“divorce”song,
featuring Swedish singer Tove Lo. It is the sixth track referring to Martin's breakup with Gwyneth Paltrow, and
from their seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams said the song ends“with the suggestion that maybe theyʼll
(2015). The song was produced by the band's long-time get back together someday”. The song has the name title
record producer Rik Simpson along with Norwegian pro- and concept as another song written by Chris Martin in
duction duo Stargate. 2008, which was left off Viva la Vida or Death and all His
Friends and was released by Australian singer-songwriter
Natalie Imbruglia.* [4]
10.14.1 Background and recording
10.14.3 Reception
Judah Joseph of The Huffington Post said Martin's and
Tove Lo's vocals "[weaved] seamlessly”, and he compli-
mented the former for his“effortless”crooning.* [1] Re-
ferring to Martin's allusion to his separation from Paltrow,
Tom Breihan of Stereogum wrote,“Itʼs a rare moment
of acute, cutting humanity from a songwriter who tends
to prefer sloppy vagaries.”Furthermore, he said, “And
goofy though it may be, I like that Coldplay are still pre-
tentious enough to build an entire song from a few piano
tones and a recitation of an ancient Rumi poem.* [4]
10.14.4 Personnel
notes.* [5]
Coldplay
• Guy Berryman – bass guitar, keyboards
• Jonny Buckland – lead guitar, keyboards
• Will Champion – drums, programming
Swedish singer Tove Lo was featured on “Fun”. Additional musicians

10.14. “FUN” 237
• Mikkel S Eriksen – additional instruments, produc-

tion, mixing
• Tor Erik Hermansen – additional instruments, pro-
duction, mixing
• Tove Lo – featured vocals
• Rik Simpson – audio mixer
10.14.5 Charts
10.14.6 References
[1] “Review: Coldplay, A Head Full of Dreams”. Huffin-
gtonpost.com. 2015-12-07. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
[2] Andy Gill (2015-12-04). “Coldplay, A Head Full of

Dreams: 'Too much emotional laundry but it's a step in
the right direction', album review”. The Independent.
[3] “Review: New Coldplay album has Gwyneth Paltrow,

Beyonce, and his new girlfriend”. News.com.au. 2015-
12-02. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
[4] “Premature Evaluation: Coldplay A Head Full Of

Dreams”. Stereogum.com. 2015-12-04. Retrieved 2016-
01-31.

2015. 1053933969.
[6] "Lescharts.com – Coldplay – Fun” (in French). Les

classement single. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
[7] "Dutchcharts.nl – Coldplay – Fun” (in Dutch). Single



for Coldplay.

• Fun at Coldplay.com

Chapter 11
Tours
11.1 Parachutes Tour Standard Setlist* [1]
The Parachutes Tour was a concert tour by British 1.“Spies”

alternative rock band Coldplay. The tour was in support 2.“Trouble”
of the band's debut album, Parachutes. The tour mostly
visited small venues and clubs.* [1] 3.“Bigger Stronger”
The spinning globe light, from the cover of Parachutes, 4.“High Speed”
used to sit on Chris Martin's piano during gigs on this
tour. It was a last minute suggestion to use it for the cover, 5.“Shiver”
as the band were struggling to come up with ideas.* [2] For
6.“Animals”
this tour, Lowgold acted as the support act.
After the tour, the band released a single named 7.“Sparks”
"Trouble", with Chris Martin saying that “The song is 8.“Don't Panic”
about behaving badly towards somebody you really love”
.* [3] 9.“Help Is Round The Corner”
During the tour, Coldplay performed at VH1's Talk Mu- 10.“Yellow”
sic area before the tour's final gig.
11.“Everything's Not Lost”
11.1.1 Set list 12.“We Never Change”

13.“In My Place”
Ifor Bach* [4]
1.“Spies” 2001 Setlist

2. "Trouble"
1.“Animals”
3.“Bigger Stronger”
2.“Shiver”
4.“High Speed”
3.“Spies”
5. "Shiver"
4.“Don't Panic”
6.“Animals”
5.“High Speed”
7.“Sparks”
6.“Murder”
8. "Don't Panic"
9. "Yellow" 7.“Everything's Not Lost”
10.“Help Is Round The Corner” 8.“We Never Change”
11.“Everything's Not Lost” 9.“Yellow”
12.“We Never Change” 10. "God Put a Smile upon Your Face"
13. "In My Place" 11.“A Rush of Blood to the Head”

14. "You Only Live Twice" 12.“Trouble”
238
11.2. A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD TOUR 239
13.“In My Place” over the stage. Taking a cue from U2's Elevation Tour and
Nine Inch Nails' Fragility Tour, Coldplay also adopted
14.“See You Soon” a series of back screens that displayed video footage of
each band member simultaneously.* [1]
Encore:
Other highlights included:
1.“You Only Live Twice” • Lead singer Chris Martin sang with Ron Sexsmith
on the track,“Gold in Them Hills”during the head-
2.“Parachutes”
line set.
• Guitarist Jonny Buckland regularly played a
11.1.2 Tour dates harmonica solo on the track “Don't Panic”. He
tossed the harmonica into the crowd after the solo's
11.1.3 References completion. Buckland also performed an original
electric guitar introduction for the track.
[1] http://www.coldplayzone.it/_coldplay_tour_parachutes.
asp • The aforementioned back screens were unfurled
mid-concert, usually during the beginning of “One
[2] Coldplay: Oracle - Hello mighty Oracle!!!! I have a ques-
I Love”.
tion... in the album of Parachutes whats the yellow ball??
And what does that mean?? Also do you know when is • At some shows, Martin sang lyrics after inhaling
going to ... from a helium balloon.* [2]
[3] Roach, p. 49 • Martin usually wore a Make Trade Fair T-shirt dur-
[4] the state of coldplay ing 2002 shows to promote the Oxfam campaign.
Make Trade Fair booths were present at venues,
where concert-goers could sign petitions and learn
11.1.4 External links about the campaign's objectives.
• Coldplay.com
11.2.2 Setlist
11.2 A Rush of Blood to the Head

Tour
A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour was a global concert
tour by Coldplay launched in support of the band's second
album, A Rush of Blood to the Head. Officially, the tour
ran for almost nine months in 2003, covering five conti-
nents in the process. In 2002, Coldplay also performed a
series of concerts in Europe and North America to sup-
port the album. However, these shows were not adver-
tised as being part of the official album tour. The tour
DVD Coldplay Live 2003 was shot at the Hordern Pavil-
ion in Sydney, Australia on 21 and 22 July 2003. Support-
ing acts for the tour included extended appearances by Coldplay's show during this period was noted for its use of strobe
Idlewild and Ash in 2002 and Feeder, The Music, Eisley, lighting.
and Ron Sexsmith in 2003.
The 2002 shows contained a rough 50/50 split in material
from Parachutes and A Rush of Blood to the Head. The
11.2.1 Background
official tour in 2003 focused on songs from the second
Overall, Coldplay's concerts during this period show- album, as well as many unreleased tracks. For example,
cased its progression as a bona fide live act. The band the future Live 2003 song "Moses" and "Fix You" B-side
began playing more shows in arenas and amphitheatres, “Pour Me”were introduced during the tour. Other new
moving away from the club venues that dominated earlier songs included "Gravity",“Your World's Turned Upside
tours. Shows also had more elaborate stage and lighting Down”and “Ladder to the Sun”.
effects. For example, strobe lighting for the song “Day- Coldplay also made a habit of covering other artists on the
light”featured the image of a rotating sun superimposed tour, often as outros to their own songs. Covers ranged
240 CHAPTER 11. TOURS
from a tongue-in-cheek excerpt of Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er [3] McLean, Craig (28 May 2005). “The importance of be-
Boi" to the Louis Armstrong classic "What a Wonderful ing earnest”. The Guardian (London). Retrieved 9 June
World". Coldplay also regularly covered Echo & the Bun- 2006.
nymen's “Lips Like Sugar”in its entirety, in homage of
[4] “Coldplay setlist, June 11, 2003”. Archived from the
Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch's role as a mentor
original on 29 May 2006. Retrieved 9 June 2006.
during the recording of A Rush of Blood to the Head.
The musical introduction to the concert featured selec- [5] Each of the legs are untitled, and can be identified by
tions from Brian Eno's Apollo: Atmospheres and Sound- country, year, region, etc.
tracks.* [3]
The following is a sample setlist, taken from a concert in 11.2.5 Notes
Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia on 21 July 2003.* [4]
[1] The Hordern Pavilion gigs were filmed for Coldplay Live
2003.
Main set
[2] The show in Stafford was postponed from an earlier leg
1.“Politik” along with the Chelmsford show.
2. "God Put a Smile upon Your Face"
3.“A Rush of Blood to the Head” 11.2.6 External links

4.“Daylight” • Official website
5. "Trouble"
6.“One I Love” 11.3 Twisted Logic Tour

7. "Don't Panic"
“Twisted Logic”redirects here. For the song, see X&Y.
8. "Shiver" For the album by Atrophia Red Sun, see Twisted Logic
(album).
9.“See You Soon”
10.“Everything's Not Lost” The Twisted Logic Tour was a global concert tour by
British alternative rock band Coldplay in support of their
11.“Moses” third studio album, X&Y (2005). The year-long tour took
12. "Yellow" the band across Europe and their native United Kingdom,
as well as to the United States and Canada. The tour con-
13. "The Scientist" cluded in July 2006 with dates in Australia, South East
Asia and Japan. Pollstar reported that the 2005 North
American leg grossed an estimated $24.1 million. The
Encore 1 second leg of the North American tour ended 6 April
2006 at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia.
1. "Clocks"
This is Coldplay's first (and their only to date) tour not
2. "In My Place" named after the album it was promoting; the tour is
named after a song on X&Y that has never been played
3.“Amsterdam”
live at any of the concerts.
Encore 2
11.3.1 Background
1.“Life Is for Living”
The Twisted Logic Tour is noted for its use of extravagant
stage effects. Strobe lights and other fixtures were used to
11.2.3 Tour dates * [5] create an elaborate light show. The back of the stage con-
tained a two-story panoramic video panel that displayed
11.2.4 References live footage and computer-generated images, from video
of a bear wandering aimlessly during "Talk" to a mon-
[1] “Concert Review: Coldplay”. Retrieved 9 June 2006. tage of coloured blocks from the cover of X&Y during
the song "Clocks".
[2] “LIVE: Coldplay and Ash”. Archived from the original
on 18 June 2004. Retrieved 9 June 2006. Other concert highlights include:
11.3. TWISTED LOGIC TOUR 241
• A laser light show during“Clocks”, with red lasers

shooting out in different directions. These were
reintroduced during the second North American leg
of the tour.
• A handwritten list of songs being projected toward
the stage during“Swallowed in the Sea”. This may
have been an early lineup for X&Y.
• Gradually increasing the tempo of “Clocks”at the
end until it abruptly concludes at a ridiculous tempo.
• During the Australian leg of the tour, the band made
several references to the Socceroos in the 2006
FIFA World Cup by altering lyrics of the songs. On
“Yellow”being performed at the Air Canada Centre, 2006 the second night of the Melbourne concerts and the
final night of the Sydney concerts, the group per-
formed the Kylie Minogue hit "Can't Get You Out
• A digital countdown display shown on the of My Head" as a tribute to Australia and its music
panoramic video screen during the song “Square industry.
One”as the band enter the stage. The timer reaches
zero at the song's explosive first chorus, followed by • At some concerts in Germany, Chris Martin asked
the crowd getting showered by red, green, and blue the audience in German “Wo geht es zum Bahn-
lights. hof?" (“How do you get to the train station?"). This
may be a reference to the U2 song "Zoo Station".
• Confetti and balloons filled with gold glitter show-
ered on the audience during the song "Yellow" (a
homage to The Flaming Lips). 11.3.2 Set list
• During Coachella 2005 Martin sang the outro to The Twisted Logic Tour's set list was heavily weighted
"The Scientist" backwards, reminiscent of the song's towards tracks from X&Y. The remaining material was
music video. During other shows it is the track mostly from A Rush of Blood to the Head with “Poli-
played backwards live. The Charles and Ray Eames tik”, "Clocks", and "The Scientist", and to a lesser extent
video "Powers of Ten" plays in the background. "Don't Panic", "Yellow", and "Trouble" being the only
holdovers from Parachutes being played with regularity.
• Martin running into the crowd during "In My Place"
The only new song played on the tour was“How You See
to sing with the audience.
the World No. 2”which was from the “Help: A Day
• Band members taking photographs before and dur- in the Life”benefit album. Earlier tours such as those in
ing the show with disposable cameras before throw- the Parachutes era debuted work-in-progress versions of
ing them into the crowd. This was bassist Guy tracks that would appear on A Rush of Blood to the Head.
Berryman's idea. Likewise, Coldplay's newest compositions during the A
Rush of Blood to the Head Tour such as 'Gravity', 'Proof'
• The band taking to the edge of the stage and per- and 'Things I Don't Understand' were included as B-sides
forming an acoustic set of 2-3 of the following to X&Y's singles.
songs: “Til Kingdom Come”, "Don't Panic",
The introductory music played at the start of each con-
“Green Eyes”and/or a cover of Johnny Cash's "Ring
cert was either Brand Nubian's “Meaning of the 5%" or
of Fire" or Bob Dylan's "Simple Twist of Fate".
"Tomorrow Never Knows" by The Beatles. The closing
• Martin encouraging the audience to let their cam- music is "Good Night" by The Beatles.
era flashes off simultaneously as the band picks up The following is a sample setlist of a concert at the Air
during the bridge of “Talk”, but also done dur- Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada, on 23 March 2006.
ing “Low”via a message on the main screen be- The major changes to this set for the other tour dates
hind the band, resulting in a dramatic explosion of mainly saw “X&Y”, “Low”and “The Hardest Part”
light. “Talk”also featured Martin taking an au- performed in lieu of“What If”,“Talk”and“Swallowed
dience member's mobile phone and singing to the in the Sea”, respectively. Also,“Parachutes”was often
person on the other end. performed between “Yellow”and “Speed of Sound”,
• Martin swinging a suspended lightbulb above his and “Green Eyes”was sometimes added to the B-stage
head after the second chorus of "Fix You", followed, set.
in outdoor shows, by fireworks as the drum fill be- Originally, the band were going to perform tracks from
gins. Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends such as "Lost!"
and other unknown ones at Latin America but they did not 11.4 Viva la Vida Tour
want to ruin the surprise for the upcoming fourth studio
album.
The Viva la Vida Tour was the fourth concert tour by
British band Coldplay. The tour was in support their
1.“Square One” fourth studio album Viva la Vida or Death and All His
2.“Politik” Friends (2008).* [2] The tour was a massive commercial
and critical success visiting Europe, Asia, the Ameri-
3. "Yellow" cas* [3] and Australasia. The tour further established the
band as one the concert industry's biggest draws and as
4. "Speed of Sound" one of the world's most popular bands.
6.“What If”
7.“How You See the World” 11.4.1 Design and setup
8. "Don't Panic"
9. "White Shadows"
10. "The Scientist"
11.“Til Kingdom Come”
12.“Ring of Fire”by Johnny Cash (Cover)
13. "Trouble"
14. "Clocks"
Viva la Vida Tour visited arenas and stadiums in separate
15. "Talk" phases of the tour. In London, the band visited The O2
Arena in 2008 (left), and Wembley Stadium in 2009
16.“Swallowed in the Sea” (right), with the latter show featuring a half-dome stage
design.
17. "In My Place"
18. "Fix You" The stage setup consisted of a stripped-down main stage
and two catwalks; Coldplay also performed amongst audi-
ence members at the back of venues in a special acoustic
11.3.3 Tour dates set.* [4] Instead of a giant video screen on-stage, the band
opted for six hanging giant lightbulbs that displayed im-
11.3.4 Video release ages and closeups.* [4] Lead singer Chris Martin dubbed
the fixtures as“magic balls”, while drummer Will Cham-
Footage was filmed at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto pion added that they release confetti butterflies.* [5] Dur-
on 22 and 23 March 2006, but (despite having announced ing the tour the The Blue Danube, by Johann Strauss II,
a DVD release in March) they have shown the concert in was played on all concerts, as an intro, right before the
Canada on Much Music. The airing date was Thursday band coming into the stage.
14 December 2006 at 9 pm and replays occurred at mid-
Coldplay were accompanied by Oxfam and David Gib-
night and 3:30 pm on Friday 15 December 2006. Footage
bin during the tour.* [6] Volunteers were stationed at each
has also been shown on Spanish television and HDNet
venue to tell concertgoers how to reduce poverty; the or-
and there are plans to air it in other, non-specified coun-
ganization's logo and website was featured on one of the
tries. Due to the lack of airplay on mainstream channels
light ball fixtures during each concert.
in many countries, the show has been heavily shared over
the Internet. On 23 July 2008 Coldplay performed their second in two
shows at the United Center arena in Chicago. In each of
the two shows, the band shot the music video for "Lost!"
11.3.5 References by performing the song twice. On 19 September 2008,
Chris Martin was accompanied by A-ha pianist Magne
11.3.6 External links Furuholmen in the encore at the Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, to
play a cover of the A-Ha song “Hunting High and Low”
• Official website .
11.4. VIVA LA VIDA TOUR 243
Visuals 17.“Death Will Never Conquer”
The intro of the concert would begin in space before turn- Encore
ing to show the Earth and zooming to aerial views of the
continent, country, city and then stadium that the show
1.“Politik”
would take place. The idea was to make each show being
a spectacle in its own, rather than just part of the tour. 2. "Lovers in Japan"
The cosmic theme is repeated across a number of the vi-
suals like "Speed of Sound" and "Glass of Water". This 3. "Death and All His Friends"
takes the gig-goers on a journey through a solar system
where the stars coalesce to form an eye shape that goes su- Encore 2
pernova and engulfs the screen in flames. However, other
sections of the show were completely different. "Lovers 1.“The Dubliners”
in Japan", one of the highlights in visual terms, uses a se-
ries of archive footage and animations across the screen at 2.“Green Eyes”(acoustic)
the back of the stage and in the end thousands of confetti
butterflies would rain all over the venue. For the show's Source:* [40]
closing number, "Life in Technicolor II", the paintings Wembley Stadium, 18–19 September 2009
created for the album artwork from Viva La Vida was
treated with sprocket and projection effects to create a
vibrant, experimental and immersive colorful effect.* [7] 1.“Life in Technicolor”
2.“Violet Hill”
11.4.2 Opening acts
3.“Clocks
There were 34 supporting acts for the tour. They are: 4.“In My Place”
5. "Glass of Water"
11.4.3 Set list
6.“Yellow”
United Center, Chicago, 23 July 2008
7. "Cemeteries of London"
8.“42”
1.“Life in Technicolor”
9.“Fix You”
2. "Violet Hill"
10.“Strawberry Swing”
3. "Clocks"
11.“God Put a Smile Upon Your Face”
4. "In My Place"
12.“Talk”
5. "Viva la Vida"
13. "The Hardest Part"
6. "Yes"
14.“Postcards from Far Away”
7. "42"
15.“Viva la Vida”
8. "Fix You"
16.“Lost+" (with Jay-Z.)
9. "Strawberry Swing"
17.“Rhyming Song”(acoustic)
10.“Chinese Sleep Chant”
18.“Death Will Never Conquer”
19. "Trouble"
12. "Speed of Sound"
20. "Billie Jean" (acoustic) (Michael Jackson cover)
13. "Yellow"
Encore
14. "Lost!"
15.“Lost!" (for the music video) 1.“Politik”
16. "The Scientist" 2.“Lovers in Japan”
3.“Death and All His Friends” 11.4.4 Tour dates
Encore 2 Legend
1.“The Scientist” Sold out show
2. "Life in Technicolor ii"
Estadio River Plate, Buenos Aires, 26 February 2010 11.4.5 References

Notes
1.“Life in Technicolor”
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2.“Violet Hill”
[2] These concerts were a part of the Summer Sonic Festi-
3.“Clocks” val.* [66]* [67]
4.“In My Place” [3] This concert was a part of Sound Relief.* [68]
5.“Parachutes” [4] This concert was a part of the Main Square Festival* [71]
6.“Yellow” [5] This concert was a part of Rock Werchter.* [72]
7.“Glass of Water” [6] This concert was a part of the Roskilde Festival.* [73]
8.“42” [7] This concert was a part of the Osheaga Festival.* [74]
9.“Fix You” [8] This concert was a part of the All Points West Music &
Arts Festival* [75]
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[63] “Vanguart abrirá shows do Coldplay no Brasil”[Van-
guart will do shows with Coldplay in Brazil]. Rolling Stone
(in Portuguese). São Paulo, Brazil. 5 January 2010. Re-
trieved 20 January 2011. 11.5 Mylo Xyloto Tour
City. 13 March 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2009. The Mylo Xyloto Tour was the fifth concert tour by
British band Coldplay. Launched in support of their fifth
[65] “Coldplay, Jay-Z, NIN Headline First Pemberton Festi- studio album Mylo Xyloto (2011), the tour began in the
val”. Billboard. 12 March 2008. Retrieved 20 January
spring of 2011 with a series of one-off concerts in Eu-
2011.
rope and festivals including Rock in Rio in Brazil. A full-
[66] “Line Up 08”. Summer Sonic 08. CREATIVE- production show began in December 2011 in the United
MAN PRODUCTIONS CO.,LTD. Retrieved 28 Novem- Kingdom. It continued into 2012 with shows in North
ber 2008. America, Europe and Oceania.
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show at Dingwalls is also planned to air live on BBC Ra-

dio 2 on 15 December 2011.* [8] The 1 June concert at the
Emirates Stadium was broadcast on Absolute Radio.* [9]
Known as “Coldplay: Live at the Emirates”, the full
show was aired live and uninterrupted.* [10] Before the
program aired, DJ Geoff Lloyd hosted a special entities,
“Coldplay Hometime Special”. The set featured inter-
views with the bandmembers, alongside the band's hits.
A live album and concert film, entitled Coldplay Live
2012, were released in 2012. Two associated EPs, iTunes
Festival: London 2011 and Live in Madrid were released
in 18 September 2011 and 31 October 2011, respectively.
The Mylo Xyloto Tour at the Wells Fargo Center. Xylobands were
central to the show's visuals, which were also complimented with
an extensive use of laser lighting displays. 11.5.3 Set list
2011
11.5.1 Background
This set list is representative of the show at the Plaza de
After devoting the summer of 2011 to a promotional tour
* Toros in Madrid. It does not represent all concerts for the
in Europe, the Americas and Africa, [2] the band an-
duration of the tour.* [11]
nounced the tour via their Twitter account in September
2011. Initial dates revealed shows in the UK, France,
Germany and Belgium. A set of rehearsal shows were 1.“Mylo Xyloto”
added for October and November, seeing the band par-
2. "Hurts Like Heaven"
take in radio festivals and fan-exclusive gigs. Due to the
demand, the band added additional shows in the UK. One 3. "Yellow"
of those dates is a concert at Dingwalls in London. Here,
the band played several shows to help finance their debut 4. "In My Place"
album. Later in November, more dates were added in the
5. "Major Minus"
UK, this time, playing stadiums in June 2012.* [3] The
shows in Coventry, Manchester, Sunderland and London 6. "Lost"
sold out in under two hours.* [4] The tour kicked off with
a live-streamed concert in Madrid. Each member of the 7. "The Scientist"
band received £10.2 million after tax from the £118.4
million made.* [5] 8. "Violet Hill"

11.5.2 Broadcasts and recordings 10. "Paradise"
The premiere concert in Madrid was streamed live on B-stage

YouTube. Entitled, “Coldplay Live: Unstaged”, the
band performed songs from Mylo Xyloto alongside their
previous hits. The concert aired on 26 October 2011. 1. "Up in Flames"
The show was not only streamed on YouTube but also in 2. "'Til Kingdom Come”
Times Square. Internet users were able to view exclusive
content including a pre-show interview and footage from 3.“Politik”
the band's soundcheck. Viewers were also able to select
their camera view, spanning from “front of stage”to 4. "Viva la Vida"
“aerial”. The show was directed by Anton Corbijn and
5. "Charlie Brown"
presented by American Express.* [6] The live webcast is
reported to have been viewed by nearly 20 million view- 6.“Life Is for Living”
ers.* [7] Replay of the show on Vevo was viewed by nearly
8 million viewers.
Encore
The show at the UEA Large Common Room was broad-
cast on BBC Radio 1 on 27 October 2011. The band's 1. "Clocks"
concert at La Cigale was also live-streamed exclusively
for views in Eastern Europe and Asia on Orange. The 2. "Fix You"
3.“M.M.I.X.” Olympic Stadium‚ London, England

4. "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall"
1. "Us Against the World"
2012
2. "Yellow"
This set list is representative of the first show at the Emi-
rates Stadium in London. It does not represent all con- 3. "Up in Flames"
certs for the duration of the tour.* [12]
4. "Paradise"
1.“Mylo Xyloto”
5. "42"
2. "Hurts Like Heaven"
6. "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face" (with Mat
3. "In My Place" Fraser)
4. "Major Minus"
7. "Clocks"
5. "Lovers in Japan"
8. "Charlie Brown"
6. "The Scientist"
9. "Princess of China"
7. "Yellow"
8. "Violet Hill" 10. "Strawberry Swing"
9. "God Put a Smile upon Your Face" 11. "We Found Love" (with Rihanna)
B-stage 12. "Viva la Vida"
1. "Princess of China" Encore:
2. "Up in Flames"
1. "Run This Town" (with Jay-Z & Rihanna)
3.“Warning Sign”
2.“Paradise”(Reprise) (with Jay-Z)
Main set
3. "The Scientist"
1.“A Hopeful Transmission” 4.“M.M.I.X.”
2.“Don't Let It Break Your Heart”
5. "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall"
3. "Viva la Vida"
4. "Charlie Brown"
11.5.4 Shows
5. "Paradise"
Cancellations and rescheduled shows
Encore 1
1. "Us Against the World" 11.5.5 Notes

2. "Speed of Sound" [1] The 1 October 2011 concert in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at
the Olympic Park is a part of the Rock in Rio festival.* [15]
Encore 2
[2] The 26 October 2011 concert in Madrid, Spain at Las
Ventas is a part of the Unstaged Festival.
1. "Clocks"
[3] The 9 June 2012 concert in London, England at the Wem-
2. "Fix You"
bley Stadium is a part of the Summertime Ball festival.
3.“M.M.I.X.”
[4] The 31 December 2012 concert in New York City, New
4. "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" York at the Barclays Center was co-headlined with Jay-Z.
11.5. MYLO XYLOTO TOUR 249
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*
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“Senkveld”– and the concert date]. Dagbladet (in Norwe- for our band. The magic theatre built by our incredible
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And it was the first time anyone outside of our studio had
heard the new songs. This film is basically our original
11.5.7 External links vision for the album.”
̶Chris Martin, frontman of Coldplay talking about the
• Coldplay Official Website intimate show in Sony Studios.* [8]
The band continued the tour after the release of the al-
1. bum at the Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California on 19
2. Numbered list item May, the Casino de Paris in Paris, France on 28 May,
the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 12 June,
the Enmore Theatre in Sydney, Australia on 19 June and
closing the tour at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 2
11.6 Ghost Stories Tour July 2014.* [9]* [10] The band recorded for Ghost Stories
Live 2014 throughout this tour.* [11]
The Ghost Stories Tour was a intimate concert tour
by British band Coldplay, consisting of eight shows at SZA, London Grammar and AlunaGeorge served to
a handful of low-key venues, during three consecutive opening shows at New York, Los Angeles and London,
months in 2014, reaching North America, Europe, Asia respectively.* [12]* [13]* [14] Kylie Minogue made a spe-
and Oceania. The concerts were part of Coldplay's cam- cial cameo during show in Sydney, perform with the band
paign in support of their sixth studio album Ghost Stories her hit single "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (2001)
(2014). All the songs on the standard version of the al- and a cover of Nick Cave song, "Where the Wild Roses
bum were performed by group, as some of her previous Grow" (1995).* [15]
songs from their five prior studio albums. SZA, London
Grammar and AlunaGeorge were the opening acts at se-
lected dates.
11.6.2 Concert setlists
The largely pared-down of this tour stands in stark con- Each concert of the Ghost Stories Tour contained be-
trast to the bandʼs last digression, the Mylo Xyloto Tour tween 18 and 20 songs. Basically, all the songs on the
(2011–12). That tour saw the band playing 80 shows in standard version of the album were performed, in se-
massive stadiums and arenas across five continents, where lected dates, the songs “Another's Arms”and “O”it
it grossed over $192 million en route to becoming one of was not played giving space to some other group song or
the highest-grossing tours of all time.* [1] a cover.* [13]* [16]
Setlist examples
11.6.1 Background
In 21 March, 2014, Coldplay debuted the album Ghost Royce Hall, Los Angeles, United States, 19
* *
Stories at an intimate gig in Los Angeles. The band played May [13] [17]
the new album in its entirety for the first time to 800 fans
on a movie soundstage at Sony Studios. The gig was be-
ing recorded as part of a DVD extra for the album, which 1. "Atlas"
*
is released on May 19. [2] Given the surprising sound of
2. "Charlie Brown"
the first two songs the band has shared from Ghost Sto-
ries, "Midnight" and "Magic", a small tour seems appro- 3. "The Scientist"
priate.* [3]
4. "Don't Panic"
From April to July, Coldplay embarked on a six-date pro-
motional tour in support of the album. The band has 5.“A Whisper”
performed at E-Werk in Cologne, Germany on 25 April
and performed at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, 6.“Til Kingdom Come”
New York on 5 May, prior to the release of Ghost Stories. 7. "Viva la Vida"
On 16 May, the band announced one-off show in Syd-
ney, Australia scheduled for 19 June.* [4]* [5] Tickets for 8. "Paradise"
11.6. GHOST STORIES TOUR 251
9. "Always in My Head" 11.6.3 Shows

10. "Magic" 11.6.4 External links
11. "Ink"
• Coldplay Official Website
12. "True Love"
13. "Midnight" 11.6.5 References

14. "Another's Arms" [1] “Coldplay Announces 2014 Tour Dates”. TiqIQ. Re-
15. "Oceans"
[2] “Coldplay preview 'Ghost Stories' at intimate LA gig”.
NME. IPC Media. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
Encore
[3] “Coldplay announces intimate shows in support of new
album 'Ghost Stories'". AXS. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
1. "A Sky Full of Stars"
[4] “Coldplay announce one-off Australian show at Enmore
2. "Yellow" Theatre”. The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media.
3. "O"
[5] “Coldplay Announce One-Off Aussie Show”. Triple M.
LocalWorks. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
Royal Albert Hall, London, England, 1-2 July* [18]
[6] “Coldplay Sell Out Sydney Show In Three Minutes”.
Themusic.com.au. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
1.“Always in My Head”
[7] “Coldplay add extra Royal Albert Hall date as tickets sell
out in minutes”. All-Noise.co.uk. Retrieved 25 August
2.“Charlie Brown”
2016.
3.“Paradise” [8] “British band Coldplay celebrate the end of their 'Ghost
Stories Tour 2014'". Digital Journal. Retrieved 27 August
4.“Magic”
2016.
5. "Clocks" [9] “Coldplay announce six 'intimate' shows”. NME. IPC
Media. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
6.“The Scientist”
[10] “Coldplay announces 2014 tour dates”. Consequence of
7. "God Put a Smile Upon Your Face" Sound. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
8.“Til Kingdom Come” [11] “Coldplay releasing new 'Ghost Stories' tour concert film
and live album”. Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi UK.
9.“Donʼt Panic” Retrieved 25 August 2016.
10.“Everythingʼs Not Lost” [12] “Coldplay sold out Beacon Theatre, add early show, air-
ing a new TV special; SZA opening the late show”.
11.“Ink” BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
12.“True Love” [13] “Coldplay Get Intimate At UCLA Royce Hall For 'Ghost
Stories' Release Show”. KROQ-FM. Retrieved 23 August
13.“Viva la Vida” 2016.
14.“Midnight” [14] “AlunaGeorge - London Concert Tickets”. Bandsintown.

15. "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" [15] "'Thank you for the magic!' Coldplay and Kylie Minogue
perform surprise duet on stage at band's electrifying Syd-
Encore ney show”. Daily Mail UK. DMG Media. Retrieved 25
August 2016.
1.“Oceans” [16] “Watch Kylie Minogue Join Coldplay On Stage In Syd-

ney”. Music Feeds. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
2.“A Sky Full of Stars”
[17] “Coldplay at Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA, USA”.
3. "Fix You" Setlist.fm. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
[18] “Coldplay make their long-awaited return to the Hall”. 11.7.2 Opening acts
Royal Albert Hall. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
[19] “Coldplay announce intimate, one-off Australian show at

Enmore theatre”. The Guardian. Guardian News and
Media. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
11.7 A Head Full of Dreams Tour

The A Head Full of Dreams Tour* [1] is the sev- Lia
enth concert tour currently being undertaken by British La Havas (left) is following Coldplay for the Latin Amer-
alternative rock band Coldplay, launched in support of ican and European legs of the tour as its main supporting
their namesake seventh studio album A Head Full of act, while Alessia Cara (right) will serve as main support
Dreams. Marking the band's return to large-scale venues, during the North American leg.
after the low-key Ghost Stories Tour, the tour will visit
stadiums and arenas across three continents, with a total For each of the main tour dates, two supporting acts, the
of 60 shows penned. The A Head Full of Dreams Tour first billed as the“opener”, and the second as the“main
boasts extensive laser light and pyrotechnic visuals simi- support”, performed before the concert. British folk and
lar to the Mylo Xyloto Tour, and also sees a reappearance soul singer-songwriter Lianne La Havas is serving as the
of the Xylobands as a central part of the show's visual de- tour's main supporting act for all the shows during the
sign. The tour has so far confirmed to be comprising three Latin America leg and a majority of the European leg of
legs, with a total of 60 shows across Latin America, where the tour. Her appearances on the tour follow her own 10-
they will perform for the first time since the Viva la Vida month tour in support of her July 2015-released album
Tour, Europe, and North America, where they will em- Blood, which had ended two weeks before the start of the
bark on the very first stadium tour of the United States. A Head Full of Dreams Tour.* [10] It marks the first sta-
The first show of the tour was held at the Estadio Ciudad dium shows of Havas' career, and her first performances
de La Plata in La Plata, Argentina, on 31 March 2016. in Latin America.* [11]* [12] The opening acts during the
Latin America leg featured local talent, including Argen-
tinian singer and plastic artist Hana Ciliberti, and Mexi-
11.7.1 Promotion can pop rock artist Ximena Sariñana, who will perform
at the shows in Mexico City.* [13]
In November 2015, Coldplay announced the Latin Amer- Canadian R&B and pop artist Alessia Cara will also per-
ican and European legs of the “A Head Full of Dreams form as a supporting act on the A Head Full of Dreams
Tour”through their official website, with 28 stadium Tour, serving as the opener on a majority of the shows
shows confirmed across 14 countries in Europe and Latin during the European leg and as the main support during
America the next year.* [2] On 7 December 2015, a the North American leg.* [14] Cara, who will be turning
fourth and final date at Wembley Stadium, on Wed, 15 20 years old during the tour, had launched into main-
June 2016 was announced by the band.* [3] The following stream success in 2015 with "Here",* [15]* [16] and had
day, while being interviewed on The Late Late Show with been performing her first concert tour in the months trail-
James Corden, the band announced that the tour would ing the A Head Full of Dreams Tour, in support for
also visit Asia and North America.* [4] her debut studio album Know-It-All.* [17] Cara, however,
On 7 April 2016, Coldplay announced 12 new arena dates will skip three dates on the tour. Swiss artist Lea Lu
in the United States.* [5] On 29 May 2016, the band will will occupy the opening slot during the 11 June show
play a homecoming gig in Exeter in England as part of in Zurich, Switzerland,* [18] while British rock band
BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend.* [6] * [7] They have also Reef will perform during the tour's final two London
been announced as the first headliners at Glastonbury shows.* [19] In Lieu of Lianne La Havas' absence dur-
2016, performing on Sunday 26th June. This will be the ing the 11 June show in Zurich and the 3 July show in
fourth time they've headlined the festival and sets a record Stockholm, Sweden, British recording artists Foxes and
for the most number of times a headliner has played.* [8] Birdy will serve as main support respectively.* [20]
It was also announced that this would be their only fes-
tival performance in 2016. However, two more festivals Opener
are now on their tour agenda. While nothing has been an-
nounced nor confirmed as of yet, Coldplay has expressed • Hana (31 March - 1 April)
an interest to visit less-visited countries during concert
• Maria Colores (3 April)
tours, such as India and a large amount of Asia, as well as
Africa. No dates have been set currently.* [9] • Gala Brie (5 April)
11.7. A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS TOUR 253
• Tiê (7 - 10 April)
• Elsa y Elmar (13 April)
• Ximena Sariñana (15 - 17 April)
• Alessia Cara (24 May - 7, 12 - 16, 23 June - 6 July)
Main support
• Lianne La Havas (31 March - 7, 12 June - 1, 5 - 6 July)
• Foxes (11 June)
• Birdy (3 July)
• Alessia Cara (16 July - 3 September)
11.7.3 Setlist
A view of the stage at Wembley Stadium, London, during one of
the four sold out concerts.
Similar to the Mylo Xyloto Tour, the A Head Full of
Dreams Tour is typically split into five parts; an introduc-
tion on the main“A-stage”, a performance on the“B-
stage”, a second set on the A-stage, a set on the outward that the tour“will finally have a setlist where we feel good
“C-stage”, and finally an encore on the A-stage. Songs about it from start to finish.”* [22]
played on the A-stage are accompanied by the show's full Apart from the band's own songs, covers of songs by
laser light and pyrotechnic visuals, while performances other artists were also performed, with "Heroes" by David
on the B-stage are not accompanied by such, and songs Bowie being a staple on the setlist, during the mid-
played on the C-stage are strictly acoustic performances. dle of the second A-stage set. The cover is a tribute
to the late Bowie, whose death in January 2016 had
been massively publicized by both the media and mu-
sic fans alike. According to Martin, he and Bowie were
good friends, claiming that Bowie even had assigned the
nickname of “Sticky Martinez”to him.* [23] The re-
lationship between the band and Bowie musically, how-
ever, was not as profound; Bowie had earlier rejected
a collaboration for Lhuna, a charity single released by
the band in 2008 featuring Australian singer-songwritter
Kylie Minogue, after deeming the song was simply “not
one of [their] best”.* [24] Prior to the start of the tour,
Martin also took to covering Bowie's songs, such as "Life
Chris Martin on stage at Manchester's Etihad Stadium on 4 June on Mars?" on The Howard Stern Show and The Tonight
2016
Show with Jimmy Fallon in the weeks following Bowie's
Shows typically feature over 20 songs on the setlist, many death.* [25]* [26] The band also occasionally plays "'Til
of which played differently from the recorded versions of Kingdom Come"/"Ring of Fire", a combination between
the songs, usually combined with intros and outros from the X&Y song and the classic Johnny Cash song, which
other tracks. For example, "Paradise", which closes the the band had initially conceived for the Twisted Logic
opening set of the show, is played with a remix of the song Tour and also appeared in the setlist during the Viva la
by Tiësto as an outro, while "Fix You" is played with the Vida Tour and Mylo Xyloto Tour. Occasionally, im-
instrumental background from "Midnight". A majority promptu moments, usually during“A Sky Full of Stars”
of the songs played during the tour come from the name- may also lead to an additional song being performed, as
sake album A Head Full of Dreams, and from the band's was the case during the band's 5 April performance at the
previous studio album, Ghost Stories, though songs from Estadio Nacional de Lima in Peru, where Chris Martin
the band's earlier discography, such as Parachutes and A sang "Happy Birthday to You" for his son Moses.* [27]
Rush of Blood to the Head are routinely played and shuf- Another staple of the setlist is a segment of the show
fled across the setlist between shows. Frontman Chris known as the“Fan Dedication Song”, where a song is re-
Martin expressed satisfaction with the setlist, stating that quested by fans attending particular concerts on the tour,
the band were “enjoying playing really old songs”, and through social media service Instagram, for the band to
play at the end of their C-stage set.* [28] The segment was Encore
described by Martin as being similar to a photo booth,
stating, “we'd ask people to give us a reason why they 1.“Amazing Day”* [lower-alpha 9]
want us to play that song so there is a purpose behind why
we play it.”* [22]* [29] 2. "A Sky Full of Stars"
3. "Up & Up"
Setlist examples
4. "O (Reprise)* [lower-alpha 10]
Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 10 April* [30]
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, United
States, 16 July* [31]
A-Stage
1. "O mio babbino caro" (Maria Callas song, played from A-Stage
tape)
1.“O mio babbino caro”(Maria Callas song, played from
2. "A Head Full of Dreams"* [lower-alpha 1] tape)
3. "Yellow" 2.“A Head Full of Dreams”* [lower-alpha 11]
4. "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" 3.“Yellow”
5. "The Scientist" 4.“Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall”
6. "Birds"* [lower-alpha 2] 5.“The Scientist”
*
7. "Paradise" [lower-alpha 3] 6.“Birds”* [lower-alpha 12]
B-Stage 7.“Paradise”* [lower-alpha 13]
1. "Everglow" B-Stage
2. "Princess of China" 1. "Always in My Head"

