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Coldplay – Viva La Vida
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Revered as an essential rock song of the 2000s, “Viva La Vida” tells the story of a monarch who’s lost his kingdom. In another aspect, the song is also seen as a narrative on the
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Coldplay (Ft. Tove Lo) – Fun
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The sixth track on A Head Full of Dreams finds Coldplay collaborating with Swedish singer Tove Lo. Driven by Coldplay’s signature ethereal guitar work, the song reflects on the
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Coldplay & Jon Hopkins – MOON MUSiC
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Coldplay opens their long-awaited tenth studio album and sequel to Music of the Spheres, Moon Music, with a spacey, orchestral ambient piece featuring contributions from long-time
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Coldplay – Charlie Brown
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With it’s coming-of-age background and lively beat, “Charlie Brown”, the fourth track and third single off Mylo Xyloto, takes its inspiration from the famous star of Charles M
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Coldplay – A Message
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“A Message” is a love song and the eighth track of Coldplay’s X&Y. The lyrics and melody were inspired by John Ireland’s 1664 hymn “My Song Is Love Unknown,” which is also Chris
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Coldplay – A Head Full of Dreams
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The explosive, ecstatic and colorful opening track on Coldplay’s A Head Full of Dreams introduces the listener to the album’s enigmatic world and ever-changing sound. The track
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Coldplay – iAAM
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“iAAM”, the abreviation for “i AM A MOUNTAiN”, is an energetic rock ballad about resilience and superation. It serves as the seventh track from Coldplay’s tenth studio album, Moon
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Coldplay – Don't Panic
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The rather simplistic (but beautiful) opening track of Parachutes. An earlier version of the song is also the second track on The Blue Room EP, released in October 1999. The title
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Coldplay – X&Y
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The title track of X&Y describes Chris' attempting (but not always succeeding) to comfort his wife after she lost her father. The album itself is dedicated to her father, which
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Coldplay & Jon Hopkins – 👋 (A Wave)
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“👋 (A Wave)”, the closer to the Full Moon edition of Coldplay’s 10th album Moon Music, is a minimalist lo-fi track based on the universal farewell-bidding hand-waving gesture
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Coldplay – Lost!
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“Lost!” is an anthemic track about perseverance. It tells how people might believe one is lost when everything is actually thriving.
Fun fact: all the versions of the track have
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Coldplay – For You
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Originally on the Japanese version of Coldplay’s ‘debut’ album Parachutes, For You was released as a bonus track along with Careful Where You Stand. It is also one of the least
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Coldplay – Fix You (Live)
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[Verse 1] / When you try your best, but you don't succeed / When you get what you want, but not what you need / When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep / Stuck in reverse / And
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Coldplay – Clocks
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Continuing the existential themes of A Rush of Blood to the Head, “Clocks” opens with a haunting piano melody into Chris Martin’s falsetto vocals.
The song concerns the paradox
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Coldplay – Talk
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“Talk” is the third single from Coldplay’s third album, X&Y. It features lyrics about feeling insecure and how conversation could fix it, and a recurring melodic hook directly
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Coldplay – Speed of Sound
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The song was inspired by Martin’s daughter, Apple, and English alternative rock singer Kate Bush.
That’s a song where we were listening to a lot of Kate Bush last summer, and we
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Coldplay – Shiver
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The lead single off Parachutes, “Shiver” (alongside fan favorite “Yellow”) helped establish Coldplay in the new millennium alt-rock scene. The song was recorded in one take.
Chris
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Coldplay – Paradise
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The third track and second single off Mylo Xyloto, Coldplay makes a true masterpiece of the song “Paradise”. With its jittery synths, orchestral hooks, thunderous drumming, and
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Coldplay – Low
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[Verse 1] / You see the world in black and white / No colour or light / You think you'll never get it right / But you're wrong, you might / The sky could fall, could fall on me
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Coldplay – Us Against the World
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With an art-rock core in the middle, Us Against the World, the fifth track on Mylo Xyloto, peaking at number 30 on South Korea’s international chart, tells of a partnership.
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Coldplay – See You Soon
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Third track from Coldplay’s second EP ‘The Blue Room’, released in 1999. The track would later become a staple of the band’s ‘A Rush Of Blood To The Head’ tour’s setlists
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Coldplay – Yes
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[Verse 1] / When it started, we had high hopes / Now my back's on the line, my back's on the ropes / When it started, we were alright / But night makes a fool of us in the daylight
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Coldplay – Everglow
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The most personal and emotionally-charged song on Coldplay’s enigmatic A Head Full of Dreams, “Everglow” expresses memory and loss as an ever-lasting “glow.”
