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* ColbertBump: The constant use of "Sparks" on Platform/TikTok led to the song shoot in popularity in the 2020s, becoming their most popular deep cut on streaming services.
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** "Lhuna", a ''Viva''-era song featuring Music/KylieMinogue as a guest vocalist released for the ''(RED)Wire'' in 2018 as a charity single was never released on streaming services.

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** "Lhuna", a ''Viva''-era song featuring Music/KylieMinogue as a guest vocalist released for the ''(RED)Wire'' in 2018 2008 as a charity single was never released on streaming services.
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** Along with "Viva La Vida", one of their two #1 hits is "My Universe", an equally-billed collaboration with Music/{{BTS}}. Their other top 10 hits by themselves (thus discounting "Something Just Like This", their equally-credited collaboration with Music/TheChainsmokers) are "Speed of Sound", which is not even the the best-known song from ''X&Y'' (an honor that likely goes to the #59 "Fix You"), and "A Sky Full of Stars", which is eclipsed by plenty of songs from before ("Yellow" and "In My Place" didn't chart, "Clocks" was #29, "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" was #14 and "Paradise" #15) and after (the #13 "Adventure of a Lifetime" and the #25 "Hymn for the Weekend").

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** Along with "Viva La Vida", one of their two #1 hits is "My Universe", an equally-billed collaboration with Music/{{BTS}}. Their other top 10 hits by themselves (thus discounting "Something Just Like This", their equally-credited collaboration with Music/TheChainsmokers) are "Speed of Sound", which is not even the the best-known song from ''X&Y'' (an honor that likely goes to the #59 "Fix You"), and "A Sky Full of Stars", which is eclipsed by plenty of songs from before ("Yellow" was #48, "The Scientist" and "In My Place" didn't chart, "Clocks" was #29, "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" was #14 and "Paradise" #15) and after (the #13 "Adventure of a Lifetime" and the #25 "Hymn for the Weekend").
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** "Lhuna", a ''Viva''-era song featuring Music/KylieMinogue as a guest vocalist released for the ''(RED)Wire'' in 2018 as a charity single was never released on streaming services.
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** Overlaps with OldShame; according to Chris, the band has collectively disowned ''Parachutes'' as "terrible music", save for fan favorites such as "Yellow". However, they haven't completely turned their back on the album; when "Sparks", a ''Parachutes'' song considered by fans to be one of the band's greatest deep cuts, won a [=YouTube=] Community poll for songs fans wanted to hear them perform, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK9XHVWwzI0&ab_channel=Coldplay they were happy to oblige]].

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** Overlaps with OldShame; according OldShame. According to Chris, the band has collectively disowned ''Parachutes'' as "terrible music", save for fan favorites such as "Yellow". However, they haven't completely turned their back on the album; when "Sparks", a ''Parachutes'' song considered by fans to be one of the band's greatest deep cuts, won a [=YouTube=] Community poll for songs fans wanted to hear them perform, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK9XHVWwzI0&ab_channel=Coldplay they were happy to oblige]].
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* TroubledProduction: The band isn't really fond of ''X&Y'' and their sourness with it can be traced back to the time of its production. For starters, they were struggling with writing new songs and weren't satisfied with the results, causing them to scrap their initial material and start over again. It wasn't helped by the growing tensions within, notably with Chris and Guy, and Phil Harvey, who was their manager at the time, dropped off of the project, making it their only album to not have his input. Outside factors, such as the high pressure from Creator/{{EMI}} (Creator/{{Parlophone}}'s parent company at the time) and their rapidly growing popularity, and subsequent backlash, also took a toll on them during the making of the album.

