EVERY TEARDROP IS A WATERFALL
COLDPLAY
SONGWRITERS: William Champion; Peter W. Allen;
Adrienne Anderson; Brian Peter George Eno; Guy Berryman; Brian Peter Geoge Eno;
Jonathan Buckland & Christopher Anthony Martin
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: MYLO XYLOTO
LABEL: PARLOPHONE RECORDS
GENRE: POP ROCK
YEAR: 2011
Coldplay are a British rock band formed in
London in 1996. They consist of vocalist and pianista Chris Martin,
guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist
Guy Berryman, drummer
Will Champion and creative director Phil Harvey.
They met at University
College London and began playing music together
from 1996 to 1998, first calling themselves Pectoralz and then Starfish.
After releasing Safety EP independently
in 1998, the band signed with Parlophone during the next year. Their debut album, Parachutes(2000),
included the breakthrough hit "Yellow"
and received a Brit Award for British Album of the Year,
a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album,
as well as a Mercury Prize nomination. Their second album, A Rush of
Blood to the Head(2002), won the same accolades
while also spawning the singles "Clocks"
and "The Scientist",
with the former winning a Grammy Award
for Record of the Year. The band's third album, X&Y(2005),
was the best-selling
of the year worldwide, topping the charts of
over 30 countries. On Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008), Coldplay achieved the distinction once again and explored
new musical territory following the completion of what they considered a
trilogy. It earned them a Grammy Award
for Best Rock Album and their first Album of the
Year nomination, while title track "Viva la Vida"
marked the first time a British group went number-one in both the United
Kingdom and United States in the 21st century.
Since then, Coldplay further diversified
their sound with subsequent albums Mylo Xyloto(2011),
Ghost Stories (2014), A Head Full
of Dreams(2015), Everyday Life(2019)
and Music of the Spheres (2021). Each one presented a specific theme and added new musical
styles to the band's original repertoire, including electronica, ambient, pop, R&B, funk, classical, jazz fusion, and progressive rock. They
have also been noted for dazzling, euphoric live performances, which critics
have stated are when the band "come alive and make the most sense".
To celebrate their 20th anniversary in 2018, they released a career-spanning
documentary directed by Mat Whitecross,
featuring previously unseen behind the scenes footage.
Mylo Xyloto (pronounced/ˈmaɪloʊˈ zaɪlətoʊ/ MY-loh ZY-lə-toh)
is the fifth studio album by British rock band Coldplay,
released in late October 2011. The band worked closely with producer Brian Eno following
their successful collaboration on Viva la Vida, the
band's previous album. Mylo Xyloto is a concept album and a thematic rock opera.
The album tells the story of a war against
sound and colour on the planet Silencia, which
has been overtaken by a totalitarian government led by Major Minus, who
controls the population through media and propaganda.
His aim is to take
sound and colour off the streets in hope to draw away "feeders",
creatures that use such energy to hunt its prey. The album
follows Mylo Xyloto, a "silencer", a soldier in an army tasked to
hunt and track down "sparkers", people who harness light and energy
and use it to create sparks, comparable to graffiti in real life. He encounters Fly, the sparker most wanted by Major
Minus. In interviews the band have said that the album
follows a love story between Mylo and Xyloto, with them being separate
characters. However, in the comics based on the album, Mylo Xyloto is the main
protagonist and Fly is the sparker girl he encounters.
The album received generally positive reviews
from critics, who praised its uplifting tone and new electronic sound;
however, some found its material overproduced. "Paradise"
and "Every
Teardrop Is a Waterfall" received a total of
three Grammy Award nominations
in 2012, while the album and "Charlie
Brown" received two further Grammy
nominations in 2013. Internationally, Mylo Xyloto charted
at number one in 34 countries. In the United Kingdom, Mylo Xyloto became
Coldplay's fifth album to debut at number one, selling 208,000 units in its
first week, and setting a one-week digital sales record with 83,000 copies
sold. Mylo Xyloto broke an iTunes record for
digital downloads sales by selling over 500,000 digital copies in a week. (Beyoncé's self-tited album and Adele's 25 topped this
record in 2013 and 2015 respectively). Mylo Xyloto became Coldplay's third
album to debut at number one on the US Billboard 200,
selling 447,000 units in its first week of sales. It was the UK's best-selling
rock album of 2011, selling 908,000 copies. As of 2013, it has sold over 8
million copies worldwide.
I turn the music up
I got my records on
I shut the world outside until the lights come on
Maybe the streets alight
Maybe the trees are gone
I feel my heart start beatin' to my favorite song
And all the kids they
dance
All the kids all night
Until Monday mornin' feels another life
I turn the music up
I'm on a roll this time
And heaven is in sight
I turn the music up
I got my records on
From underneath the rubble sing a rebel song
Don't want to see another generation drop
I'd rather be a comma than a full stop
Maybe I'm in the
black
Maybe I'm on my knees
Maybe I'm in the gap between the two trapezes
But my heart is beating and my pulses start
Cathedrals in my heart
As we saw, woah, this
light
I swear you, emerge blinking into
To tell me it's alright
As we soar walls
Every siren is a symphony
And every tear's a waterfall
Is a waterfall, oh
Is a waterfall, oh-oh-oh
Is a, is a waterfall
Every tear
Is a waterfall, oh-oh-oh
So you can hurt
Hurt me bad
But still I'll raise the flag
Ooh
It was a wa-wa-wa-wa-waterfall
A wa-wa-wa-wa-waterfall
Every tear, every
tear
Every teardrop is a waterfall
Every tear, every tear
Every teardrop is a waterfall
Every tear, every tear
Every teardrop is a waterfall
Every tear, every tear
Every teardrop is a waterfall
Every tear, every tear
Every teardrop is a waterfall.
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