COLDPLAY - CHRISTMAS LIGHT

CHRISTMAS LIGHT

COLDPLAY

SONGWRITERS: BERRYMAN GUY RUPERT & BUCKLAND JONATHAN MARK

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: LIVE FROM SPOTIFY LONDON

LABEL: CAPITOL RECORDS

GENRE: CHRISTMAS

YEAR: 2016

 

           Coldplay are a British rock band formed in London in 1996. The band consists of vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and pianist Chris Martin; lead guitarist Jonny Buckland; bassist Guy Berryman; drummer Will Champion; and creative director Phil Harvey. They met at the University College London and began playing music together from 1996 to 1998, first calling themselves Pectoralz and then Starfish.

          In 1998, Coldplay released their debut EP, Safety. The following year, the band released their debut single Brothers & Sisters and their second EP, The Blue Room. The latter was their first release under a major record label, Parlophone. Coldplay achieved worldwide fame with the release of the song "Yellow" in 2000, followed in the same year by their debut album Parachutes, which was nominated for the Mercury Prize. The band's second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head(2002), was released to critical acclaim. Their next record, X&Y, was the best-selling album worldwide of 2005; the Brian Eno-produced fourth studio album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends(2008), was the best-selling album of that year and earned the band three Grammy Awards. In 2011, Coldplay released their fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto, which topped the charts in over 34 countries and was the UK's best-selling rock album of 2011. The band have since released Ghost Stories (2014), A Head Full of Dreams(2015), Everyday Life(2019) and Music of the Spheres (2021).

          Coldplay have sold more than 100 million albums worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists. They have won numerous awards throughout their career, including nine Brit Awards, seven MTV Video Music Awards, eight MTV Europe Music Awards and seven Grammy Awards from 36 nominations. The band's first three albums —Parachutes(2000), A Rush of Blood to the Head(2002), and X&Y (2005) — are among the best-selling albums in UK chart history.

              In December 2009, Rolling Stone readers voted the group the fourth-best artist of the 2000s and Q magazine included the group in their Artists of the Century list. Coldplay have supported various social and political causes, such as Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign and Amnesty International. They have also performed at charity projects, including Band Aid 20, Live 8, Global Citizen Festival, Sound Relief, Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief, One Love Manchester, The Secret Policeman's Ball, Sport Relief and the UK Teenage Cancer Trust.

       "Christmas Lights" is a song by British alternative rock band Coldplay released on 1 December 2010, as a digital download single. According to lead singer Chris Martin, it was written in December 2008. He also commented that the morning after he began work on the single, he performed a segment of the still in-progress song for journalist Steve Kroft during an interview for the newsmagazine program 60 Minutes. Described by the band as "a mid-tempo number" in the key of G major, "Christmas Lights" was released to very positive reviews. The cover art is by Yu Matsuoka Pol.

Christmas night

Another fight

Tears we cried a flood

Got all kinds of poison in

Of poison in my blood

 

I took my feet to Oxford street

Trying to right a wrong

"Just walk away" those windows say

But I can't believe she's gone

 

When you're still waiting for the snow to fall

Doesn't really feel like Christmas at all

 

Up above candles on air flicker

Oh, they flicker, and they flow

And I'm up here holding onto

All those chandeliers of hope

And like some drunken Elvis singing

I go singing out of tune

Singing how I always loved you, darling

And I always will

 

Oh, when you're still waiting for the snow to fall

It doesn't really feel like Christmas at all

Still waiting for the snow to fall

It doesn't really feel like Christmas at all

 

Those Christmas lights

Light up the street

Down where the sea and city meet

May all your troubles soon be gone

Oh, Christmas lights keep shining on

 

Those Christmas lights

Light up the street

Maybe they'll bring her back to me

And then all my troubles will be gone

Oh, Christmas lights keep shining on

 

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

 

Oh, Christmas lights

Light up the street

Light up the fireworks in me

May all your troubles soon be gone

Those Christmas lights keep shining on.