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* TroubledProduction: The band isn't really fond of ''X&Y'' and their sourness with it can be traced back to the time of its production. For starters, they were struggling with writing new songs and weren't satisfied with the results, causing them to scrap their initial material and start over again. It wasn't helped by the growing tensions within, notably with Chris and Guy, and Phil Harvey, who was their manager at the time, dropped off of the project, making it their only album to not have his input. Outside factors, such as the high pressure from Creator/{{EMI}} (Creator/{{Parlophone}}'s ([[Creator/ParlophoneRecords Parlophone]]'s parent company at the time) and their rapidly growing popularity, and subsequent backlash, also took a toll on them during the making of the album.
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* TroubledProduction: The band isn't really fond of ''X&Y'' and their sourness with it can be traced back to the time of its production. For starters, they were struggling with writing new songs and weren't satisfied with the results, causing them to scrap their initial material and start over again. It wasn't helped by the growing tensions within, notably with Chris and Guy, and Phil Harvey, who was their manager at the time, dropped off of the project, making it their only album to not have his input. Outside factors, such as the high pressure from Creator/{{EMI}} and their rapidly growing popularity, and subsequent backlash, also took a toll on them during the making of the album.

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* TroubledProduction: The band isn't really fond of ''X&Y'' and their sourness with it can be traced back to the time of its production. For starters, they were struggling with writing new songs and weren't satisfied with the results, causing them to scrap their initial material and start over again. It wasn't helped by the growing tensions within, notably with Chris and Guy, and Phil Harvey, who was their manager at the time, dropped off of the project, making it their only album to not have his input. Outside factors, such as the high pressure from Creator/{{EMI}} (Creator/{{Parlophone}}'s parent company at the time) and their rapidly growing popularity, and subsequent backlash, also took a toll on them during the making of the album.
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* TroubledProduction: The band isn't really fond of ''X&Y'' and their sourness with it can be traced back to the time of its production. For starters, they were struggling with writing new songs and weren't satisfied with the results, causing them to scrap their initial material and start again. It wasn't helped by the growing tensions within, notably with Chris and Guy, and Phil Harvey, who was their manager at the time, dropped off of the project, making it their only album to not have his input. Outside factors, such as the high pressure from Creator/{{EMI}} and their rapidly growing popularity, and subsequent backlash, also took a toll on them during the making of the album.

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* TroubledProduction: The band isn't really fond of ''X&Y'' and their sourness with it can be traced back to the time of its production. For starters, they were struggling with writing new songs and weren't satisfied with the results, causing them to scrap their initial material and start over again. It wasn't helped by the growing tensions within, notably with Chris and Guy, and Phil Harvey, who was their manager at the time, dropped off of the project, making it their only album to not have his input. Outside factors, such as the high pressure from Creator/{{EMI}} and their rapidly growing popularity, and subsequent backlash, also took a toll on them during the making of the album.
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* TroubledProduction: The band isn't really fond of ''X&Y'' and their sourness with it can be traced back to the time of its production. For starters, they were struggling with writing new songs and weren't satisfied with the results, causing them to scrap their initial material and start again. It wasn't helped by the growing tensions within, notably with Chris and Guy, and Phil Harvey, who was their manager at the time, dropped off of the project, making the only project from the band to not have his input. Outside factors, such as the high pressure from Creator/{{EMI}} and their rapidly growing popularity, and subsequent backlash, also took a toll on them during the making of the album.

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* TroubledProduction: The band isn't really fond of ''X&Y'' and their sourness with it can be traced back to the time of its production. For starters, they were struggling with writing new songs and weren't satisfied with the results, causing them to scrap their initial material and start again. It wasn't helped by the growing tensions within, notably with Chris and Guy, and Phil Harvey, who was their manager at the time, dropped off of the project, making the it their only project from the band album to not have his input. Outside factors, such as the high pressure from Creator/{{EMI}} and their rapidly growing popularity, and subsequent backlash, also took a toll on them during the making of the album.

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* ShrugOfGod: The bandmembers rarely give specific explanations of a song's meaning (though they love to [[TrollingCreator give fake ones]]). For example, Chris says that he doesn't know what [[WordSaladLyrics "Yellow"]] is about, while Johnny jokes that it's about [[RuleOfFunny bananas]].

