Guy Berryman: The first single is the hardest to pick because basically you're trying to express the whole album through one song.
Chris Martin: Coldplay fans are the best in the world. If you like Coldplay then you're obviously very intelligent and good looking and all-around brilliant.
Chris Martin (regarding Coldplay): We're trying to get to the very highest level. We want to be better than Mozart. That doesn't mean we are, but that's what we're trying for. To me, there's no point in trying for anything less.
''Til Kingdom Come' was written for Johnny Cash, but he passed on before he recorded the vocals.
X&Y is influenced by other European musicians, such as David Bowie, Kraftwerk, and Brian Eno.
The arrangement of colored blocks on the cover of X&Y is actually a code designed by Emile Baudot. The blocks visually represent ones and zeros in a 5-digit sequence, which correspond with letters of the alphabet and typographic symbols. Each blank space represents a zero and each non-blank space represents a one. The first column reads 10111 (X), the middle column (&), and the last column 10101 (Y), coming out as X&Y. The colors are there because they're pretty.
Coldplay will not allow their music to be used to sell products; their music is only allowed to be used in film, television, and promotional spots.
The bandname Coldplay was given to the band from a friend, who thought that it was too depressing.
"A Rush of Blood to the Head" was ranked #473 on Rolling Stone magainze's list of '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' in 2003.
The cover for "Parachutes" is a photograph of a globe, taken by the band with a disposable Kodak camera. The globe is featured in the music videos for 'Shiver' and 'Don't Panic', and it also accompanies the band on tour.
Coldplay's latest album, X&Y, has a hidden track at the end of the album called Til' Kingdom Come.
In a recent interview, Chris Martin hinted that Coldplay's next album may have no pianos.
Their newest album, "X&Y" was recorded over eighteen months in 8 studios in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Liverpool, and London.
Coldplay says their greatest influences are U2, Radiohead, and Echo and the Bunnymen.
The song 'Don't Panic' is the first track on Coldplay's album Parachutes. The title 'Don't Panic' is taken from Douglas Adam's book, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In the story, 'Don't Panic' is written on the Hitchhiker's book in large, friendly letters.
DISCOGRAPHY + Parachutes (2000) + A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002) + X&Y (2005)
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