*
3. "Magic" [lower-alpha 4] 2.“Princess of China”
3.“Everglow”* [lower-alpha 14]
A-Stage
A-Stage
1. "Clocks"
2. "Midnight"* [lower-alpha 5] 1.“Clocks”
3. "Charlie Brown" 2.“Midnight”* [lower-alpha 15]
4. "Hymn for the Weekend" 3.“Charlie Brown”
*
5. "Fix You" [lower-alpha 6] 4.“Hymn for the Weekend”
6. "Heroes" (David Bowie cover) 5.“Fix You”* [lower-alpha 16]
7. "Viva la Vida" 6.“Heroes”(David Bowie cover)
8. "Adventure of a Lifetime" 7.“Viva la Vida”
8.“Adventure of a Lifetime”
C-Stage
C-Stage
1.“Kaleidoscope”* [lower-alpha 7]
2.“Parachutes” 1.“Kaleidoscope”* [lower-alpha 17]
3. "Shiver" 2. "In My Place"
4.“A Message”* [lower-alpha 8] 3. "God Put a Smile upon Your Face"* [lower-alpha 18]
11.7. A HEAD FULL OF DREAMS TOUR 255
4. "Jersey Girl" (Tom Waits cover, tribute to Bruce Spring- [15] Instrumental bridge and outro played only
steen)
[16] Background from “Midnight”used in lieu of organs
Encore [17] Extended version, played from tape)
[18] Requested by a fan as part of the tour's “Fan Dedication

1.“Amazing Day”* [lower-alpha 19]
Song”series.
2.“A Sky Full of Stars”
[19] Played with an extended outro
3.“Up & Up”
[20] Played concert credits on the screen, played from tape
*
4.“O (Reprise) [lower-alpha 20]
[21] The May 29, 2016 concert at Powderham Castle in Exeter
is part of BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2016.
11.7.4 Reception [22] The June 26, 2016 concert at Worthy Farm in Pilton is
part of Glastonbury Festival 2016.
Tickets for the first two legs were put on sale on Friday
27 November 2015 (which was also Black Friday). Their [23]“Earth Angel”and“Johnny B. Goode”were requested by
two Wembley Stadium dates quickly sold out, prompt- Chris Martin's son Moses, featuring Michael J. Fox who
*
ing a third, and later a fourth, to be added. [32] In addi- joined Coldplay with a guitar solo.* [38]
tion to London dates being popular, shows were added in [24] No fan request song was performed due to the concert be-
Mexico City, La Plata, Barcelona, Manchester, Zürich, ing stopped before the C-stage due to thunderstorms.* [39]
Amsterdam and Copenhagen.
Citations
11.7.5 Tour dates
[1] “Tour”. coldplay.com. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
The tour grossed $137.2 million in the first half of 2016
[2] “First legs of 2016 tour announced – extra dates added!".
from 29 shows. * [40]
Coldplay.com. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 28 Novem-
ber 2015.
11.7.6 References [3] “Fourth Wembley Stadium show announced”. Cold-
play.com. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December
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[1] Intro with an excerpt from The Great Dictator, by Charlie [4] Garcia, Pia (10 December 2015). “Coldplay brings 'A
Chaplin Head Full of Dreams' to Asia”. CNN Philippines. Re-
[2] Intro with ambience from "Oceans"
[5] http://coldplay.com/extra-u-s-dates-announced/
[3] Outro with “Paradise (Tiësto Remix)"
[6] “Radio 1's Big Weekend 2016”.
[4] Outro with excerpt from “Army of One”
[7] “Radio 1 to take Coldplay home for the weekend”. BBC
[5] Instrumental bridge and outro played only Media Centre.
[6] Background from “Midnight”used in lieu of organs
[8] “Coldplay announced as First Glastonbury 2016 Head-
[7] Extended version, played from tape) liner”. Glastonbury.
[8] Requested by a fan as part of the tour's “Fan Dedication [9] Coldplay [coldplay] (18 April 2016). “We will try to
Song”series. come to as many places as we can over this tour. Love,
Coldplay”. Twitter (Tweet).
[9] Played with an extended outro
[10] McLean, Craig (12 March 2016). “Singer Lianne La
[10] Played concert credits on the screen, played from tape Havas: from Streatham to the Albert Hall”. The Tele-
graph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
[11] Intro with an excerpt from The Great Dictator, by Charlie
Chaplin [11] Coldplay website staff (8 April 2016). “Lianne La Havas
[12] Intro with ambience from “Oceans” interview”. Coldplay. Parlophone. Retrieved 9 April
2016.
[13] Outro with “Paradise (Tiësto Remix)"
[12] Bang Showbiz (31 March 2016). “Lianne La Havas sup-
[14] Outro with Muhammad Ali tribute and excerpt from ports Coldplay on Latin America tour dates”. Yahoo7.
“Army of One” Yahoo! / Seven West Media. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
[13] Flores, Griselda (23 March 2016). “Ximena Sariñana [29] Cragg, Michael (23 December 2015).“Coldplay are tak-
to Open Coldplay's Concerts in Mexico”. Billboard. ing song requests – should other bands follow suit?". The
Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 9 April 2016. Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 9 April
2016.
[14] Yoo, Noah (8 April 2016).“Coldplay Expand U.S. Tour,
Alessia Cara to Join”. Pitchfork. Condé Nast. Retrieved [30] “Coldplay no Brasil: banda lota Maracanã em show
9 April 2016. mágico”. Globo.com. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
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Ltd. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
[33] “Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores”. Billboard. April
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als Vorband von Coldplay”. 20 Minuten (in German). ment. April 19, 2016.
Express-Zeitung AG (Tamedia / Berner Zeitung). Re-
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• “Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores”. Billboard.
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July 13, 2016. Archived from the original on July
support acts confirmed”. Coldplay. Parlophone. Re-
13, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
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• “Billboard Boxscore :: Current Scores”. Billboard.
[21] Adams, Cameron (24 December 2015). “Coldplay's August 26, 2016. Archived from the original on
Chris Martin tells: 'We're at the point where we can August 26, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
get through a concert without playing anything sh--'".
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2016.
[37] Gibsone, Harriet; Hann, Michael (24 June 2016). “Glas-
[22] Payne, Chris (22 December 2015). “Hey Coldplay Fans: tonbury 2016: Thursday - as it happened”. The Guardian.
You Can Request Songs for the Band's Farewell Tour”. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 9 April
[38] Reed, Ryan (July 18, 2016). “See Coldplay, Michael J.
2016.
Fox Play 'Back to the Future' Songs Onstage”. Rolling
[23] Sacks, Ethan (29 January 2016). “Coldplay's Chris Mar- Stone. Retrieved July 24, 2016.
tin got impressive nickname from Bowie”. New York
[39] Legaspi, Althea (July 24, 2016). “Rain can't dampen
Daily News. Daily News, L.P. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
Coldplay party at Soldier Field”. Chicago Tribune. Re-
[24] Kreps, Daniel (14 December 2015). “Chris Martin: trieved July 28, 2016.
David Bowie Rejected Coldplay Collaboration”. Rolling
[40] http://www.pollstarpro.com/files/charts2016/
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[25] “Chris Martin Discusses Super Bowl 50, David Bowie,
And Why This Album Could Be Coldplay's Last”. The
Howard Stern Show. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 9 April 11.7.7 External links
2016.
• Coldplay official website
[26] Camp, Zoe (23 March 2016). “Coldplay's Chris Mar-
tin Covers David Bowie's “Life on Mars?" with Jimmy
Fallon on “The Tonight Show"". Pitchfork. Condé Nast.
[27] “Coldplay at Estadio Nacional, Lima, Peru”. Setlist.fm.

13 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
[28] Coldplay website staff (1 April 2016). “Request a song

for the Latin American shows”. Coldplay. Parlophone.
Chapter 12
Record labels
12.1 EMI
This article is about the defunct British music company.

For other uses, see EMI (disambiguation).
EMI Group Limited (originally an acronym for Elec-

tric and Musical Industries and also known as EMI
Music, EMI Records Ltd. or simply just EMI) was
a British multinational music recording and publishing,
electronics, device and systems manufacturing company
headquartered in London, England from 1931 until 2011.
At the time of its break-up in 2012, it was the fourth-
largest business group and family of record labels in the
recording industry and was one of the big four record
companies (now the big three). Its group of record labels
included EMI Records, Parlophone, Virgin Records and
Capitol Records. EMI Group also had a major publishing
arm, EMI Music Publishing̶also based in London with
offices globally.
The company was once a constituent of the FTSE 100
Index, but faced financial troubles and $4 billion in
debt, leading to its acquisition by Citigroup in February
2011.* [7]* [8] Citigroup's ownership was temporary, as it
announced in November 2011 that it would sell its mu- EMI's former building in London. The building is now owned by
Warner Music UK.
sic arm to Vivendi's Universal Music Group for $1.9 bil-
lion, and EMI's publishing business to a Sony/ATV con-
sortium for around $2.2 billion. Other members of the Manufacturing
Sony consortium include the Estate of Michael Jackson,
The Blackstone Group, and Abu Dhabi–owned invest- The company's gramophone manufacturing led to forty
ment fund Mubadala Development Company.* [9] years of success with larger-scale electronics and
electrical engineering.
12.1.2 Electronics research and develop-

12.1.1 History ment
Blumlein and radar
Electric and Musical Industries Ltd was formed in March
1931 by the merger of the Columbia Graphophone Com- Alan Blumlein, an engineer employed by EMI, conducted
pany and the Gramophone Company, with its "His Mas- a great deal of pioneering research into stereo sound
ter's Voice" record label, firms that have a history extend- recording many years prior to the practical implementa-
ing back to the origins of recorded sound. The new ver- tion of the technique in the early 1950s. He was killed
tically integrated company produced sound recordings as in 1942 whilst conducting flight trials on an experimental
well as recording and playback equipment. H2S radar set.
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258 CHAPTER 12. RECORD LABELS
During and after World War II, the EMI Laboratories Emihus
in Hayes, Hillingdon developed radar equipment (includ-
ing the receiver section of the British Army's GL-II anti- Emihus Electronics, based in Glenrothes, Scotland, was
aircraft fire-control radar), microwave devices such as the owned 51% by Hughes Aircraft, of California, US,
reflex klystron oscillator (having played a crucial role in and 49% by EMI. It manufactured integrated circuits
the development of early production types following on electrolytic capacitors and, for a short period in the
from the British Admiralty Signal School's pioneering mid-1970s, hand-held calculators under the Gemini
NR89, the so-called “Sutton tube”), electro-optic de- name.* [13]
vices such as infra-red image converters, and eventually
guided missiles employing analogue computers.
12.1.3 Music
Television
Early in its life, the Gramophone Company established
subsidiary operations in a number of other countries in
Post-war, the company resumed its involvement in mak-
the British Commonwealth, including India, Australia
ing broadcasting equipment, notably providing the BBC's
and New Zealand. Gramophone's (later EMI's) Aus-
second television transmitter at Sutton Coldfield. It also
tralian and New Zealand subsidiaries dominated the pop-
manufactured broadcast television cameras for British
ular music industries in those countries from the 1920s
television production companies as well as for the BBC.
until the 1960s, when other locally owned labels (such as
The commercial television ITV companies also used
Festival Records) began to challenge the near monopoly
them alongside cameras made by Pye and Marconi. Their
of EMI. Over 150,000 78-rpm recordings from around
best-remembered piece of broadcast television equip-
the world are held in EMI's temperature-controlled
ment was the EMI 2001 colour television camera, which
archive in Hayes, some of which have been released on
became the mainstay of much of the British television in-
CD since 2008 by Honest Jon's Records.* [14]* [15]
dustry from the end of the 1960s until the early 1980s.
Exports of this piece of equipment were low, however, In 1931, the year the company was formed, it opened
and EMI left this area of product manufacture. the legendary recording studios at Abbey Road, London.
During the 1930s and 1940s, its roster of artists included
Arturo Toscanini, Sir Edward Elgar, and Otto Klemperer,
Photomultipliers among many others. During this time EMI appointed its
first A&R managers. These included George Martin, who
The company was also for many years an internationally later brought the Beatles into the EMI fold.
respected manufacturer of photomultipliers. This part of
When the Gramophone Company merged with the
the business was transferred to Thorn as part of Thorn-
Columbia Graphophone Company (including Columbia's
EMI, then later became the independent concern Electron
subsidiary label Parlophone) in 1931, the new Anglo-
Tubes Ltd.
American group was incorporated as Electric & Musical
Industries Ltd. At this point RCA had a majority share-
Computers and CT Scanner holding in the new company, giving RCA chair David
Sarnoff a seat on the EMI board.
In 1958 the EMIDEC 1100, the UK's first commercially However, EMI was subsequently forced to sell Columbia
available all-transistor computer, was developed at HayesUSA due to anti-trust action taken by its American com-
under the leadership of Godfrey Hounsfield, an electrical petitors. By this time the record industry had been hit
engineer at EMI. hard by the Depression and in 1934 a much-diminished
In the early 1970s, with financial support by the UK Columbia USA was purchased for just US$70,500 by
Department of Health and Social Security as well as EMI ARC-BRC (American Record Corporation–Brunswick
research investment,* [10] Hounsfield developed the first Record Company), which also acquired the OKeh label.
CT scanner, a device which revolutionised medical imag- RCA sold its stake in EMI in 1935, but due to its earlier
ing. In 1973 EMI was awarded a prestigious Queen's takeover of the Victor label in 1929, RCA retained the
Award for Technological Innovation for what was then North and South American rights to the "Nipper" trade-
called the EMI scanner,* [11] and in 1979 Hounsfield won mark. In other countries, the dog-and-phonograph logo
the Nobel Prize for his accomplishment.* [12] was used by the EMI subsidiary label HMV, even though
After brief, but brilliant, success in the medical imag- the slogan itself would be retained by RCA along with the
ing field, EMI's manufacturing activities were sold off to logo.
other companies, notably Thorn (see Thorn EMI). Sub- In 1938 ARC-Brunswick was taken over by CBS, which
sequently development and manufacturing activities were then sold the American Brunswick label to American
sold off to other companies and work moved to other Decca Records, which along with its other properties,
towns such as Crawley and Wells. Vocalion Records and Aeolian Vocalion Records, used
12.1. EMI 259
it as a subsidiary budget label afterward. CBS then op- cover of the Beatles' Please Please Me album. In addi-
erated Columbia as its flagship label in both the United tion, an unused shot from the Please Please Me photo ses-
States and Canada. sion, featuring the boys in short hair and cleancut attire,
EMI retained the rights to the Columbia name in most was used for the cover of the Beatles' first double-disc
other territories including the UK, Australia and New greatest-hits compilation entitled 1962–1966 (aka “The
Zealand. It continued to operate the label with mod- Red Album”). In 1969, Angus McBean took a match-
erate success until 1973, when it was retired and re- ing group photograph featuring the boys in long hair and
placed by the EMI Records imprint, making records with beards to contrast with the earlier cleancut image to show
that the boys could have appeal across a wide range of
the Columbia Records label manufactured outside North
America between 1972 and 1992 rare. audiences. This photo was originally intended for the
Get Back album which later was entitled Let It Be. The
In 1990, following a series of major takeovers that saw photo was used instead for the cover of the Beatles' sec-
CBS Records acquired by the Sony Corporation of Japan, ond greatest-hits double-disc compilation entitled 1967–
EMI sold its remaining rights to the Columbia name to 1970 (aka “The Blue Album”). (The two compilations
Sony and the label is now operated exclusively through- were released in 1973.)
out the world by Sony Music Entertainment; except in
Japan where the trade mark is owned by Columbia Music EMI's classical artists of the period were largely lim-
Entertainment. ited to the prestigious British orchestras, such as the
Philharmonia Orchestra and London Symphony Orches-
EMI released its first LPs in 1952 and its first stereo- tra. During the era of the long-playing record (LP),
phonic recordings in 1955 (first on reel-to-reel tape and very few US orchestras had their principal recording con-
then LPs, beginning in 1958). In 1957, to replace the loss tracts with EMI, one notable exception being that of the
of its long-established licensing arrangements with RCA Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, especially during the
Victor and Columbia Records (Columbia USA cut its ties tenure of William Steinberg.
with EMI in 1951), EMI entered the American market by
From the late 1950s to the early 1970s, the company
acquiring 96% of the stock for Capitol Records USA.
enjoyed huge success in the popular music field under
the management of Sir Joseph Lockwood. The strong
combination of EMI and its subsidiary labels (including
Parlophone, HMV, Columbia and Capitol Records) along
with a roster of stellar groups such as the Hollies, the
Shadows, the Beach Boys and the Beatles along with hit
solo performers such as Frank Sinatra, Cliff Richard, and
Nat 'King' Cole, made EMI the best-known and most suc-
cessful recording company in the world at that time.
In 1967, while shifting their pop and rock music roster to
Columbia and Parlophone, EMI converted HMV solely
to a classical music label exclusively. For the emerging
progressive rock genre including Pink Floyd, who had de-
buted on Columbia, EMI established a new subsidiary la-
bel, Harvest Records, two years later.
In 1971, Electric & Musical Industries changed its name
to EMI Ltd. and on 1 January 1973 EMI phased out most
of its heritage labels and replacing them with the EMI
imprint. On 1 July 1973 the Gramophone Company sub-
sidiary (The Gramophone Co. Ltd.) was renamed EMI
Records Ltd as well, and in February 1979, EMI Ltd ac-
quired United Artists Records and with it their subsidiary
labels Liberty Records and Imperial Records.
Eight months later, Thorn Electrical Industries merged
with EMI Ltd. to form Thorn EMI.* [16]
Ten years later in 1989, Thorn EMI bought a 50% in-
Trade ad of congratulations to the Beatles for their 1964 Gram-
terest in Chrysalis Records, completing the buyout two
mys. years later. Six months after completing the buyout
of Chrysalis, Thorn EMI bought Virgin Records from
From 1960 to 1995 their“EMI House”corporate head- Richard Branson in one of its highest-profile and most
quarters was located at 20 Manchester Square London, expensive acquisitions in record music history.
England, the stairwell from which was featured on the
Aftermath of demerger from Thorn nounced sales of DRM-free music (which was described
as an experiment).* [24]
Due to the increasing divergence of business models, In May 2006, EMI attempted to buy Warner Music
Thorn EMI shareholders voted in favour of demerger pro- Group, which would have reduced the world's four largest
posals on 16 August 1996. The resulting media company record companies (Big Four) to three; however, the bid
was now known as EMI Group PLC.* [17] was rejected.* [25] Warner Music Group launched a Pac-
Man defence, offering to buy EMI. EMI rejected the
Since the 1930s, the Baak Doi label headquartered in $4.6bn offer.* [26]
Shanghai had been published under the EMI banner* [18]
and since then, EMI had also been the dominant label in
the cantopop market in Hong Kong until the genre's de-
cline in the mid-1980s. Between the years 2004–2006, Terra Firma takeover
EMI then completely and totally divested itself from the
c-pop market, and after that, all Hong Kong music artists After a dramatic 7% decline in the British market share,
previously associated with EMI have had their music pub- from 16% to 9%, and the announcement that it had sus-
* *
lished by Gold Label, a concern unaffiliated with EMI tained a loss of £260 million in 2006/2007, [27] [28] in
and with which EMI does not hold any interest. August 2007 EMI was acquired by Terra Firma Capital
Partners,* [27] which purchased it for £4.2 billion.* [29]
On 21 November 2000, Streamwaves and EMI signed a
deal licensing EMI's catalogue in a digital format for their Following the transition, several artists including
online streaming music service. This was the first time Radiohead left EMI, while other artists such as Paul
*
EMI had licensed any of its catalogue to a streaming mu- McCartney had left ahead of the takeover. [27] At the
*
sic website. [19] same time, the Rolling Stones signed a one-album deal
with Interscope Records/Universal Music Group outside
Pop star Robbie Williams signed a six-album deal in 2002
of its contract with EMI, which expired on February
paying him over £80 million ($157 million), which was 2008,* [30]* [31] and then in July 2008 signed a new long
not only the biggest recording contract in British music
term deal with Universal Music Group.* [32]
history at the time, but also the second biggest in music
history* [20] behind that of Michael Jackson. The Terra Firma takeover is also reported to have been
the catalyst behind a lawsuit filed by Pink Floyd over un-
Apple Records, the record label representing the Beatles, paid royalties.* [33] In January 2011 Pink Floyd signed a
launched a suit against EMI for non-payment of royal- new global agreement with EMI.* [34]
ties on 15 December 2005. The suit alleged that EMI
had withheld $50 million from the record label; however, Around the same time, Guy Hands, CEO of Terra Firma
an EMI spokesman noted that audits of record label ac- Capital Partners, came to EMI with restructuring plans
*
counts are not that unusual, confirming at least two hun- to cut between 1,500 and 2,000 jobs [28] and to reduce
dred such audits performed on the label, but that these costs by £200 million a year. As a result, the UK chief
audits rarely result in legal action.* [21] A legal settlement executive Tony Wadsworth left EMI after 25 years in Jan-
was announced on 12 April 2007 and terms were undis- uary 2008. The cuts were planned to take effect over the
closed.* [22] year 2008, and would affect up to a third of EMI's 5,500
staff.* [28] Thirty Seconds to Mars tried to exit their con-
On 2 April 2007, EMI announced it would be releasing
tract with EMI following the layoff of its staff and due
its music in DRM-free formats. These were to be issued to unpaid royalties, prompting the label to file a lawsuit
in AAC format, which gave higher quality for the same
for $30 million citing breach of contract.* [35] The suit
bitrate compared with the ubiquitous mp3 format. The was later settled following a defence based on a contract
music would be distributed via Apple's iTunes Store (un-
case involving actress Olivia de Havilland decades be-
der the iTunes Plus category).* [23] fore.* [36] Jared Leto explained,“The California Appeals
Tracks were to cost $1.29/€1.29/£0.99. Legacy Court ruled that no service contract in California is valid
tracks with FairPlay DRM would still be available for after seven years, and it became known as the De Havil-
$0.99/€0.99/£0.79 – albeit with lower quality sound and land Law after she used it to get out of her contract with
DRM restrictions still in place. Users would be able to Warner Bros."* [36] Many industry watchers viewed the
'upgrade' the EMI tracks that they had already bought for suit as a punitive harassment meant to scare other mu-
$0.30/€0.30/£0.20. Albums were also to be available sicians.* [35] The band's troubles with the label resonate
at the same price as their lower quality, DRM counter- through their third studio album This Is War (2009) and
parts and music videos from EMI would also be DRM- were the subject of the 2012 documentary Artifact.* [37]
free. The higher-quality, DRM-free files became avail- Another EMI singer Joss Stone battled the label, and of-
able worldwide on iTunes on 30 May 2007, and were ex- fered to forfeit £2 million to be released from her con-
pected to appear on other music download services soon tract. Stone has said that after EMI was taken over by
thereafter. Terra Firma, her relationship with the label had soured
Following this decision, Universal Music Group also an- and that there is “no working relationship”.* [38] In an
12.1. EMI 261
interview with BBC 6music, Róisín Murphy clearly stated that had competed for the recorded music business was
that she left the label as well because of similar disagree- Warner Music Group which was reported to have made
ments. She also commented on the difficulties she had a $2 billion bid.* [51] However, IMPALA has said that
while recording her second solo album Overpowered. it would fight the merger.* [52] In March 2012, the Eu-
In 2008, EMI withdrew from the South-East Asian mar- ropean Union opened an investigation into Universal's
ket entirely, forcing its large roster of acts to search out purchase of EMI's recorded music division* [53] and had
contracts with other unaffiliated labels. As a result, the asked rivals and consumer groups whether the deal will
South-East Asian market was the only region in the world result in higher prices and shut out competitors.* [54]
where EMI was not in operation, although the record la- On 21 September 2012, the sale of EMI to UMG was
bel continued to operate in Hong Kong and Indonesia approved in both Europe and the United States by the
(which is currently named Arka Music Indonesia).* [39] European Commission and the Federal Trade Commis-
The Chinese and Taiwanese operation of EMI as well sion respectively. The European Commission approved
as the Hong Kong branch of Gold Label, was sold to the deal, however, under the condition that the merged
Typhoon Group and reformed as Gold Typhoon. The company divest itself of one third of its total operations to
Philippine branch of EMI changed its name to PolyEast other companies with a proven track record in the music
Records, and is now a joint venture between EMI itself industry. To comply with this condition, UMG divested
and Pied Piper Records Corporation. The physical audio V2 Records, Parlophone Records, Sanctuary Records,
and video products of the label have been distributed in Chrysalis Records, Mute Records, EMI Classics, Virgin
South-East Asia by Warner Music Group since Decem- Classics, and EMI's regional labels across Europe. These
ber 2008, while new EMI releases in China and Taiwan, labels were operated separately under the name “Par-
were distributed under Gold Typhoon which was previ- lophone Label Group”, pending their sale. Universal
ously known as EMI Music China and EMI Music Tai- would, however, retain its ownership of the Beatles' li-
wan, respectively. Meanwhile, the Korean branch of EMI brary (moved to the newly formed Capitol Records UK)
(known as EMI Korea Limited) had its physical releases and Robbie Williams' Chrysalis recordings.* [55]
distributed by Warner Music Korea. EMI Music Japan, Universal Music Group completed its acquisition of
the Japanese EMI branch, remains unchanged from the EMI on 28 September 2012,* [56] followed by world-
reflection of Toshiba's divestiture to the business by EMI wide compliance and complete rebranding by 1 April
buying the whole branch way back July 2007, making it 2013.* [56]* [57] In compliance the conditions of the
a full subsidiary.* [40]* [41] European Commission, Universal Music Group sold to
In July 2009, there were reports that EMI would not German-based music rights company BMG the Mute cat-
sell CDs to independent album retailers in a bid to cut alogue, previously property of EMI on 22 December
costs,* [42] but in fact only a handful of small physical 2012.* [58] On 8 February 2013, Warner Music Group
retailers were affected.* [43] signed an agreement to acquire Parlophone, Chrysalis
Records, EMI Classics, Virgin Classics and some of
EMI's regional labels across Europe for US$765 million
Citigroup ownership (£487 million).* [59]* [60] Regulatory approval was re-
ceived on 15 May 2013.* [61]
In February 2010, EMI Group reported pre-tax losses
of £1.75 billion for the year ended March 2009, in- Universal Music will continue to operate EMI entities it is
cluding write-downs on the value of its music cata- retaining using the EMI name and has formed Virgin EMI
*
logue.* [44]* [45] In addition, KPMG issued a going con- Records as a UMG label unit in the UK. [62] The former
cern warning on the holding company's accounts regard- EMI Records Ltd. was renamed Parlophone Records Ltd.
ing an ability to remain solvent.* [46] in 2013,* [63] when Warner Music Group acquired Par-
lophone Music Group which has the rights to the old EMI
Citigroup (which held $4 billion in debt) took 100% own- Records catalogue.
ership of EMI Group from Terra Firma Capital Partners
on 1 February 2011, writing off £2.2 billion of debt* [47] Warner Music incorporated EMI Classics and Virgin
and reducing EMI's debt load by 65%.* [48] The group Classics into its Warner Classics unit with the EMI Clas-
was put up for sale and final bids were due by 5 October sics artist roster and catalogue absorbed into the Warner
2011.* [49] Classics label and the Virgin Classics artist roster and
catalogue absorbed into the revived Erato Records la-
bel.* [64]
Sony/Universal sale
On 14 November 2013, EMI's Middle Eastern branch
was folded into Universal Music, causing the distribution
On 12 November 2011, it was announced that EMI would
of Warner Music Group's releases in that region to be
sell its recorded music operations to Universal Music
moved to Universal Music.* [65]
Group (UMG) for £1.2 billion ($1.9 billion) and its mu-
sic publishing operations to Sony/ATV Music Publish- On 30 June 2014, Universal Music Group was re-
ing-for $2.2 billion.* [50] Among the other companies established EMI in Taiwan, with A-Mei, Rainie Yang and
Show Luo signing first to the label.* [66] Between 1995 and 2000 music companies were found to
have used illegal marketing agreements such as minimum
advertised pricing to artificially inflate prices of compact
12.1.4 Operations discs in order to end price wars by discounters such as
Best Buy and Target in the early 1990s.* [71]
EMI Leisure
A settlement in 2002 included the music publishers and
*
EMI Leisure, formed in April 1974, [67] was, by the distributors; Sony Music, Warner Music, Bertelsmann
late 1970s, a prominent operator of cinemas, hotels and Music Group, EMI and Universal Music. In restitution
restaurants, with its leisure business contributing 15% of for price fixing they agreed to pay a $67.4 million fine and
group revenues.* [68] This business was the subject of a distribute $75.7 million in CDs to public and non-profit
management buy-out in 1982 led by Lord Delfont. groups but admitted no wrongdoing.* [72] It is estimated
customers were overcharged by nearly $500 million and
up to $5 per album.* [71]
EMI Music
On internet freedom day in January 2013, EMI evoked
controversy after the removal of Martin Luther King Jr's
Labels under the EMI banner Further information:
"I Have a Dream" speech due to copyright violation.* [73]
List of EMI labels
12.1.6 See also

Past and present EMI musicians Main article: List
• Baak Doi
of EMI artists
• EMI Christian Music Group (EMI CMG)
• EMI Films
EMI Music Publishing
• EMI Records
Main article: EMI Music Publishing
• EMI Songbook Series
As well as the well-known record label the group also • EMI Televisa Music/Capitol Latin
owned EMI Music Publishing, which was the largest
• List of EMI labels
music publisher in the world. EMI Music Publishing has
won the Music Week Award for Publisher of the Year ev- • List of musicians signed to EMI
ery year for over 10 years; in 2009, for the first time in
history the award was shared jointly with Universal Music • List of record labels
Publishing.* [69] As is often the case in the music indus- • Streamwaves
try, the publishing arm and record label are very separate
businesses. • The Gramophone Company
EMI administered the publishing rights of over 1.3 mil- • The HMV Group
lion songs, controlling the libraries of artists such as
Jay-Z, Beyoncé, deadmau5, Timo Maas, Dragon, the • HMV
Prodigy, Megadeth, the Black Eyed Peas, Bloc Party, • Waterstone's
My Chemical Romance, Avicii, Cannibal Corpse, the
Crystal Method, Quarashi, Dragpipe, Avenged Seven-
fold, Slipknot, MSTRKRFT, and Sean Paul. 12.1.7 References
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Buys EMI Assets for $765 Million”. The New York Times.
12.1.5 Criticism [3] Sisario, Ben (15 February 2013). “Mu-
sic Companies Fight Over the Scraps of
CD price fixing EMI.”The New York Times. Retrieved from
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£1.2bn EMI takeover approved – with conditions”. The
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Failing Firm Doctrine in the Recorded Music Indus-
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of Remaining Big Three 604 (2013) (describing Terra Firma's purchase of
[57] “Universal-EMI is the dinosaur in the room”. The Japan EMI, Citigroup's seizure of the company, and the
Times. subsequent break-up, sale, and antitrust scrutiny sur-
rounding the music company).
[58] Ingham, Tim (21 December 2012). “BMG buys Mute
catalogue from Universal”. Music Week. Retrieved 22 • Peter Martland, Since Records Began: EMI, the first
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New York Times.
• EMI Archive
[62] http://www.emimusic.com/blog/2013/
universal-music-uk-launches-virgin-emi-records-2/ • EMI Group publishing catalog at MusicBrainz
[63] http://www.discogs.com/label/
563997-Parlophone-Records-Ltd • EMI Music Publishing
[64] “EMI Classics and Virgin Classics to join Warners”. • EMI Sessions
Classic FM. 19 July 2013.
• History of EMI
[65] EMI Music Arabia 14 November 2013. Retrieved 1 De-
cember 2013.
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[66] Universal Music Group, 2013 June 30 Hayes Middlesex
12.2. PARLOPHONE 265
12.2 Parlophone pound in Latin). During World War I, the Transoceanic