Most likely inspired
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Coldplay – Everyday Life
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The closing track off Everyday Life showcases a slow piano ballad that describes and summarizes the band’s general album message: love, equality, pain, struggles, legacy, humanity
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Coldplay – The Karate Kid
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[Verse] / As much as I could, as much as I tried / I just couldn't seem to find the light / The trees for the wood, the wars left and right / Umbrellas with the rain in / I turn on
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Coldplay – Humankind
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“Humankind” is the third track on Coldplay’s 9th studio album Music of the Spheres.
The song is from the perspective of an alien citizen on one of the planets in The Sphere, which
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Coldplay – Death and All His Friends
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The final full song of Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (and the other title track), “Death and All His Friends” describes Martin’s desire to break free from the various
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Coldplay – A L I E N S
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The third track of Coldplay’s 2017 EP Kaleidoscope, “A L I E N S” is a song about refugees fleeing their home from a war-torn planet and trying to seek refuge somewhere else.
The
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Coldplay – What If
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Track #2 of the “X&Y” album, this song expresses the fear and distress of lover’s rejection. Prominently beginning with a piano/vocal duet quickly sets the mood of this piece as
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Coldplay – Midnight
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“Midnight” was teased by Coldplay before it’s release.
It was their first (with the exception of “Atlas” for the Hunger Games soundtrack) release of new material since Mylo
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Coldplay – Èkó
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Èkó means Lagos in Yoruba language and is a city in the south-western region of Nigeria in Africa.
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Coldplay – Everything's Not Lost
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The final track on Parachutes, “Everything’s Not Lost” also contains the hidden song “Life is for Living” on the album.
The track features a leitmotif of not giving up and
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Coldplay – Birds
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This song continues from a theme in the previous song–“conference of birds”. One should read Fariduddin Attari’s book. This album is replete with Sufi metaphors and allusions.
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Coldplay – Gravity
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“Gravity” is a rare Coldplay song; first performed live in 2002, then later, Chris Martin gave the song to British band Embrace.
The lyrics talk about a relationship between two
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Coldplay – Square One
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“Square One” is the first track of Coldplay’s third album, X&Y (2005). During this song, Chris talks about the challenges that we face during our lives and what we are searching
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Coldplay – ∞ (Infinity Sign)
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[Intro: Chris Martin & Crowd] / Olé, olé, olé, olé, olé, olé / Olé, olé, olé, olé, olé, olé / Olé, olé, olé, olé, olé, olé / Olé, olé, olé, olé, olé, olé / Olé, olé, olé, olé, olé
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Coldplay – JUPiTER
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On “JUPiTER”, the fourth track from their tenth studio album, Moon Music, Coldplay delivers an acoustic ballad that explores love, discovery and self-acceptance from the
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Coldplay – Sparks
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“Sparks” is an acoustic song by the British rock band Coldplay. It’s the fourth track off of Coldplay’s debut album, Parachutes.
This acoustic love song is about a person who
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Coldplay – Man in the Moon
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[Verse 1] / We were born to be / Young and free / Soon we started learning / Books are made for burning / We were born to be / Family / Take my uniform, I'm / Running to the sea
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Coldplay – Legends
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[Verse 1] / Now I'm A-okay, because my eyes can see horizons far away / Where a life can be a light and not be vain / Stand up and say what you wanna say / You dream of the day
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Coldplay – True Love
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Cited as lead singer Chris Martin’s favourite track on the album, the fourth track on Ghost Stories introduces the album’s concept of uncomfortable music, after “Ink”’s
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Coldplay – Oceans
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Another desperate plea to his long lost love to “leave a light on,” the seventh track off Coldplay’s sixth studio album Ghost Stories follows in the footsteps of the previous track
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Coldplay – ’Til Kingdom Come
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The hidden track of X&Y, “‘Til Kingdom Come” was originally intended to be a collaboration with Johnny Cash, but he died before his part could be recorded – this explains why the
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Coldplay – Old Friends
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[Verse] / Tony was a friend of mine / We were together all the time / He had my back / Once he really saved my life / [Pre-Chorus] / Sometimes I wanna call him / Say, "Hey, let's
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