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* ShrugOfGod: The bandmembers rarely give specific explanations of a song's meaning (though they love to [[TrollingCreator give fake ones]]). For example, Chris says that he doesn't know what [[WordSaladLyrics "Yellow"]] is about, while Johnny Jonny jokes that it's about [[RuleOfFunny bananas]].bananas]].
* TroubledProduction: The band isn't really fond of ''X&Y'' and their sourness with it can be traced back to the time of its production. For starters, they were struggling with writing new songs and weren't satisfied with the results, causing them to scrap their initial material and start again. It wasn't helped by the growing tensions within, notably with Chris and Guy, and Phil Harvey, who was their manager at the time, dropped off of the project, making the only project from the band to not have his input. Outside factors, such as the high pressure from Creator/{{EMI}} and their rapidly growing popularity, and subsequent backlash, also took a toll on them during the making of the album.
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** Overlaps with OldShame; according to Chris, the band has collectively disowned ''Parachutes'' as "terrible music", save for fan favorites such as "Yellow". However, they haven't completely turned their back on it; when "Sparks", a track from the album considered by fans as one of the band's greatest deep cuts, won a [=YouTube=] Community poll for songs fans wanted to hear them perform, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK9XHVWwzI0&ab_channel=Coldplay they were happy to oblige]].

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** Overlaps with OldShame; according to Chris, the band has collectively disowned ''Parachutes'' as "terrible music", save for fan favorites such as "Yellow". However, they haven't completely turned their back on it; the album; when "Sparks", a track from the album ''Parachutes'' song considered by fans as to be one of the band's greatest deep cuts, won a [=YouTube=] Community poll for songs fans wanted to hear them perform, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK9XHVWwzI0&ab_channel=Coldplay they were happy to oblige]].
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* NamesTheSame: Lead singer Chris Martin is not Christopher "Play" Martin from Music/KidNPlay. (And not the source of the "play" in the band's name.)
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* AscendedMeme: Jonny liking cake initially began as a running joke on Coldplay forums in the late 2000s. Only a decade later in a [[https://twitter.com/coldplay/status/1402729280409411591?s=20 2021 Twitter Q&A did Jonny finally confirm that, yes, he likes cake]].

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* AscendedMeme: Jonny liking cake initially began as a running joke on Coldplay forums in the late 2000s. Only a decade later in a [[https://twitter.com/coldplay/status/1402729280409411591?s=20 2021 Twitter Q&A Q&A]] did Jonny finally confirm that, yes, he likes cake]]. cake.



* BlackSheepHit: ''Parachutes'' is practically a Black Sheep ''album'': its intimate, acoustic style doesn't sound like any of Coldplay's other albums, and [[CreatorBacklash the band find it rubbish now]], save for "Yellow," which remains a concert favorite.

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* BlackSheepHit: ''Parachutes'' is practically a Black Sheep ''album'': ''Album'' -- its intimate, acoustic style doesn't sound like any of Coldplay's other albums, and [[CreatorBacklash the band find it rubbish now]], save for "Yellow," which remains a concert favorite.



** Another fan favorite, "Speed of Sound", received a similar reverse-vindication when Chris admitted in 2011 to no longer enjoying the song due to the band reportedly not recording it to the most of its potential. The band now rarely plays the song live.
* CreatorBreakdown: ''Ghost Stories'' was made after Chris and his wife Gwyneth Paltrow divorced, and the album is [[ConceptAlbum conceptually]] rooted in the turmoil of emotional recovery after a breakup.

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** Another fan favorite, "Speed of Sound", received a similar reverse-vindication when Chris admitted in 2011 to no longer enjoying the song due to the band reportedly not recording it to the most of its fullest potential. The band now rarely plays the song live.
* CreatorBreakdown: ''Ghost Stories'' was made after Chris and his wife Gwyneth Paltrow divorced, and the album is [[ConceptAlbum conceptually]] rooted in the internal turmoil of emotional recovery after a breakup.
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* ChartDisplacement:
** They had two #1 hits in the US: "Viva la Vida" and... surely the other one was "Clocks" or "[[BreakthroughHit Yellow]]", right? Nope, those bowed out at #23 and #48 respectively. It was instead "My Universe", an equally-billed collaboration with Music/{{BTS}}. While it's too recent to tell if it will stand the test of time, it's not likely going to be as associated with them as the former three tracks, since it only got to #1 because of BTS' involvement.
** They had two more Top 10 hits by themselves (thus discounting "Something Just Like This", their equally-credited collaboration with Music/TheChainsmokers), but they still weren't "Clocks" and "Yellow". They were instead "Speed of Sound" and "A Sky Full of Stars". The former isn't even the best-known song from ''X&Y'' (an honor that likely goes to the #59 "Fix You").
** The highest charting song from ''Mylo Xyloto''? It has to be "Paradise". Nope, it was "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" by ''one spot'', though "Paradise" made up for it by lasting on the Hot 100 nearly twice as long.
** On Alternative Airplay, they had four #1 hits, but "Yellow" and "Clocks" stalled at #6 and #9 respectively, while "Orphans" reached #1, despite not being nearly as iconic as either of those songs.
** Even more baffling is on that same chart, the completely forgotten "Lost!" peaked at ''#10'', beating out, among other songs, "Fix You" (#18), "The Scientist" (#18), "Hymn For The Weekend" (#20), "Just Like This" (#16), and "My Universe" (#13)! It only reached that peak because Music/JayZ released a rap version of the song (titled "Lost+") and performed it at the 2009 Grammy Awards (it even outpeaked "Yellow" on the Hot 100 by eight spots!)