Trading Company was set up in the Netherlands to look
Parlophone (also known as Parlophone Records and after its overseas assets. On 8 August 1923, the British
Parlophone Records Limited) is a record label that was branch of“Parlophone”(with the“e”added) was estab-
founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Com- lished, led by A&R manager Oscar Preuss. Parlophone
pany as Parlophon.* [1] The British branch of the com- established a master leasing arrangement with co-owned
pany was formed in 1923 as The Parlophone Co. Ltd., United States based Okeh Records, making Parlophone a
which developed a reputation in the 1920s as a leading leading jazz label in the UK. The CLPGS publishes a list
jazz label. In 1926, the Columbia Graphophone Com- of Parlophone titles issued between 1923 and 1956.
pany acquired Parlophone's business, label name and its In 1927 the Columbia Graphophone Company acquired a
releases. Columbia Graphophone later merged with the controlling interest in the Carl Lindström Company and
Gramophone Company in 1931 to become Electric & thereby in Parlophone. In 1931 Columbia merged with
Musical Industries Limited (EMI). George Martin joined the Gramophone Company to form Electric & Musical
EMI in 1950 as assistant label manager, taking over as Industries Ltd (EMI). Under EMI, the Parlophone com-
manager in 1955. Martin produced and released a mix pany initially maintained its status as a jazz label. In about
of product including comedy recordings of the Goons, 1929 or 1930, the “Rhythm Style Series”started: jazz
the pianist Mrs Mills, and teen idol Adam Faith. In 1962 records culled from the Okeh label. Besides the Okeh
Martin signed the rising new Liverpool band the Beatles. recordings, Parlophone also issued recordings from US
With Cilla Black, Billy J. Kramer, the Fourmost and con- Columbia and Brunswick as well as a few sessions pro-
temporary Mancunian band the Hollies also signed to the duced at US Decca. As time went on the label also re-
label, Parlophone in the 1960s became one of the world's leased speciality recordings of spoken-word and comedy
most famous and prestigious record labels. For a long recordings, such as the comedy recordings of the Goons
time Parlophone claimed the best-selling UK single, "She and Flanders and Swann.
Loves You", and the best-selling UK album, Sgt. Pep-
In 1950, Preuss hired 24-year-old George Martin as his
per's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The label also achieved
assistant. When Preuss retired in 1955 Martin succeeded
placement of seven singles at No. 1 during 1964, when it
him as label manager.
also claimed top spot in the album charts for 40 of the 52
weeks during that year. The Parlophone Co. Ltd. con- Leading Parlophone artists in the 1950s included Ger-
tinued as a division of EMI until it was merged into the many's Obernkirchen Children's Choir and Scottish mu-
Gramophone Co. Ltd. on 1 July 1965. On 1 July 1973, sician Jimmy Shand. At the dawn of the rock era, Par-
the Gramophone Co. Ltd. was renamed EMI Records lophone artists such as Humphrey Lyttelton, the Vipers
Limited. Skiffle Group, the pianist Mrs Mills, Jim Dale, Keith
Kelly, Peter Sellers, Bernard Cribbins, the Temperance
On 21 September 2012, regulators officially approved the
Seven, Laurie London and Shane Fenton would sporad-
Universal Music Group's planned acquisition of EMI, on
ically reach the British Top 20 chart. Their only consis-
condition that its EMI Records Ltd. group would be di-
tently successful act until the “Beat Boom”was that of
vested from the combined group. EMI Records Ltd.,
teen idol Adam Faith: Faith was assigned to the label in
which included Parlophone and other labels to be di-
1959 by Norman Newell, an EMI A&R man “without
vested, were operated in a single entity known as Par-
portfolio”. Treading a path similar to other British la-
lophone Label Group, pending their sale. Warner Mu-
bels of the era, Parlophone released all manner of domes-
sic Group (WMG) later acquired the group in February
tic and foreign licensed product, including James Brown,
2013, making it their third main-line label group along-
but had little success in comparison to EMI siblings HMV
side Warner Bros. Records and Atlantic Records (al-
and Columbia.
though WMG's distribution company is still called WEA
International Inc., despite the fact that the third acronym The label's fortunes began to rise in 1962, when Martin
company Elektra Records was absorbed by Atlantic in signed the Liverpool band the Beatles. Along with fellow
2004). EMI Records Ltd. was renamed as Parlophone NEMS stablemates Cilla Black, Billy J. Kramer and the
Records Limited in May 2013. Parlophone Records Lim- Fourmost, and contemporary Mancunian band the Hol-
ited is now the oldest of WMG's three groups. lies, the Beatles turned Parlophone into one of the world's
best known record labels.
After Martin left to form the Associated Independent
12.2.1 History
Recording (AIR) Studios in 1965, the Parlophone Com-
pany was absorbed into EMI's Gramophone Company
Founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström
unit (renamed EMI Records Ltd. in 1973) with the
Company, the brand name Parlophon was initially used
Parlophone label maintaining its identity. For a long
for gramophones before the company began making
time Parlophone claimed the best-selling UK single, "She
records. The ₤ trademark is a German L, for Lindström
Loves You", and the best-selling UK album, Sgt. Pep-
(coincidentally it resembles the British pound sign, £,
per's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The label also achieved
which itself is derived from the letter L for Libra, meaning
placement of seven singles at No. 1 during 1964, when it 12.2.2 Notable releases
also claimed top spot in the album charts for 40 of the 52
weeks during that year. Rhythm-style series
The label became dormant in 1973 when most of EMI's
heritage labels were phased out in favour of the new EMI In addition to the occasional release of US material from
label.* [2] The Parlophone label was revived in 1980.* [3] OKeh and Columbia, in about 1929, Parlophone started a
series of American jazz records on their “Rhythm Style
On 23 April 2008 Miles Leonard was confirmed as label Series”. Edgar Jackson was the director of this series,
president.* [4] which was issued within the existing R- series (the first is-
On 21 September 2012, regulators officially approved sue was R-448). Culled from the American OKeh, artists
Universal Music Group's planned acquisition of Par- like Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trum-
lophone's parent group EMI for £1.2 billion, subject to bauer, Joe Venuti, Duke Ellington, Miff Mole and other
conditions imposed by the European Commission re- major artists who recorded for OKeh. These records were
quiring that UMG sell off a number of labels, including usually“split-coupled”(the top and bottom side of each
the European and UK operations and copyrights of EMI record was usually by different artists and did not corre-
Records Ltd, including Parlophone itself (aside from the spond with the original American coupling). The “Sec-
Beatles' catalogue, which was kept by UMG and moved ond New Rhythm-Style”series replaced the first series
to the newly formed Capitol Records UK) and a num- in about 1931, and there was a separate series for each
ber of others.* [5] Parlophone, along with other labels and year from 1934 through 1941, as well as some miscel-
music catalogs that were to be sold, were operated in- lany series. These 78s were popular and remained in print
dependently from the rest of UMG as Parlophone La- for years. A select number of American Columbia and
bel Group in preparation for a possible transaction early Brunswick recordings also populated these series with
in 2013. UMG received several offers for PLG, includ- artists like Fletcher Henderson, Chocolate Dandies, Jack
ing those from a Sony/BMG consortium, Warner Music Teagarden, Eddie Condon and others.
Group, and MacAndrews & Forbes.* [6]* [7]* [8] Even though these records were never licensed for sale in
In February 2013, it was confirmed that Warner Mu- the US, they were heavily imported through jazz shops
sic Group would acquire Parlophone Label Group for like Commodore and Liberty in the late 1930s and were
US$765 million. The deal was approved in May 2013 sold through the 1940s and into the early 1950s. They are
by the European Union, who saw no concerns around the treasured by collectors because they are pressed from the
deal because of WMG's relatively smaller reach in com- original stampers and usually sound much better than the
parison to the merged UMG and Sony. Parlophone Label worn and usually rare US OKeh original records.
Group was actually the old EMI Records Ltd company
that included both the Parlophone and the eponymous
EMI labels. The EMI name was retained by Universal (as Parlophone PNY series
Virgin EMI Records) whilst the old EMI Records com-
pany was legally renamed Parlophone Records. WMG In America in 1929 there was a short-lived Parlophone
also announced in a joint presentation with IMPALA (a label made and distributed by OKeh.* [15] Initially, cer-
group who had opposed the EMI/Universal deal) and the tain OKeh records were issued using the Parlophone label
Merlin Network that it intends to sell a “significant por- and using the OKeh catalog number. An example – Miff
tion”of the assets acquired from Parlophone Label Group Mole's“Birmingham Bertha”b/w“Moanin' Low”– has
to smaller, independent companies in order to help off- been found on Parlophone PNY-41273 and Odeon ONY-
set the consolidation triggered by the merger.* [9]* [10] 41273 (issued as by “Eddie Gordon's Band”) as well
Warner Music auctioned the rights for 11,000 of its artists as the standard OKeh 41273 (issued as by “Miff Mole
to over 140 different labels.* [11] In April 2016, the back and his Molers”). OKeh then started the PNY-34000
catalogue of British rock band Radiohead was sold to XL series (along with the Odeon ONY-36000 series) lasting
Recordings, the label that released Radiohead's last two until late 1930 or early 1931. No one has been able to de-
albums, In Rainbows and The King of Limbs.* [12] termine for whom these two labels were intended, since
many surviving copies are in new condition. A number of
WMG treats Parlophone as its third “frontline”la-
noted record collectors and researchers (George Blacker,
bel group, alongside Atlantic Records and Warner Bros.
Carl Kenziora, Len Kunstadt, among other members of
Records.* [13] In the US, most of Parlophone's artists are
the New York Record Research Associates) had long spec-
now distributed under Warner Bros. Records. Cold-
ulated that since these records were found in a west coast
play and Tinie Tempah are distributed under Atlantic
warehouse uncirculated, they were possibly intended for
Records, and David Guetta is distributed under Atlantic's
offshore sales in US possessions (Guam, Marianas, etc.)
electronic music imprint Big Beat.* [14]
or possibly at military offshore bases, but this has never
been proven. One of the reasons for this speculation is
•“Parlophon”ad from 1927, Berlin
because OKeh specifically recorded quite a number of
• Parlophone trademark during the Beatles era sides without vocals and issued them only on Parlophone
12.2. PARLOPHONE 267
and Odeon (in addition to the standard vocal versions). recently topped European charts with their My Type
These non-vocal version are especially prized by collec- EP.* [20] It is also EMI's oldest active label: its contem-
tors. Regardless, this series (along with OKeh's Odeon porary HMV was always more of a classical music la-
ONY- series) appears to not have been available for sale bel and ceased issuing popular music recordings in 1967;
in the United States. later known as EMI Classics, it was absorbed into Warner
Classics in 2013; English Columbia has been replaced by
the EMI pop label. Parlophone also operates the imprint
The Beatles Regal Recordings, a contemporary revival of the historic
Columbia Graphophone budget/reissue label founded in
Main article: The Beatles 1914.
Parlophone is Warner Music Group's oldest record label.
Parlophone released the Beatles' albums up to Sgt. Pep-
pers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Subsequent releases – Parlophone's 45 rpm releases continue, as of 2013, to be
The Beatles (the White Album), Yellow Submarine, Abbey numbered using the same “R xxxx”catalogue number
Road and Let It Be – were issued on the Beatles' own series that it has used continuously since 1956 (starting
Apple label, distributed by EMI and bearing Parlophone around R 4200 and currently up to the R 6800 range).
catalogue numbers. The R series is actually carried over from the 78 rpm era,
the earliest numbers dating back to at least 1930.
The Beatles deal is said to be one of the cheapest made by
Parlophone Records.* [16] Companies used and abused
the Beatles' name, producing everything from T-shirts to 12.2.4 Notable artists signed to Par-
hairspray. Their early songs were used in many commer- lophone
cials without permission from the Beatles. The Beatles
were only allowed to own 49% of the company shares, Because Parlophone Records Ltd. has absorbed the cat-
therefore only owning 49% of their songs, which was not
alogues of EMI Records, Columbia Graphophone Com-
enough to buy back the songs from the company.* [17] pany, His Master's Voice and other sublabels the former
Despite the separation of Parlophone from EMI as a EMI Records company owned with new reissues bearing
condition of EMI's acquisition by UMG, UMG was al- the Parlophone label, only artists whose recordings were
lowed to keep the Beatles' recorded music catalogue, originally issued on the Parlophone label are listed here.
which UMG assigned to a new Capitol Records UK en-
tity.* [18]* [19]
12.2.5 Parlophone record labels
Beatles albums released by Parlophone • Early 20th century Parlophone record label of the
78rpm acoustic era
1. Please Please Me (1963)
• Please Please Me by the Beatles (side 1) – 1963. Par-
2. With The Beatles (1963) lophone gold and black label
3. A Hard Day's Night (1964) • With the Beatles (side 1) – Parlophone yellow and
black label
4. Beatles for Sale (1964)
5. Help! (1965) The labels shown here include those used for 78s and LPs.
The label design for 7”singles had the same standard tem-
6. Rubber Soul (1965) plate as several other EMI labels, with the large“45”in-
signia to the right. In recent years, design uniformity has
7. Revolver (1966) relaxed from release to release.
8. A Collection of Beatles Oldies (1966)
9. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) 12.2.6 References

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• Parlophone on YouTube
Chapter 13
Related articles
13.1 Xyloband
Xylobands are wristbands that contain light-emitting
diodes and radio frequency receivers. The lights inside
the wristband can be controlled by a software program,
which sends signals to the wristband, instructing it to light
up or blink, for example. The RGB version has a white
strap and can emit any colour on the spectrum. The sin-
gle colour version is available in green, blue, yellow, red,
pink and white. The first use of Xylobands on a large
scale was on Coldplay's 2012 Mylo Xyloto tour. A Xy-
loband was given to each member of the audience, and
as the concert played, the flashing of the bands was syn-
chronized to the music. The inventor of the wristbands,
Jason Regler, stated that he had the idea for the flashing A collection of Xylobands, as they appeared during the Mylo Xy-
wristbands while at a Coldplay concert, during the song loto Tour.
"Fix You".* [2]
13.1.1 Technology
The wristbands themselves are constructed of a thick fab-

ric with LEDs inside the fabric. A radio receiver is lo-
cated within a plastic case on the band, and it receives
wireless signals from a controller. These signals are sent
either by a handheld TV remote styled controller, which
has a range of 250 meters, or a controller which is hosted
on a laptop computer linked to a radio transmitter,* [3]
which can remotely control the bands from up to 900
meters away.* [4] The operator of the controller or lap- Coldplay's second version of the Xylobands, in use during a con-
top software may program all wristbands or only those of cert on the A Head Full of Dreams Tour.
certain colors to flash on and off at specific intervals and
specific moments. The wristbands are not intended to be
colored lights.”.* [6] It was wrongly reported that Xy-
lit outside of the concert venue, although there exist anec-
dotes of Xylobands “coming back to life”at seemingly lobands were costing the band approximately €490,000
random times.* [5] per concert. Xylobands were also prominently featured in
Coldplay's "Charlie Brown" music video.* [7] Santa Cruz-
based electronic music event promotion company, Vi-
13.1.2 Uses talSC, are currently offering Xylobands as part of a VIP
package for their upcoming annual Dubstep music event,
The wristbands were given to each audience member at Wobbleland.
Coldplay's 2012 Mylo Xyloto tour. As the music played, Xylobands were also used by Cisco Systems during their
the wristbands flashed with the music to create a color- Cisco Live London 2013 event. The bands were given
ful light show in the audience, which the Washington Post out to attendees to wear during a keynote presentation.
referred to as a “psychedelicatessen of moving, multi- Attendees to the conference were also given Xylobands
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270 CHAPTER 13. RELATED ARTICLES
when attending a party on the final evening of the con- 13.1.3 Gallery
ference. Video of the solutions keynote speech uploaded
to YouTube includes references and brief footage of the
bands.
It is uncertain whether or not the bands will be used
by other organizations, such as sports teams. Regler
and Coldplay currently have an agreement which governs
the design trademark on the bands, the patent, and the
intellectual property rights to the Xylobands. Regler also
stated that the band would not want the Xyloband expe-
rience diluted, and that it remained to be seen if they
would be marketed to other organizations.* [8] Yet, Xy-
lobands' website beckons prospective customers to “put
your brand on a Xyloband!"* [9]
In early October 2013 and then again in 2015, the
Chicago Blackhawks used Xylobands as a part of their
banner raising ceremony to celebrate their recent Stanley
Cup wins.
They were used in a concert in Abu Dhabi on the 31st of
October 2013 while Al Gasmy, and Amr Diab where per-
forming. It was a promotion to the telecom operator DU
in UAE Also used during the Jay Z concert in Abu Dhabi
on 1st of November, 2013 by DU. Audience members
began throwing their lit bands into the air and across the
heads of the crowd which, although unintended, created
a fascinating visual display similar to fireless fireworks.
On October 29, 2014 Xylobands were given to each fan
in attendance for the New York Knicks vs. Chicago Bulls
at Madison Square Garden. The Xylobands were used view of Ethiad Stadium, during a concert on Coldplay's
during introductions during a short performance by the A Head Full of Dreams Tour. Many Xylobands, emitting
Blue Man Group. white light during a performance of "A Sky Full of
Stars", can be seen throughout the audience.
In April 2015, the New York Rangers used Xylobands as
part of their pregame ceremony in the first round of the
2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs versus the Pittsburgh Penguins
Xylobands were launched by RB Concepts Ltd, a com- 13.1.4 References
pany set up by entrepreneur Clive Banks with inventor
Jason Regler [1] Thakkar, Pooja. “The Coldplay Concert Lights up With
LED Display: Video”. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
In August of 2015, a video was posted on the Xyloband
YouTube page showing iPad controlling and the bands [2] “Interview: Xylobands inventor Jason Regler”. Retrieved
flashing in different colors. The Xylobands are used in 17 July 2012.
Coldplay's tour in support of their seventh album, A Head [3] Ladendorf, Kirk (4 June 2012). “Chips from Austin's
Full of Dreams. Silicon Labs take the rock 'n' roll road”. Austin Statesman.
The Xylobands were also used in April 2016, as a 'con-
cert element' during an on-stage music recording for the [4] Shoemaker, Natalie. “Xylobands turn Coldplay concert
closure of Michael McIntyre's 'Big Show'. into incredible light show”. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
In June 2016 the bands were used during the opening [5] Debord, Jason. “Coldplay Xyloband (Light Up Wrist-
session of the #smaccDUB conference in Dublin, Ireland band) Reanimated By Concert Video, Comes Back To
and during Coldplay's headline performance on the Pyra- Life…“Is There Anybody Out There?"". Retrieved 17
mid Stage at Glastonbury Festival 2016. July 2012.
[6] McKenna, Dave (9 July 2012). “Coldplay performance

at Verizon Center anything but boring”. Washington Post.
[7] La Rosa, David.“Coldplay Debut 'Charlie Brown' Music

Video”. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
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[8] “Coldplay spend €490,000 a night on Xylobands”. Bank towers in Frankfurt/Main Germany from 2
Archived from the original on August 4, 2012. Retrieved
to 4 March 2011: http://db-artmag.de/en/64/feature/
16 July 2012. creative-tripwiring-magne-furuholmen-on-the-absurd-universe-of-a/
They have since released further singles, their 4 Can
[9] “Product Information”. Archived from the original on
August 5, 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
Keep A Secret If 3 Of Them Are Dead extended-play, and
on 15 June 2010 they re-released We Are Here on iTunes
in standard and deluxe versions.* [5]
13.1.5 External links After playing at the Flø festival in Norway in June,* [6] on
23 September 2010, the band played their third concert
• xylobands.com in London. The cube was transported to the red sum-
mer pavilion, designed by Jean Nouvel, when Molly Old-
field brought the group to the Serpentine Gallery, in Hyde
13.2 Apparatjik Park, London. As a nod to the fusion of art and music in
their performances, they were invited by the Serpentine
For the members of bureaucracies, see apparatchik. Gallery to play at the Future Contemporaries party.* [7]
Performances by Apparatjik are an eye-catching affair,
Apparatjik (/æpəˈrætʃɪk/ ap-ə-RAT-chik) are a multi- with specially-created visuals and silhouettes of the four
national band formed in 2008. The band is a band members being projected onto all four sides of the
supergroup that consist of bassist Guy Berryman from cube.
Coldplay, guitarist/keyboardist Magne Furuholmen from Apparatjik's first song to be played on BBC Radio 1 was
A-ha, singer/guitarist Jonas Bjerre of Mew and drum- a radio edit of “Datascroller”, which aired on 14 June
mer/producer Martin Terefe. The band's name literal 2010.* [8]
translation is “agent of the apparatus”. Apparatjik is In November 2010, Magne Furuholmen revealed the
based on apparatchik, which is a word of Russian origin
promise for“a few very exciting things with [Apparatjik]
and is used to describe “an official or bureaucrat in any in 2011”during a BBC Radio 2 interview.* [9]
organization”* [1] but has in the past had other meanings,
including “Communist agent or spy”.* [2] Apparatjik launched a new project called agreeneryouni-
verse* [10] on 11 February 2011. This project invites peo-
ple across the world to plant a tree, make a picture and
13.2.1 History upload it to their website. The first 1,000 people in doing
so would receive new music as a gift.
The band first came together for a charity album for A new download-only single was released on 28 March
Survival International called Songs for Survival. The al- 2011 called “Combat Disco Music”.
bum was produced by Martin Terefe and Molly Oldfield,
and the band produced the first track on the album,“Fer- On 11 November 2011, Apparatjik released their sec-
reting”. This track was used as the theme music for the ond album called Square Peg In A Round Hole as a free
*
Amazon series on BBC 2. Subsequently they continued iPad application. [11] Four days later it was given away
to work together in Magne Furuholmen's studio in Nor- as a gift as part of the agreeneryouniverse project. The
way, and created more tracks that were periodically made initial target was to release new music upon reaching
available on their MySpace and YouTube pages. They 1,000 newly planted trees across the world, but the album
also have a complex website, through which they released was released to a wider public after 727 trees had been
various videos and song snippets. They have an alliance planted. The iPad application contains a date of 21-02-
with the “Eye On Committee”and aim to bring fans 2012 (21 February 2012) which has led to discussions by
into their world, “inside the cube”, in their uniquely fans about the album being released in a physical format
odd way by claiming “you too can be an Apparatjik” on that date.
. On 30 November, they released the first official track, The band collaborated with Canadian singer Lowell, who
“Electric Eye”, from their then-upcoming album through drummer and producer Martin Terefe had been working
their website. with beforehand, and released the extended play If You
Apparatjik's first live performance was at the eleventh Can, Solve This Jumble (stylized as Apparatjik Presents
edition of club transmediale, an annual festival in Lowell: if YOu_ _ caN, 5olve thi5 jumble?) on 29 October
Berlin, which took place from 28 January to 7 Febru- 2012. Each track in the extended play features lead vocals
*
ary 2010. This gig consisted of the band performing by Lowell. [12] The debut single “Shake Him Off”has
inside a specially constructed cube at the WMF on been played on BBC Radio 1 and became single of the
*
1 February 2010. [3] The same day saw the release week in Canada on iTunes.
of their debut album, titled We Are Here, for dig-
ital download via their official website.* [4] Their
1st public performances took place at Deutsche
13.2.2 Group members 13.2.5 External links

• Jonas Bjerre – lead vocals, guitar • Official Apparatjik Website
• Magne Furuholmen – vocals, guitar, keyboards • Eye On Committee Website
• Guy Berryman – vocals, bass • Official Apparatjik YouTube Page
• Martin Terefe – drums • Apparatchick: Unofficial Apparatjik Fan Site
• RunOutGrooves: Apparatjik (discography for col-

13.2.3 Discography lectors)
Albums
13.3 ''We Are Here''
• We Are Here (Released: 1 February 2010)
• Square Peg in a Round Hole (Released: 19 March We Are Here is the debut studio album by rock
2012) supergroup Apparatjik and was released first on 1 Febru-
ary 2010 for digital download via their official website.
A physical CD/DVD release followed and the album was
Extended plays re-released for iTunes, with bonus material, on 15 June
2010.* [9]
• 4 Can Keep a Secret If 3 of Them Are Dead (Re-
leased: 21 May 2010) The album was once again re-released on 14 November
2010 on yellow 12”vinyl with an alternate sleeve and a
• If You Can, Solve This Jumble (with Lowell) (Re- poster, limited to 260 copies.
leased: 29 October 2012)
13.3.1 Background
Singles
The first single from the album,“Electric Eye”, was re-
Music videos leased for digital download on 30 November 2009. The
song was released again as a double-A-side single with
13.2.4 References “Antlers”for 7 inch vinyl on 8 February 2010. Appa-
ratjik's first song to be played on BBC Radio 1 was a radio
[1] apparatchik. Collins English Dictionary - Complete edit of“Datascroller” , which aired on 14 June 2010.* [10]
& Unabridged 11th Edition. Retrieved 2 August This was released as the third single on 19 July 2010 as a
2012 from CollinsDictionary.com website: http://www. download only.
collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/apparatchik
The album cover artwork is derived from a diagram re-
[2] Apparatchik Dictionary.com lated to spacetime theories in the field of special relativity
within physics, and follows with the band's overall image
[3] CTM Festival: Current News as being a “species of their own from another planet”.
[4] Coldplay side-project Apparatjik announce debut album
release date | News | NME.COM
[5] We Are Here Worldwide iTunes release - appa-
ratchick.com All songs written and composed by Apparatjik.
[6] Apparatjik – Live In Flø, Norway « Apparatjik World
[7] Serpentine show review - apparatchick.com 13.3.3 Personnel

[8] Zane Lowe plays Datascroller on Radio 1 - appa- Apparatjik
ratchick.com
[9] Apparatjik on Ping - apparatchick.com • Jonas Bjerre – lead vocals, guitar
[10] Apparatjik agreeneryouniverse • Magne Furuholmen – vocals, guitar, keyboards
[11] Apparatjik World for iPad • Guy Berryman – vocals, bass
[12] Apparatjik presents Lowell • Martin Terefe – vocals, drums, production

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13.3.4 References 13.4.4 External links

[1] “AnyDecentMusic? aggregate score”. • Official Apparatjik Website
[2] “BBC review”. • Apparatjik World iPad app
[3] Dippery, Michael (23 April 2010). “InYourSpeakers:
Reviews: Apparatjik: We are Here”. Retrieved 28 March
• Eye On Committee Website
2011. • Apparatjik on Myspace
[4] “MusicOMH review”.
• Official Apparatjik YouTube Page
[5] “Noize Makes Enemies review”.
• Apparatchick: Unofficial Apparatjik Fan Site
[6] “One Thirty BPM review”.
[7] “QRO Magazine review”.
[8] “The Line of Best Fit review”. 13.5 ''Come to Life''
[9] We Are Here Worldwide iTunes release - appa-
This article is about an album by Natalie Imbruglia. For
ratchick.com
an album by Cities Aviv, see Come to Life (Cities Aviv
[10] Zane Lowe plays Datascroller on Radio 1 - appa- album).
ratchick.com
Come to Life is the fourth studio album released by

13.3.5 External links Australian singer-songwriter Natalie Imbruglia. It be-
came the first album to be released on her self-funded
• Official Apparatjik Website label, Malabar Records.
• Eye On Committee Website
• Official Apparatjik YouTube Page 13.5.1 Songwriting
• Apparatchick: Unofficial Apparatjik Fan Site Although recording for the album began in 2009, during
promotion for the release of Glorious: The Singles 1997–
2007, tracks“Scars”and“My God”were rumoured to
13.4 ''Square Peg in a Round have been recorded in 2006. The album took nearly three
Hole'' years to complete. In February 2009, The Sun newspa-
per rumoured that Imbruglia was collaborating with Chris
Martin from Coldplay, and it was later confirmed by Mar-
Square Peg in a Round Hole, (often misquoted as Ap- tin himself and people involved in the recording process
paratjik World) is the second studio album from rock that he had worked with Imbruglia on a“string of tracks”
supergroup Apparatjik. It was originally released via .* [5]* [6]
Apparatjik's iPad application, Apparatjik World, on 11
November 2011, as the“first edition”of the album.* [1] Chris Martin wrote the song“Fun”for Natalie.“When he
The production of the album included the help and sup- sang it to me, I almost did one of those ugly cries. But I held
port of Apparatjik fans to produce a further 10 more edi- it together. That's the crazy thing - he wrote it, not me. Who
tions of the album before the final version was released knows what Chris was thinking, you would have to ask
on 21 February 2012.* [2]* [3] him about that. But I thought it was a stunning, beautiful
love song”. The song “Lukas”, produced by Brian
Eno and Rik Simpson, was confirmed as an out-take from
13.4.1 Track listing the recording sessions of Coldplay's fourth studio album,
"Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends". Martin also
All songs written and composed by Guy Berryman, Jonas worked with Imbruglia on“Want”, with his voice echoing
Bjerre, Magne Furuholmen and Martin Terefe. at the end of the song. "Coldplay write so much material
it's quite ridiculous how many songs they have, some of
which never get finished because Chris Martin is a bit of a
13.4.2 Release history mad genius,” Imbruglia explains.
13.4.3 References In April 2009, Imbruglia stated the following in an inter-

view: "I get frustrated because Iʼd like to produce more
[1] “Twitter Update 11 Nov”. work...Itʼs something that bugs me about myself, but I donʼ
t really know any other way. And Iʼm not motivated by
[2] “Square Peg”.
money, so I need to get things done right. I feel the same
[3] "'Square Peg In A Round Hole' album release details”. creative buzz I felt when I first started my career...It's just
fun and artistic and creative and all the things it should 13.5.5 Track listing
be. There's still a lot of depth to the songs...It just sounds
fresher to me. I've tried different things - there's more 13.5.6 Charts
electronic stuff in there, and that's different for me, more
dance beats. There's a freedom overall, and a sense of 13.5.7 Release history
confidence. It's slightly less introspective ..."* [7]* [8] The
album "combines dark, driving beats and gorgeously wist-
13.5.8 References
ful ballads".* [9]
[1] "'Want' Released On 28 September”. NatalieIm-
bruglia.com. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 24 October
2009.
13.5.2 Release
[2] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. “Come to Life - Natalie Im-
The album was first released via on Island Records on bruglia”. Allmusic. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
2 October 2009 in Australia. It was announced that the
[3] Sputnikmusic review
release of the album in the United Kingdom would be
delayed so that Imbruglia could concentrate on her du- [4] Yahoo! Music UK review at the Wayback Machine
ties as a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor (archived June 13, 2011)
franchise. The album was eventually made available in
the United Kingdom on 14 February 2010 by Amazon. [5] “Natalie Imbruglia and Chris Martin Do it Together”
Undercover, 21 February 2009
However, to this date, the album has not received an of-
ficial release in the UK.* [10]* [11] The album has never [6] “Natalie Imbruglia on Closed for Winter, and Chris Mar-
been released in the USA, her first to never be released in tin songs” Herald Sun, 23 April 2009
the country on any platform.
[7] “Natalie Imbruglia overcomes naked ambition in Closed
For Winter” The Sunday Telegraph, 16 April 2009
13.5.3 Singles [8] “Natalie Imbruglia's dark beauty”Sydney Morning Her-

ald, 14 April 2009
•“Wild About It”was released as a promotional sin- [9] “Natalie Imbruglia news 'in brief'". Popjustice. 30 July
gle. A music video was filmed for the song in Lon- 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
don, England, and was directed by Mike Baldwin. [10] Natalie Imbruglia hits a high note as she entertains the
The video features cameo appearances by British co- crowd at Cannes Film Festival Daily Mail. 20 May 2010
medians Alan Carr and David Walliams.* [12]
[11] “Come to Life: Amazon.co.uk: Music”. Amazon.co.uk.
• "Want" was officially released as the album's lead
single on 28 September 2009.* [1] Released only as [12] “Natalie Imbrugliaʼs Wild About It by Michael Baldwin”
a digital download, the track reached number six on . PromoNews.tv. 20 August 2009. Retrieved 24 October
the Italian singles chart* [13] and number 88 on the 2009.
*
UK singles chart. [14]
[13] “Italian Chart Positions”. ItalianCharts.com. eMedia
Jungen. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
• "Scars" was intended to become the second single
from the album, due to be released on 26 April 2010, [14] “Chart Stats: Natalie Imbruglia”. ChartStats.com. Re-
however, due to contractual issues with the record
label, was cancelled. It was announced three weeks [15] “Natalie Imbruglia's comeback a flop”. The Daily Tele-
later the single would actually be released on 5 July, graph. 20 October 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
nearly a year after the previous single, "Want" was
released, but once again, the release was cancelled. [16] “Natalie Imbruglia - Come to Life (Album)". Swiss-
Charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
[17] “Pandora Archive” (PDF). Pandora.nla.gov.au. 2006-

08-23. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
[18] “FIMI - Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana - Clas-
Come to Life entered the Australian albums chart at #67 sifiche”. Fimi.it. 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
on 19 October 2009, making it Imbruglia's worst per-
forming album to date. It sold 740 copies in its first week [19] Российский чарт 42-2009. 2M-Online (in Russian). Re-
of release.* [15] In its second week, it dropped to #89,
spending only two weeks in the top 100. In Switzerland, [20] “Discography Natalie Imbruglia”. SwissCharts.com.
the album peaked at #70 on 18 October 2009.* [16] Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 October 2009.
13.6. ''HOPE FOR HAITI NOW: A GLOBAL BENEFIT FOR EARTHQUAKE RELIEF'' 275
[21] “Natalie Imbruglia - Come to Life (Album)". 13.6.1 Recipients

IrishCharts.com. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
Funds are to be distributed to the following organizations
[22] (German) “Natalie Imbruglia - Come to Life (Album)".
AustrianCharts.at. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
with humanitarian operations in Haiti:* [6]
[23] “Natalie Imbruglia - Come to Life (Album)". Italian- • The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund
Charts.com. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
• United Nations World Food Programme
[24] “Natalie Imbruglia - Come to Life”. CDWow.co.nz.
Retrieved 24 October 2009. • Oxfam America
[25] “Guest: Natalie Imbruglia”. Rove. Retrieved 24 October
• Partners In Health
2009.
[26] “New Album”. NatalieImbruglia.com. 31 July 2009. • Red Cross

• UNICEF
[27]“Natalie Imbruglia - Come to Life (CD)". CDJapan.co.jp.
• Yéle Haiti Foundation
[28] (Spanish) “Come to Life”. iTunes Store. Apple Inc.

Retrieved 24 October 2009. 13.6.2 Audience and proceeds raised
[29] (German) “Come to Life von Natalie Imbruglia”.
The event drew an estimated audience of 83 million view-
Amazon.de. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
ers in the United States between the initial broadcast and
web and mobile streams throughout the weekend.* [7]
13.5.9 External links On January 23, it was reported that the telethon had raised
over US$58 million, not including corporate and large
• Come to Life at Metacritic private donors or sales of the album and video. The
amount is a record for donations by the general public to
a telethon for disaster-relief.* [8] On January 25 the figure
13.6 ''Hope for Haiti Now: A was revised to $61 million.* [7]
Global Benefit for Earthquake Viewers were encouraged to donate online, calling toll-
free (1-877-99-HAITI), by texting or by mail. Donations
Relief'' were accepted up to six months after the broadcast.* [7]
Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake

Relief was a charity telethon held on January 22, 2010 13.6.3 Participants
from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (Jan-
uary 23, 2010 from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. UTC). The telethon Wyclef Jean hosted the concert in New York City, with
was the most widely distributed telethon in history.* [3] George Clooney in Los Angeles and Anderson Cooper in
The event was broadcast from Studio 36 at CBS Tele- Haiti.* [9]
vision City in Los Angeles, Kaufman Astoria Studios in Rihanna revealed on 21 January that she would perform a
Queens, New York and a private club, The Hospital, in new song titled "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)", together
London.* [4]* [5] There were also live reports from Haiti. with Jay-Z and U2's The Edge and Bono for the telethon
Initial plans for the telethon were announced by MTV in London.* [10]
Networks on January 15, 2010, three days after the 2010 In San Francisco, Clint Eastwood and Matt Damon ap-
Haiti earthquake struck on January 12 that is assumed pealed for donations.* [11]
to have claimed the lives of about 200,000 people. The
event was one of a number of humanitarian responses to
the earthquake. Processing of the telethon's donations Appearance order
was in the hands of the Entertainment Industry Founda-
tion.* [6] The telethon was patterned after the form begun The telethon began and ended with images of victims in
with the 2001 America: A Tribute to Heroes program and Haiti. Presented in a format similar to 2001's America: A
continued with the 2005 Shelter from the Storm: A Con- Tribute to Heroes, the intervening two hours consisted of
cert for the Gulf Coast. musical performances with speeches, reports from Haiti,
Funds raised by the telethon and from the sale of its album and conversations between celebrity operators and donors
and video – immediately made available for pre-order on calling in.
iTunes – are to be distributed to seven non-profit organi- Times in the table are given from the beginning of the
zations doing relief work in Haiti.* [6] show (8 p.m. U.S. ET/1 a.m. UTC) and are based on the
CBS airing in the US. Descriptions are mostly from the • Brazil: The show aired live on MTV Brasil,
MTV blog. National Geographic Channel, People+Arts, E!,
Locations of performers announced by USA Today: Discovery Home&Health, CNN International and
Warner Channel. Also, Cartoon Network and sis-
ter channels borrowed the signal from MTV Brasil.
• New York City: Wyclef Jean, Madonna, Bruce
Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Mary J. Blige, • Bulgaria: The show was broadcast at 8:40 CET on
Shakira, and Sting* [9] BNT 1.
• Los Angeles: Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave • Canada: The show aired on CTV, CBC Tele-
Matthews, Neil Young, John Legend, Justin Tim- vision, Global, Citytv, MuchMusic, CP24 and
berlake, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, Emeline MTV Canada, simulcasting with the American air-
Michel, and a group performance by Keith Urban, ing. Depending on time zone, this was preceded
Kid Rock, and Sheryl Crow* [9] or followed by Canada for Haiti.* [21] The show
was also streamed live via CTV.ca, GlobalTv.com,
• London: Beyoncé, Coldplay, Bono, The Edge, Jay- Citytv.com and CP24.com.
Z, and Rihanna.* [9] Performances by Bono, The • Czech Republic: The show was broadcast at 2:00
Edge, Jay-Z, and Rihanna were pre-recorded earlier p.m. CET on ČT24, January 23.
in the day.* [15]
• Croatia: The show aired on Croatian Radiotelevi-
sion and MTV Adria
Celebrity phone operators
• Denmark: The show aired on TV2 Denmark,
Celebrity phone bank operators in alphabetical order (by National Geographic Channel CNN and MTV be-
surname):* [9] tween 2:00 and 4:00 a.m. and on TV3 the 23rd be-
tween 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. local time * [22]
• Finland: The show aired on YLE Teema.
13.6.4 Coverage
• France: The show aired on BFM TV and MTV
• Online Internationally: live on YouTube,* [17] France.
MSN.com,* [18] Comedycentral.com, CNN.com
Live, Bebo and the CNN iPhone app.* [19] The pro- • Germany: The show aired live on MTV Germany,
gram was also streamed on delay on Sacramento Fox VIVA Germany, TNT Serie and National Geo-
affiliate KTXL's website, FOX40.com, during the graphic Channel.
Pacific Time Zone airing of the telethon. • Greece: The show aired live on MTV Greece.
• Online Domestic (USA): live on Hulu • Hong Kong: The show aired live (9:00 a.m.) and
repeated at 9:00 p.m. on MTV Asia and at 8:00 p.m.
• Latin America: The show aired live on CNN en on TVB Pearl with Chinese subtitles. (All in local
Español, CNN International, MTV Latin America, time on January 23, 2010)
VH1 Latin America, National Geographic Chan-
nel, MuchMusic, Warner Channel, People and • Hungary: The show aired on MTV Hungary, Viva
Arts, Discovery Home and Health, E!, Animax, Hungary and National Geographic Channel.
Cartoon Network and Boomerang. CNN en Es-
• India: The show aired on VH1 India.
pañol. C5N* [20] aired the program with voiceovers
translating reports, phone conversations and intro- • Indonesia: The show aired on Global TV (Indone-
ductions to the musical presentations in Spanish. sia).
• Australia (times AEDT): live at noon on MTV • Ireland: The show aired live (1:00 to 3:00 WET)
Australia, VH1 Australia, CNN, and Network Ten; on TV3 and on MTV UK & Ireland and VH1
and repeated at 8:30 p.m. on National Geographic UK, Viva, CNN International, BET, National Ge-
Channel, 9 p.m. on E! and 10 p.m. on Style Net- ographic, Style Network and E!
work.* [3]
• Israel: The show aired at 3 a.m. on Channel 10, as
• Austria: The show aired live on ORF 1, MTV Aus- well as MTV, National Geographic Channel, VH1
tria and VIVA Austria. and CNN International.
• Italy: The show aired at 2 a.m. on MTV Italia.
• Belgium: The show was broadcast live at 2:00 CET
on CNN International, National Geographic Chan- • Macedonia: The show aired on several broadcast-
nel, MTV, TMF. ers, including MRTV, A1, Kanal 5, Alfa TV.
13.6. ''HOPE FOR HAITI NOW: A GLOBAL BENEFIT FOR EARTHQUAKE RELIEF'' 277
• Netherlands: The show was broadcast live at 2:00 • Uruguay: The program aired live on Monte Carlo
CET on Nederland 3, CNN International, National TV
Geographic Channel Nederland, MTV NL, TMF
Nederland, VH1 Europe and VH1 Classic Europe. • South East Asia: The program was aired live
on MTV Asia and CNN International at 8 a.m.
• Norway: The show aired live on TVNorge and (UTC+8).
National Geographic Channel. It will also be re-
peated on NRK3 at 9:30 p.m. CET on 23 Jan-
uary.* [23] 13.6.5 Discography
• Poland: The show aired live on MTV Poland, VH1 The digital album Hope for Haiti Now set a record as
Poland, National Geographic Polska and VIVA Pol- the largest one-day album pre-order in iTunes history,
ska. and became the top-selling iTunes album in 18 coun-
tries. The digital album has since become available at
• Portugal: The show aired live on MTV Portugal at Amazon.com and Rhapsody. The album features 19
1:00 a.m. local time on January 23.* [24] live performances from the broadcast as well as a pre-
recorded version of "Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)" and
• Romania: The show aired live on Antena 3, at local
is priced at $7.99. The full two-hour video of the event
time 3 a.m.* [25]
is priced at $2.99.* [8]* [29]
• Russia: The show aired live on MTV Russia.
• Serbia:The show aired live on B92 Info. Album
• Slovakia: The show repeated on TV Doma at 10:30 Singles

a.m. on January 23.
13.6.6 See also
• Slovenia: The show aired live on TV Slo 1 and TV3.
• Chile helps Chile
• Sweden: The show aired live on MTV Swe-
den,* [26] TV4 and Kanal 5. It was repeated on • Canada for Haiti
SVT1, TV3, and MTV the following day.* [27]
• Ensemble pour Haïti
• Turkey: The show aired live on MTV Turkey, TNT,
• Everybody Hurts#Helping Haiti charity single
National Geographic Channel, CNN Turk.
• We Are the World: 25 for Haiti
• Ukraine: The show aired live on MTV Ukraine.
• Humanitarian response by non-governmental orga-
• United Kingdom: The show was broadcast live at nizations to the 2010 Haiti earthquake
1 a.m. GMT on all MTV UK & Ireland and VH1
UK, Viva, CNN International, BET, National Geo-
graphic Channel (UK), Style Network and E!. News 13.6.7 References
channels were allowed to opt in to show coverage.
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[14] Taylor Swift “Breathless” closing ceremony
[15] “Stars line up for Haiti benefit concert”. BBC News.
BBC. January 22, 2010. Retrieved January 22, 2010. The closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Paralympics,
also known as The Festival of the Flame, was held on
[16] 'Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)' raising funds for Haiti‹See 9 September at the Olympic Stadium in London. Kim
TfD›. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
Gavin (who also directed the closing ceremony of the
[17] YouTube channel on YouTube‹See TfD›. Retrieved Jan- 2012 Summer Olympics) served as director for the cere-
uary 22, 2010. mony, while Stephen Daldry served as its executive pro-
ducer. The ceremony was themed around festivals and
[18] the four seasons, and was set to music performed live
[19] Respers France, Lisa (January 22, 2010). "'Hope for by the British rock group Coldplay, also joined by spe-
Haiti' to dominate the airwaves”. CNN.com. Retrieved cial guest performers such as the British Paraorchestra,
January 22, 2010. Rihanna and Jay-Z.
[20] http://www.iprofesional.com/notas/ In a formal handover ceremony, the Paralympic flag
was passed from Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, to
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html Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, the host city
of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. During his closing
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[22] Kongsli Lundervold, Linn (January 20, 2010). “For et Philip Craven congratulated London for hosting “the
stjernelag!". Dagbladet (in Danish). Retrieved January greatest Paralympic Games ever.”Following the official
22, 2010. closure of the Games, the Paralympic cauldron was ex-
tinguished by swimmer Eleanor Simmonds and sprinter
[23] NRK3 sender “Hope for Haiti Now”
Jonnie Peacock.* [2]
[24] Retrieved 1-24-10
[25] Antena 3 transmite LIVE teledonul“Hope for Haiti Now” 13.7.1 Production
, alături de cele mai importante televiziuni din lume
[26] “Musikartister går ihop för att hjälpa de drabbade i jord- Kim Gavin, who also directed the closing ceremony of
bävningen.”. mtv.se (in Swedish). January 20, 2010. Re- the Summer Olympics just a few weeks prior, would
trieved January 23, 2010. serve as the director for the ceremony. The ceremony's
overlying theme was the gathering of people in celebra-
[27] Suneson, Peter (January 21, 2010). “Artisterna i kö för tion, honouring the many seasonal festivals that have been
att spela på Clooneys Haiti-gala”. Expressen (in Swedish).
held throughout Great Britain's history.* [3] Coldplay's
Retrieved January 23, 2010.
lead singer Chris Martin was enthusiastic about his band's
[28] New York Times:“Details ofʻHope for HaitiʼTelethon prominent role in the closing ceremony, and promised
Are Announced”, January 15, 2010. that their act would “close London 2012 in style.”* [3]
13.7. 2012 SUMMER PARALYMPICS CLOSING CEREMONY 279
Both Gavin and executive producer Stephen Daldry con- the Agitos in place. In the end the Dreamers were un-
tended that the closing ceremony would not just simply able to hold on, and the Agitos float away with one of
be a Coldplay concert, promising “fantastic visuals and the Dreamers still clinging on to them. At that point, per-
amazing stunts”throughout.* [3]* [4] formers carrying flares entered the field of play to the res-
Charles Hazlewood's British Paraorchestra (a 17-piece cue of the Dreamers.
orchestra of musicians with disabilities̶the first of its
kind in the United Kingdom), made appearances dur-
ing the closing ceremony; performing alongside Coldplay Raising of the Flag
and also performing the Paralympic anthem. Hazlewood
campaigned for the Paraorchestra to be included in the A horse-like vehicle entered and was followed by the Hu-
ceremonies of the Paralympics, as he felt that their in- man Endeavour machine pulled by a team from Help for
clusion could help spread international awareness for dis- Heroes. When the team reached the sundial stage a flag-
abled musicians.* [5]* [6]* [7] pole was erected with the combined effort of the men
from the team.* [9] Captain Luke Sinnott (who lost both
of his legs and an arm* [10] in an explosion on-duty in
13.7.2 Performance synopsis Helmand, Afghanistan, and aims to compete in sailing
at the 2016 Summer Paralympics) proceeded to climb
Pre-show the pole (representing human endeavour) to fly the Union
Flag. At the same time 54 drummers carrying flaming
poles on their backs marched onto the field to form the
Agitos. Just as Captain Sinnott reached the top of the
flag pole, Prince Edward and International Paralympic
Committee (IPC) president Sir Philip Craven were driven
through the Agitos on the field in an art car built from the
body of a military vehicle and a 1930s automobile.* [7]
Blind and autistic singer Lissa Hermans performed the
British national anthem "God Save the Queen" (which
she also performed as a charity single for the Diamond
Jubilee of Elizabeth II).* [7]* [11]
The Heart of Many Nations

The Dreamers' whimsical musical vehicles
In order for all the athletes to enjoy the show in its en-
tirety, all athletes entered the stadium together before the
start of the ceremony to take their seats. A group of
silver-coloured“dreamers”then took to the field on a set
of pedal powered vehicles that doubled up as musical in-
struments. Some of the dreamers kept falling asleep, but
they eventually managed to inflate three crescent moons
which were lifted from the ground and suspended, form-
ing the Agitos.* [8] None of the pre-show was broadcast
on television. The Dreamers remained on the field, asleep
until the official start of the Closing Ceremony.
Windstorm Flags of the nations in a heart shape.
The closing ceremony opened with a filmed segment After climbing the steps to the top of the sundial stage in
showing“eccentric travellers”from around the city mak- the centre, the Reader, played by Lance Corporal Rory
ing their way to the Olympic Stadium in steampunk- MacKenzie, addressed the stadium with a speech intro-
inspired vehicles prepared by the performance art group ducing the theme of the ceremony's cultural presentation,
Mutoid Waste Company.* [4] At the end of the video, “The Festival of the Flame”. His speech was followed by
a group of Wind Gremlins drove into the stadium on the entrance of the flags of participating nations. At the
custom-built motorbikes with huge fans on the front. The end of the procession, the flagbearers were in formation
wind awakened the Dreamers from their sleep, and they in the shape of a heart, and pyrotechnics outlined their
struggled to fend off the Gremlins' attack while keeping shape on the field.
Truck Invasion Autumn Coldplay began the set with "Us Against The
World", as performers crowded around the stage signed
The Reader then read a text taken from a modern druidic the lyrics to the song. They then followed it with
ritual written by members of the British Druid Or- "Yellow", one of the band's first singles, while dancers
der,* [12] calling upon the spirits of the four seasons. Af- from the Candoco Dance Company danced on the North
ter he announced the commencement of the festival, a Stage and a flaming mask of the Sun King rose from it,
squad armed with backpack flamethrowers* [7] walked signifying the end of the harvest season.* [14] Coldplay
onto the field burning patterns similar to crop circles into next sang "Up in Flames", with aerial artistes Lyndsay
the grass. At the same time the trucks and travellers Care (who has cerebral palsy) and Denis Remnev per-
previously seen in the opening film entered the stadium, forming a strap act on the Clocks truck.* [15] The band
forming a procession consisting of ships, a Clocks truck, closed the Autumn segment with "Paradise"; 19 aerial-
creatures like a fish and a grasshopper, and crows on stilts. ists attached to lightbulbs floated from the top down to
The truck invasion ended with all trucks and performers the field, symbolising fireflies which mark the end of Au-
assembled around the central sundial stage. tumn.* [14]
Spirit of the Games Winter The short Winter segment was soundtracked
by Coldplay's "42". 6 warrior skaters holding flam-
This section began with the awarding of the Whang Youn ing torches skated around the Snow Queen (played by
Dai Achievement Award to Mary Nakhumicha Zakayo of Viktoria Modesta Moskalova) on the South Stage, frozen
Kenya and Michael McKillop of Ireland. Zakayo com- in her cage. Slowly the skaters melted the “ice”and re-
peted in discus, javelin and shot put T57-58. McKillop moved the bars on her cage, releasing the Queen. The
won gold medals in the 800m T37 and 1500m T37.* [7] Snow Queen was inspired by the White Queen from C.
After this, the six newly elected members of the IPC Ath- S. Lewis' popular series The Chronicles of Narnia.* [16]
lete's Council; Arnaud Assoumani (Athletics, France), Green lights then filled the stadium, replacing the chilly
Gizem Girismen, (Para–Archery, Turkey), Jon McCul- blue of Winter and signalling the impending arrival of
lough (7–a–side Football, United States of America), Spring. Coldplay performed "God Put a Smile upon Your
Teresa Perales (Swimming, Spain), Elvira Stinissen (Sit- Face" with guest drummer Mat Fraser, who was born
ting Volleyball, Netherlands), Yu Chui Yee (Wheelchair with phocomelia of both arms.* [7]
Fencing, Hong Kong) were introduced to the stadium.
These six represented all athletes and the IPC in thanking
the volunteers of the London 2012 Paralympic Games by Spring Spring opened with a performance of "Clocks"
presenting flowers to volunteer representatives.* [13] featuring a laser show and poi jugglers from Feeding the
Fish performing with their unique Pixel-Poi light batons
which projected images whilst spinning through the air.
The Festival of the Flame The stadium lit up with Xylobands, special LED wrist-
bands given to all athletes in the field of play which lit up
in time to the music. These were the same type of wrist-
The Festival of the Flame kicked off proper as a live con-
bands given to audience members of Coldplay's Mylo Xy-
cert by Coldplay followed. Coldplay performed from the
loto Tour. During the next song "Charlie Brown", 120
sundial stage, and performances were broadly categorised
children carrying 600 car hub caps ran towards the Fish
into the four seasons, beginning with Autumn and finish-
truck in the field of play and hung the caps, painted to
ing with Summer.
represent fish scales, on the fish skeleton.* [17] Rihanna
arrived on the Ship truck to perform "Princess of China",
her collaboration with Coldplay.* [18]
Summer Coldplay frontman Chris Martin introduced

the British Paraorchestra who performed a short in-
strumental intro leading into "Strawberry Swing", while
dancers behind the orchestra danced their way into the
Summer segment. After that song, Rihanna made her
second appearance, singing "We Found Love" whilst sus-
pended on a metal bench over the dancers* [18] and per-
formers rode carousel horses suspended in the air. Cold-
play concluded this segment of the ceremony with a per-
formance of "Viva la Vida".* [7] The Summer dancers
and Candoco Dance Company danced on the two stages
The Sun God rises in the stadium. as other performers joined in the revelry. The main con-
13.7. 2012 SUMMER PARALYMPICS CLOSING CEREMONY 281
cert segment finished with Chris Martin leading the sta- was a Letter to the Future which was received with open
dium in a big sing-along from the top of the sundial. arms by Coe and his team committed to delivering a suc-
cessful games in London; stating that the team were de-
termined to satisfy the British public's insatiable appetite
Alô Rio for elite sport. Craven continuing stated that the Olympic
Delivery Authority and LOCOG have helped inspired
The Paralympic flag was formally lowered by three
an generation; adding that this were not just London's
members of the Ministry of Defence, while the British
Games, but thanks to LOCOG's Charles Alan's group,
Paraorchestra performed the Paralympic anthem.* [5]
they were the Games of the United Kingdom and noted
The flag was then passed from the hands of the Mayor
that the country had a feel good factor like never before.
of London Boris Johnson to that of IPC president Philip
Craven stated that there were numerous of examples of
Craven, who in turn formally handed the flag to Eduardo
teams working together and noted that those with irre-
Paes, mayor of Rio de Janeiro, the next host city in 2016.
pressible smiles and a fountain of knowledge is whom
the biggest cheer should be reserved for, stating “has
Joy already happened and will happen again”, the thousands
of Games Makers. Craven went on to hail the Interna-
The handover was followed by a cultural presentation by tional and national technical officials, classifiers and par-
Rio entitled “Joy”. Set to music performed by Thalma ticularly the armed forces and emergency services who
De Freitas, Paralamas do Sucesso and Carlinhos Brown, had stepped into the breach. Paralympians were noted
it featured disabled and able-bodied dancers competing in by Craven for giving to the world many feats that peo-
dance battles that incorporated a combination of hip-hop ple thought impossible, causing the media to be wax lyri-
with traditional Brazilian dances.* [3]* [19] The presenta- cal, and leading many spectators to create what Boris
tion ended with fireworks. Johnson described as a wall of noise. Craven stated that
the Games had truly come home and had found a path
for the future. Craven congratulated London for stag-
The Final Flame ing what were “unique and without doubt, in my mind
and those of the athletes, the greatest Paralympic Games
See also: 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics ever.”Craven concluded by linking Stephen Hawking's
cauldron words about changing perceptions across multiple dimen-
sions from the opening ceremony to George Glenn, a five-
The presentation was followed by speeches from LOCOG year-old, who was asked a question by his mother, Emma,
chairman Sebastian Coe and Sir Philip Craven. Coe when reading a book called Treasure. Emma asked who
stated that we had our minds opened to what people can that man was on the first page, who was dressed as a pi-
do and achieve by sheer talent and determination. Coe rate. George's reply was “well he only has one leg – so
paid tribute to the volunteers of the games by recalling he must be an athlete.”Craven stated that kids just get
two stories of people he had met. The first was during it now we all do thanks to the amazing performance wit-
a journey on the tube where he met Andrew, a Games nessed here. Craven closed the 2012 Paralympic Games
Maker, which Coe branded among the heroes of London and stated that these Paralympic Games will live for an
2012, who is a doctor at St Mary's hospital whilst on his eternity and called on all Paralympic athletes around the
way to helping out at the boxing. When Coe tried to thank world to meet again in four years in Rio. Craven ended
him for all his help, Andrew said that it is Coe who should with a big, big thank you for the people of London and
*
be thanked. Andrew suddenly said that he had was on the United Kingdom. [7]
duty during the London bombings for him this is closure. Following Sir Philip's speech, the Paralympics cauldron
Andrew wasn't sure that he should come but was glad he was extinguished, save for one petal. British Para-
did, as he had seen the worst of mankind and now he had lympians Eleanor Simmonds and Jonnie Peacock lit their
seen the best of mankind. A few days later Coe met Emily torches with this last flame, and they in turn passed the
at the Paralympic Games, who said that it has lifted the flame on to performers who spread out onto the field of
cloud of limitation. Coe then stated to Andrew and Emily play, representing an eternal flame reaching all people.
that he was going to have the last word and thanked them Coldplay and Rihanna returned to the stage with rapper
and all the volunteers, which drew a standing ovation from Jay-Z to perform his collaboration "Run This Town", fol-
the crowd. Continuing Coe stated that the games led the lowed by a reprise of“Paradise”with new rap verses from
public to not think about sport or disability the same way Jay-Z.* [7]
again, and agreeing with Emily that the cloud has been
lifted. Coe felt that London's high quality organisation
of the Olympics and Paralympics were worthy enough of Finale
being labelled "Made in Britain.”
Craven hailed the Games as simply amazing. Continuing This was then followed by a performance by Coldplay of
Craven noted that the Beijing Closing Ceremony theme "The Scientist" set to a video montage of highlights from
the Games. Coldplay closed the ceremony with a perfor- 13.7.5 References
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at Glastonbury", unlike the Olympics' closing ceremony, [13] “Paralímpicos. Teresa perales, reelegida en el consejo de
which had “a whiff of a bad night at the Brits.”Al- deportistas del comité paralímpico internacional – Juegos
though he considered some of Coldplay's slower, anthem- paralímpicos – Noticias, última hora, vídeos y fotos de
like songs to be in conflict with his belief that the Par- Juegos paralímpicos en lainformacion.com”(in Spanish).
alympics were not about “pity”(which he associated Spain: lainformacion.com. 8 September 2012. Retrieved
13 January 2013.
the songs with through their use on reality TV shows),
Petridis praised Coldplay's more upbeat performances, [14]“Paralympics Closing Ceremony Tumblr: Autumn”. Cer-
such as their performance of“Strawberry Swing”along- emonies Explorer. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
side the Paraorchestra, and concluded that the perfor-
mance of“Run This Town”was“weirdly appropriate” [15] “Paralympic Closing Ceremony Tumblr: Performers”.
when viewed in the context of the Games.* [23] Ceremonies Explorer. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
[16] “Paralympics Closing Ceremony Tumblr: Winter”. Cer-

emonies Explorer. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
13.7.4 See also
[17] “Paralympics Closing Ceremony: Spring”. Ceremonies
• 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony Explorer. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
13.8. PRODUCT RED 283
[18] Sheridan, Emily; Eccles, Louise; Williams, David (9 13.8.1 The Global Fund
September 2012). “Paralympics Closing Ceremony: Ri-
hanna becomes a punk pirate princess as she covers up Created in 2002, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuber-
for Coldplay duet”. Daily Mail (London: Daily Mail and culosis and Malaria supports large-scale prevention, treat-
General Trust). Retrieved 10 September 2012. ment and care programs for these three infectious dis-
eases.* [3] Today, a quarter of all international funding for
[19] “Rio 2016™ recebe a Bandeira Paralímpica no Encer- HIV/AIDS-related programs, over half for tuberculosis,
ramento dos Jogos Paralímpicos de Londres”. Rio 2016
and almost three-quarters for malaria worldwide comes
Official Website. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
from The Global Fund. The concept of “performance-
based funding”is central to the organization and only
[20] “Seven million watch Paralympics closing ceremony”.
those grant recipients who can demonstrate measurable
The Daily Telegraph (London). 10 September 2012. Re-
and effective results from the monies received will be able
to receive additional financing.* [4] 100% of the funds
generated by Red partners and events goes to Global Fund
[21] “Paralympic closing ceremony watched by 7.7m”. BBC
News. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September programs that provide medical care and support services
2012. for people affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa. No over-
head is taken by either Red or the Global Fund. Red is
[22] McNulty, Bernadette (9 September 2012). “Paralympic the largest private sector donor to the Global Fund, and
Closing Ceremony 2012: Coldplay and Rihanna, review” has generated over $150 million for HIV/AIDS programs
. London: The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 September 2012. in Africa. In November 2013 Jony Ive and Marc Newson
hosted an auction at Sotheby's to raise millions for the
[23] Petridis, Alexis (10 September 2012). “Paralympics fund.* [5]* [6] The event was attended by major celebri-
2012 closing ceremony – music review”. London: The ties including Bono, The Edge, Hayden Panettiere, and
Guardian. Retrieved 13 September 2012. Courtney Love.* [7]
13.7.6 External links 13.8.2 Products
Products include:* [8]

• London 2012 Ceremonies Volunteers
• Bugaboo International. A design company that
makes pushchairs for infants and toddlers. Bugaboo
13.8 Product Red contributes 1% of its total revenue to The Global
Fund.
Product Red, styled as (PRODUCT)* RED, is a li- • American Express Red card.
censed brand that seeks to engage the private sector in
raising awareness and funds to help eliminate HIV/AIDS • Gap sells a line of merchandise including T-shirts,
in Africa. It is licensed to partner companies including jackets, scarves, gloves, jewelry, bags and purses.
Nike, American Express (UK), Apple Inc., The Coca- Gap donates 50% of all Product Red profits directly
Cola Company, Starbucks, Converse, Electronic Arts, to the Global Fund.
Head, Bugaboo, Penguin Classics (UK & International),
Gap, Armani, Hallmark (US), SAP and Beats Electron- • Converse is selling a shoe made from African mud
ics (Beats by Dr. Dre). The concept was founded in 2006 cloth.
by U2 frontman and activist, Bono, together with Bobby
• Giorgio Armani has announced a line of Emporio
Shriver of the ONE/DATA. The Global Fund to Fight
Armani products that include clothes, jewelry, per-
AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a recipient of (RED)
fume, and accessories.
money.
As part of a new business model, each partner company • Motorola has announced special editions of their
creates a product with the Product Red logo.* [1] In return SLVR, KRZR and RAZR mobile phones, with a
for the opportunity to increase revenue through the Prod- 50% profit of each purchase going to the Global
uct Red license, a 50 percent of the profit gained by each Fund.
partner is donated to the Global Fund.* [2] As Product
Red is a private company, a portion of the contributions • Canon released a version of their SD990 camera
received from the partner brands is assigned as profit. along with a leather case in 2008/2009. Only 500
Such an amalgamation of humanitarian aid and for-profit were produced.
businesses is one example of "ethical consumerism.” • The Independent newspaper is in partnership with
In 2012 ONE acquired (RED) as a division of ONE. Product Red.
with the profit going to the charity. Their motto is

“Lace up, save lives.”Didier Drogba is the face for
Nike RED laces
the promotion of the laces.
• NEED magazine is in partnership with Product Red.
• Hallmark has introduced greeting cards that are

Product Red.
A Product Red iPod Nano, one of the products included in Prod- • In a partnership with Microsoft, Dell announced
uct Red that it would manufacture versions of its comput-
ers (XPS One, XPS M1530, and XPS M1530) that
would come with a PRODUCT (RED) version of
• The Hotel Café tour is presented by MySpace and Windows Vista Ultimate preinstalled. The company
Product Red. also released a PRODUCT (RED) printer.* [11]
• Apple Inc. has released special edition iPod Touch • Microsoft would later release the PRODUCT
5th generation and five other generations of iPod (RED) version of Windows Vista Ultimate as
Nano and the iPod Shuffle with a Product (RED) a standalone product.* [12]
theme, as well as a (RED) $25 iTunes Gift Card.
They have also released Product (RED) branded • Girl Skateboard Company released a two-part deck
Smart Covers and Smart Cases for the iPad 2, iPad series with a (Product) Red graphic. A share of the
(3rd generation), iPad (4th generation), iPad Air, profit goes to the charities.
iPad Mini, and a leather case for the iPhone 5S.
On 29 October 2013, Apple created and donated • Starbucks participated during their 2008 holiday
a one-of-a-kind (RED) Mac Pro computer which promotion. For every holiday beverage ordered, 5
was auctioned by Sotheby's at the (RED) Auction cents went to Product Red. Starbucks also offers
on 23 November 2013. The (RED) Mac Pro was the Red Card, and donates five cents every time the
auctioned for $977,000 (Sotheby's had estimated it card is used.
would bring $40,000-60,000).* [9] A one-of-a-kind • The Killers write a Christmas song every year, with
pair of solid gold Apple EarPods was auctioned for the latest being "Dirt Sledding", in aid of RED.
$461,000. It is reported that Apple has raised more Profits are given to the charity.
than $65 million for (RED) since 2006. Apple has
now designed PRODUCT red Apps. Apple has • Flowe(RED) a new online flower delivery service
claimed that all IN-App Purchases bought within launched in the UK.
these PRODUCT Red Apps are donated to the re-
lief of AIDS.* [10] • Monster Cable makes special edition of Beats by
Dr. Dre Solo HD with name Solo HD (PROD-
• Nike has released a special line of red shoelaces, UCT)RED* [13]
13.8. PRODUCT RED 285
• Carolina Bucci has created a special edition of her simply for the best price in China (this goes beyond the
gold and silk Lucky bracelets. requirements of Product Red). Labour Behind the Label
criticises Product Red for not requiring more measures
• Tourneau created two special edition watches, with to protect the rights of the workers who make their prod-
15% of the retail price contributed to The Global ucts.* [25]
Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.* [14]
Data released in 2007 by Advertising Age claimed re-
• Belvedere vodka produces special edition red- tail participants in Product Red including Gap, Motorola
colored bottles. A portion of the proceeds go to and Apple had invested $100 million in advertising and
(PRODUCT)RED. raised only $18 million for The Global Fund.* [18] In July
2010, however, Red claimed to have raised over $150
• Head (company) produces special RED tennis bags million.* [27]
as part of the (PRODUCT)RED project.* [15]
• In 2014, U2 released a charity single "Invisible", and

a Super Bowl commercial to announce the partner- 13.8.4 Timeline
ship between RED and Bank of America.
13.8.5 See also
• In 2014, some iOS apps and/or games, such as
Angry Birds, Cut the Rope 2, The Sims FreePlay • Slacktivism
and Clash of Clans added a 'RED' update for a
limited time (November 24 - December 7), in • The Lazarus Effect
which, the 100% of the money spent on the app or
making an In-App Purchase will go to the Global • American Express Red
Fund.* [16]* [17]
• Cause marketing
• The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and

13.8.3 Criticism Malaria
Product Red has been criticized for not having an ef-
fect proportional to the advertising investment, for be-
13.8.6 Notes
ing much less efficient than direct charitable contribu-
tion,* [18] and for having a lack of transparency with re- [1] “RED Case Study”. Wolff Olins. Wolff Olins. 2011.
gards to the amount of money going to charity as a per- Retrieved 15 October 2012.
centage of every purchase. Some critics argue that a re-
tail middleman between donor and charity is unneces- [2] Archived July 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
sary; donors should just give.* [19] Another critique is
that Product Red's expansion into traditional fundrais- [3] “Funding for HIV and AIDS”. AVERT. Retrieved 2015-
05-06.
ing techniques, such as art auctions, undermines its claim
to be a different and more sustainable approach to rais- [4] “Living Proof | ONE”. Gatesfoundation.org. Retrieved
ing money for AIDS.* [20] Other critics have pointed out 2015-05-06.
that its emphasis on funding treatment for AIDS suffer-
ers meant that large amounts of the money will ultimately [5] “Jony Ive and Marc Newson's (RED) Auction | Sotheby's”
end up with pharmaceutical companies“unwilling to dis- . Sothebys.com. 2013-11-23. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
*
tribute their drugs for free”. [21] Many accuse the cam-
[6] Archived August 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
paign of profiting by using diseases as a marketing ve-
hicle,* [21] for being “cause branding”rather than cor- [7] “Fall Season 2013: Episode 8 | In the Mixx”.
porate social responsibility.* [22] In the Stanford Social Inthemixxshow.com. 2013-10-17. Retrieved 2015-05-
Innovation Review, Mark Rosenman wrote that it was an 06.
“example of the corporate world aligning its operations
with its central purpose of increasing shareholder profit, [8] “Shop”. Joinred.com. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
except this time it is being cloaked in the patina of phi-
[9] Lot | Sotheby's. Sothebys.com (2013-11-23). Retrieved
lanthropy.”* [23] on 2014-03-06.
The National Labor Committee for Worker and Human
Rights criticised Product Red for its links with Gap,* [24] [10] One-of-a-Kind Products Designed by Jony Ive and De-
signer Marc Newson Sold Off at (RED) Auction. Mac
which was historically a target of anti-sweatshop activists,
Rumors (2013-11-24). Retrieved on 2014-03-06.
although anti-sweatshop organisation Labour Behind the
Label states that Gap has“come further than many”* [25] [11] Product Red (January 25, 2008). “Dell and Microsoft
clothing companies to counter exploitation.* [26] Gap's Launch (PRODUCT) RED Branded Products to Help
Product Red clothes are made in Lesotho, rather than Eliminate AIDS in Africa”. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
[12] Fried, Ina (December 8, 2008). “Microsoft: Buy Vista, 13.8.7 References
fight AIDS in Africa”. CNET. CBS Interactive. Retrieved
May 26, 2015. • Tim Weber (2006). "Bono bets on Red to battle
[13] “Beats Featured Products & Collections”. Beatsby- Aids". BBC. Retrieved February 26, 2006.
dre.com. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
• Motorola Press Release Retrieved May 15, 2006.
[14] “RED.org”. Joinred.com. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
[15] “RED - HEAD Tennis”. Head.com. Retrieved 2015-

05-06. 13.8.8 External links
[16] “RED.org”. RED.org. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
Official links
[17] “Press Info - Apple Announces World AIDS Day 2014
Campaign for (RED)". Apple.com. 2014-11-23. Re- • Official website
trieved 2015-05-06.
[18] Archived June 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. • Global Fund page on Product Red
[19] Philanthropyaction.com, News & Commentary: (Red)

Gets a Beating, March 20, 2007 Archive.
Other websites
[20] Starita, Laura (2008-04-29).“The Global Fund Not See-
ing Red”. Philanthropyaction.com. Retrieved 2015-05- • Report on the Private Sector and Product Red
06. (2006)
[21]“Tapping into shoppers' do-gooder spirit - Business - Holi-
day retail | NBC News”. MSNBC.msn.com. 2006-12-02. • “Shopping is Not Sharing”CBS News, 17 October
Retrieved 2015-05-06. 2006
[22] Yuvraj Joshi. “Can Red lattes beat Aids in Africa? | Yu- •“Why the new Amex card makes me see red”Spiked
vraj Joshi | Comment is free”. Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved Online, 28 September 2006
2015-05-06.
[23] “The Patina of Philanthropy | Stanford Social Innovation • “Costly Red Campaign Reaps Meager $18 Mil-
Review”. Ssireview.org. Retrieved 2015-05-06. lion” Advertising Age, 5 March 2007 (registration
required)
[24] Gray, Geoffrey (2007-10-24). “Bono's Partnership With
the Gap Angers Anti-Sweatshop Activists - New York
Magazine”. Nymag.com. Retrieved 2015-05-06. • “The Big Question: Does the RED campaign help
big Western brands more than Africa?" (rebuttal of
[25] “Labour Behind The Label”. Labourbehindthelabel.org. Ad Age article) The Independent, 19 August 2007
[26] Archived April 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. • “Does Shopping for a Good Cause Really Help?"
Newsweek, 14 March 2007
[27] (RED). Joinred.com. Retrieved on 2014-03-06.
[28] “Emporio Armani official Press Release”. Retrieved

October 29, 2006. 13.9 Make Trade Fair
[29] “Red iPod supports AIDS charity”. News.cnet.com.
[30] “Apple Store for Business”. Store.apple.com. Retrieved

2013-04-07.
[31] “Why Windows - Microsoft Windows”. Microsoft.com.

[32] "(PRODUCT)RED - Help fight AIDS in Africa”. Ap-

ple.com. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
[33] “Cases, Armbands & Films - iPhone Accessories - Apple The Make Trade Fair logo.
Store (U.S.)". Store.apple.com. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
[34] Rao, Leena (19 February 2014). “Square And (RED) Make Trade Fair is a campaign organized by Oxfam
Fight AIDS With Special Edition Reader And Donate International to promote trade justice and fair trade
Links In Receipts”. TechCrunch. Retrieved 19 February among governments, institutions, and multinational cor-
2016. porations.
13.9. MAKE TRADE FAIR 287
13.9.1 Objectives Coldplay, Noel Gallagher, and Ms. Dynamite, while the
2004 event included Michael Stipe, Razorlight, and The
The campaign has focused on the elimination of several Thrills.* [7]
trade practices:
In 2008, the Make Trade Fair support CD The Cake Sale
was produced. The 9 songs were performed by Lisa Han-
• Dumping, which occurs when highly subsidized, nigan, Nina Persson, Gary Lightbody, Gemma Hayes,
surplus commodities from developed countries such Glen Hansard, Josh Ritter, Conor Deasy and Neil Han-
as rice, cotton, corn, and sugar are sold at low non, and written by Deasy, Hansard, Emm Gryner, Paul
prices and farmers from poor countries have diffi- Noonan, Ollie Cole, Damien Rice and others.* [8]
culty competing. It is believed that this creates an
uneven playing field where farmers in developing
countries are unable to compete in the market with WTO Ministerial Conference of 2005
cheaper foreign produce and crops.* [1]
• Tariffs, where nations enforce high taxes on im- The Make Trade Fair campaign was active at the WTO
ported goods, restricting the sales of products from Ministerial Conference of 2005, held in Hong Kong,
other nations.* [2] People's Republic of China. Various demonstrations and
activities were held, including the handover of some 17.8
• Unbalanced labour rights for women, who often earn million signatures on the Big Noise petition to WTO Di-
lower wages than their male counterparts.* [3] rector General Pascal Lamy.* [9]
• Stringent patent issues, that prevent the prices of
medication, software, and textbooks (e.g. Gene
patents, Chemical patents, and Software patents) 13.9.3 References
from being lowered. Thus, such essential goods are
often inaccessible to developing nations.* [4] [1] “Rigged Rules - Dumping”. Retrieved January 29, 2006.
[2] “Rigged Rules - Market Access”. Retrieved January 29,

13.9.2 Key events 2006.
The Big Noise [3] “Rigged Rules - Labour Rights”. Retrieved January 29,
2006.
Launched in April 2002, the Big Noise is a worldwide
petition that calls for governments to help end unfair [4] “Rigged Rules - Patents”. Retrieved January 29, 2006.
trade practices. By the end of 2005, some 17.8 mil-
[5] “Oxfam International - Make Trade Fair”. Archived
lion signatures have been received.* [5] Desmond Tutu
from the original on January 4, 2006. Retrieved January
was the honorary 1 millionth signee to the petition in
29, 2006.
2003. Other celebrities who have lent their names to
the petition include the Dalai Lama, United Nations [6] “Make Trade Fair - Oxfam Global Petition Hits One Mil-
Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and musicians Bono and lion Mark”. Archived from the original on January 3,
Coldplay;* [6] specifically Chris Martin who would, be- 2006. Retrieved January 29, 2006.
fore performing on stage, draw an equal sign (mistaken
by many to be a tattoo) on his hand. However, this could [7] “Make Trade Fair Concert 2004”. Retrieved January
also be a reference to the Human Rights Campaign. 29, 2006.
The petition was also coupled with a popular photo cam-
[8] “Make Trade Fair CD 2008”. Archived from the original
paign, where celebrities were “dumped”with various on January 21, 2008. Retrieved February 29, 2008.
crops and foodstuffs to highlight the practice of dumping,
which some perceive to be unfair. Colin Firth, Thom [9] “WTO summit photos”. Retrieved February 18, 2006.
Yorke, Jamelia, and Haile Gebrselassie were a few of the
celebrities to take part in this venture.
Make Trade Fair concerts
• Make Trade Fair (official site)
In 2002 and 2004, special benefit concerts were held in
London to promote the Make Trade Fair campaign. Pro- • Oxfam International
ceeds from the shows went to aid Oxfam's promotional
campaigns. Produced by Emily Eavis, Marianne Troup, • Oxfam America
and Lily Sobhani, performers from the 2002 “Fair-
play”gig include Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland from • Trade Justice Movement
13.10 Phil Harvey II" as one of the men carrying a video camera, and his
second appearance was in "Christmas Lights" as one of
For the North Carolina philanthropist and president of the Elvises. He also played in the video for "Paradise"
Adam & Eve Productions, see Phil Harvey. as one of two zoo keepers chasing after the runaway ele-
phant, and features in a koala suit in the band's video for
"A Sky Full of Stars".
Philip Christopher Hammond “Phil”Harvey, (born 29
August 1976) is the former manager turned “creative
director”, considered to be the fifth member of the band 13.10.2 References
Coldplay.* [1]
Having attended Sherborne School with Chris Martin [1] “Environmental lawyers | Phil Harvey”. ClientEarth.
from 1990 to 1995, where he was the second academic Archived from the original on July 26, 2014. Retrieved
2014-07-16.
scholar in his year group, he then proceeded to study
Classics at Trinity College, Oxford University. [2] (PDF) https://web.archive.org/20071111124731/http://
www.coldplay.com/ezine/ezine1.pdf. Archived from the
original (PDF) on November 11, 2007. Retrieved March
13.10.1 Association with Coldplay 30, 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
When, in 1998, Chris Martin complained to Phil about [3] “Coldplay: News - Newsreel: An appeal to Wikipedia
the vice-like grip one of the Camden promoters had on enthusiasts”. 25 July 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
the band, he suggested that they put on their own event at
Dingwalls in Camden. It was here that they managed to [4] Heffernan, Virginia (23 July 2008). “Coldpage”. The
New York Times. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
sell the first fifty copies of the Safety EP, which Phil him-
self had helped fund, with his father (Christopher Harvey) [5] “Coldplay - Info”. Facebook. Retrieved 14 November
and his Oxford roommate.* [2] It is generally considered 2013.
that this was when he could first be described as the band's
manager.
Having eventually dropped out of Oxford to manage the 13.10.3 External links
band, he carried out the role more or less single-handedly
until early 2001, when the stress of performing a role • Official website
usually requiring a team of people forced him to take a
prolonged break. He has since stated that the 2001 Brit
Awards was his lowest point: 13.11 Gwyneth Paltrow
I was feeling like death when I should have Gwyneth Kate Paltrow* [1] (/ˈɡwɪnᵻθ ˈpæltroʊ/; born
been on top of the world. The band picked up September 27, 1972* [2]* [3]) is an American actress,
awards for Best British Band and Album and all singer, and food writer.* [4]* [5] She gained early notice
I could think about was how much I wanted to for her work in films such as the thriller Seven (1995)
be in bed. It was two days later that my doctor and the period drama Emma (1996). Following star-
phoned to say she was worried I might be about ring roles in the romantic comedy-drama Sliding Doors
to slip into a coma.* [2] (1998) and the thriller A Perfect Murder (1998), Paltrow
garnered worldwide recognition through her performance
Although Dave Holmes has now taken over as Coldplay's in Shakespeare in Love (1998), for which she won an
manager, Phil is still heavily involved in the band's cre- Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen
ative output. He was also cited as the band's fifth mem- Actors Guild Awards. Paltrow has portrayed supporting,
ber, for example in the liner notes for A Rush of Blood as well as lead roles, in films such as The Talented Mr.
to the Head, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Ripley (1999), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Shallow
Prospekt's March, and Ghost Stories. This band mem- Hal (2001), and Proof (2005), for which she earned a
bership was extra stressed by Coldplay in a direct ap- Golden Globe nomination.
peal to Wikipedia on their site in 2008, pleading fans and
“Wikipedia Enthusiasts”to rectify a few errors on their Since 2008, she has portrayed Pepper Potts, the female
page. They stated that "(...)Coldplay officially have five lead of the Iron Man franchise in the Marvel Cinematic
members - with the mysterious Mr Phil Harvey making up Universe, in Iron Man (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), The
the quintet.”* [3] On Coldplay's Myspace and Facebook Avengers (2012), and Iron Man 3 (2013).
pages, he was described as“The wise, handsome, fright- Paltrow also won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest
ening one who tells us what to do.”* [4]* [5] Harvey has Actress in a Comedy Series in 2011 for her role as Holly
also made cameo appearances in four Coldplay music Holliday on the FOX hit television series Glee, her first
videos. His first appearance was in "Life in Technicolor and so far only foray into television acting, for the episode
13.11. GWYNETH PALTROW 289
The Substitute. Paltrow reprised this role four more times Steven Spielberg in his film Hook (1991) as the young
throughout the show's run. Wendy Darling.* [28]
Following relationships with Brad Pitt and Ben Af- Paltrow's next roles were in the made-for-television
fleck, Paltrow married Chris Martin, the lead vocalist of movies Cruel Doubt (1992) and Deadly Relations (1993).
Coldplay, in 2003; they have two children. They an- Her first plum feature film role was in the noir drama
nounced their separation in March 2014 and divorced Flesh and Bone (1993) as the much-younger girlfriend of
in July 2016.* [6]* [7]* [8] Paltrow has been dating Glee James Caan. In 1995, she played Brad Pitt's wife in the
and American Horror Story co-creator Brad Falchuk since hit thriller Se7en. Her performance earned her a Satellite
August 2014.* [9] Award nomination. Also in 1995, she appeared in
* *
Paltrow has been the face of Estée Lauder's Pleasures per- Moonlight and Valentino and Jefferson in Paris. [29] [30]
fume since 2005. She is also the face of American fash-
ion brand Coach,* [10] owner of a lifestyle company, and
1996–2001: Breakthrough and film stardom
author of two cookbooks.* [11]
In 1996, Paltrow played the title character in Emma
to critical acclaim, particularly in the United Kingdom,
where her perfection of the English accent was appre-
ciated. She had leading roles in several films through-
Paltrow was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of actress
out 1998, including Sliding Doors and the adaptation
Blythe Danner and film producer/director Bruce Paltrow.
of the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations with
Her father was Jewish and her mother is from a Christian
Ethan Hawke, Robert De Niro, Anne Bancroft and Chris
background, and Paltrow was raised with “both Jewish
Cooper. She also appeared in two thrillers, Hush, op-
and Christian holidays”(her brother had a Bar Mitzvah
posite Jessica Lange, and A Perfect Murder, inspired by
ceremony).* [12]* [13]* [14]
Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film, Dial M for Murder. In
Her father's Ashkenazi Jewish family immigrated from the latter film, Paltrow starred opposite Michael Douglas,
Belarus* [15] and Poland,* [16] while her mother has playing Emily Taylor, who was based on Grace Kelly's
Pennsylvania Dutch (German), and some white Barba- character from the original film, though the film was met
dian (English), ancestry.* [17]* [18]* [19] Paltrow's pater- with mixed reviews. She was also considered for the role
nal great-great-grandfather, was a rabbi in Nowogród, of Rose DeWitt Bukater in the 1997 film Titanic.* [31]
Poland, and a descendant of a the well known “Paltrow-
In 1998, Paltrow starred in Shakespeare in Love, portray-
icz”family of rabbis from Kraków, whose best known
ing the fictional lover of William Shakespeare, played by
descendant is R. David HaLevi Segal.* [20]* [21] Pal-
Joseph Fiennes. The film earned US$289 million in box
trow's younger brother is director and screenwriter Jake
office receipts, and Paltrow gained critical acclaim for her
Paltrow. Her half-cousin is actress Katherine Moennig
portrayal. Entertainment Weekly commented,“Best of all
(through her mother). She is a second cousin of for-
is Gwyneth Paltrow, who, at long last, has a movie to star
mer U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-08)
in that's as radiant as she is.”* [32] The New York Times
(through her father).* [22] Her uncle is opera singer and
summed up her performance as Viola thus: “Gwyneth
actor Harry Danner.
Paltrow, in her first great, fully realized starring perfor-
Paltrow was raised in Santa Monica, where she attended mance, makes a heroine so breathtaking that she seems
Crossroads School before enrolling in the Spence School, utterly plausible as the playwright's guiding light.”* [33]
a private girls' school in New York City.* [23] Later, she
The award-winning Shakespeare in Love* [34]* [35]
briefly studied anthropology at the University of Califor-
earned Paltrow the award for Outstanding Performance
nia, Santa Barbara, before dropping out to act.* [24] She
by a Female Actor in a Leading Role from the Screen
is an“adopted daughter”of Talavera de la Reina (Spain),
Actors Guild,* [36] the Golden Globe Award for Best
where at 15 she spent a year as an exchange student and
Actress* [36] and the Academy Award for Best Actress,
learned to speak Spanish.* [25]* [26]* [27]
among other honors.* [35] Her Pink Ralph Lauren dress
worn at the 71st Academy Awards in collecting her Oscar
13.11.2 Career was extremely popular and was credited for bringing
pink back into fashion.* [37]
1989–95: Early acting work In 1999, Paltrow co-starred alongside Jude Law, Matt
Damon and Cate Blanchett in The Talented Mr. Ripley,
Her acting debut was in High (1989), a TV film her father which earned $80 million domestically and received pos-
directed, and after spending several summers watching itive reviews.* [38] She showcased her singing ability in
her mother perform at the Williamstown Theatre Festi- 2000's Duets, which was directed by her father and co-
val in Massachusetts, Paltrow made her professional stage starred singer Huey Lewis. The same year, Paltrow co-
debut there in 1990.* [28] Her film debut followed with starred with Ben Affleck in the romantic drama Bounce
Shout (1991), starring John Travolta; and she was cast by as Abby Janello. In 2001, she played Margot Tenenbaum
name, in which Paltrow also played the same character

at London's Donmar Warehouse in 2002. For her film
performance, Paltrow earned her second Golden Globe
nomination for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama. In
2006, she had small roles in Running With Scissors and
Infamous, in which she sang Cole Porter's "What Is This
Thing Called Love?".
2008–present: Iron Man and career rejuvenation
In 2008, she appeared in the superhero film Iron Man

as Pepper Potts, Tony Stark's personal assistant, closest
friend, and budding love interest.* [43] Iron Man was Pal-
trow's highest-grossing film to date, earning more than
$585,000,000 worldwide,* [44] until she reprised her role
as Potts in Joss Whedon's 2012 superhero film, The
Avengers, which grossed more than $1 billion world-
wide.* [45] Paltrow said she was hesitant to appear in
a big-budget project but she was won over by Robert
Downey, Jr., the film's lead, and director Jon Favreau.
She recalled a conversation with Downey, saying:* [46]
Paltrow at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival
as part of an ensemble cast in the Wes Anderson film