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** On Alternative Airplay, they had four #1 hits, but "Yellow" and "Clocks" stalled at #6 and #9 respectively, while very late single "Orphans" reached #1, despite not being nearly as iconic as either of those songs.
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while the completely forgotten "Lost!" peaked at ''#10'', beating out, among other songs, "Fix You" (#18), "The Scientist" (#18), "Hymn For The Weekend" (#20), "Just Like This" (#16), and "My Universe" (#13)! It only reached that peak because most of their output, due to Music/JayZ released releasing a rap version of the song (titled "Lost+") and which he performed it at the 2009 Grammy Awards (it even outpeaked "Yellow" on the Hot 100 by eight spots!)Awards.

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* ChartDisplacement: Aside from #1 "Viva La Vida", the band's other three US Top 10 hits are the collaborations "Something Just Like This" and "My Universe", "Speed of Sound" (which earned CreatorBacklash and has been eclipsed by follow-up "Fix You"), and "A Sky Full of Stars" (certainly a lesser hit even if the band still plays it).
** "Fix You" and "Yellow" both missed the Top 40 entirely, charting at #59 and #48 respectively. Their two lowest charting Top 40 entries are the incredibly obscure "Lost+" (which didn't even make the Top 40 until a live performance with Music/JayZ at the 2009 Grammy Awards was released to high sales), and the lesser-known "Violet Hill".

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best-known song from ''X&Y'' (an honor that likely goes to the #59 "Fix You").
** The highest charting song from ''Mylo Xyloto''? It has to be "Paradise". Nope, it was "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" by ''one spot'', though "Paradise" made up for it by lasting on the Hot 100 nearly twice as long.
** On Alternative Airplay, they had four #1 hits, but "Yellow" and "Clocks" stalled at #6 and #9 respectively, while "Orphans" reached #1, despite not being nearly as iconic as either of those songs.
** Even more baffling is on that same chart, the completely forgotten "Lost!" peaked at ''#10'', beating out, among other songs,
"Fix You" (#18), "The Scientist" (#18), "Hymn For The Weekend" (#20), "Just Like This" (#16), and "Yellow" both missed the Top 40 entirely, charting at #59 and #48 respectively. Their two lowest charting Top 40 entries are the incredibly obscure "Lost+" (which didn't even make the Top 40 until a live performance with "My Universe" (#13)! It only reached that peak because Music/JayZ released a rap version of the song (titled "Lost+") and performed it at the 2009 Grammy Awards was released to high sales), and (it even outpeaked "Yellow" on the lesser-known "Violet Hill".Hot 100 by eight spots!)
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** "Fix You" and "Yellow" both missed the Top 40 entirely, charting at #59 and #48 respectively. Their two lowest charting Top 40 entries are the incredibly obscure "Lost+" (which didn't even make the Top 40 until a live performance with Creator/JayZ at the 2009 Grammy Awards was released to high sales), and the lesser-known "Violet Hill".

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** "Fix You" and "Yellow" both missed the Top 40 entirely, charting at #59 and #48 respectively. Their two lowest charting Top 40 entries are the incredibly obscure "Lost+" (which didn't even make the Top 40 until a live performance with Creator/JayZ Music/JayZ at the 2009 Grammy Awards was released to high sales), and the lesser-known "Violet Hill".

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