The Royal Tenenbaums and starred with Jack Black in the
comedy Shallow Hal, where she had to wear a specially
designed 25-pound fatsuit and heavy make-up.
2002–07: Career slowdown and hiatus
Since the Oscar for Shakespeare in Love, Paltrow's film

career has been less noteworthy and critical acclaim has
waned.* [39] She said she was unequipped for the pres-
sure, leading to several bad movie choices,* [40] agree-
ing with peers who believe the win is, in some ways, a
curse.* [41] During this time, Paltrow rarely appeared in
films, having taken a hiatus to raise her two children.* [23]
In The Guardian, she said she divided her career into Paltrow at a ceremony for receiving her Hollywood Walk of
movies for love and films for money: The Royal Tenen- Fame star, December 2010
baums, Proof, and Sylvia fell into the former category,
while she signed on to View from the Top and Shallow
Hal for the latter.* [27] Robert called me and he said, “This is
In 2004, she starred in the science-fiction film Sky Cap- gonna be fun, and this is gonna be good.”And
tain and the World of Tomorrow opposite Jude Law. The then he said to me, “Don't you want to be
same year, she was recognized as an outstanding woman in a movie that people see?" And I was like,
in entertainment by Women in Film Los Angeles with the “Whoa! What would that feel like?" And he's
Crystal Award.* [42] In 2005, she starred in the film Proof right. Moviemaking is not supposed to be
as the depressed daughter of a brilliant, eccentric mathe- a masturbatory exercise; it's supposed to be
matician. The movie was based on the play of the same shared by other people.
In 2010, Paltrow reprised her role in the sequel to Iron

Man, Iron Man 2. Later in 2010, she appeared in the mu-
sical Country Strong and recorded the song Country Strong
for the film's soundtrack.* [47] The song was released to
country radio in August 2010.* [48] At the 83rd Academy
Awards, Paltrow performed another song from the movie,
"Coming Home,”which was nominated for Best Original
Song.* [49]
Paltrow also appeared in Fox's Glee, as substitute teacher
Holly Holliday, who fills in for Matthew Morrison's char-
acter when he falls ill. In her first episode, “The
Substitute,”she sang "Nowadays" from the musical
Chicago with Lea Michele, CeeLo Green's "Forget You",
and a mash-up of "Singin' In the Rain" and Rihanna's
"Umbrella" with Morrison and the rest of the cast.* [50]
She later performed “Forget You”with CeeLo Green
himself and several puppet characters provided by The
Jim Henson Company at the 2011 Grammy Awards.* [51]
She reprised her role twice more that season, performing
“Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)" by Gary Glit-
ter, an acoustic version of "Landslide" by Fleetwood Mac,
"Kiss" by Prince, and Adele's "Turning Tables".
In 2011, Paltrow appeared in the Steven Soderbergh
thriller Contagion, in which she was part of an ensem- Paltrow at the 84th Academy Awards in 2012
ble cast, including Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard and
her The Talented Mr. Ripley co-stars Matt Damon and
Jude Law.* [52] The movie opened at number 1 at the son's "Cruisin'". The song was released as a single. The
US Box Office Weekend and received positive reviews. song went to number one in Australia, while Paltrow's
In 2012 she starred in the independent romantic com- rendition of the Kim Carnes classic "Bette Davis Eyes"
edy Thanks for Sharing with Mark Ruffalo and reprised reached number three.* [61]
her role as Pepper Potts in the film The Avengers, which
In the 2006 film Infamous, she sang“What Is This Thing
broke records as the highest grossing U.S. opening week-
Called Love”. On September 27, 2006, Paltrow sang
end film of all time. It was confirmed that Paltrow will
with rapper Jay-Z during his concert at Royal Albert Hall.
star as Dora Maar in Carlos Saura's Spanish film 33 días
She sang the chorus for "Song Cry", from the rapper's
alongside Antonio Banderas as Pablo Picasso. The film
album Blueprint.* [62] In an interview, she said she would
began shooting in late 2012, for a 2013 release.* [53]* [54]
be at the concert but not that she would perform. She was
In April 2013, Paltrow was named People magazine's quoted as saying“I'm a Jay-Z fan. He's my best friend.”
annual “Most Beautiful Woman”.* [55] In 2015, she * [63]
co-starred in the film Mortdecai,* [56] alongside Johnny
In May 2005, Paltrow became the face of Estée Lauder's
Depp, Olivia Munn, and Paul Bettany. Paltrow was also
Pleasures perfume. She appeared in Chicago on August
featured on the track "Everglow", which was included in
17, 2007, to sign bottles of the perfume, and on July 8,
Coldplay's seventh studio album A Head Full of Dreams
2008, she promoted Lauder's Sensuous perfume in New
(2015).* [57]
York with the company's three other models.* [64] Estée
Lauder donates a minimum of $500,000 of sales of items
from the 'Pleasures Gwyneth Paltrow' collection to breast
13.11.3 Other projects cancer research.* [65] In 2006, she became the face for
Bean Pole International, a Korean fashion brand.
Paltrow is a Save the Children artist ambassador, raising In April 2009, Paltrow narrated Brown Bear & Friends,
awareness about World Pneumonia Day.* [58] She is on the first of several children's audiobooks that she would
the board of the Robin Hood Foundation, a charitable narrate by Bill Martin. The Brown Bear & Friends audio-
organization that works to alleviate poverty in New York book received a Grammy nomination in 2009 for Best
City.* [59] In February 2009, Paltrow received a Grammy Spoken Word Album for Children. Since, she has also
nomination for her reading of the classic bear books of narrated Bill Martin's Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What
author Bill Martin, Jr.* [60] Do You See?, Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?,
Paltrow had her singing debut in the 2000 film Duets, in Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?, and Polar
which she performed a cover version of Smokey Robin- Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?* [66]
In 2014, Paltrow partnered with Blo Blow Bar, teaming

up with the brand's creative branch.* [67]
In October 2014, she hosted a Democratic fundraiser at-
tended by President Barack Obama at her private resi-
dence in Los Angeles.* [68]
In 2015, Paltrow announced plans to build a private club
called The Arts Club at the former Hustler Store location
*
[69]
Food writing and Goop
In October 2007, Paltrow signed for the PBS television

series Spain... on the Road Again, which showcases the
food and culture of Spain.* [70]
In September 2008, she launched the weekly lifestyle
newsletter Goop, encouraging readers to 'nourish the in-
ner aspect'. The website's title is derived from her ini-
tials.* [71] Each week, the newsletter focuses on an action:
Make, Go, Get, Do, Be, and See.
In 2008, she co-wrote the book Spain... A Culinary Road
Trip with Mario Batali.* [72] In 2011, she wrote a book
titled My Father's Daughter: Delicious, Easy Recipes Cele-
brating Family and Togetherness.* [73] That same year she
penned the book Notes From the Kitchen Table.* [74] Two Paltrow at the Iron Man 3 French premiere in April 2013
years later she published a book titled It's All Good: De-
licious Easy Recipes That Will Make You Look Good and
Feel Great. That year she wrote a foreword for a book by
Ross Matthews, Man Up! Tales of My Delusional Self-
Confidence. California.* [80] Paltrow and Martin have two children to-
gether: daughter Apple Blythe Alison Martin (b. 2004)
and son Moses Bruce Anthony Martin (b. 2006).* [81]
13.11.4 Personal life Paltrow explained Apple's unusual first name on Oprah,
saying: “It sounded so sweet and it conjured such a
At the age of 24, Paltrow was engaged to actor Brad Pitt, lovely picture for me – you know, apples are so sweet and
whom she dated from 1994 to 1997.* [75] The engage- they're wholesome and it's biblical – and I just thought
ment was called off, according to Paltrow, because she it sounded so lovely and ... clean! And I just thought,
*
was not ready for marriage, and she later felt responsi- 'Perfect!'.” [82] She explained her son's first name came
ble for hurting Pitt since she was “such a mess”dur- from the song, "Moses", that her husband wrote for her
*
ing that time in her life.* [76] Paltrow has since said that, before their wedding. [81] Paltrow's father came from a
as this was her first high-profile relationship with another long line of influential Eastern European rabbis, and that
celebrity, it taught her the need for public discretion about inspired Paltrow to raise her daughter and son in a Jewish
* *
her romantic life; she told Biography magazine, “I said environment. [83] [84]
things about being in a relationship [with Brad Pitt] that Paltrow cut down on work after becoming a mother.* [85]
felt wrong to me even as I was saying them.”* [77] She also suffered from postpartum depression after the
*
Paltrow had an on-off three-year relationship with ac- 2006 birth of her son. [86] In March 2014, Paltrow an-
tor Ben Affleck from 1997 to late 2000.* [78] They first nounced that she and Martin had separated after ten years
broke up in early 1999 but, soon after their breakup, Pal- of marriage,
* *
describing the process as“conscious uncou-
trow persuaded Affleck to star in the film Bounce with pling”. [6] [87]* [88] In April 2015, Paltrow filed for
*
her;* [79] during the making of the film, which was shot divorce from Chris Martin. *
[89] A judge finalized their
in mid-1999, the couple started dating again and eventu- divorce on July 15, 2016. [90]
ally broke up in October 2000.* [78] In 2013, The New York Times reported Paltrow to be a
*
In October 2002, Paltrow met Chris Martin of the British practitioner of Transcendental Meditation. [91]
rock group Coldplay backstage three weeks after the In August 2014, Paltrow started dating Glee co-creator
death of her father, Bruce Paltrow. They married on De- Brad Falchuk, whom she met whilst filming the series in
cember 5, 2003, in a ceremony at a hotel in Southern 2010, 2011, and 2014.* [9]
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trieved April 7, 2011. ducer of the Year' in 2003.* [9]
[109] “Canadian Hot 100: Week of December 04, 2010 The Canadian singer/songwriter Alana Levandoski began
(Biggest Jump)". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. recording her second album with producer Ken Nelson in
Retrieved November 28, 2010. Kelwood, Manitoba, Canada- at a local church in Febru-
ary 2008. Final sessions for her album took place at Parr
[110] “Canadian Hot 100: Week of March 26, 2011 (Biggest
Street Studios in Liverpool, England in April and May
Jump)". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Re-
trieved March 17, 2011.
2008.* [7]
[111] “Canadian Hot 100: Week of May 07, 2011 (Biggest

Jump)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 13.12.1 Selected discography
April 28, 2011.
• 1998: Gomez – Bring It On
[112] “Discography Glee Cast”. irish-charts.com. Hung Me-
dien. Retrieved April 22, 2011. • 1999: Gomez – Liquid Skin
[113] “Adele holds on to singles and albums charts”. BBC • 2000: Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour of Bewilder-
News. February 27, 2011. Retrieved February 28, 2011. beast
[114] “Official UK Singles Top 100 – 30 April 2011”. Official • 2000: Coldplay – Parachutes
Charts Company. Retrieved April 24, 2011.
• 2001: Kings of Convenience – Quiet Is the New Loud
[115] “Official UK Singles Top 100 – 14 May 2011”. Official
Charts Company. Retrieved May 8, 2011. • 2002: Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head
[116] “Nowadays / Hot Honey Rag (Glee Cast Version) [feat. • 2005: Coldplay – X&Y
Gwyneth Paltrow] – Single”. iTunes Store Ireland. Re-
trieved November 15, 2010. • 2005: Feeder – Pushing the Senses
• 2006: Howling Bells – Howling Bells
13.11.10 External links • 2006: Paolo Nutini – These Streets
• Gwyneth Paltrow on Twitter • 2011: The Gift – Explode
• Gwyneth Paltrow's newsletter, Goop • 2012: Deadbeat Darling - The Angels Share
• Gwyneth Paltrow at the Internet Movie Database • 2013: Okean Elzy
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[1] Baker, Brian (4 August 2004). “Blues Travelers : With Rik Simpson
“split The Difference,”Gomez Returns To Playing Gritty
Rock 'n' Roll”. Cleveland Free Times. Retrieved 1 March *
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[3] Dunn, Emily (1 February 2007). “Aussie rockers are a

• Jay-Z feat. Chris Martin – "Beach Chair" (song,
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• Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
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• Coldplay – Prospekt's March (EP, 2008)

[5] Condron, Neil (11 May 2007). “The Orange Lights -
Life Is Still Beautiful (Blackbird)". Gigwise. Retrieved 1 • Coldplay – LeftRightLeftRightLeft (2009)
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[6] “Paolo Nutini Arrives in America With “LIVE SES-
SIONS"; Scottish Soul Sensation Poised to Make U.S. • Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto (2011)
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formance; Four-Track Debut EP Hits Stores Tomorrow” • Coldplay – "Atlas" (single, 2013)* [4]
. Marketwire. 11 September 2006. Retrieved 1 March
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Awards”. Mix. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
• The Pierces – Love You More (EP, 2010)
[9] “Kylie's US success rewarded”. BBC. 6 March 2003.
Retrieved 1 March 2010. • The Pierces – You & I (2011)
13.12.3 External links 13.13.2 Awards and nominations
• Interview, HitQuarters Nov 2000 Grammy Awards
13.13.3 References
13.13 Rik Simpson [1] “Rik Simpson Discography”. Discogs. Retrieved 7
September 2013.
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Award winning British record producer, sound engineer, Electronics. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
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Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008), Mylo Xyloto trieved 14 May 2014.
(2011), Ghost Stories (2014) and A Head Full of Dreams
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To 'Hunger Games' on 'Atlas' Single: Listen”. Billboard.
with Jay-Z, Portishead, Kasabian, Black Rebel Motorcy-
cle Club and PJ Harvey.* [2] In addition to the technical
sides of recording and mixing, he often contributes mu-
sically, playing and singing on many of his productions.
Simpson is also one half of production duo The Dark-
tones, with Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman. • Official website
13.14 Jon Hopkins 1997–2004: Early years
For other people named John Hopkins, see John Hopkins After finishing his final exams at age 17, Hopkins accom-
(disambiguation). panied his friend Leo Abrahams to an audition for Imogen
Heap's backing band. Hopkins decided to audition as
well, and was hired to handle both keyboard and samples,
Jonathan Julian “Jon”Hopkins (born 15 August while Abrahams was hired as guitarist.* [13]* [16] He
1979* [2]) is an English producer and musician who toured with the new band for the entirety of 1998.* [12]
writes and performs his own melodic electronica and
dance music. After starting his career playing keyboard In 1999 Hopkins signed with boutique London label Just
for Imogen Heap, he has produced or contributed to al- Music as a solo artist, and began recording his debut al-
bums by Brian Eno, Coldplay, David Holmes, and others. bum Opalescent. At the time he was also working part-
time as a studio session musician.* [12]* [17] Opalescent
Hopkins composed the soundtrack for the 2010 film attracted positive press attention upon its release, and sev-
Monsters,* [3]* [4] which was nominated for an Ivor Nov- eral tracks were licensed to Sex and the City.* [13] The
ello Award for Best Original Score. His third solo al- Guardian reviewed it as “a beautifully realized debut.
bum, Insides, reached no. 15 on the Dance/Electronic Al- Using synth oozes, phased and echoed guitars and pianos
bum Chart in 2009.* [5] His collaborations on Small Craft and chilled beats, his wonderful tunes drift from calm to
on a Milk Sea with Brian Eno and Leo Abrahams and eerie power like a restless sea. It will delight any lovers
Diamond Mine with King Creosote both reached no. 82 of beautiful music.”DJ Magazine gave it 4/5 stars, and
on the UK Albums Chart.* [6]* [7] In 2011 Diamond Mine stated“Piano, guitar strings and slow beats blend like the
was nominated for a Mercury Prize, which is annually clouds at sunset (or an opiate smoothy) filtering in and out
awarded for best album from the United Kingdom and like elegantly wasted beauty. Darker drums add a further
Ireland.* [8] Immunity was also nominated for the 2013 depth.”* [18]
Mercury Prize.* [9]
Hopkins released his second album, Contact Note, on Just
Music in 2004 while still working as a studio musician.
13.14.1 Early life, education The album slowly gained an underground following but
failed to take off, and led Hopkins to become disillusioned
Jon Hopkins was born in 1979 in Kingston upon Thames, with his solo career, and take a break from writing to learn
*
Surrey and grew up in nearby Wimbledon. He first be- how to become a producer. [13]
came aware of electronic music after hearing early house
music on the radio at the age of seven or eight, and
also became a fan of Depeche Mode and the Pet Shop 2004–07: Work with Brian Eno and Coldplay
Boys.* [10] These records inspired an early fascination
with synths.* [11] By 2004, Abrahams had been collaborating for some
time with ambient musician and producer Brian Eno.
At the age of 12 Hopkins began studying piano at the Ju-
Abrahams played some of Hopkins' second record for
nior Department of the Royal College of Music in Lon-
* Eno, and Eno invited him to join them for a jam ses-
don, where he continued until age 17. [12] The com-
sion. On the first day of their collaboration they came
posers that were greatly influential to him whilst study-
up with some of the music for Eno's upcoming album
ing were Ravel and Stravinsky, and he eventually won a
Another Day on Earth,* [12] and Hopkins became a long-
competition to perform a concert of Ravel's Piano Con-
term collaborator.* [15]* [17] Shortly afterwards Hopkins
certo in G with an orchestra.* [13] For a time Hopkins
produced King Creosote's album Bombshell, which initi-
considered becoming a professional pianist, only to de-
ated his relationship with the Fence Collective. He also
cide classical performance was too formal and unnerving
co-wrote tracks with DJ and composer David Holmes
to pursue full-time.* [12]
for Holmes' Holy Pictures album, and remixed for James
As a teenager he also listened to acid house, early Yorkston.* [15]
hardcore, grunge,* [14] as well as electronica artists such
In early 2007 Hopkins was invited by Eno, who was pro-
as Acen, Seefeel, and Plaid.* [15] When Hopkins was 14
ducing Coldplay's upcoming album Viva la Vida or Death
he got his first computer, an Amiga 500, and started pro-
* and All His Friends, to join the band in the studio for
gramming MIDI material. [16] By the age of 15 he had
a day.* [19] Hopkins ended up staying and contributing
saved up enough money from winning piano competitions
to the album for the next year, co-producing* [17] sev-
to buy a low-level professional Roland synth,* [11] and on
eral tracks and playing organs, harmoniums, and other
this he began creating his first full-length electronic com-
* keyboard instruments on others. The intro to the track
positions. [17]
"Violet Hill" came from an improvisation with Hopkins
and Davide Rossi, the album's string arranger. Through-
13.14.2 Music career out this period Hopkins was periodically creating his own
solo tracks, and his song“Light Through the Veins”was
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adapted to serve as the introduction to the album's first by Hopkins sporadically since his last release, while oth-
track "Life in Technicolor". “Light Through the Veins” ers were based on the music he had composed for the En-
was also picked by the band to serve as the backing for tity production.* [15] Hopkins developed an intense live
the track “The Escapist”, which is hidden at the end show to support the release, resulting in club and festi-
of the album.* [19] Viva la Vida was released in 2008, val performances across Europe and the United States.
and won Best Rock Album at the 2009 Grammy Awards He secured supporting slots with The xx, Röyksopp, and
and became the best-selling album of 2008. Coldplay Four Tet.* [15] Many of his live shows used background
asked Hopkins to serve as the pre-show DJ and opening visuals featuring the animations of Vince Collins.* [12]
act for their 2008 world tour.* [15]* [20] Hopkins toured
Insides charted at no. 15 on the Billboard
with the band for six months through England, the United Dance/Electronic Albums chart.* [5]* [15] PopMatters
States, and Japan.* [21] He performed at venues includ-
listed the album as one of the top ten electronic albums
ing Madison Square Garden* [16] and the London O2 of 2009.* [11] According to reviews, the album “takes
Arena,* [19] with crowds as large as 20,000 people.* [16]
its cues from ambient electronica, but uses strings and
piano, along with some very tasty beats and dubstep-
2008–13: Entity; production influenced bass on some tracks.”* [12] TinyMixTapes
stated the album
strikes me as his single most aggressive re-

lease yet. His sense of timing, the clarity of
his production, and the variety of effects he
employs draw you into the story that each in-
strumental tells. Jon Hopkins is not a button-
pushing man of presets; he is a bona fide com-
poser and a trained pianist. Craftsmanship sets
him apart, and allows Insides to be as incredi-
bly moving as it is and always will be. It will
easily be one of the best electronic albums of
2009.* [20]
Paul Clarke of the BBC wrote that

Hopkins performing live in 2009
Hopkins [is] capable of producing music as

In 2008 Hopkins was commissioned by choreographer
epic, soaring and emotional as any power bal-
Wayne McGregor to compose music for Entity, a produc-
lad in his own way. Take“Light Through The
tion of McGregor's“Random Dance”group. Entity was
Veins”for example ... a close relative of Ulrich
performed live at Sadler's Wells in April 2008 to criti-
Schnauss' “In All The Wrong Places”, it's a
cal acclaim. A world tour followed throughout 2008 and
majestic piece of widescreen shoegazing which
2009.* [15]
grows ever more expansive throughout its en-
Hopkins also has co-writing or producing credits on al- tire ten-minute duration ... no amount of re-
bums by artists such as* [17] David Holmes* [20] and Dan flected glory could ever fully illuminate Insides'
Arborise.* [19] He is also known for remixing a variety mysterious depths.* [22]
of artists, including Wild Beasts, Nosaj Thing, Imogen
Heap, Four Tet,* [15] and James Yorkston.* [15] He was
also one of the few producers chosen by Radio 1's Rob 2009–13: Pure Scenius, film scores
Da Bank to remix film director David Lynch's first elec-
tronica release,“Good Day Today”/“I Know”, which In June 2009 Hopkins was invited by Brian Eno to play
was released on Sunday Best Records. some solo shows at the Luminous Festival at the Sydney
Opera House. A few weeks prior to leaving, Eno asked
Hopkins to join with himself, Underworld's Karl Hyde,
2008–09: Insides Leo Abrahams, and the Sydney-based improv trio The
Necks in the group“Pure Scenius”, the planned finale for
Main article: Insides the Luminous Festival.* [15] They then improvised music
based on pre-planned themes, putting on three 1½-hour
Hopkins signed to Domino Records in late 2008. [7] shows in the Opera House with Hyde on vocals. Pure
*
Hopkins's third album, Insides, was released by Domino Scenius was repeated a year later in* Brighton, when Eno
Records on 5 May 2009.* [20] It included the track“Light was curating the Brighton Festival. [16]
Through the Veins”, which had previously been used on In 2009 Hopkins collaborated with Brian Eno and Leo
the Coldplay album. Some of the tracks had been written Abrahams to score the Peter Jackson film The Lovely
In 2011 Hopkins collaborated with Scottish musician

King Creosote to create the album Diamond Mine, which
featured lyrics and vocals by Creosote sung over musi-
cal backdrops arranged and recorded by Hopkins. The
album was a culmination of about seven weeks of work
spread over seven years of recording and collabora-
tion,* [10] from whenever the two artists had the opportu-
nity to get together. The album was released on 28 March
2011* [7] to acclaim,* [26] which included a glowing re-
view from NPR. On 19 July 2011 Hopkins and Anderson
were announced as nominees for the 2011 Barclaycard
Mercury Prize, which is annually awarded for best album
from the United Kingdom and Ireland.* [8]
Also in 2011, the EP Honest Words, a Hopkins collab-
oration with King Creosote, was released on Domino
Records. In April 2012, this was followed by another
collaboration with King Creosote: The Jubilee, also on
Domino.
Hopkins wrote the score for the 2013 film by Kevin Mac-
donald, How I Live Now.* [27]
2013: Immunity
Hopkins performing live in 2011 Main article: Immunity (Jon Hopkins album)
Bones.* [15] In early 2010 Hopkins composed the score Immunity is Hopkins' fourth studio album, released on 4
for the short film Rob and Valentyna in Scotland directed June 2013, by Domino Records.* [28]* [29] Among the
by Eric Lynne, which won an honourable mention for artists that contributed vocals were long-time collabora-
the short film-making award at Sundance.* [23] Also in tor King Creosote, and Corin Roddick and Megan James
2010 Hopkins was commissioned to create the sound- of the band Purity Ring.* [30] It was recorded and pro-
track for the British science fiction film Monsters, which duced in Hopkins' London studio, with Hopkins often
was directed by Gareth Edwards.* [3] To create the score, using homemade sound effects or the natural sound of
Hopkins partly used string parts performed by arranger the room.* [28] Stated MixMag, "Immunity is an album
Davide Rossi and guitar by Leo Abrahams.* [24] The of organic techno and exquisite mini-symphonies.”* [31]
soundtrack album was released on 29 November 2010 on
Immunity peaked at no. 13 on Top Electronic Al-
Domino Records.* [4] In 2011 the score was nominated
bums by Billboard in the United States.* [32] In Britain
for an Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Score.* [24]
it was nominated for the 2013 Mercury Prize for best
album.* [9] The album met with a largely positive re-
2009–12: Collaborations ception among critics, receiving perfect scores from
Mixmag* [31] and MusicOMH,* [29] and 4/5 from The
*
See also: Small Craft on a Milk Sea, Diamond Mine Guardian. [33] Pitchfork Media described Immunity as
(King Creosote & Jon Hopkins album), and Honest a “remarkably
*
visceral, sensual, confident electronic
Words record,” [28] and MusicOMH called it a“modern clas-
sic”.* [29]
Hopkins collaborated with Tunng on the EP Seven Gulps The video for the single 'Open Eye Signal' directed by
of Air in 2009, which was commissioned by designer Aoife McArdle won best cinematography at the UK Mu-
Christopher Kelly for London Fashion Week.* [15] Seven sic Video Awards.
Gulps of Air was listed as one of Drowned in Sound's sin-
gles of the year.* [25]
2014: Recent projects
In 2010 Hopkins collaborated with Leo Abrahams and
Brian Eno to create the album Small Craft on a Milk In 2014 Hopkins co-produced the song "Midnight" for
Sea. Released on Warp Records in late 2010,* [15] the Coldplay's 2014 album Ghost Stories, and released an
album is based on a three-week session of improvisation EP titled Asleep Versions on 10 November. The EP in-
wherein the artists recorded about six hours of material a cludes (according to Domino Records) “four deceler-
day.* [11] ated, dreamlike re-imaginings”of four tracks featured on
13.14. JON HOPKINS 301
his album Immunity. The EP has additional vocals from EPs

Raphaelle Standell-Preston of the band Braids & regu-
lar collaborator King Creosote, and artwork from Robert
Hunter.* [34] Singles
Mixtapes and remixes

13.14.3 Live performances
Remixes
Hopkins has performed at music festivals such as
Moogfest,* [11] Mutek,* [21] and Electric Zoo,* [16] and
at venues such as Madison Square Garden* [16] and the Jon Hopkins has released official remixes of the following
London O2 Arena.* [19] As of 2014 he maintains a regu- songs:
lar touring schedule both in England and internationally,
playing at the Glastonbury Festival in June, with upcom- Soundtracks
ing dates at the Pitchfork Music Festival, Electric Picnic
and Time Music Festival and in 2015 at Wonderfruit in • 2008: Sex and the City (film)
Thailand for the premiere of the iy_project, a collabora-
tion with light artist, Chris Levine.* [35]* [36] • 2009: The Lovely Bones: Original Soundtrack (with
Brian Eno and Leo Abrahams)
13.14.4 Style and equipment • 2010: Monsters: Original Soundtrack
• 2013: How I Live Now: Original Soundtrack

Style and genre
According to reviews,“Hopkins's aesthetic is perpetually Collaborations

intriguing. He transcends genres, melding digital cold-
ness with subtle, bucolic textures; veering from skewed Production credits
elegance to strange, unsettling depths.”* [14]“He makes
powerfully emotive, instrumental music that consistently 13.14.7 Further reading
crosses genres, ranging from solo acoustic piano to explo-
sive, bass-heavy electro.”* [15] Also, he “meticulously • “Jon Hopkins interview by Peter Hollo”. Cyclic
constructs lush, downtempo arrangements, blending dig- Defrost. 31 May 2009.
ital beats and soothing ambience.”* [17]
• “Jon Hopkins Interview”. JustQualityMusic. 19
May 2010.
Equipment and software
• “Interview: Jon Hopkins Talks Live, Studio Pro-
As of September 2010 his studio setup relies on a Logic cess, Habit, Instinct”. Created Digital Music. 2
system,* [37] though all his previous releases were on September 2010.
Cubase VST, used in conjunction with an old version
of SoundForge.* [13] He began using Logic because his • “Classically Trained Electro Master: An Interview
old system was not powerful enough to include the video with Jon Hopkins”. Pop Matters. 23 November
*
for film soundtracks. [37] His live setup includes Ableton 2010.
and a chain of up to five Kaoss Pads.
13.14.8 See also
13.14.5 Personal life
• Brian Eno
Hopkins practices autogenic training and Transcendental
Meditation, of which he says,“For me, it's not about re- 13.14.9 References
laxing. It can get music flowing in a way that's really un-
inhibited, and I want to spend as much time in that place [1] “Jon Hopkins”. Find My Past. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
as possible.”* [38]
[2] Who Is Jon Hopkins: Flux
[3] “Monsters Original Soundtrack”. Domino Records. 29

13.14.6 Discography
November 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
Solo material [4] “Monsters (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)".
Amazon.com. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 28 May
Studio albums 2011.
[5] "Insides Charts as Number 15 for Dance/Electronic Al- [27] “IMDB how I live”. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
bums”. Billboard. 23 May 2009. Retrieved 28 May
2011. [28] Howe, Brian (6 June 2013). “Jon Hopkins: Immunity”
. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
[6] “Home Page”. JonHopkins.co.uk. Retrieved 28 May
2011. [29] Matusavage, Phillip (3 June 2013). “Jon Hopkins – Im-
munity”. musicOMH. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
[7] “King Creosote and Jon Hopkins: Bubble”. SoundCloud.
March 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011. [30] Phares, Heather.“Immunity – Jon Hopkins”. AllMusic.
[8] Boilen, Bob (15 May 2011).“First Listen: King Creosote
and Jon Hopkins, 'Diamond Mine'". NPR. Retrieved 28 [31] Wortny, Stephen (5 June 2013). “Jon Hopkins – Immu-
May 2011. nity”. Mixmag. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
[9] “2013 Shortlist – Barclaycard Mercury Prize”. Mer- [32] Immunity on Billboard
cury Prize. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 14 September
2013. [33] Fox, Killian. “Jon Hopkins: Immunity – review”. The
Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
[10] “Jon Hopkins Interview”. Clubbers Guide New York.
27 March 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011. [34] “Jon Hopkins 'Asleep Versions EP' announcement from
Domino Recs”. 25 September 2014.
[11] Seymour, Jane Jansen (23 November 2010).“Classically
Trained Electro Master: An Interview with Jon Hopkins” [35] Dancing Astronaut http://www.dancingastronaut.
. Pop Matters. Retrieved 28 May 2011. com/2015/10/jon-hopkins-chris-levine-premiere-iy_
project-thailands-wonderfruit-festival/. Retrieved 29
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Peter Hollo”. Cyclic Defrost. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
[36] “Jon Hopkins Live”. JonHopkins.com. Retrieved 25
[13] Lavin, Polly. “Meet the audio sculptor Jon Hopkins”. June 2014.
Ibiza Voice. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
[37] Kirn, Peter (2 September 2010). “Interview: Jon Hop-
[14] “Jon Hopkins – Opalescent”. Soundwatching. April kins Talks Live, Studio Process, Habit, Instinct”. Created
2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011. Digital Music. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
[15] “Jon Hopkins”. Domino Records. Retrieved 28 May [38] Brown, August.“Jon Hopkins crafts dance music to med-
2011. itate on”. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
[16] “Jon Hopkins Interview”. JustQualityMusic. 19 May
[17] Lymangrover, Jason (2009). “Jon Hopkins”. Billboard.
Retrieved 28 May 2011. • Jon Hopkins at the Internet Movie Database
[18] "Opalescent reviews”. Just Music. Retrieved 28 May
2011. • Official website
[19] “Jon Hopkins Interview”. Coldplay.com. 12 November • Jon Hopkins on Domino Records
• Jon Hopkins on Last.fm
[20] Ranta, Alan (2009).“TinyMixTapes review”. TinyMix-
Tapes. Retrieved 28 May 2011. • Jon Hopkins on CD Universe
[21] “Jon Hopkins”. Mutek 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
[22] Clarke, Paul (29 April 2009). “Classically-tinged elec- 13.15 Markus Dravs
tronica from Coldplay's co-producer”. BBC. Retrieved
28 May 2011.
Markus Dravs is a music producer, songwriter, pro-
[23] “Jon Hopkins”. Internet Movie Database. 2011. Re- grammer, engineer and mixer. His credits includes
trieved 28 May 2011. Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Björk, Brian Eno, Mumford &
Sons, Florence + the Machine, The Maccabees and Kings
[24] “Jon Hopkins Nominated for an Ivor Novello Award” of Leon.
. Domino Records. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 28 May
2011. He has won three Grammy Awards, four Billboard Music
Awards and three Brit Awards for his production work.
[25] Roby, Wendy. “DrownedinSound's Singles of the Year:
At the 53rd Grammy Awards he won Album of the Year
2009”. Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
for Arcade Fire's The Suburbs. At the 55th Grammy
[26] “Free Jon Hopkins and King Creosote Download”. Awards, he won the Album of the Year for Mumford &
Coldplay. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011. Sons Babel. In 2009 at the 51st Grammy Awards, Dravs
13.16. BRIAN ENO 303
won Best Rock Album for Coldplay's Viva la Vida or • Markus Dravs discography at Discogs
Death and All His Friends.
Dravs won Producer of the Year at the 2011 Brit Awards.
He was also nominated for Producer of the Year, Non- 13.16 Brian Eno
Classical at the 55th annual session of the Grammy
Awards in 2013. Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle
Eno, RDI (/ˈiːnoʊ/; born 15 May 1948 and originally
christened Brian Peter George Eno) is an English mu-
13.15.1 Career sician, composer, record producer, singer, writer, and vi-
sual artist. He is best known for his pioneering work
After hearing Brian Eno's collaboration with David Byrne in ambient and electronic music as well as his influential
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, he decided to get into contributions to rock, worldbeat, chance, and generative
engineering. He started out at Westside/Hookend Manor music styles. A self-described “non-musician,”Eno
and learnt his initial skills from the then owners, Clive has advocated a methodology of “theory over practice”
Langer and Alan Winstanley, before moving to Metropo- throughout his career, and has helped to introduce a va-
lis, where he assisted under Gary Langan, before working riety of unique recording techniques and conceptual ap-
under Brian Eno for the next few years. He went on to get proaches into contemporary music. He has been de-
his first co-production credit on Eno's album Nerve Net scribed as one of popular music's most influential and in-
in 1992 and they subsequently worked together on pro- novative figures.* [1]* [2]* [3]* [4]
ductions, including 12”remixes for Depeche Mode, The
Grid, and 808 State. Born in Suffolk, Eno studied painting and experimental
music at art school in the late 1960s before joining glam
His work on albums include Björk's Homogenic, James's rock group Roxy Music as synthesizer player in 1971. Af-
Wah Wah, and three Arcade Fire albums Neon Bible, The ter recording two albums with the band, he departed in
Suburbs and Reflektor. 1973 to record a number of solo albums, ultimately help-
He worked with Coldplay on their 2008 album Viva la ing to develop ambient music with influential works such
Vida or Death and All His Friends, and their 2011 album as Another Green World (1975), Discreet Music (1975),
Mylo Xyloto. According to Markus: "Chris Martin called and Music for Airports (1978). During this decade,
me and told me he had a conversation with Win Butler, Eno would also begin a parallel career as an innovative
who suggested, He'll kick you into shape, which was po- producer, which included work on albums by Talking
etic for“He will do his utmost in helping you to develop Heads and Devo, the no wave compilation No New York
your artistic horizon”. (1978), and works by avant-garde artists such as John
Cale, Jon Hassell, and Harold Budd, among others. He
In 2011 Dravs received acclaim for producing Mumford also took part in frequent collaborations, among them al-
& Sons' debut album, Sigh No More, and Arcade Fire's bums with guitarist Robert Fripp, German experimental
The Suburbs. Sigh No More won Best British Album, and group Cluster, singer David Bowieʼs late-70s “Berlin
The Suburbs won Best International Album, at the 2011 Trilogy”, and the David Byrne collaboration My Life in
BRIT Awards. The Suburbs also won the Grammy for the Bush of Ghosts (1981).
Album of the Year.
In subsequent decades, Eno continued to record solo al-
In conjunction with Kobalt Music Group, Dravs has bums, collaborate, and produce for other artists, includ-
started up a publishing and production company called ing U2, Coldplay, Laurie Anderson, James, Grace Jones,
Casa-D. According to Markus “The idea behind Casa- Slowdive, and James Blake. Dating back to his time as
D Productions is to form a creative hub, from which I a student, he has also pursued a variety of multimedia
can collaborate with other musicians, top line writers and projects in parallel with his music career, including sound
lyricists to write and/or produce new songs both for other installations and his mid-70s co-development of Oblique
artists and for release ourselves via Casa-D.” Strategies, a deck of cards featuring cryptic aphorisms
Dravs produced the third album from Florence + the Ma- intended to break creative blocks and encourage lateral
chine, entitled How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, re- thinking. He continues to release music, produce, and
leased on the 1st of June 2015. He has also co-written write, and maintains a regular column in Prospect Maga-
two tracks on the album, “Queen of Peace”and “Var- zine. His latest album, The Ship, was released in 2016.
ious Storms & Saints”.

Brian Eno was born in 1948 at Phyllis Memorial Hos-
• Official website pital, Woodbridge, Suffolk, the son of Catholic parents
William Eno, who had followed his father and grandfa-
• Markus Dravs at AllMusic ther into the postal service, and Maria Eno (née Buslot),
a Belgian-born woman whom William had met during his that train, or been in the next carriage, I probably would
World War II service. The unusual surname Eno, long es- have been an art teacher now”.* [11] During his period
tablished in Suffolk, derives from the French Huguenot with Roxy Music, and for his first three solo albums, he
surname Hennot.* [5] Maria had already had a daughter was credited on records only as 'Eno'.
(Brian's half-sister Rita), and together William and Maria
would have two further children, Arlette and Roger.
Eno was educated at St Joseph's College, Ipswich, which
was founded by the St John le Baptiste de la Salle or-
der of Catholic brothers (from whom he took part of his
name when a student there),* [6] at Ipswich Art School
in cybernetic theorist Roy Ascott's Groundcourse and the
Winchester School of Art, graduating in 1969.* [7] At the
Winchester School of Art, Eno attended a lecture by Pete
Townshend of the Who about the use of tape machines
by non-musicians, citing the lecture as the moment he re-
alised he could make music even though he was not a mu-
sician at that point.* [8]
In school, Eno used a tape recorder as a musical in-
strument and experimented with his first, sometimes
improvisational, bands. St. Joseph's College teacher and
painter Tom Phillips encouraged him, recalling “Pi-
ano Tennis”with Eno, in which, after collecting pi-
anos, they stripped and aligned them in a hall, striking
Eno acting in Dutch television (1974)
them with tennis balls. From that collaboration, he be-
came involved in Cornelius Cardew's Scratch Orchestra.
Eno embarked on a solo career almost immediately. Be-
The first released recording in which Eno played is the
tween 1973 and 1977 he created four albums of elec-
Deutsche Grammophon edition of Cardew's The Great
tronically inflected art pop:* [12] Here Come the Warm
Learning (recorded February 1971), as one of the voices
Jets (1973), Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (1974),
in the recital of Paragraph 7 of The Great Learning. An-
Another Green World (1975), and Before and After Sci-
other early recording was the Berlin Horse soundtrack, by
ence (1977). Tiger Mountain contains the galloping
Malcom Le Grice, a nine-minute, 2 × 16 mm-double-
“Third Uncle”, one of Eno's best-known songs, owing
projection, released in 1970 and presented in 1971.* [9]
in part to its later being covered by Bauhaus. Critic Dave
Thompson writes that the song is “a near punk attack
of riffing guitars and clattering percussion, 'Third Uncle'
13.16.2 Career
could, in other hands, be a heavy metal anthem, albeit
one whose lyrical content would tongue-tie the most slav-
1970s
ish air guitarist.”* [13]
Main article: Roxy Music These four albums were remastered and reissued in 2004
by Virgin's Astralwerks label. Due to Eno's decision not
to add any extra tracks of the original material, a hand-
Eno's professional music career began in London, as a
member (1971–1973) of the glam/art rock band Roxy ful of tracks originally issued as singles have not been
reissued (“Seven Deadly Finns”and “The Lion Sleeps
Music, initially not appearing on stage with them at live
shows, but operating the mixing desk, processing the Tonight”were included on the deleted Eno Box II: Vocal
band's sound with a VCS3 synthesiser and tape recorders, and the single mix of “King's Lead Hat”, the title of
and singing backing vocals. He then progressed to ap- which is an anagram of "Talking Heads", has never been
pearing on stage as a performing member of the group, reissued).
usually flamboyantly costumed. He quit the band on com- During this period, Eno also played three dates with Phil
pleting the promotional tour for the band's second al- Manzanera in the band 801, a "supergroup" that per-
bum, For Your Pleasure, because of disagreements with formed more or less mutated selections from albums by
lead singer Bryan Ferry and boredom with the rock star Eno, Manzanera, and Quiet Sun, as well as covers of
life.* [10] songs by the Beatles and the Kinks.
In 1992, he described his Roxy Music tenure as important In 1972, Eno and Robert Fripp (from King Crimson)
to his career: “As a result of going into a subway station used a tape-delay system, described as 'Frippertronics',
and meeting [saxophonist Andy Mackay], I joined Roxy and the pair released the proto-ambient album (No Pussy-
Music, and, as a result of that, I have a career in music. footing) (1973).* [14] The technique involved two Revox
If I'd walked ten yards further on the platform, or missed tape recorders set up side by side, with the tape unspool-
ing from the first deck being carried over to the second contributed songs and vocals to Manzanera's Diamond
deck to be spooled. This enabled sound recorded on the Head album.
first deck to be played back by the second deck at a time In September 1976 Eno recorded with the
delay that varied with the distance between the two decks Krautrock/Kosmische Musik group Harmonia at
and the speed of the tape (typically a few seconds). The their studio in Forst, Germany. This material was not
technique was borrowed from minimalist composer Terry released until 1997 as Tracks and Traces by Harmonia
Riley, whose similar tape-delay feedback system with a '76. It was again reissued in 2009 with additional tracks
pair of Revox tape recorders (a setup Riley used to call and credited to Harmonia & Eno '76.
the“Time Lag Accumulator”) was first used on Riley's al-
bum Music for The Gift (1963).* [15] In 1975, Fripp and From 1976 to 1978 Eno collaborated with David Bowie
Eno released a second album, Evening Star, and played on Bowie's“Berlin Trilogy”(Low, Heroes, and Lodger),
several live shows in Europe. and from 1978 to 1980 with Talking Heads (More Songs
About Buildings and Food, Fear of Music, and Remain in
Eno was a prominent member of the performance art- Light).
classical orchestra the Portsmouth Sinfonia – having
started playing with them in 1972. In 1973 he produced
the orchestra's first album The Portsmouth Sinfonia Plays 1980s
the Popular Classics (released in March 1974) and in 1974
he produced the live album Hallellujah! The Portsmouth In 1980 Eno provided a film score for Herbert Vesely's
Sinfonia Live at the Royal Albert Hall of their infamous Egon Schiele – Exzess und Bestrafung, also known as Egon
May 1974 concert (released in October 1974). In addi- Schiele – Excess and Punishment. The ambient-style score
tion to producing both albums, Eno performed in the or- was an unusual choice for a historical piece, but it worked
chestra on both recordings – playing the clarinet. Eno also effectively with the film's themes of sexual obsession and
deployed the orchestra's famously dissonant string sec- death.
tion on his second solo album Taking Tiger Mountain (By
In 1981, after he returned from Ghana and before mak-
Strategy). The orchestra at this time included other mu-
ing On Land, Robert Quine played him Miles Davis' 1974
sicians whose solo work he would subsequently release
track "He Loved Him Madly", a melancholy tribute to
on his Obscure label including Gavin Bryars and Michael
Duke Ellington influenced by both African music and
Nyman. That year he also composed music for the al-
Karlheinz Stockhausen: as Eno stated in the liner notes
bum Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy, with Kevin Ayers, to
for On Land,“Teo Macero's revolutionary production on
accompany the poet June Campbell Cramer.
that piece seemed to me to have the “spacious”quality
Eno continued his career by producing a larger number I was after, and like Federico Fellini's 1973 film Amar-
of highly eclectic and increasingly ambient electronic and cord, it too became a touchstone to which I returned fre-
acoustic albums. He is widely credited with coining the quently.”* [17]
term“ambient music”,* [16] low-volume music designed
In 1980–1981 Eno collaborated with David Byrne of
to modify one's perception of a surrounding environment.
Talking Heads on My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, which
His first such work, 1975's Discreet Music (again created was built around radio broadcasts Eno collected while liv-
via an elaborate tape-delay methodology, which Eno di- ing in the United States, along with sampling recordings
agrammed on the back cover of the LP), is considered from around the world transposed over music predomi-
the landmark album of the genre. This was followed by nantly inspired by African and Middle Eastern rhythms.
his Ambient series (Music for Airports (Ambient 1), The
In 1983 Eno collaborated with his brother, Roger Eno,
Plateaux of Mirror (Ambient 2), Day of Radiance (Ambi-
and Daniel Lanois on the album Apollo: Atmospheres and
ent 3) and On Land (Ambient 4)). Eno was the primary
Soundtracks. Many of the sounds created on this album
musician on these releases with the exception of Ambient
can be heard again on later albums produced by both
2 which featured Harold Budd on keyboard, and Ambi-
Eno and Lanois. Tracks from the album are also used
ent 3 where the American composer Laraaji was the sole
as part of the musical score for the Al Reinert film, For
musician playing the zither and hammered dulcimer with
All Mankind (1989).
Eno producing.
In 1975 Eno performed as the Wolf in a rock version of
Sergei Prokofiev's classic Peter and the Wolf. Produced 1990s
by Robin Lumley and Jack Lancaster, the album featured
Gary Moore, Manfred Mann, Phil Collins, Stephane In 1992 Eno released an album featuring heavily synco-
Grapelli, Chris Spedding, Cozy Powell, Jon Hiseman, pated rhythms entitled Nerve Net, with contributions from
Bill Bruford and Alvin Lee. Also in 1975, Eno provided several former collaborators including Fripp, Benmont
synthesisers and treatments on Quiet Sun's Mainstream Tench, Robert Quine and John Paul Jones. This album
album alongside Phil Manzanera, Charles Hayward, Dave was a last-minute substitution for My Squelchy Life, which
Jarrett, and Bill MacCormick, and he performed on and featured more pop oriented material, with Eno on vocals.
(Several tracks from My Squelchy Life later appeared on
1993's retrospective box set Eno Box II: Vocals, and the in London.* [18] An unusual interactive marketing strat-
entire album was eventually released in 2014 as part of an egy was employed for its re-release; the album's promo-
expanded re-release of Nerve Net.) Eno also released in tional website features the ability for anyone to officially
1992 The Shutov Assembly, recorded between 1985 and and legally download the multi-tracks of two songs from
1990. This album embraces atonality and abandons most the album,“A Secret Life”and“Help Me Somebody”.
conventional concepts of modes, scales and pitch. Much Listeners can then remix and upload new mixes of these
of the music shifts gradually and without discernible fo- tracks to the website so that others can listen to and rate
cus, and is one of Eno's most varied ambient collec- them.
tions. Conventional instrumentation is eschewed, save for
treated keyboards.
During the 1990s Eno became increasingly interested in
self-generating musical systems, the results of which he
called generative music. The basic premise of genera-
tive music is the blending of several independent musi-
cal tracks, of varying sounds, length, and in some cases,
silence. When each individual track concludes, it starts
again mixing with the other tracks allowing the listener
to hear an almost infinite combination. In one instance
of generative music, Eno calculated that it would take al-
most 10,000 years to hear the entire possibilities of one
individual piece. He has presented this music in his own,
and other artists', art and sound installations, most notably
I Dormienti (The Sleepers), Lightness: Music for the Mar-
ble Palace, Music for Civic Recovery Centre, The Quiet
Room and Music for Prague.
One of Eno's better-known collaborations was with the
members of U2, Luciano Pavarotti and several other
artists in a group called Passengers. They produced the
1995 album Original Soundtracks 1, which reached No.
76 on the US Billboard charts and No. 12 in the UK Al- Eno at the Long Now Foundation, 26 June 2006
bums Chart. It featured a single, "Miss Sarajevo", which
reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart. This collab-
In late 2006 Eno released 77 Million Paintings, a pro-
oration is chronicled in Eno's book A Year with Swollen
gram of generative video and music specifically for the
Appendices, a diary published in 1996.
PC. As its title suggests, there is a possible combination
In 1996 Eno scored the six-part fantasy television series of 77 million paintings where the viewer will see differ-
Neverwhere. ent combinations of video slides prepared by Eno each
time the program is launched. Likewise, the accompany-
ing music is generated by the program so that it's almost
2000s certain the listener will never quite hear the same arrange-
ment twice. The second edition of“77 Million Paintings”
In 2004 Fripp and Eno recorded another ambient music featuring improved morphing and a further two layers of
collaboration album, The Equatorial Stars. sound was released on 14 January 2008. In June 2007,
when commissioned in the Yerba Buena Center for the
Eno returned in June 2005 with Another Day on Earth, Arts in San Francisco, California, Annabeth Robinson
his first major album since Wrong Way Up (with John (AngryBeth Shortbread) recreated 77 Million Paintings
Cale) to prominently feature vocals (a trend he contin- in Second Life.* [19]
ued with Everything That Happens Will Happen Today).
The album differs from his 1970s solo work as musical In 2007 Eno's music was featured in a movie adaption
production has changed since then, evident in its semi- of Irvine Welsh's best-selling collection Ecstasy: Three
electronic production. Tales of Chemical Romance. He also appeared playing
keyboards in Voila, Belinda Carlisle's solo album sung en-
In early 2006 Eno collaborated with David Byrne, again, tirely in French.
for the reissue of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts in cele-
bration of the influential album's 25th anniversary. Eight Also in 2007, Eno contributed a composition titled
previously unreleased tracks, recorded during the initial “Grafton Street”to Dido's third *
album, Safe Trip Home,
sessions in 1980/81, were added to the album, while one released in November 2008. [20]
track, “Qu'ran”, was removed in accordance with a In 2008, he released Everything That Happens Will Hap-
strongly worded complaint from an Islamic organisation pen Today with David Byrne, designed the sound for the
video game Spore* [21] and wrote a chapter to Sound Un- for The Lovely Bones.* [26]
bound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture, edited by Eno also sang backing vocals on Anna Calvi's debut al-
Paul D. Miller (a.k.a. DJ Spooky). bum, on the songs “Desire”and “Suzanne & I”.* [27]
Eno revealed on radio in May 2009 that a skin graft he re- He later released Drums Between the Bells,* [28] a collab-
ceived as treatment for a severe burn on his arm was part oration with poet Rick Holland, on 4 July 2011.
human skin, part carbon fibre. He explained that as hu- In November 2012, Eno released Lux, a 76-minute com-
man skin is based on carbon, the experimental treatment
position in four sections, through Warp.* [29]
was likely going to work out well for him, in spite of the
fact that he feels a lightness in the affected arm.* [22] Eno worked with French–Algerian Raï singer Rachid
Taha on Taha's Tékitoi (2004) and Zoom (2013) albums,
In June 2009 Eno curated the Luminous Festival at contributing percussion, bass, brass and vocals. Eno also
Sydney Opera House, culminating in his first live appear- performed with Taha at the Stop the War Coalition con-
ance in many years. “Pure Scenius”consisted of three cert in London in 2005.* [30]
live improvised performances on the same day, featuring
Eno, Australian improvisation trio The Necks, Karl Hyde In May 2014, Eno and Underworld's Karl Hyde re-
from Underworld, electronic artist Jon Hopkins and gui- leased Someday World, featuring various guest musicians:
tarist Leo Abrahams. from Coldplay's Will Champion and Roxy Music's Andy
Mackay to newer names such as 22-year-old Fred Gibson,
Eno scored the music for Peter Jackson's film adaptation who helped produce the record with Eno.* [31] Within
of The Lovely Bones, released in December 2009.* [23]
weeks of the release, a second full-length album was an-
nounced titled High Life, which was released on 30 June
2010s 2014.* [32]
In January 2016, a new Eno ambient soundscape was pre-
miered as part of Michael Benson's planetary photogra-
phy exhibition“Otherworlds”in the Jerwood Gallery of
London's Natural History Museum. In a statement Eno
commented about the unnamed half-hour piece:
“We canʼt experience space directly; those

few whoʼve been out there have done so inside
precarious cocoons. They float in silence, for
space has no air, nothing to vibrate - and there-
fore no sound. Nonetheless we canʼt resist
imagining space as a sonic experience, trans-
lating our feelings about it into music. In the
past we saw the Universe as a perfect, divine
creation - logical, finite, deterministic - and our
art reflected that. The discoveries of the Space
age have revealed instead a chaotic, unstable
and vibrant reality, constantly changing. This
music tries to reflect that new understanding.”
On February 24, 2016, Eno announced a new ambient

installment album, The Ship, to be released on April 29,
2016 on Warp.* [33]
13.16.3 Record producer and other

projects
Eno at MoogFest 2011 Record production
Eno released another solo album on Warp in late 2010. From the beginning of his solo career in 1973, Eno was
Small Craft on a Milk Sea, made in association with long- in demand as a producer – though his management now
time collaborator Leo Abrahams and Jon Hopkins, was describe him as a “sonic landscaper”rather than a pro-
released on 2 November in the United States and 15 ducer. The first album with Eno credited as producer was
November in the UK.* [24] The album included five com- Lucky Leif and the Longships by Robert Calvert. Eno's
positions* [25] as adaptions of those tracks that Eno wrote lengthy string of producer credits includes albums for
Talking Heads, U2, Devo, Ultravox and James. He also a spoof of one, U2 agreed to the concept. Eno also pro-
produced part of the 1993 album When I Was a Boy by duced Laid (1993), Wah Wah (1994) Millionaires (1999)
Jane Siberry. He won the best producer award at the 1994 and Pleased to Meet You (2001) for James, performing as
and 1996 BRIT Awards. an extra musician on all four. He is credited for“frequent
Eno describes himself as a“non-musician”and used the interference and occasional co-production”on their 1997
term “treatments”to describe his modification of the album Whiplash.
sound of musical instruments, and to separate his role Eno played on the 1986 album Measure for Measure by
from that of the traditional instrumentalist. His skill at Australian band Icehouse. He remixed two tracks for
using “The Studio as a Compositional Tool”* [34] (the Depeche Mode, "I Feel You" and "In Your Room", both
title of an essay by Eno) led in part to his career as a single releases from the album Songs of Faith and De-
producer. His methods were recognised at the time (mid- votion in 1993. In 1995, Eno provided one of several
1970s) as unique, so much so that on Genesis's The Lamb remixes of "Protection" by Massive Attack (originally
Lies Down on Broadway, he is credited with 'Enossifica- from their Protection album) for release as a single.
tion'; on Robert Wyatt's Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard In 2007, he produced the fourth studio album by Coldplay
with a Direct inject anti-jazz raygun and on John Cale's entitled Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, which
Island albums as simply being “Eno”. was released in 2008. Also in 2008, he worked with
Despite being a self-professed “non-musician”, Eno Grace Jones on her album Hurricane, credited for “pro-
has contributed to recordings by artists as varied as duction consultation”and as a member of the band, play-
Nico, Robert Calvert, Genesis, David Bowie, and Zvuki ing keyboards, treatments and background vocals. He
Mu, in various capacities such as use of his stu- worked on the twelfth studio album by U2, again with
dio/synthesiser/electronic treatments, vocals, guitar, bass Lanois, titled No Line on the Horizon. It was recorded in
guitar, and as just being 'Eno'. In 1984, he (along Morocco, south France and Dublin and released in Eu-
with several other authors) composed and performed the rope on 27 February 2009.
“Prophecy Theme”for the David Lynch film Dune; the
In 2011, Eno and Coldplay reunited and Eno contributed
rest of the soundtrack was composed and performed by “enoxification”and additional composition on Coldplay's
the group Toto. Eno produced performance artist Laurie
fifth studio album Mylo Xyloto, released on 24 October of
Anderson's Bright Red album, and also composed for that year.
it. The work is avant-garde spoken word with haunting
and magnifying sounds. Eno played on David Byrne's
musical score for The Catherine Wheel, a project com-
missioned by Twyla Tharp to accompany her Broadway
dance project of the same name.
He worked with Bowie as a writer and musician on
Bowie's influential 1977–79 'Berlin Trilogy' of albums,
Low, “Heroes” and Lodger, on Bowie's later album
Outside, and on the song "I'm Afraid of Americans". In
1980 Eno developed an interest in altered guitar tunings,
which led to Guitarchitecture discussions with Chuck
Hammer, former Lou Reed guitarist. Recorded in France
and Germany, the spacey effects on Low were largely cre-
ated by Eno, who played a portable EMS Synthi A syn- Eno's connections to other progressive rock music artists
thesizer. Producer Tony Visconti used an Eventide Har-
monizer to alter the sound of the drums, claiming that the
audio processor “f–s with the fabric of time.”* [35] The Microsoft Sound
Eno co-produced The Unforgettable Fire (1984), The
Joshua Tree (1987), Achtung Baby (1991), and All That In 1994, Microsoft designers Mark Malamud and Erik
You Can't Leave Behind (2000) for U2 with his fre- Gavriluk approached Eno to compose music for the
quent collaborator Daniel Lanois, and produced 1993's Windows 95 project.* [36] The result was the six-second
Zooropa with Mark“Flood”Ellis. In 1995, U2 and Eno start-up music-sound of the Windows 95 operating sys-
joined forces to create the album Original Soundtracks 1 tem,“The Microsoft Sound”. In an interview with Joel
under the group name Passengers; songs from which in- Selvin in the San Francisco Chronicle he said:
cluded "Your Blue Room" and "Miss Sarajevo". When
the album was released, the US charts were dominated by The idea came up at the time when I was
movie soundtrack albums and singles. Even though films completely bereft of ideas. I'd been working
are listed for each song, all but three are bogus. Once Eno on my own music for a while and was quite
pointed out that it was not a real ploy for radio airplay, but lost, actually. And I really appreciated some-
one coming along and saying,“Here's a specific
problem – solve it.” because if you say to people 'I make videos', they think
The thing from the agency said,“We want of Sting's new rock video or some really boring, grimy
a piece of music that is inspiring, universal, 'Video Art'. It's just a way of saying, 'I make videos that
blah-blah, da-da-da, optimistic, futuristic, sen- don't move very fast.”* [41]
timental, emotional,”this whole list of adjec- These works presented Eno with the opportunity to ex-
tives, and then at the bottom it said “and it pand his ambient aesthetic into a visual form, manipu-
must be 31 /4 seconds long.”* [† 1] lating the medium of video to produce something not
I thought this was so funny and an amazing present in the normal television experience. His video
thought to actually try to make a little piece of works were shown around the world in exhibitions in New
music. It's like making a tiny little jewel. York and Tokyo, as well as released on the compilation
In fact, I made eighty-four pieces. I got 14 Video Paintings in 2005.* [42]
completely into this world of tiny, tiny little
pieces of music. I was so sensitive to microsec- Eno continued his video experimentation through the 80s,
onds at the end of this that it really broke a log- 90s and 2000s, leading to further experimentation with
jam in my own work. Then when I'd finished the television as a malleable light source and onto his gen-
that and I went back to working with pieces that erative works such as 77 Million Paintings in 2006.* [43]
were like three minutes long, it seemed like
oceans of time.* [37]
Generative music
Eno shed further light on the composition of the sound on For more details on this topic, see Generative music.
the BBC Radio 4 show The Museum of Curiosity, admit-
ting that he created it using a Macintosh computer, and
stating “I wrote it on a Mac. I've never used a PC in my Although the term (the phrase)“Generative Music”did
life; I don't like them.”* [38] not exist as a descriptor of the genre, or more accurately
the means of music creation, before Brain Eno coined it
such, in 1995,* [44] various methods had been utilized in
Video work its creation for some time before Brian labeled it. In many
interviews and lectures one example Brian gives is a sim-
Eno had spoken of an early and ongoing interest in play- ple system known as wind chimes. These systems and the
ing with light in a similar way to the ambient manner creation of them had been a focus of Brian's since his at-
in which he manipulated sound, but only started exper- tendance at art school. Brian started to release excerpts
imenting with the medium of video in 1978. Eno de- of results from his 'generative music' systems as early as
scribes the first video camera he received, which would 1975 with the album Discreet Music. Then again in 1978
become his main tool for creating ambient video and light with Music for Airports:
installations:
“One afternoon while I was working in the studio with Music for Airports, at least one of the
Talking Heads, the roadie from Foreigner, working in pieces on there, is structurally very, very
an adjacent studio, came in and asked whether anyone simple. There are sung notes, sung by three
wanted to buy some video equipment. I'd never really women and my self. One of the notes repeats
thought much about video, and found most 'video art' every 23 1/2 seconds. It is in fact a long
completely unmemorable, but the prospect of actually [recorded tape] loop running around a series
owning a video camera was at that time quite exotic.” of tubular aluminum chairs in Conny Plank's
*
[39] studio. The next lowest loop repeats every 25
7/8 seconds or something like that. The third
The Panasonic industrial camera Eno received had sig- one every 29 15/16 seconds or something.
nificant design flaws preventing the camera from sitting What I mean is they all repeat in cycles that
upright without the assistance of a tripod. This led to are called incommensurable -- they are not
his works' being filmed in vertical format, forcing the likely to come back into sync again. So this
viewer to flip his television set on its side to view it in the is the piece moving along in time. Your
proper orientation.* [40] The pieces Eno produced with experience of the piece of course is a moment
this method, such as Mistaken Memories of Mediaeval in time, there. So as the piece progresses,
Manhattan (1980) and Thursday Afternoon (1984) (ac- what you hear are the various clusterings and
companied by the album of the same title), were labelled configurations of these six basic elements. The
as 'Video Paintings.' He explained the genre title in the basic elements in that particular piece never
music magazine NME: change. They stay the same. But the piece
“I was delighted to find this other way of using video does appear to have quite a lot of variety.
because at last here's video which draws from another In fact it's about eight minutes long on that
source, which is painting... I call them 'video paintings' record, but I did have a thirty minute version
which I would bore friends who would listen to to edit the generative music for specifically the player's
it. The thing about pieces like this of course is own cities (colonies) - where musical elements can be
that they are actually of almost infinite length added or removed, along with the option to customize a
if the numbers involved are complex enough. repeating score. Then during game play the layers ran-
They simply don't ever re-configure in the domly play all together while the player's location is at
same way again. This is music for free in a one of their own cities. However, the music for aliens
sense. The considerations that are important, and their colonies (cities) merely use the looping of a sin-
then, become questions of how the system gle track, rather than a generative music system. Once
works and most important of all what you feed a music track is assigned to an alien species that species
into the system. will always have that specific music associated with it for
̶Brian Eno, Generative Music: A talk the duration of gameplay. There are 20 different music
delivered in San Francisco, June 8, 1996* [45] tracks that get randomly assigned - which differs from the
music used for the robot alien species known as“Grox”-
in that they always have the same music track that serves
As well, from the late 1970s to the present Eno has cre- as their theme. While a good deal of the game's sound-
ated art installations - of which many, if not all, have been track is generative often other methods are used, such as
accompanied by his music systems. Typically these are the straight looping (as mentioned for the alien themes).
generative music systems consisting of several layers of Longer tracks are looped for space travel and the“Galac-
musical elements (of his creation), sometimes combined tic view”(main menu). The “Sporepedia”menus also
with location recordings. In the late 1990s Eno explained loops a longer music track, but is programmed to fade up
one of the music systems he had set up for an installa- randomly at different parts of the track.
tion: “The way that this piece of music works is that Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers set up the website genera-
there are 12 CDs and each CD is on random shuffle, and tivemusic.com and created generative music applications
the piece just keeps on shuffling itself.”It's stated that he for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad: Bloom (2008),
conceived of the self-generating music idea via genetic Trope (2009), Scape (2012) – and Sandra O'Neill and
science where two mammals come together to conceive Chilvers created Air (2009), based on concepts developed
of a child whose characteristics are unknown. by Eno in his Ambient 1: Music for Airports album.* [46]
In 1996 Eno collaborated in developing the SSEYO Koan
generative music system (by Pete Cole and Tim Cole of
Obscure Records
Intermorphic) that he used in composing the hybrid mu-
sic in the album Generative Music 1 - only playable on the
Main article: Obscure Records
Koan generative music system. Later more Koan music
was released, including Wander (2001) and Dark Sym-
phony (2007). Eno started the Obscure Records label in Britain in 1975
to release works by lesser-known composers. The first
In 2006 the software program 77 Million Paintings was
group of three releases included his own composition,
developed and released for both Windows and Macin-
Discreet Music, and the now-famous The Sinking of the Ti-
tosh operating systems. The program displays artwork
tanic (1969) and Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet (1971)
by Eno, full screen, while his music plays. Randomised
by Gavin Bryars. The second side of Discreet Music
combinations generated by the software of both the over-
consisted of several versions of Pachelbel's Canon, the
laid image slideshow and music layers effectively ensures
composition which Eno had previously chosen to precede
that the same combination of images, as well as the gen-
Roxy Music's appearances on stage, to which various al-
erative musical soundscape, is never played twice. A sec-
gorithmic transformations have been applied, rendering
ond edition of 77 Million Paintings, featuring improved
it almost unrecognisable. Side one consisted of a tape
image morphing and a further two layers of sound, was
loop system for generating music from relatively sparse
released on 14 January 2008.
input. These tapes had previously been used as back-
Eno has also participated, as composer, with Peter Chil- grounds in some of his collaborations with Fripp, most
vers as consultant, in the creation of the score for the notably on Evening Star. Only ten albums were released
video game Spore (2008)* [21] by Electronic Arts – in on Obscure, including works by John Adams, Michael
which much of the music is presented in a generative Nyman, and John Cage. At this time Eno was also affili-
manner. Most notably, generative music is featured for ating with artists in the Fluxus movement.
each of the game's editors/creators, where a player can
create or edit; cells, creatures, buildings, vehicles, space-
ships and more (for use in game play). As well, while Other work
the player visits a planet generative music plays that gives
the planet a kind of musical ambience - where the kind Eno has also been active in other artistic fields. In March
of music that plays is dependent on the state of the planet 2008 he collaborated with the Italian artist Mimmo Pal-
(its ability to support life). The game also features an area adino on a show of the latter's works with Eno's sound-
scapes at Ara Pacis in Rome. In 2013, Eno sold limited MGMT have written songs about Eno. The band LCD
edition prints of artwork from his 2012 album Lux from Soundsystem has frequently cited Eno as a key influence
his website.* [47]* [48] on their own sound and music.
Eno appeared as Father Brian Eno at the “It's Great Be- In 2011 Belgian academics from the Royal Museum for
ing a Priest!" convention, in "Going to America", the final Central Africa named a species of Afrotropical spider
episode of the television sitcom Father Ted, which origi- Pseudocorinna brianeno in his honour.* [59]
nally aired on 1 May 1998 on Channel 4.* [49]
13.16.4 Influence 13.16.5 Personal life and beliefs
Eno is frequently referred to as one of popular mu- In 1967, at the age of 18, Eno married his first wife Sarah
sic's most influential artists.* [50] Critic Jason Ankeny at Grenville. They had a daughter, Hannah, born in July
AllMusic argues that Eno “forever altered the ways in 1967, before divorcing. Eno married his manager Anthea
which music is approached, composed, performed, and Norman-Taylor in 1988; they have two daughters, Irial
perceived, and everything from punk to techno to new age and Darla.* [60]
bears his unmistakable influence.”* [1] Eno has spread Eno has referred to himself as “kind of an Evangelical
his techniques and theories primarily through his produc- Atheist" but has also professed an interest in
tion; his distinctive style affected a number of projects in religion.* [61]
which he has been involved, including Bowie's “Berlin
Trilogy”(helping to popularise minimalism) and the al- In 1996, Eno and others started the Long Now Founda-
bums he produced for Talking Heads (incorporating, on tion to educate the public about the very long-term fu-
Eno's advice, African music and polyrhythms), Devo, and ture of society.* [62] He is also a columnist for the British
newspaper The Observer.
other groups.* [51] Eno's first collaboration with David
Byrne, 1981's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, pioneered The Nokia 8800 Sirocco Edition mobile phone features
sampling techniques that would prove to be influential in exclusive music composed by Eno.* [63] Between 8 Jan-
hip-hop, and broke ground by incorporating world mu- uary 2007 and 12 February 2007, ten units of Nokia 8800
sic into popular Western music forms.* [52]* [53] Eno and Sirocco Brian Eno Signature Edition mobile phones, in-
Peter Schmidt's Oblique Strategies have been used by dividually numbered and engraved with Eno's signature
many bands, and Eno's production style has proven in- were auctioned off. All proceeds went to two charities
fluential in several general respects: “his recording tech- chosen by Eno: the Keiskamma AIDS treatment program
niques have helped change the way that modern musi- and The World Land Trust.* [64]
cians – particularly electronic musicians – view the stu- In December 2007, the newly elected leader of the Lib-
dio. No longer is it just a passive medium through which eral Democrats, Nick Clegg, appointed Eno – then aged
they communicate their ideas but itself a new instrument 59 – as his youth affairs adviser.* [65]
with seemingly endless possibilities.”* [54]
In 2006, Eno was one of more than 100 artists and writ-
While not the only inventor of ambient music,* [55] Eno
ers who signed an open letter calling for an international
is seen as a major contributor to the genre. The Ambient boycott of Israeli political and cultural institutions* [66]
Music Guide argues that he has brought from “relative
and in January 2009 he spoke out against Israel's mili-
obscurity into the popular consciousness”fundamental tary action on the Gaza Strip by writing an opinion for
ideas about ambient music, including“the idea of modern
CounterPunch and participating in a large-scale protest
music as subtle atmosphere, as chill-out, as impressionis- in London.* [67]* [68] In 2014, Eno again protested pub-
tic, as something that creates space for quiet reflection or
licly against what he called a “one-sided exercise in
relaxation.”* [54] His groundbreaking work in electronic ethnic cleansing”and a “war [with] no moral justifi-
music has been said to have brought widespread attention cation,”in reference to the 2014 military operation of
to and innovations in the role of electronic technology in Israel into Gaza.* [69] He was also a co-signatory, along
recording.* [55] with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Noam Chomsky, Alice
“I've often eulogised Eno's musical abilities,”remarked Walker and others, to a letter published in The Guardian
Rick Wright of Pink Floyd,“but alongside his talent he's that labelled the conflict as an “inhumane and illegal act
also a very nice guy. Sickening, isn't it?"* [56] of military aggression”and called for“a comprehensive
Eno's “unconventional studio predilections”, in com- and legally binding military embargo on Israel, similar to
mon with those of Peter Gabriel, were an influence on that imposed on South Africa during apartheid.”* [70]
the recording of "In the Air Tonight", the single which In 2013, Eno became a patron of Videre Est Credere
launched the solo career of his former drummer Phil (Latin for “to see is to believe”), a UK human rights
Collins.* [57] Collins said he“learned a lot”from working charity.* [71] Videre describes itself as “give[ing] local
with Eno.* [58] Both Half Man Half Biscuit (in the song activists the equipment, training and support needed to
“Eno Collaboration”on the EP of the same name) and safely capture compelling video evidence of human rights
violations. This captured footage is verified, analysed and Ambient installation albums
then distributed to those who can create change.”* [72]
He participates alongside movie producers Uri Frucht- • Extracts from Music for White Cube, London 1997
mann and Terry Gilliam – along with executive director (1997), Opal
of Greenpeace UK John Sauven.
• Lightness: Music for the Marble Palace (1997), Opal
In 2015, Eno wrote an article for The Guardian in support
of the left-wing candidate Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour • I Dormienti (1999), Opal
Party leadership contest.* [73]
• Kite Stories (1999), Opal
On 3 December 2015 Eno appeared in a filmed public
forum in London, England, titled “Basic income: How • Music for Civic Recovery Centre (2000), Opal
do we get there?",* [74] about the benefits and need for a
basic income. It was hosted by Basic Income UK and also • Compact Forest Proposal (2001), Opal
included economist Frances Coppola and anthropologist
David Graeber. • January 07003: Bell Studies for the Clock of the
Long Now (2003), Opal
• Making Space (2010), Opal

13.16.6 Discography
• Lux (2012), Warp
Main article: Brian Eno discography
• The Ship (2016), Warp
Solo studio albums 13.16.7 Bibliography
• Here Come the Warm Jets (1973), Island • Bracewell, Michael Roxy Music: Bryan Ferry, Brian
Eno, Art, Ideas, and Fashion (Boston, MA: Da
• Taking Tiger Mountain (1974), Island Capo, 2005) ISBN 0-306-81400-5
• Eno, Brian, Russell Mills and Rick Poynor More

• Another Green World (1975), Island
Dark Than Shark (London: Faber and Faber, 1986)
• Discreet Music (1975), Obscure ISBN 978-0571138838
• Eno, Brian A Year with Swollen Appendices: Brian

• Before and After Science (1977), Polydor
Eno's Diary (London: Faber and Faber, 1996) ISBN
9780571179954
• Ambient 1: Music for Airports (1978), Polydor
• I Dormienti with Mimmo Paladino (2000). Limited
• Music for Films (1978), Polydor edition of 2000 copies. ISBN 978-8888098005
• Ambient 4: On Land (1982), EG • Sheppard, David On Some Faraway Beach: The Life
and Times of Brian Eno (London: Orion, 2008)
• Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks (1983), E.G. ISBN 978-0-7528-7570-5
• More Music for Films (1983), E.G. • Tamm, Eric Brian Eno: His Music and the Vertical
Color of Sound (Boston, MA: Da Capo, 1989; 1995)
• Thursday Afternoon (1985), E.G. ISBN 9780306806490
• Nerve Net (1992), Opal • Dayal, Geeta 331 ⁄3 : Brian Eno's Another Green
World (London and New York: Continuum, 2007)
• The Shutov Assembly (1992), Warner Bros. ISBN 978-0-8264-2786-1
• Neroli (1993), All Saints • Arena, Leonardo Vittorio, Brian Eno. Filosofia per
non-musicisti (Milan: Mimesis, 2014) ISBN 978-
• The Drop (1997), Thirsty Ear 88-5752-317-0
• Another Day on Earth (2005), Hannibal

13.16.8 Footnotes
• Small Craft on a Milk Sea (2010), Warp
[1] The eventual length of The Microsoft Sound as supplied
• The Ship (2016), Warp and used was roughly 6 seconds, not 31 /4 .
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Sehbueno, Guitarherochristopher, I dream of horses, Skyerise, White Shadows, Typhoon966, TobeBot, Sbrianhicks, EmausBot, Eduard-
ofoxx13, Thecheesykid, Unreal7, SporkBot, Tableclothes, CactusBot, Easy4me, Dresx, Helpful Pixie Bot, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast,
MarcusMujica, Dexbot, HelicopterLlama, MattSucci, LyricsBot, Monkbot, Eqwdasf, Jimi Lewis, Vatnaz, Danielfuinogl, Sundayclose,
Delgada1975, Mrjackmarley, Cannedmusic and Anonymous: 58
• Mince Spies Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mince_Spies?oldid=734272919 Contributors: Madchester, Floydgeo, BD2412, Me-
lesse, Koavf, I need a name, SmackBot, OrphanBot, Derek R Bullamore, Dl2000, Katya0133, Woody, QuasyBoy, CommonsDelinker,
Outrune, Gen. Quon, Argmda, Escape Orbit, ImageRemovalBot, Drmies, Trivialist, Sun Creator, DumZiBoT, Officially Mr X, Addbot,
Tassedethe, Luckas-bot, Yobot, TaBOT-zerem, Ulric1313, Tuesdaily, Das Ansehnlisch, Full-date unlinking bot, White Shadows, Ty-
phoon966, Mhiji, Horseman16, StrokeOfGeenius, BattyBot, Kracoukas, Jonie148, MattJasonBrown, BreakfastJr, Eqwdasf, Senorsaucy69
and Anonymous: 18
• Remixes (Coldplay EP) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remixes_(Coldplay_EP)?oldid=720051766 Contributors: BG19bot, Eqw-
dasf and Anonymous: 1
• Prospekt's March Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospekt'{}s_March?oldid=731195167 Contributors: Bewildebeast, Cbing01,
Zenohockey, Mr. Strong Bad, Madchester, Rjwilmsi, Koavf, FlaBot, I need a name, Ericorbit, SmackBot, Kukini, Ged UK, Ohconfucius,
Syferus, Huds601, J Milburn, Cydebot, Ss112, Grrrreg, Thijs!bot, QuasyBoy, Samar, MB1972, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Technicolorradio, Out-
rune, Little Professor, BS1der, Jorfer, ThinkBlue, Sgeureka, TXiKiBoT, Kww, Matt7895, Holiday56, JD554, DanBLOO, Daniil Maslyuk,
TheOnlyOne12, Efe, Morningstar1814, Binksternet, Obanite, Mehal88, DragonBot, Alexbot, Cinemaniac, Wiki libs, JonathanJosephsen,
JamieS93, Psinger6, Alvareo, Suede67, Gitosz, Andypandy2020, Howard2113, Officially Mr X, Addbot, Untitledmind72, Superfriend12,
HowradMichello, Drpickem, Luckas-bot, Yobot, Hometown Kid, TaBOT-zerem, Legolas2186, Sarrus, Steadytheship, AnomieBOT, Mar-
iAna Mimi, Brethyew, Pmartinez527, Tauiwi09, Liam1qaz, Xqbot, Nowyouseeme, BodysoulspiritII, Broddhar87, Griffey30, GrouchoBot,
Shayanshaukat, Guitarherochristopher, Leofoley, The Bluest, Nokkenbuer, ALEKSHMI13, Dan6hell66, BlackenedIn92, TheJazzDalek,
JoaquinMiralles, Loveableone, Das Ansehnlisch, Peroxwhy2gen, Skyerise, White Shadows, DC, Typhoon966, Ciszek, ErikvanB, Tb-
hotch, EmausBot, Wikiturrican, Rafa42, H3llBot, Closeexact, Unreal7, SporkBot, Triedradio, ChuispastonBot, 1007D, Mhiji, CactusBot,
Kover13, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, Smileguy91, NickKrammes, Chartbot, Nathantheawesomekeefer, Eqwdasf, Jedi3957 and Anony-
mous: 153
• ITunes Festival: London 2011 (Coldplay EP) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes_Festival%3A_London_2011_(Coldplay_
EP)?oldid=702943032 Contributors: LenTheWhiteCat, Niceguyedc, Unreal7 and Eqwdasf
• Live in Madrid (EP) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_in_Madrid_(EP)?oldid=703529917 Contributors: Iridescent, LenThe-
WhiteCat, Eqwdasf and Anonymous: 1
14.1. TEXT 325
• The Singles 1999–2006 Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singles_1999%E2%80%932006?oldid=688796779 Contributors:

Cbing01, Madchester, Scjessey, BD2412, Koavf, MZMcBride, I need a name, RussBot, BGC, Dream out loud, GraceWest8092, Chris 42,
Dl2000, Cydebot, Thijs!bot, QuasyBoy, Escarbot, Marhadiasa, Wiher, TXiKiBoT, Howard2112, Mj92, Anthyyy, Escape Orbit, EoGuy,
Alexbot, Swanrizla, Addbot, IbLeo, Tassedethe, Lowrijones1988, Yobot, TaBOT-zerem, LilHelpa, DSisyphBot, Skyerise, Full-date un-
linking bot, White Shadows, EmausBot, Mhiji, PMorrisUK, What a pro., LRLArch and Anonymous: 11
• Brothers & Sisters (song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brothers_%26_Sisters_(song)?oldid=722227401 Contributors: Robbot,
Acegikmo1, Mooquackwooftweetmeow, Secfan, Ary29, Cbing01, Bobo192, Mel Etitis, Madchester, BD2412, Rjwilmsi, FlaBot, Mark83,
Liontamer, I need a name, Ericorbit, AndrewT, Fixu, Blue Danube, Amberrock, SmackBot, Gimbo, Nixeagle, Torrmoz, Ligulembot, Ten-
PoundHammer, Dl2000, Busybeeburns, Richhoncho, Smile a While, QuasyBoy, Zidane tribal, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Acalamari, Dareheaven,
Outrune, Lumage~enwiki, Howard2112, Gen. Quon, Holiday56, JD554, Efe, Amirreza, PasabaPorAqui, RRCM, Officially Mr X, Addbot,
LaaknorBot, Yobot, Ptbotgourou, Felipe P, OscarFercho, Xqbot, IHelpWhenICan, RibotBOT, Guitarherochristopher, Samwb123, Das
Ansehnlisch, LostSpies, Skyerise, White Shadows, TobeBot, Sbrianhicks, Pomeranius, Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars, Triedradio, Moon
maniac, Bonjovipearl, Lamsec, Dresx, TangoTizerWolfstone, NodBot, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, Jak Fisher, Liua97, Julianwest97 and
Anonymous: 28
• Shiver (Coldplay song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiver_(Coldplay_song)?oldid=730903183 Contributors: Acegikmo1, Lep-
erous, Mooquackwooftweetmeow, Ary29, Cbing01, Rich Farmbrough, Zenohockey, Abe Lincoln, Bsadowski1, Mel Etitis, Madchester,
BD2412, Remurmur, Liontamer, Amchow78, Wasted Time R, I need a name, RussBot, Ericorbit, AndrewT, Chensiyuan, Djr xi, King-
boyk, KnightRider~enwiki, Lew19, Reaper X, Thom, Nixeagle, Ligulembot, Alcuin, Micoolio101, Dl2000, Busybeeburns, Nqr9, Cydebot,
Ss112, After Midnight, GassyGuy, Richhoncho, Thijs!bot, Smile a While, QuasyBoy, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Berniebaby, J.delanoy, Acala-
mari, Outrune, ThinkBlue, STBotD, VolkovBot, Jogersbot, Howard2112, McM.bot, Mr.bombo, Holiday56, E.M., Efe, Escape Orbit,
Noodlesluvr1, ImageRemovalBot, Martarius, Alexbot, Retronai, Muro Bot, La Pianista, Suede67, Mrmusic16, Bisbis, Addbot, Sillyfolk-
boy, Sduggin, Tassedethe, Luckas-bot, Yobot, CompactDisc17, Citation bot, Dromioofephesus, CarlozPeresRicard, IHelpWhenICan, The
Evil IP address, Guitarherochristopher, Afavoritaweb, Citation bot 1, Skyerise, White Shadows, Typhoon966, Erringtonroad, Tbhotch,
Sbrianhicks, EmausBot, Coldphay, SporkBot, Moon maniac, ChuispastonBot, Smtchahal, CactusBot, Peter James, Easy4me, Dresx, Help-
ful Pixie Bot, PhilipTerryGraham, Cyberbot II, Ducknish, Dexbot, Theo's Little Bot, LyricsBot, Nahnah4, Monkbot, Eqwdasf, Jimi Lewis,
Sundayclose, Kelme43, Delgada1975, Totalshare, Cannedmusic, The Colour in Anything and Anonymous: 36
• Yellow (Coldplay song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_(Coldplay_song)?oldid=735986577 Contributors: Darkwind, Tp-
bradbury, Topbanana, Johnleemk, Acegikmo1, HangingCurve, Alison, Gamaliel, Niteowlneils, Mooquackwooftweetmeow, Halo, RevRag-
narok, Cbing01, Discospinster, Scullder, CanisRufus, Mareino, Zellin, ^ ^, Dirac1933, Mel Etitis, Woohookitty, Georgia guy, Madchester,
JeremyA, BD2412, Rjwilmsi, Koavf, Liontamer, Amchow78, Cdmarcus, Bgwhite, I need a name, Cyferx, Phantomsteve, FrenchIsAwe-
some, Ericorbit, Badagnani, 5994995, MarkSG, Tony1, Acetic Acid, Jkelly, Esprit15d, Eric Jack Nash, Kingboyk, Amberrock, Tom
Morris, WesleyDodds, SmackBot, Closetoeuphoria, Antrophica, Quadratic, Kaizenyorii, Reaper X, Thom, COMPFUNK2, Ligulembot,
Icelandic Hurricane, Chris 42, Dl2000, Busybeeburns, Iridescent, Canadaolympic989, Courcelles, Rsnetto74, Jonnas Anthony, SKS2K6,
Cydebot, After Midnight, Richhoncho, Mattisse, Thijs!bot, QuasyBoy, Tom dl, JAnDbot, Californian Treehugger, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Star-
liteprism, Tuwile, Skew-t, Mjrmtg, Berniebaby, Sportsjam3, Queen Of Spades, Mr Ernie, Acalamari, Outrune, ThinkBlue, The Behnam,
VolkovBot, Martinevans123, Lumage~enwiki, Sparkzy, Howard2112, Abdullais4u, Gahagj31, Topdeck, Madeinchina4567, SieBot, YK-
WSG, Holiday56, JD554, Hzh, Oxymoron83, Lightmouse, Gunmetal Angel, Kallerna, Efe, Escape Orbit, Noodlesluvr1, BillboardFan,
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retB, XLinkBot, Mrmusic16, Bisbis, JonnyB1121, SilvonenBot, Stormcloud51090, Addbot, Bharting, LinkFA-Bot, Peti610botH, Tassede-
the, Amirobot, Gangsta4567, Eric-Wester, AnomieBOT, CompactDisc17, Jeni, Flewis, Citation bot, IHelpWhenICan, ManchesterPoet,
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Orenburg1, Typhoon966, TobeBot, Trappist the monk, Ciszek, Tbhotch, Sbrianhicks, EmausBot, John of Reading, Dewritech, Going-
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man16, Skjoldbro, Trystanburke, Easy4me, Dresx, Theelephantsays, Helpful Pixie Bot, Wbm1058, Stltsll, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast,
Thebuck093, USMC Lance, DarafshBot, Cyberbot II, Celeste55, Comatmebro, Dexbot, Mcdonalds, Deue15, Gameon123, Leigh 1985,
Theo's Little Bot, Vanamonde93, LyricsBot, Everymorning, Lemaroto, Chartbot, Hjfcool, MagicatthemovieS, Julianwest97, Monkbot,
Liam-dino, Eqwdasf, Timpassey, Jimi Lewis, Mmrsofgreen, PODSelah, Ian Sayeedi, Sundayclose, TheKirby64, Bhavnasreekumar, Mr-
jackmarley, SummerPhDv2.0, Thematthewperson, GreenC bot, Cannedmusic, Darioacdc7, Theus22242 and Anonymous: 181
• Trouble (Coldplay song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trouble_(Coldplay_song)?oldid=736049504 Contributors: Bewildebeast,
Robbot, Acegikmo1, Btphelps, Ary29, Cbing01, ^ ^, Woohookitty, Madchester, DarkBard, BD2412, MarnetteD, Stoph, Liontamer, Am-
chow78, I need a name, Ericorbit, Chensiyuan, Adolytsi, Esprit15d, Paul Erik, Kingboyk, CIreland, WesleyDodds, Scolaire, SmackBot,
Unint, Reaper X, Thom, Avesga, OOODDD, Torrmoz, Ligulembot, TenPoundHammer, G-Bot~enwiki, Mrom, Dl2000, Busybeeburns,
Pumpkingrrl, Fluence, GassyGuy, Rocket000, Richhoncho, Thijs!bot, QuasyBoy, 17Drew, Steveprutz, Berniebaby, Sportsjam3, Acalamari,
Being blunt, Outrune, ThinkBlue, Lumage~enwiki, Howard2112, Moron46, McM.bot, IL7Soulhunter, AlleborgoBot, SieBot, Holiday56,
Efe, Noodlesluvr1, Vipers8993, Martarius, Binksternet, Niceguyedc, Peanut4, Amirreza, Cinemaniac, JamieS93, DumZiBoT, Mrmu-
sic16, SilvonenBot, Addbot, Tassedethe, Kiril Simeonovski, Luckas-bot, Amirobot, CompactDisc17, Xqbot, IHelpWhenICan, Sehbueno,
Guitarherochristopher, I dream of horses, Skyerise, White Shadows, Typhoon966, TobeBot, Sbrianhicks, EmausBot, Eduardofoxx13,
Thecheesykid, Unreal7, SporkBot, Tableclothes, CactusBot, Easy4me, Dresx, Helpful Pixie Bot, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, MarcusMu-
jica, Dexbot, HelicopterLlama, MattSucci, LyricsBot, Monkbot, Eqwdasf, Jimi Lewis, Vatnaz, Danielfuinogl, Sundayclose, Delgada1975,
Mrjackmarley, Cannedmusic and Anonymous: 58
• Don't Panic (song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_Panic_(song)?oldid=735585949 Contributors: Zoicon5, Averell23,
Robbot, Acegikmo1, Michael Devore, Secfan, Cbing01, Discospinster, Rich Farmbrough, Dungodung, Woohookitty, Madchester,
Karam.Anthony.K, BD2412, Koavf, FlaBot, Liontamer, Amchow78, I need a name, RussBot, Ericorbit, Chensiyuan, Fnorp, PTSE,
Jogers, Red Jay, Kingboyk, SmackBot, Setanta747 (locked), Anzah, Gilliam, Rogerthat, MalafayaBot, Thom, Midkay, Mrom, Innate,
Dl2000, Busybeeburns, Canadaolympic989, DangerousPanda, Burges, Machchunk, ShelfSkewed, Gran2, Whophd, PDTantisocial, Ss112,
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blackattack, ThinkBlue, The infinite, Howard2112, Scarian, Cactus26, Holiday56, Aspects, Efe, Escape Orbit, Noodlesluvr1, Explicit,
Vipers8993, Martarius, Binksternet, PipepBot, Amirreza, Chnt, Cinemaniac, Muro Bot, Suede67, RRCM, Mrmusic16, JonnyB1121, Ad-
dbot, Neatnik66, Gatorshoes, Download, Roux, Tassedethe, TaBOT-zerem, Amirobot, AnomieBOT, Geregen2, Xqbot, IHelpWhenICan,
Guitarherochristopher, Citation bot 1, Das Ansehnlisch, HelpnWP, Jonesey95, Skyerise, EFieg, White Shadows, Typhoon966, Fetchcomm-
sAWB, DASHBot, Sbrianhicks, EmausBot, WikitanvirBot, Eduardofoxx13, Rafa42, H3llBot, Closeexact, CTVDigital1, Unreal7, Spork-
Bot, Stee888, CactusBot, Horseman16, Lamsec, Dresx, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, Cyberbot II, Dexbot, Jan097, LyricsBot, Stamptrader,
Monkbot, Eqwdasf, Jimi Lewis, Sundayclose, Kelme43, TheKirby64, MorbidStories, GreenC bot, Cannedmusic and Anonymous: 73
• In My Place Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_My_Place?oldid=736847468 Contributors: Johnleemk, Acegikmo1, Dmn, Everyk-
ing, Cbing01, Rich Farmbrough, Water Bottle, ^ ^, SidP, Madchester, John Cardinal, BD2412, Liontamer, Amchow78, I need a name,
Ericorbit, Fnorp, Grafen, Hirenny, Jogers, Kingboyk, SmackBot, Reaper X, Thom, Knutaldrin, DéRahier, Sister Morphine, Ligulem-
bot, Mrom, Dl2000, Busybeeburns, Canadaolympic989, Amakuru, ST47, Thijs!bot, Merbabu, QuasyBoy, Escarbot, Propagandhi12345,
Y2kcrazyjoker4, Bongwarrior, Bubba hotep, Dandaman62, J.delanoy, Acalamari, Outrune, ThinkBlue, Jevansen, Lumage~enwiki,
Howard2112, Rambo's Revenge, Holiday56, JD554, TheOnlyOne12, Gunmetal Angel, Efe, Escape Orbit, Martarius, Binksternet,
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Addbot, OttRider, Plinwu, LinkFA-Bot, Tassedethe, Luckas-bot, Hurricanewest, AnomieBOT, CompactDisc17, Jim1138, Sisyph, IHelp-
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Onel5969, RjwilmsiBot, Themusicmonkey, Sbrianhicks, EmausBot, John of Reading, H3llBot, Closeexact, Kumquatzest, Unreal7, Chuis-
pastonBot, 1007D, Easy4me, Dresx, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, BattyBot, Cyberbot II, Dexbot, Mogism, Deue15, LyricsBot, Lemaroto,
Chartbot, Kind Tennis Fan, Os2429, Jimi Lewis, Sundayclose, GreenC bot, Cannedmusic and Anonymous: 62
• The Scientist (song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scientist_(song)?oldid=736257342 Contributors: Johnleemk, Flauto
Dolce, Acegikmo1, Gamaliel, Niteowlneils, Etaonish, Cbing01, Rich Farmbrough, TMC1982, Bobo192, Walter Görlitz, Water Bottle,
NTK, ^ ^, Dhartung, Madchester, JFrosty, Karam.Anthony.K, Rjwilmsi, Koavf, Franzeska, Rejecticon, Tedder, Liontamer, I need a
name, Mahahahaneapneap, Ericorbit, Chensiyuan, Pauly0, Gaius Cornelius, CambridgeBayWeather, Fnorp, Welsh, Musiclover, Tony1,
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burns, Canadaolympic989, RattleandHum, Drinibot, Cydebot, Treybien, Yesfan001, Bazzargh, DumbBOT, Gabspeck, Thijs!bot, Head-
bomb, QuasyBoy, JustAGal, Glamking, CharlotteWebb, GeeBarny, Qwerty Binary, Darrenhusted, Postcard Cathy, Brebster, Samphex,
Y2kcrazyjoker4, ZoetropeBRK, Ling.Nut, Marhadiasa, Airproofing, Berniebaby, Acalamari, It Is Me Here, GQsm, Daniel Berwick,
Catwizzle, ThinkBlue, Cue the Strings, Waxo159, Guywithmako, Martinevans123, Sparkzy, Howard2112, Etothea, McM.bot, GDuwen,
Softlavender, CarbonRod85, AlleborgoBot, Rambo's Revenge, Eric444, Nummer29, Holiday56, JD554, Aspects, Boromir123, Lucas.tej,
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SoxBot, SchreiberBike, Muro Bot, Thehelpfulone, EoinT89, RRCM, Mrmusic16, Addbot, El cangri386, BabelStone, Ccacsmss, Tm5353,
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voritaweb, Das Ansehnlisch, LostSpies, AstaBOTh15, Kenrick95, Peroxwhy2gen, Skyerise, White Shadows, Ciszek, Shudude, Sbrianhicks,
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peted, Mayast, Cyberbot II, ZappaOMati, Tandrum, Dobie80, GTPMF, Dexbot, Einstein2, Mcdonalds, Deue15, BrankoJ, GinaJay, Ev-
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C9 Sky, InternetArchiveBot, Lorddennisjoplin, Mariahlatimer, GreenC bot, Cannedmusic, Clawraich (Dalek) and Anonymous: 176
• Clocks (song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clocks_(song)?oldid=736342224 Contributors: Agtx, Acegikmo1, Dmn, Michael
Devore, Gamaliel, Mooquackwooftweetmeow, Ary29, Halo, Ulmanor, Antitext, Cbing01, Rich Farmbrough, Bender235, Violetriga, Mike
Garcia, Rajah, Water Bottle, ^ ^, SteinbDJ, Madchester, ^demon, Sengkang, Karam.Anthony.K, BD2412, Koavf, FlaBot, Locrian, Str1977,
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Jprg1966, Thumperward, Colonies Chris, Thom, Eliyahu S, Rake~enwiki, Ryan Roos, Rodrigogomespaixao, TenPoundHammer, J 1982,
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RationalBlasphemist, Longjohnsilvers unclelikesjizz, Ejj135, Sundayclose, Mrjackmarley, Gekuta6, LikeDude23, Jess5983, Cannedmu-
sic, HighHopes14 and Anonymous: 219
• God Put a Smile upon Your Face Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Put_a_Smile_upon_Your_Face?oldid=736258588 Con-
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• The Hardest Part (Coldplay song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hardest_Part_(Coldplay_song)?oldid=722417370 Con-
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tian, Lukas²³, Junixers, Mdann52, Cyberbot II, The Illusive Man, ZappaOMati, Myxomatosis57, John from Idegon, Ryanisbetter, Dobie80,
Enterprisey, DragonKing22, Yash!, Einstein2, RAGER4HIRE, Deue15, BDE1982, IndianBio, GranChi, Corn cheese, 069952497a, Bion-
icLotus, Dschslava, NickKrammes, Realcarljohn, LyricsBot, Chartbot, Flat Out, ArmbrustBot, Littlejumpy, AzureDiamond, Leizhao4,
Howardmckinley3, Hjfcool, No1uknowof, MagicatthemovieS, Tobyjamesaus, Monkbot, Helloandall, HodgsonMan, Filedelinkerbot, Eqw-
dasf, LucaElliot2, Peldridge3, Nidfeo, Tom Art 58, Chrimac1, Ratatosca, GoldenGuy23, FilBenLeafBoy, Mmcdonnell21, Gonzales John,
Ah3kal, Rubbish computer, Bishop.linds, Mrjackmarley, WayneBu, C9 Sky, SSTflyer, TheZF, Matthiew013, Tvilaysack88, GreenC bot
and Anonymous: 1030
• Lovers in Japan Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovers_in_Japan?oldid=736747681 Contributors: Tabletop, Koavf, Amchow78,
I need a name, RussBot, Ericorbit, Esprit15d, C.Fred, Lew19, Icelandic Hurricane, Jc90~enwiki, Dl2000, Iridescent, Cydebot, Rich-
honcho, Thijs!bot, QuasyBoy, Escarbot, Andrzejbanas, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Steveprutz, RichV, Acalamari, ThinkBlue, Squids and Chips,
VolkovBot, Kww, Holiday56, JD554, DanBLOO, DepressedPer, Realist2, Efe, Escape Orbit, Explicit, Binksternet, Niceguyedc, JuStar,
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ows, DC, Ciszek, Germino777, Sbrianhicks, MatthewGoodfan101, SuperVirtual, John of Reading, WikitanvirBot, Rafa42, Closeexact,
SporkBot, Copywrong, inc., Status, Sufur222, ClueBot NG, CactusBot, Horseman16, Krot89, Frietjes, Levdr1, Easy4me, Dresx, Things
That Will Bite, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, Dexbot, Deue15, IndianBio, Smarty9108, LyricsBot, Monkbot, Eqwdasf, FilBenLeafBoy,
Tvilaysack88 and Anonymous: 67
• Lost! Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost!?oldid=733891847 Contributors: Michael Devore, Cbing01, Dungodung, Moogle, Mad-
chester, Mandarax, Koavf, Amchow78, Sceptre, I need a name, RussBot, Ericorbit, BGC, Esprit15d, WesleyDodds, SmackBot, C.Fred,
Doc Strange, Cavie78, COMPFUNK2, GraceWest8092, Rm w a vu, Lampman, Dl2000, CmdrObot, Spykumquat, Cydebot, Leo allen,
Thijs!bot, Robsinden, Headbomb, QuasyBoy, Escarbot, Andrzejbanas, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Parsecboy, Xavier J, SnapSnap, Esanchez7587,
Lifebonzza, Sherlock32, Acalamari, Outrune, ThinkBlue, Squids and Chips, VolkovBot, Jameslwoodward, Kww, Moron46, Yuoiuysdh,
Holiday56, JD554, DanBLOO, Daniil Maslyuk, Undermedveten, Efe, Escape Orbit, Explicit, ImageRemovalBot, Magiciandude, Dy-
lan620, Amirreza, Nymf, Alexbot, Cinemaniac, EivindJ, Muro Bot, Indopug, Wolfer68, Howard2113, Addbot, Razr Nation, Freakmighty,
Glane23, Franco-2601~enwiki, Luckas-bot, Yobot, Hometown Kid, Legolas2186, Cjeiler, Valerio79, Gongshow, Mayurshikotra, Arjocco-
lenty, We Are the Spiders, Brethyew, Pmartinez527, LilHelpa, Drinkadrink, IHelpWhenICan, Upperclassman, Drizzleyes, StanMarsh19,
PeHaEn, Guitarherochristopher, JulianDelphiki, Jal11497, Msc44444, Afavoritaweb, LostSpies, HRoestBot, White Shadows, DC, Drive-
MySol, Ciszek, Onel5969, Alph Bot, MatthewGoodfan101, EmausBot, SuperVirtual, Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars, Rafa42, ZéroBot, Lit-
tleLeo, JaesW, Ichthyoid, H3llBot, Closeexact, SporkBot, Stuartandtheave, Copywrong, inc., Flores,Alberto, ClueBot NG, Krot89, Frietjes,
2pac Is Alive, Easy4me, Dresx, Like a g6, DBigXray, Things That Will Bite, Ronayne94, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, Jak Fisher, Cyberbot
II, JYBot, Dexbot, Bulba2036, IndianBio, Danteoliveira, LyricsBot, Chartbot, ArmbrustBot, ColRad85, Eqwdasf, 424ever, FilBenLeaf-
Boy, Tvilaysack88, Clawraich (Dalek) and Anonymous: 120
• Lhuna Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhuna?oldid=710788305 Contributors: Zenohockey, Floydgeo, Koavf, I need a name, Russ-
Bot, Ericorbit, Esprit15d, SmackBot, Hotwiki, Dl2000, Cydebot, Richhoncho, QuasyBoy, Caleson, J.delanoy, Acalamari, ThinkBlue,
Squids and Chips, VolkovBot, Feudonym, Holiday56, DanBLOO, JuStar, Suede67, Howard2113, Officially Mr X, Addbot, LaaknorBot,
Luckas-bot, Tara Eckersberg, Arjoccolenty, MariAna Mimi, Piano non troppo, Ouseraquenao, Xqbot, IHelpWhenICan, GrouchoBot, Gui-
tarherochristopher, Mlenooo, Das Ansehnlisch, Chatfecter, Robvanvee, TobeBot, Jandyaditya, Itsbydesign, Stripparuhlla, Resbusha, Go-
ingBatty, Rafa42, Bloempje, ZéroBot, Closeexact, SporkBot, ClueBot NG, Dresx, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, Danteoliveira, LyricsBot,
TheKirby64 and Anonymous: 36
• Life in Technicolor II Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_in_Technicolor_II?oldid=724485194 Contributors: MarkGeater,
Koavf, Jw21, Design, I need a name, RussBot, Ericorbit, Hydrargyrum, Spin Boy 11, SmackBot, Dl2000, Iridescent, Ugo1970, Cyde-
bot, Leo allen, QuasyBoy, Alientraveller, Caleson, Alextwa, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Magioladitis, Emeraude, RichV, Acalamari, Little Profes-
sor, ThinkBlue, Tigerdg, Reidlos, Kww, Clarince63, Matt7895, Holiday56, JD554, DanBLOO, Billy4kate, TheOnlyOne12, Escape Orbit,
Deathnomad, JamieS93, Alvareo, Suede67, Theriusthechronicler, Mixplusik, Ariconte, TFOWR, Officially Mr X, Addbot, Koshoes, Gong-
show, AnomieBOT, Piano non troppo, Tdalon, Moipaulochon, IHelpWhenICan, Smanu, RibotBOT, Guitarherochristopher, NiceGuy152,
Msc44444, FrescoBot, Loveableone, Afavoritaweb, Das Ansehnlisch, LostSpies, HRoestBot, Skyerise, RedBot, Spliint, Jamesm118, Full-
date unlinking bot, White Shadows, DC, Typhoon966, Potetm, Ciszek, Tbhotch, Sbrianhicks, MatthewGoodfan101, SuperVirtual, Rafa42,
AvicBot, Closeexact, SporkBot, Loginnigol, SeiADP, Easy4me, Dresx, JordoCo, Kover13, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, Deue15, Indian-
Bio, Danteoliveira, DavidLeighEllis, Eqwdasf, Mofosyne, FilBenLeafBoy and Anonymous: 101
• Strawberry Swing Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Swing?oldid=714377564 Contributors: Topbanana, Robbot, Jason
Quinn, Discospinster, Xezbeth, The JPS, Madchester, Koavf, I need a name, RussBot, C.Fred, OOODDD, Dl2000, CmdrObot, Cydebot,
Richhoncho, QuasyBoy, Y2kcrazyjoker4, SnapSnap, Acalamari, ThinkBlue, Mufka, VolkovBot, Roskilly, Holiday56, JD554, Escape Or-
bit, Martarius, Binksternet, Mild Bill Hiccup, Cirt, Cinemaniac, JamieS93, Suede67, Rror, Officially Mr X, Addbot, Dan56, Darwin-rover,
LaaknorBot, Ben Ben, Luckas-bot, Yobot, AnomieBOT, Bruce Campbell, Kingpin13, LilHelpa, IHelpWhenICan, Fingerz, FrescoBot,
PigFlu Oink, Das Ansehnlisch, December21st2012Freak, White Shadows, Trappist the monk, WhatGuy, Ciszek, Afrida1220, John of
Reading, Jw34007, Rafa42, Krypton hydroxide, ZéroBot, LittleLeo, H3llBot, Closeexact, Unreal7, SporkBot, Awolf58, Stanleytux, Clue-
Bot NG, Horseman16, Paulchuk, Dresx, WikiPuppies, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, Burnett159, Smileguy91, Pólux, Dexbot, Deue15,
IndianBio, LyricsBot, Chartbot, Surpent32, Dennisroff, BenediktHolmLange, Monkbot, Eqwdasf, FilBenLeafBoy, Status: stuck in the
vortex, Blacksantahoho, GSS-1987, Tvilaysack88 and Anonymous: 53
• Christmas Lights (song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Lights_(song)?oldid=715716535 Contributors: Leperous,
Floydgeo, Koavf, DVdm, I need a name, SmackBot, Fuhghettaboutit, Derek R Bullamore, Dl2000, Cydebot, Richhoncho, QuasyBoy,
Y2kcrazyjoker4, Acalamari, BS1der, Jeff G., Station1, Sliv812, Feudonym, Holiday56, Silvergoat, Undermedveten, Niceguyedc, Ktr101,
Alexbot, Addbot, Razr Nation, Iohannesh, Luckas-bot, Yobot, Amirobot, AnomieBOT, Rubinbot, Xqbot, Nowyouseeme, IHelpWhenI-
Can, Kenrick95, Abductive, JGabriel ar, DiegordnajelA, White Shadows, Jandyaditya, Tbhotch, Cianu, Sbrianhicks, John of Reading,
Stryn, Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars, Rafa42, ZéroBot, Josve05a, LittleLeo, Mab987, Stee888, Awolf58, HandyAndy1.36, ChuispastonBot,
RiverGirl, Mhiji, Mythical Curse, Greenruffles, Tarecco93, ReecyBoy42, Twodanish, Easy4me, Dresx, Kover13, Musiclover66, Iluvatar-
Bot, Sendu1984, Mayast, Jak Fisher, BattyBot, EagerToddler39, Mogism, Deue15, Max Stardust, LyricsBot, Chartbot and Anonymous:
67
• Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Teardrop_Is_a_Waterfall?oldid=728115227 Contributors:
Cbing01, WikiPediaAid, Bender235, Woohookitty, Floydgeo, Paxsimius, Mandarax, Koavf, I need a name, C.Fred, OOODDD, EVula,
Ohconfucius, TheFarix, Canadaolympic989, Cydebot, Ss112, Richhoncho, Thijs!bot, QuasyBoy, Bull-Doser, Patroklis, Y2kcrazyjoker4,
Juanmaklaot, Acalamari, BS1der, Kai81, Sgeureka, VolkovBot, Jeff G., Z33k, Kww, Feudonym, Sagarsavla, Rlendog, Holiday56, Dan-
BLOO, TheOnlyOne12, Ks0stm, Escape Orbit, Binksternet, Foxj, Plastikspork, Homeostasis07, Niceguyedc, Alexbot, Muhandes, Arjayay,
Lockebox, Greenock125, Mars24, WikHead, Officially Mr X, Ctrlaltdelete200390, Addbot, Razr Nation, Dan56, FokkerTISM, Ronhjones,
Luckas-bot, Yobot, Hometown Kid, Amirobot, Gongshow, Sasumura Toshikaze, AnomieBOT, Pokedigi, Xqbot, Nowyouseeme, Toa Nid-
hiki05, Afavoritaweb, LostSpies, Kenrick95, Jonesey95, RedBot, AmyMirka, White Shadows, Therealdavo2, Jandyaditya, Righteho11,
Amiramaz, J007casper, Gabe19, Tbhotch, DracoRex90, Cianu, Sbrianhicks, EmausBot, WikitanvirBot, Stryn, STATicVapor, Rafa42, Er-
pert, Thebouncer12345, ZéroBot, Unreal7, SporkBot, Stee888, Zonyx, Status, Sofffie7, Jafetsigfinns, Virus101, Ilikeriri, Mythical Curse,
Melrocks50, Ellis.o22, Frietjes, 2pac Is Alive, Easy4me, Lamsec, Dresx, Widr, Gbuvn, Tlpthy, Helpful Pixie Bot, Markbingley, Calidum,
Musiclover66, Skazi Jain, Coldplayequalwin, Happybirthdaycharlie, Cometcaster, Amp71, Ronayne94, Jdsramirez, IluvatarBot, PhilipTer-
ryGraham, Ian Streeter, Däädaa, Mayast, What a pro., Jak Fisher, Theeoin, Smileguy91, Six Sided Pun Vows, GTPMF, EagerToddler39,
AdriMusic, Paulofbath, Deue15, IndianBio, Thexperimentalist, LyricsBot, Chartbot, PorlBond1, LCS check, MagicatthemovieS, Monkbot,
Eqwdasf, 424ever, Cal 505, Jlo Fan 1999, Izkala, Nem18, Delgada1975, Correctingsection0062, TheKirby64, Mintu Martin, Matthiew013,
AAron 8967, DatGuy, Tvilaysack88, Nathanaelsadgrove and Anonymous: 139
• Paradise (Coldplay song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_(Coldplay_song)?oldid=735902733 Contributors: Hyacinth,
Velella, Kitch, Floydgeo, Koavf, Electricnet, XLerate, DVdm, I need a name, Ericorbit, Voidxor, ViperSnake151, C.Fred, Cyberco-
bra, TenPoundHammer, Akendall, Dl2000, Canadaolympic989, Angeldeb82, Kumar Appaiah, Cydebot, Ss112, AnOrdinaryBoy, Quasy-
Boy, Comp615, Qwerty Binary, Eddiehosa, Albany NY, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Steveprutz, Magioladitis, Lifebonzza, Tgeairn, Trusilver, Eli-
nor.Dashwood, Acalamari, Jonay81687, Kai81, VolkovBot, Z33k, Kww, Rlendog, Holiday56, Hzh, Dimre01, ImageRemovalBot, Binkster-
net, Aria1561, Robby.is.on, Muhandes, Arjayay, Greenock125, Kokoro20, Mars24, WikHead, Dvp7, Addbot, Luckas-bot, Yobot, Home-
town Kid, Amirobot, Wikipedian Penguin, Materialscientist, ArthurBot, Nowyouseeme, Toa Nidhiki05, Coltsfan, Jal11497, Alleyt1989,
Ratachu inciclopedia, Csiew88, Afavoritaweb, Kirtap92, SpongePappy, Kenrick95, Jonesey95, RedBot, Robvanvee, Typhoon966, NeoAd-
onis, Tbhotch, Religious Burp, RjwilmsiBot, EmausBot, John of Reading, Axeldarkdreamer, Stryn, Ninjinian, Yids2010, Starcheers-
peaksnewslostwars, GoingBatty, Rafa42, Alexetc, Thebouncer12345, ZéroBot, Shuipzv3, Anthony77600, Sk4170, Remukhan, Unreal7,
SporkBot, Stee888, Mihelpl, Xxvid, Status, ChuispastonBot, ClueBot NG, Gareth Griffith-Jones, Jafetsigfinns, Zacco33, Ilikeriri, Hornsd,
Melrocks50, Ellis.o22, AuraAudio, 2pac Is Alive, Easy4me, Dresx, Widr, Cross Pollination, Tlpthy, Theopolisme, Catalyst09, AlligatorSky,
Thevampireashlee, Portuguese Boy, Titodutta, Calidum, DBigXray, FromtheWordsofBR, Musiclover66, TheCalendarMan, Yoda956,
Arthurcassemiro, Nicolasville, LongLiveMusic, PhilipTerryGraham, Joseph201, Däädaa, Allybbz, Mayast, Jak Fisher, Zujua, Anas1232,
Bigmac7495, Aphrodisia, BattyBot, Tglegoman4, Francesco9062, Chie one, Dobie80, GTPMF, Stuffat, Richtenblast, Toa Nidhiki05
(iPod), ManglaM92, Pie Fan 1, Mr JKX, Makecat-bot, Deue15, IndianBio, Spectrumsaymyname, Corn cheese, BionicLotus, Thissz,
Onlythetruthisappropriate, LyricsBot, Ermar1.5, Devinmichaelschramm, Chartnews, Chartbot, Monarchyanarchy, Ggdlmnt, Kharkiv07,
XylotoNate, Eqwdasf, Andymii, FilBenLeafBoy, Cal 505, Tintsshades, PaulPGwiki, Delgada1975, Mrjackmarley, Rory Brennan, JohnEd-
wardMS, SummerPhDv2.0, Tvilaysack88, Entranced98, Nativelove, Darioacdc7 and Anonymous: 230
• Charlie Brown (Coldplay song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Brown_(Coldplay_song)?oldid=734453160 Contributors:
Bender235, Woohookitty, Tabletop, Koavf, C.Fred, George Ho, Ohconfucius, Swatjester, Akendall, TopopMAC1, Makyen, Dl2000,
Cydebot, Richhoncho, QuasyBoy, JustAGal, Y2kcrazyjoker4, CommonsDelinker, Acalamari, Kww, Feudonym, Rlendog, Holiday56,
Billy4kate, Ks0stm, Binksternet, Magiciandude, Sebleouf, Greenock125, XLinkBot, WikHead, Addbot, Razr Nation, Morning277, Yobot,
Wikipedian Penguin, AnomieBOT, Toa Nidhiki05, Coltsfan, Jal11497, Afavoritaweb, Kirtap92, Kenrick95, Garretgian, Jonesey95, Red-
Bot, Amyngrant, Calvin999, Pierr0ur, J007casper, LeoLavish, SuperVirtual, Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars, Rafa42, Cbelle94, ZéroBot,
SporkBot, Stee888, QEDK, Zonyx, Targaryen, ClueBot NG, Horseman16, Ilikeriri, Ellis.o22, 2pac Is Alive, Easy4me, Dresx, Widr, Oiv8,
MsFionnuala, AlligatorSky, BG19bot, Jj227, Arthurcassemiro, Ronayne94, Vic2908, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, What a pro., Jak Fisher,
XFactorfan2011, Henry McClean, Need some hypnotherapy, Tglegoman4, Futuremama, E.H.T.V., Sserdde, Bingbadaoi, Allan Aguilar,
Thepower443, EagerToddler39, LukeGard, Deue15, IndianBio, Thissz, NickKrammes, LyricsBot, Chartbot, PorlBond1, SJ Defender,
Monkbot, Eqwdasf, FilBenLeafBoy, Ragilnih, Cal 505, Interpuncts, Delgada1975, TheKirby64, Tvilaysack88 and Anonymous: 102
• Princess of China Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_of_China?oldid=730957629 Contributors: Woohookitty, Koavf, Elec-
tricnet, Jw21, DVdm, I need a name, ViperSnake151, C.Fred, Doc Strange, DGtal, Dl2000, Canadaolympic989, Cydebot, Observa-
tion, Richhoncho, QuasyBoy, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Sherlock32, Acalamari, Kai81, Z33k, JuneGloom07, Kww, Feudonym, Rlendog, Holi-
day56, Hzh, ImageRemovalBot, Binksternet, Niceguyedc, Magiciandude, Sun Creator, Another Believer, Greenock125, Mars24, DAP388,
MystBot, Addbot, Tide rolls, Luckas-bot, Yobot, Hometown Kid, Amirobot, Wikipedian Penguin, AnomieBOT, Ipatrol, Lord Rap-
torius, Sk8erock~enwiki, Restu20, Vitorvicentevalente, Sabrebd, FrescoBot, Tomica, Afavoritaweb, Kirtap92, LostSpies, Kenrick95,
Till, Sauloviegas, Calvin999, Cnwilliams, Joquinhabarbosa, Tbhotch, THudson24, DJS209, RjwilmsiBot, Ripchip Bot, Vanished user
alaij23jrkef8hj4fiu34t34, In ictu oculi, EmausBot, SuperVirtual, Axeldarkdreamer, Yids2010, GoingBatty, Solarra, Rafa42, ZéroBot,
Unreal7, SporkBot, Pingu.dbl96, Stee888, Syedwaheedhussain, Filmested, Status, TheGeoKing, Limxzero, Helpsome, ClueBot NG,
Horseman16, Ilikeriri, Ellis.o22, 2pac Is Alive, Danny41294, Easy4me, Biagio2103, Dresx, Widr, Oiv8, Gbuvn, Cross Pollination,
Theopolisme, AlligatorSky, Thevampireashlee, Kover13, Trnhgduoc2222, UxUmbrella, Arthurcassemiro, Andrew318, TingyueWains,
Vic2908, PhilipTerryGraham, Brett north, R&Blover1996, Seyitahmetmrk, Regenwolkje, Mayast, Jak Fisher, Bigmac7495, Henry Mc-
Clean, Robynloud, BattyBot, Thebuck093, Futuremama, E.H.T.V., Cyberbot II, Bingbadaoi, GTPMF, Sardiniaeditor, Querido0328, The-
power443, EagerToddler39, NedWiki10, 45abc123, Cvcmv, M.pokora2012, Swungthaplany, OZODOR, Rafikirby, IndianBio, Spectrum-
saymyname, Dschslava, Danteoliveira, LyricsBot, Frankocean, Chartbot, Gabriellelinyi, Synthwave.94, Monkbot, FrozenxHeart, Eqwdasf,
Goin'DownSouthPark, FilBenLeafBoy, Sander23121989, Moviefan57, Delgada1975, Tvilaysack88 and Anonymous: 172
• Hurts Like Heaven Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurts_Like_Heaven?oldid=732675773 Contributors: Bender235, Cuchullain,
Koavf, George Ho, John, Dl2000, Iridescent, Cydebot, Richhoncho, QuasyBoy, JustAGal, Fetchcomms, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Acalamari, Rlen-
dog, Holiday56, Arjayay, Addbot, Tide rolls, AnomieBOT, Coltsfan, HRoestBot, Calvin999, Tbhotch, Slon02, EmausBot, SuperVirtual,
John of Reading, GoingBatty, RenamedUser01302013, Djlollyb, Rafa42, ZéroBot, Unreal7, SporkBot, Stee888, Status, Ilikeriri, 2pac Is
Alive, Easy4me, Dresx, Calidum, KLBot2, Flax5, Andrew318, Ronayne94, TingyueWains, Vic2908, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, Jak
14.1. TEXT 331
Fisher, Tglegoman4, Myxomatosis57, Edreca12, Jonie148, 45abc123, MagicConan14, Leo Mercury, IndianBio, Fresh nu start, Danteo-
liveira, LyricsBot, Lemaroto, HĐ, IPadPerson, Eqwdasf, Goin'DownSouthPark, FilBenLeafBoy, Delgada1975 and Anonymous: 32
• Up in Flames (song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_in_Flames_(song)?oldid=728132096 Contributors: Koavf, Bgwhite,
Dl2000, Cydebot, Richhoncho, QuasyBoy, Nicholas0, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Acalamari, Rlendog, Holiday56, Jdaloner, MenoBot, Yobot, Colts-
fan, Calvin999, Rafa42, SporkBot, Smtchahal, Horseman16, Ilikeriri, 2pac Is Alive, Dresx, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, IndianBio, Dan-
teoliveira, LyricsBot, Eqwdasf, Goin'DownSouthPark, FilBenLeafBoy, Delgada1975 and Anonymous: 9
• Atlas (Coldplay song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_(Coldplay_song)?oldid=729012403 Contributors: Bender235, Bg-
white, Ericorbit, Canadaolympic989, Cydebot, Richhoncho, QuasyBoy, Martbigz, Acalamari, DadaNeem, Holiday56, Werldwayd,
Greenock125, XLinkBot, LilHelpa, Nowyouseeme, Tomica, Afavoritaweb, Trappist the monk, WhatGuy, STATicVapor, Davykamanzi,
Mab987, Stee888, Status, Ellis.o22, Easy4me, Dresx, Vic2908, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, Lemaroto, Soham, Supreme.ci, Thicknick 5,
Eqwdasf, 424ever, Goin'DownSouthPark, Johnny338, Oxfordwhites and Anonymous: 20
• Magic (Coldplay song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_(Coldplay_song)?oldid=734575014 Contributors: Psychonaut,
Ericorbit, C.Fred, Noboyo, MusicLover, Dl2000, Canadaolympic989, Crocodileman, Ss112, Richhoncho, QuasyBoy, Y2kcrazyjoker4,
Magioladitis, Adavidb, Z33k, Laval, Holiday56, Adabow, Binksternet, Aria1561, Robby.is.on, Arjayay, Carriearchdale, Greenock125,
Yobot, AnomieBOT, Nowyouseeme, Afavoritaweb, Kirtap92, MisterPolitics, Usfun8991, Primefac, Rafa42, Davykamanzi, Unreal7,
Stee888, Xxvid, Status, Sofffie7, ClueBot NG, Horseman16, Ellis.o22, 2pac Is Alive, Easy4me, Joe Sheon, BG19bot, Pablodiego15,
PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, Bruceboehner, Henry McClean, Zack Tartufo, A2-33, BattyBot, EditorE, Mogism, BenjaminButler123,
Leo Mercury, Puisque, Thissz, Vanamonde93, GinaJay, Melonkelon, Vitor Brto, 17A Africa, Hjfcool, Ramres1, Thicknick 5, Pa-
per9oll, MagicatthemovieS, Coldlocked, Nxtgenration, TheDarkKnight180, Tobyjamesaus, IPadPerson, Eqwdasf, BenGriswald, Andymii,
Abeljosh, Mark1998123, Jimi Lewis, Valerio Settembri, Goin'DownSouthPark, Asbelhiper, FilBenLeafBoy, ‫راز یک دنیای وارونه‬, Cal 505,
009988aaabbbccc, Jlo Fan 1999, Interpuncts, JorgeYBryan, Ejj135, Delgada1975, Blacksantahoho, Gfhyftr kijl, Happychappywappy, To-
talshare, JohnEdwardMS, Tvilaysack88 and Anonymous: 82
• Midnight (Coldplay song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_(Coldplay_song)?oldid=730326508 Contributors: Psycho-
naut, Discospinster, SportsMaster, C.Fred, Dl2000, Canadaolympic989, Stephenjh, QuasyBoy, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Noah Benham, Z33k, Hol-
iday56, Werldwayd, Aria1561, Arjayay, The Shadow-Fighter, Yobot, AnomieBOT, Kirtap92, Martin De Sardé, John of Reading, STAT-
icVapor, Primefac, Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars, Rafa42, Davykamanzi, Unreal7, Stee888, Funk101, Status, Smtchahal, Horseman16,
Dresx, Widr, Calidum, BG19bot, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, Myxomatosis57, EditorE, Thunderbolt93, GinaJay, Dinbcn, TheDark-
Knight180, IPadPerson, Maxwell1975, Eqwdasf, Lcdluke, 424ever, Jimi Lewis, H13151315a, Goin'DownSouthPark, Austinamesrichards,
FilBenLeafBoy, Penny block, Pointy78, Lazor9000, Interpuncts, Delgada1975, DomingoMolina2, Totalshare, Matthiew013, Tvilaysack88,
Entranced98 and Anonymous: 53
• A Sky Full of Stars Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Sky_Full_of_Stars?oldid=733445220 Contributors: Ericorbit, C.Fred,
Crboyer, MusicLover, Dl2000, Canadaolympic989, Ss112, Rob247, QuasyBoy, Nick Number, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Magioladitis,
0704monochrome, Keith D, CommonsDelinker, Josfritz, Holiday56, Adabow, Hzh, Aspects, Werldwayd, YSSYguy, Binksternet, Aria1561,
SchreiberBike, Greenock125, Yobot, Dindo94, AnomieBOT, Cloverboy19, LilHelpa, Nowyouseeme, Carlossfsu, Afavoritaweb, Kirtap92,
Jonesey95, Robvanvee, J007casper, Usfun8991, MuokkaaMusiikki, Acbistro, Primefac, GoingBatty, Djlollyb, Rafa42, Erpert, Davyka-
manzi, Unreal7, Stee888, Mcmatter, Mihelpl, Xxvid, Status, ClueBot NG, Horseman16, Ellis.o22, Easy4me, Dresx, Calidum, BG19bot,
Rijinatwiki, Pablodiego15, MusikAnimal, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, Astros4477, Babuc, BattyBot, A P Monblat, Favre1fan93, Myxo-
matosis57, EditorE, Mcdonalds, Leo Mercury, Puisque, Eric abiog, IndianBio, Thunderbolt93, Smarty9108, BreakfastJr, GinaJay, Arm-
brustBot, Gugaop, SNUGGUMS, Hjfcool, MagicatthemovieS, Nxtgenration, Stamptrader, TheDarkKnight180, Tobyjamesaus, IPadPer-
son, Moonchïld9, Captain Cornwall, Iampatrick2000, Jake“JJR”Rivera, Massachusettsan, Eqwdasf, 424ever, Coolmarc, Mark1998123,
Jimi Lewis, Caseymary, Goin'DownSouthPark, El Loco 96, GoldenGuy23, Cdholland1234567, FilBenLeafBoy, Lovaticnh12, RasmusLi-
nusHansen, Thewatertribe, Streetmannen, ‫راز یک دنیای وارونه‬, Cal 505, ShaunEdJo, Lazor9000, 009988aaabbbccc, Kiesza Stan, Drew-
man801, TheColdplayGhostStories, Cornerstonepicker, Delgada1975, Fhrndns, Leodanielmendizabal, Galaxy5141, Infrasyd, Generaliza-
tionsAreBad, Mrjackmarley, XPanettaa, Kalenb, Doubletoasted01, Iheartthestrals, ThedancingMOONpolice, Angiedalanon1997, AAron
8967, Tvilaysack88, Nathanaelsadgrove and Anonymous: 121
• True Love (Coldplay song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Love_(Coldplay_song)?oldid=736592645 Contributors:
Woohookitty, C.Fred, QuasyBoy, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Holiday56, Fuddle, Sfan00 IMG, Niceguyedc, AgnosticPreachersKid, Etienne.li, The
Shadow-Fighter, Tamariki, John of Reading, Primefac, Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars, GoingBatty, Rafa42, Status, Horseman16, Dresx,
BG19bot, Thewormsplayer, PhilipTerryGraham, FanofPopMusic, Bruceboehner, EditorE, Thunderbolt93, BreakfastJr, Jake“JJR”Rivera,
Eqwdasf, FilBenLeafBoy, Cal 505, Penny block, Onlylove18, Pointy78, Lazor9000, Nem18, Ku klux 199, Delgada1975, Tvilaysack88 and
Anonymous: 24
• Ink (song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ink_(song)?oldid=735901232 Contributors: Bearcat, QuasyBoy, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Kyli-
eTastic, Holiday56, Niceguyedc, Yobot, Primefac, GoingBatty, Horseman16, BG19bot, Thewormsplayer, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast,
Eqwdasf, FilBenLeafBoy, Cal 505, Penny block, Samspore, Delgada1975, JohnEdwardMS and Anonymous: 17
• Miracles (Coldplay song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracles_(Coldplay_song)?oldid=732676927 Contributors: Marteau, Iri-
descent, Heelsrule1988, QuasyBoy, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Z33k, Holiday56, Yobot, Trappist the monk, Horseman16, Mayast, IndianBio, An-
droptrnt, TheWombatGuru, Mr. LuxeTH, Eqwdasf, Delgada1975, Blacksantahoho, TheKirby64, DomingoMolina2, Totalshare, Coldocer
and Anonymous: 19
• Adventure of a Lifetime Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_of_a_Lifetime?oldid=735667867 Contributors: Bgwhite,
Egsan Bacon, Stefan2, SQGibbon, Ss112, QuasyBoy, Y2kcrazyjoker4, ImageRemovalBot, Binksternet, Aria1561, Robby.is.on, Arjayay,
Another Believer, Laser brain, AnomieBOT, Nowyouseeme, Carlossfsu, Kirtap92, Kenrick95, Robvanvee, TheLongTone, J007casper, Go-
ingBatty, Unreal7, Stee888, Xxvid, Status, Horseman16, Sharpie Made, Ridwan97, Easy4me, Bonjovipearl, Widr, Markbingley, BG19bot,
Vic2908, Contactman7, Mayast, Myxomatosis57, Einstein2, Leo Mercury, IndianBio, Stillnix, TheFrog001, Zotezangu, Progrockdude,
Castigonia, MagicatthemovieS, ColRad85, Mr. LuxeTH, Michal Částek, Eqwdasf, Mark1998123, BobbyClare, FilBenLeafBoy, Ragilnih,
MaranoFan, Jlo Fan 1999, Danielfuinogl, TrevorABrown, JorgeYBryan, Sander23121989, Cornerstonepicker, Daerl, U2fan01, Azealia911,
Lk95, LordNkosi, Tom Aubert, HughMorris15, Dzony336, Abi-Maria, SSTflyer, Twentytoo, Deeeogo, SBMMS, TheZF, MovieNerd1997,
LikeDude23, Reid720, Tvilaysack88, Oceabooom, Fabrizio19999, Arikauf2, CHUI372, A567e, Darioacdc7, Glyderons31, Theus22242
and Anonymous: 109
• Hymn for the Weekend Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymn_for_the_Weekend?oldid=736869461 Contributors: Drdrew, Elec-
tricnet, Bgwhite, RussBot, Ss112, Wikid77, QuasyBoy, Y2kcrazyjoker4, CommonsDelinker, Feudonym, Aspects, ImageRemovalBot,
Robby.is.on, Niceguyedc, Arjayay, Another Believer, Laser brain, Nizil Shah, Yobot, Arjoccolenty, AnomieBOT, Materialscientist, Kir-
tap92, Garretgian, Nirinsanity, Robvanvee, J007casper, Diannaa, Renedorion, Unreal7, SporkBot, Stee888, Xxvid, Status, Horseman16,
Frietjes, Bonjovipearl, Dresx, Richard3120, Alaan681, Hooky-i-vanisher, Seasz, Eleutherodactylus, Myxomatosis57, Einstein2, Mcdon-
alds, Leo Mercury, IndianBio, Drummr1, SuperPower, Gaknowitall, Ayub407, 5truenos, Theospence1, Swiftdragon5, OsKaRivasK, Mag-
icatthemovieS, Greyscaleminions, Patient Zero, Mr. LuxeTH, Michal Částek, Music01, Eqwdasf, Bryan McLaude, Someguywhat, FilBen-
LeafBoy, MaranoFan, Jlo Fan 1999, Danielfuinogl, Sander23121989, Cornerstonepicker, LRLArch, WilliamWill2343, Lk95, Mriganka
D B, SummerPhDv2.0, Dzony336, SSTflyer, Bryantriplex, SlimShady1017, Deeeogo, ProgrammingGeek, MovieNerd1997, Quincywilks,
InternetArchiveBot, Fabrizio19999, Sdrqaz, Lysvincent, Virajshankar, Darioacdc7, Glyderons31, GalaGala66, Miss-da-meaner, Chain-
sawMassacre666, Theus22242, ChrisMartinYoung, Admwi, Mellowkind16 and Anonymous: 128
• Up with the Birds Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_with_the_Birds?oldid=709988986 Contributors: C.Fred, Dl2000, Cydebot,
Richhoncho, QuasyBoy, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Acalamari, Rlendog, Holiday56, Binksternet, Aaron north, Addbot, Yobot, Coltsfan, Calvin999,
Tbhotch, SuperVirtual, Rafa42, ZéroBot, SporkBot, Status, Ilikeriri, 2pac Is Alive, Dresx, BG19bot, Andrew318, Ronayne94, PhilipTer-
ryGraham, Mayast, Henry McClean, Adiban, IndianBio, Danteoliveira, Chartbot, Eqwdasf, Goin'DownSouthPark, FilBenLeafBoy, Del-
gada1975, Tvilaysack88 and Anonymous: 17
• Everglow Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everglow?oldid=733263281 Contributors: Ss112, QuasyBoy, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Binkster-
net, Another Believer, AnomieBOT, Kirtap92, Unreal7, Leo Mercury, IndianBio, MagicatthemovieS, Mr. LuxeTH, Michal Částek, Eqw-
dasf, MaranoFan, TrevorABrown, Sander23121989, U2fan01, Lk95, SSTflyer, EncycloNetwork, Darioacdc7 and Anonymous: 17
• Birds (Coldplay song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_(Coldplay_song)?oldid=734552998 Contributors: Y2kcrazyjoker4,
Binksternet, Aria1561, Another Believer, AnomieBOT, Robvanvee, TheLongTone, Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars, Unreal7, Ninney, Con-
tactman7, Einstein2, IndianBio, TheFrog001, Eqwdasf, FilBenLeafBoy, MaranoFan, Peter SamFan, Rinechift123 and Anonymous: 15
• Gravity (Embrace song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_(Embrace_song)?oldid=717040372 Contributors: Everyking,
Mooquackwooftweetmeow, Jiy, Cbing01, Spaceghost~enwiki, Madchester, Karam.Anthony.K, Who, Flowerparty, Jay-W, I need a name,
C777, Jogers, SmackBot, McGeddon, Ligulembot, Thedance123, Eternal Equinox, Dl2000, ShelfSkewed, Cydebot, Richhoncho, Quasy-
Boy, 49, Nimmo27, Feudonym, Holiday56, Angelisauce, Nimbusania, Genevieve-Tamerlaine, Wolfer68, Officially Mr X, Addbot, Darwin-
rover, Yobot, TomB123, Coldphay, Jimid111, Uglybugly, LyricsBot, Trinityfaire4 and Anonymous: 14
• White Shadows Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Shadows?oldid=734302639 Contributors: Bobblewik, Cbing01, Typobox,
Madchester, SeventyThree, BD2412, Extraordinary Machine, I need a name, Geektacular, Maoririder, BGC, Esprit15d, Nihonjoe, Thom,
Chlewbot, Felix Felicis, GraceWest8092, Dl2000, Fluence, Nick Ottery, Richhoncho, Malleus Fatuorum, QuasyBoy, Y2kcrazyjoker4,
Pedro, Sportsjam3, Acalamari, Outrune, ThinkBlue, Bonadea, Gen. Quon, Michaelsbll, Holiday56, JD554, Escape Orbit, ImageRemoval-
Bot, Martarius, Lord Cornwallis, Officially Mr X, Addbot, Lightbot, Dapper-Dan-Man, Amirobot, KamikazeBot, IHelpWhenICan, Fres-
coBot, HJ Mitchell, Das Ansehnlisch, Skyerise, White Shadows, Guerillero, NerdyScienceDude, Sbrianhicks, ZéroBot, H3llBot, Unreal7,
Awolf58, Sven Manguard, Easy4me, Dresx, Oiv8, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, 45abc123, LyricsBot, Monkbot, Goin'DownSouthPark,
FilBenLeafBoy and Anonymous: 35
• Cemeteries of London Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cemeteries_of_London?oldid=704691485 Contributors: Floydgeo, Koavf, I
need a name, SmackBot, GoodDay, Dl2000, Cydebot, Richhoncho, QuasyBoy, Nick Number, Xeno, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Jcroach, MattW93,
Holiday56, JD554, MrKIA11, Andrei Iosifovich, Nymf, WikHead, Noahwalkthisway, Officially Mr X, Addbot, IHelpWhenICan, Colts-
fan, White Shadows, Dinamik-bot, Tbhotch, RjwilmsiBot, John of Reading, Coldphay, Rafa42, LittleLeo, Closeexact, SporkBot, Dsmith-
smithy, Copywrong, inc., PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, AndrewDavid20, IndianBio, LyricsBot, Eqwdasf, FilBenLeafBoy, Interpuncts and
Anonymous: 11
• 42 (song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42_(song)?oldid=727581747 Contributors: Koavf, I need a name, Grafen, Chris the speller,
Ohconfucius, B7T, Cydebot, QuasyBoy, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Martinevans123, Holiday56, JD554, Robby.is.on, Nymf, Addbot, AnomieBOT,
Ulric1313, Obersachsebot, Xqbot, IHelpWhenICan, Coltsfan, White Shadows, Lucas RdS, PleaseStand, NerdyScienceDude, Coldphay,
GoingBatty, Rafa42, John Cline, Closeexact, SporkBot, Copywrong, inc., PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, AndrewDavid20, LyricsBot, Eqw-
dasf, WildBilly321, FilBenLeafBoy, Matthiew11, Anirudhiyer19992 and Anonymous: 20
• Death and All His Friends Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_All_His_Friends?oldid=730420498 Contributors: Dis-
cospinster, BD2412, Koavf, I need a name, Dl2000, Cydebot, PKT, QuasyBoy, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Magioladitis, Highfields, VolkovBot,
Wiae, Holiday56, Dravecky, Binksternet, EoGuy, MrKIA11, WikHead, Officially Mr X, Addbot, Favonian, Yobot, AnomieBOT, IHelp-
WhenICan, Coltsfan, White Shadows, Trappist the monk, Lucas RdS, Tbhotch, Coldphay, Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars, Rafa42, Krytton,
LittleLeo, Closeexact, SporkBot, Ritmo*, 149AFK, Zephzer, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, Zotezangu, Eqwdasf, FilBenLeafBoy, Danger-
ousJXD, Matthiew013 and Anonymous: 17
• Glass of Water Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_of_Water?oldid=714194612 Contributors: Anthony Appleyard, RxS, Koavf,
I need a name, SmackBot, TenPoundHammer, Dl2000, Iridescent, CmdrObot, Cydebot, Lugnuts, Richhoncho, PKT, QuasyBoy, JustAGal,
Y2kcrazyjoker4, Magioladitis, ThinkBlue, Joshua H-Star-R, Holiday56, JD554, Escape Orbit, ImageRemovalBot, Sallicio, Suede67, In-
dopug, Officially Mr X, Addbot, Yobot, LilHelpa, YumeChaser, IHelpWhenICan, LucienBOT, Das Ansehnlisch, Skyerise, White Shadows,
Robvanvee, Tbhotch, Coldphay, Eduardofoxx13, Rafa42, Werieth, ZéroBot, Closeexact, MelbourneStar, KLBot2, PhilipTerryGraham,
Mayast, Makecat-bot, LyricsBot, Nowthis, 1Secretlove1 and Anonymous: 13
• Prospekt's March/Poppyfields Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospekt'{}s_March/Poppyfields?oldid=699088051 Contributors:
Koavf, I need a name, Dl2000, Cydebot, QuasyBoy, Y2kcrazyjoker4, SieBot, Holiday56, Addbot, Yobot, IHelpWhenICan, Skyerise, White
Shadows, NerdyScienceDude, Rafa42, Thecheesykid, Closeexact, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, Eqwdasf and Anonymous: 4
• Major Minus Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Minus?oldid=699080800 Contributors: Rjwilmsi, Dl2000, Cydebot, Quasy-
Boy, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Acalamari, Meters, Rlendog, Holiday56, Binksternet, Plastikspork, Yobot, Tbhotch, Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars,
Rafa42, SporkBot, Zonyx, Sufur222, Ilikeriri, 2pac Is Alive, Dresx, Ronayne94, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, Drinkdrinker, Zach464,
LyricsBot, Chartbot, LCS check, AspenForest, Zatchamp, Filedelinkerbot, Eqwdasf, FilBenLeafBoy, Delgada1975, Ghaithammari9235
and Anonymous: 9
• Moving to Mars (song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_to_Mars_(song)?oldid=706925855 Contributors: Anthony Apple-
yard, Rjwilmsi, Koavf, Derek R Bullamore, Dl2000, Cydebot, Heelsrule1988, QuasyBoy, Y2kcrazyjoker4, CommonsDelinker, Feudonym,
Holiday56, Plastikspork, EoGuy, Arjayay, AnomieBOT, Rafa42, SporkBot, Stee888, Sufur222, Dresx, Ramesh Ramaiah, Ronayne94,
PhilipTerryGraham, PMorrisUK, Mayast, Ices2Csharp, Henry McClean, BattyBot, Smileguy91, Cyberbot II, LyricsBot, Jodosma, Chart-
bot, Dm121, Eqwdasf, FilBenLeafBoy and Anonymous: 5
14.1. TEXT 333
• Always in My Head Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_in_My_Head?oldid=734552525 Contributors: C.Fred, QuasyBoy,

AnomieBOT, Primefac, Unreal7, Horseman16, PhilipTerryGraham, FranklyMyDear..., Massachusettsan, Eqwdasf, FilBenLeafBoy,
Nem18, Carpe carpam, Tvilaysack88 and Anonymous: 3
• Another's Arms Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another'{}s_Arms?oldid=712664660 Contributors: C.Fred, QuasyBoy, Binkster-
net, Another Believer, Usfun8991, Primefac, Stee888, PhilipTerryGraham, Mayast, Cyberbot II, EditorE, TheFrog001, BreakfastJr, Mas-
sachusettsan, Eqwdasf, TerryAlex, FilBenLeafBoy, Cal 505, Stopdrop12, Weegeerunner, Delgada1975, Errorcito, Totalshare, Lyfeisgood,
Tvilaysack88 and Anonymous: 7
• Oceans (Coldplay song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceans_(Coldplay_song)?oldid=732611586 Contributors: BD2412, Tom
Morris, C.Fred, QuasyBoy, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Binksternet, Aria1561, SchreiberBike, Another Believer, The Shadow-Fighter, Yobot, Prime-
fac, Rafa42, Davykamanzi, Dresx, PhilipTerryGraham, Melonkelon, Creationul, IPadPerson, Massachusettsan, Eqwdasf, FilBenLeafBoy,
Cal 505, Blacksantahoho, DomingoMolina2, Lyfeisgood, Tvilaysack88 and Anonymous: 9
• O (Coldplay song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_(Coldplay_song)?oldid=718324469 Contributors: BD2412, C.Fred, Richhon-
cho, QuasyBoy, Y2kcrazyjoker4, Niceguyedc, Yobot, Gilo1969, Usfun8991, Primefac, Davey2010, BG19bot, PhilipTerryGraham, Indi-
anBio, ColRad85, Massachusettsan, Eqwdasf, FilBenLeafBoy, Kickstart01, Delgada1975, Dabomb406, Tvilaysack88 and Anonymous:
9
• Fun (Coldplay song) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun_(Coldplay_song)?oldid=735939386 Contributors: Derek R Bullamore,
Another Believer, AnomieBOT, Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars, Unreal7, Wbm1058, Einstein2, IndianBio, Eqwdasf, FilBenLeafBoy, Mara-
noFan and Anonymous: 7
• Parachutes Tour Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachutes_Tour?oldid=736395111 Contributors: Topbanana, Canterbury Tail,
Madchester, BD2412, Angusmclellan, Vegaswikian, SmackBot, Colonies Chris, Dl2000, ShelfSkewed, JustAGal, Y2kcrazyjoker4,
Yeading fc, Braisim, Black Kite, JD554, Aspects, Suede67, Addbot, Tassedethe, Luckas-bot, AnomieBOT, Guitarherochristopher,
DrilBot, White Shadows, DC, Typhoon966, Amkilpatrick, GoingBatty, ZéroBot, SporkBot, Status, BattyBot, ChrisGualtieri, Fazzo29,
Goin'DownSouthPark, TheKirby64 and Anonymous: 23
• A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Rush_of_Blood_to_the_Head_Tour?oldid=731948398 Con-
tributors: Bewildebeast, Henry Flower, Canterbury Tail, Rich Farmbrough, Circeus, Madchester, BD2412, Rjwilmsi, Wasted Time R, I need
a name, Chensiyuan, Darker Dreams, BOT-Superzerocool, Blue Danube, CLW, Kicking222, SmackBot, Colonies Chris, Nixeagle, Easy-
toplease, Dl2000, ShelfSkewed, Cydebot, Barticus88, QuasyBoy, JustAGal, OrenBochman, Qwerty Binary, DuncanHill, Y2kcrazyjoker4,
Magioladitis, Deanb, Frip1000, Ekki01, Crisneda2000, R'n'B, Tenacious D Fan, Pwnage8, Howard2112, IllaZilla, Nummer29, MDuchek,
Simon DK, Rustavizauri~enwiki, Aspects, Martarius, Morningstar1814, Icarusgeek, Niceguyedc, JamieS93, Officially Mr X, Addbot,
Tassedethe, Vegaswikian1, Luckas-bot, Ulric1313, 爆笑連合, Guitarherochristopher, Nanax, Skyerise, ScottMHoward, White Shadows,
Typhoon966, Amkilpatrick, RjwilmsiBot, Pitlane02, DASHBot, Steve03Mills, EmausBot, H3llBot, Closeexact, Triedradio, PhilipTerry-
Graham, Jensz12, Cyberbot II, Jedi3957 and Anonymous: 23
• Twisted Logic Tour Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twisted_Logic_Tour?oldid=728445270 Contributors: Bewildebeast, Pigson-
thewing, David Gerard, Rich Farmbrough, Gary, Water Bottle, Charlie123, Madchester, Jeff3000, Tabletop, Xiong Chiamiov, Marudub-
shinki, BD2412, Bruce1ee, Vegaswikian, Michal Stankoviansky, FlaBot, Igordebraga, Wasted Time R, I need a name, Chensiyuan,
Misza13, SmackBot, Evanreyes, Gorman, Colonies Chris, Kanabekobaton, Nixeagle, Felix Felicis, Dream out loud, Littlewhiteshad-
ows, GraceWest8092, ManiF, Micoolio101, Amsterdam528, Alexdude1991, Eternal Equinox, Dl2000, Busybeeburns, BaHaReep, Benau,
ShelfSkewed, BT14, AndrewHowse, Leroy Junkins, Cydebot, TedTheRed, Camelcast, PaulQuagliata, Vegetable man, Y2kcrazyjoker4,
Tatoleon, Magioladitis, Crisneda2000, AAA!, Anschub, Swaddon1903, ThinkBlue, Steel1943, Bobman700, Tenacious D Fan, Arnold-
Pettybone, MissionInn.Jim, Howard2112, IllaZilla, Dcajoe`, TJRC, Rustavizauri~enwiki, Aspects, ImageRemovalBot, Beegeesfan, Matt-
girling, AnteaterZot, Mild Bill Hiccup, Howard2113, Officially Mr X, Dvp7, Addbot, LaaknorBot, Tassedethe, 1exec1, Ulric1313, Lil-
Helpa, TomB123, Drizzleyes, Guitarherochristopher, Locobot, Erik9bot, DrilBot, Skyerise, Full-date unlinking bot, White Shadows, Ty-
phoon966, 獺海, Amkilpatrick, John of Reading, Unreal7, Status, Test piggy, ZDH Gelato, BobDylanFan1994, PhilipTerryGraham, Tute-
lary, Smileguy91, Mogism, MostlyWithMusic, Jedi3957, Coldpledia, Tablespoonfuls, Matthiew013, DoctorTriforce10, HighHopes14 and
Anonymous: 80
• Viva la Vida Tour Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viva_la_Vida_Tour?oldid=731149238 Contributors: Rookkey, Typobox, Dr-
breznjev, Woohookitty, Madchester, NeoChaosX, Tabletop, Bebenko, BD2412, Koavf, Vegaswikian, Igordebraga, Wasted Time R, I need
a name, RussBot, Gaius Cornelius, Steveweiser, Alextrevelian 006, SmackBot, ShadowRanger, KelleyCook, Chris the speller, Colonies
Chris, JGXenite, Kanabekobaton, OOODDD, Neorge, Maxinsanity, Mr Stephen, Dl2000, LadyofShalott, Huds601, J Milburn, ChadBC,
MarsRover, Cydebot, Heelsrule1988, Stuart1000, Vegetable man, Alkclark, Albany NY, Y2kcrazyjoker4, SteelersFan UK06, Deanb,
Carrige, Keith D, Dbiel, Outrune, Aia94, Bojosoto, ThinkBlue, Jevansen, Reidlos, Bonadea, Squids and Chips, VolkovBot, Davehi1,
Howard2112, IllaZilla, Mr. Absurd, Feudonym, GirasoleDE, Simon DK, JD554, Aspects, Babaluo, Ilikeeggs1, Escape Orbit, ClueBot,
Mild Bill Hiccup, Hamo.p, Liamr02, JonathanJosephsen, JamieS93, Vertigo1125, Suede67, Gitosz, DumZiBoT, Howard2113, Badgernet,
Officially Mr X, Addbot, Dancefloor royalty, Tassedethe, Danjo5588, Alan16, Lightbot, OrsolyaVirág, CountryBot, Franco-2601~enwiki,
Red&White4life, PlankBot, Luckas-bot, Amln1234, 1exec1, Piano non troppo, Ulric1313, でふりんぴっく, Intractable, LilHelpa,
Gibbo2323, 205ywmpq, TheWeakWilled, Drizzleyes, 三平, Starman15317, 66richardson, Guitarherochristopher, Griffinofwales, Qbmcn-
abb108, FrescoBot, SimoneMils, Grantruly, Ywmpq205, Citation bot 1, Lackett, Artcuevas, Skyerise, Runs on empty, Full-date unlinking
bot, Zachfulkerson, White Shadows, DC, Typhoon966, Itsbydesign, 京葉⾞両センター, RjwilmsiBot, Oscar.dm, Handsopened, Emaus-
Bot, Stryn, GoingBatty, Rafa42, Rebeca.lopes.2010, Closeexact, Unreal7, SporkBot, HandyAndy1.36, Status, MrRhythm, PhilipTerry-
Graham, Jeremy112233, Robin, Dejan 97, BDE1982, Xinyang Aliciabritney, Chartbot, FredericoHibertus95, Matheusbelmont, Monkbot,
Gronk Oz, Jedi3957, Goin'DownSouthPark, Musicpoplover12, The joy of all things and Anonymous: 213
• Mylo Xyloto Tour Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mylo_Xyloto_Tour?oldid=734077019 Contributors: The Anome, Robbot, Kitch,
BD2412, Koavf, Felipealvarez, Vegaswikian, Igordebraga, Fnorp, Colonies Chris, Dl2000, Stevo1000, Uttamo, QuasyBoy, JustAGal, Nick
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• Parlophone Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parlophone?oldid=735464299 Contributors: Ericd, Infrogmation, Tim Starling, Cather-
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• Apparatjik Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparatjik?oldid=733263699 Contributors: Lfh, Bearcat, Kwamikagami, BD2412,
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1.2.19 Mercury Music Prize Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2.4.1 Early life and education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4.5.7 Charts and certiﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

6.4.5 Music videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

7 Compilation album 106

8.1 “Brothers & Sisters” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

8.4.9 Certiﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

8.8.2 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

8.12 “Fix You” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

8.15.8 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

8.20.1 Music video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

8.24.6 Music videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

8.27.10 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

8.31.7 Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

8.35.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

9 Promotional singles 222

9.2.4 Personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

10 Other songs 226

10.7 “Prospekt's March/Poppyﬁelds” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

10.13.1 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

11.5.1 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

12 Record labels 257

13 Related articles 269

13.6.7 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

13.12.3 External links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

14 Text and image sources, contributors, and licenses 315

on their oﬃcial website). “2000 Miles”was the top

Main articles: X&Y and Twisted Logic Tour

to relocate in Liverpool, where they recorded some of the

Performing live outside the BBC Television Centre during their

Martin described Viva la Vida as a new direction for

Centre.* [98] Released in late 2008, "Lost!" became the

Coldplay performing in Atlanta, Georgia on 24 September 2011

cles their tour in support of the Mylo Xyloto album. The

studio album, Parachutes, was described as melodic pop

A month later in January 2010, Coldplay performed a • Parachutes (2000)

1.1.5 Discography • List of alternative rock artists

• List of artists who reached number one on the UK

[32] Cohen, Jonathan (2 August 2000).“Nettwerk To Release

[114] “Coldplay Debut Another New Song At 'Austin City Lim-

1.1.10 Further reading 1.2.1 American Music Awards

1.1.11 External links 1.2.2 BBC Music Awards

1.2 Awards and nominations 1.2.3 Billboard Music Awards

1.2.5 Danish Music Awards 1.2.10 Golden Globe Awards

1.2.11 Hollywood Film Awards

GQ is a monthly men's magazine, where the annual win-

The Grammy Awards is an annual music awards

1.2.21 MTV Awards

[73] Brandle, Lars (2003-09-25). “Coldplay Nabs Four Q

[74] “The Q Awards 2006”. musicnews.com. 2006-10-28.

[75] “2008 Q Award Nominations”. BBC. 2008-09-02. Re-

[76] “Double Q Award win for Coldplay”. BBC. 2008-10-06.

[77] “Q Awards 2011: Nominations List”. Gigwise. 15

[78] “Adele, Coldplay, U2, Bon Iver, Noel Gallagher, Tinie

[79] Keller, Julie (2005-09-01). “Destiny's World Domina-

[80] “Coldplay 2008's biggest act at World Music Awards”.

1.2.31 External links

• Ghost Stories (2014)

• A Head Full of Dreams (2015)

[1] Roach, Martin (2003). Coldplay: Nobody Said It Was

[2] Scaggs, Austin; Corbijn, Anton (25 August 2005),

[3] “Coldplay's Guy Berryman wants to be an antiques ex-