Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall

Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall
"Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall"
Single by Coldplay
from the album Mylo Xyloto
B-side "Major Minus"
"Moving to Mars"
Released 3 June 2011
Format CD single, 7" vinyl, digital download
Genre Alternative rock, electronic rock
Length 4:03
Label Parlophone
Writer(s) Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Brian Eno, Chris Martin, Peter Allen, Adrienne Anderson
Producer Markus Dravs, Daniel Green, Rik Simpson
Coldplay singles chronology
"Christmas Lights"
(2010)		 "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall"
(2011)		 "Paradise"
(2011)
Alternative covers
Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall, 7" vinyl and EP editions

"Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" is a song by English alternative rock band Coldplay. It was released on 3 June 2011, as a digital download except in the United Kingdom where it was released on 5 June 2011.[1] It was released as the lead single from their fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto. The song contains elements of the 1976 song "I Go to Rio" written by Peter Allen and Adrienne Anderson.[2] The song made its radio debut on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music, Absolute Radio, and Xfm.[3][4] They first performed the song live at the 2011 Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festival in Nürnberg, Germany.[5]

The song received positive reviews from critics.

It was the last song to be played on Video Hits before signing off forever after 24 years of its broadcast.[citation needed]

The song debuted at number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, selling 85,000 copies in its first week, and has since climbed to peak at number 14.[6] The single and Paradise together have sold 1,140,000 copies worldwide in total.[7]

The song was played live at the Steve Jobs memorial/celebration-of-life event at Apple headquarters on October 19, 2011 in Cupertino, CA.

The song was also played as they opened the MTV European Music Awards in Belfast, Northern Ireland on November 6th, 2011.

Contents

Inspiration

When the song was first released on Coldplay's YouTube channel, it sparked many negative comments in the comment section, saying the song was plagiarised from "Ritmo de la Noche" by The Sacados or from Peter Allen's "I Go to Rio". However, upon release of the song, the line "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall contains elements of I Go To Rio written by Peter Allen and Adrienne Anderson" was noted below the official lyrics to the song on Coldplay's website.[2] The Oracle (Coldplay's web site Question and Answer section) responded on 9 June 2011 to a question raised concerning its inspiration and collaboration:

I don't think people are quite understanding the song's composition. To clarify: Chris was inspired to write Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall after hearing some chords in a nightclub scene in Alejandro González Iñárritu's film Biutiful (2010). The chords in the film are part of a track that is based on I Go To Rio written by Peter Allen and Adrienne Anderson, released by Peter Allen in 1976. If you look at a clip on YouTube you'll hear the chords for yourself. As for other people asking if Ritmo de la Noche by The Sacados should also be credited the answer is "no". Firstly, that is a cover of Chocolate's song by the same name who sampled I Go To Rio. Secondly, they both came later in 1990 so hopefully they should have credited Peter & Adrienne.[8]

This is not the first time that Coldplay have used samples to write a new song, having used a Kraftwerk motif for their X&Y single "Talk".[9].

As for the inspiration to "Moving to Mars", on 8 July 2011 the Oracle replied affirmatively to a question asking if the song was inspired by a documentary of the same title, directed by Mat Whitecross, about two families being forced out of Burma into an entirely new world in the UK.[10] Mat Whitecross has directed a few Coldplay music videos, including the "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" music video.

Critical reception

The song received a generally positive reception from critics.

Rolling Stone gave the song a three and a half stars rating out of five commenting "Chris Martin says Coldplay's upcoming album is influenced by old-school New York graffiti, and in a recent photo the bandmates are dressed in neon chillwear like they just walked off the set of Breakin' 3: A Brit-Pop Odyssey. But the first single doesn't go for the sound of early hip-hop so much as its sense of year-zero possibility. Over a rave-tinged keyboard melody, leavened by producer Brian Eno's rainforest-of-the-soul ambience, Martin sings of kids dancing until morning and heaven inside his headphones. When the drums kick in fully, it moves like "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by way of the Velvets' "Sunday Morning," a flag-waving ode to change-as-inspiration: "I'd rather be a comma than a full stop," Martin sings. Coming from a guy whose critics take him for a human exclamation point, it's a welcome sentiment."[11]

Bill Lamb of About.com gave the song a four stars rating out of five explaining "The overall effect of this song is Coldplay moving forward into new explorations while keeping the elements that endear them to their fans wholly intact. "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" is unlikely to be hailed as an instant classic to match the very best of Coldplay's past work, but a strong argument could be made that the band has never released their best material as the first single from any of their albums. As an appetizer, "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" is very pleasing."[12]

Music video

Screenshot from the video

The video was released to the public on 28 June 2011. It shows the band playing across various backdrops sprayed with colourful graffiti painted by the band's artist "Paris". The video was shot between 14 and 15 June 2011 at Millennium Mills in east London, close to London City Airport, but begins with a shot of the Downtown Los Angeles skyline. The music video, which features the band, uses a stop motion technique and was directed by Mat Whitecross, who has worked with the band since 1999 and was responsible for the videos for "Lovers in Japan" and "Christmas Lights", among others.

The video received positive reviews by critics who noted its colourful visual. Rolling Stone said: "The vibrant, colorful clip is well-suited to the song, which has a shaky, excited energy and the sort of optimistic, romantic lyrics that have made Coldplay one of the world's most crowd-pleasing rock bands".[13] The New York Post wrote "the clip proves that the boys are just as interested in pushing boundaries with their videos as they are with their music"[14] while The Sun called it "a colourful affair".[15]

Track listing

  1. "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" – 4:03
  • CD/7" vinyl/Standard digital bundle
  1. "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" – 4:03
  2. "Major Minus" – 3:30
  1. "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" – 4:03
  2. "Major Minus" – 3:30
  3. "Moving to Mars" – 4:19

Credits and personnel

Source:[18]

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[19] 14
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[20] 21
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[21] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[22] 3
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[23] 9
Canada (Canadian rock/alternative chart)[24] 5
Denmark (Tracklisten)[25] 8
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[26] 16
France (SNEP)[27] 20
Germany (Media Control AG)[28] 24
Ireland (IRMA)[29] 9
Italy (FIMI)[30] 3
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[31] 6
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[32] 4
New Zealand (RIANZ)[33] 13
Norway (VG-lista)[34] 8
Scotland (The Official Charts Company)[35] 5
South Korea (GAON) (International Chart)[36] 1
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[37] 4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[38] 47
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[39] 6
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[40] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[41] 14
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[42] 4
US Pop Songs (Billboard)[43] 25
US Rock Songs (Billboard)[44] 5
US Adult Pop Songs (Billboard)[45] 8
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[46] 23

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[47] Gold 35,000^
Italy (FIMI)[48] Gold 15,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[49] Silver 200,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format
Worldwide[17] 3 June 2011 Digital download
United Kingdom[16] 5 June 2011
United States[50][51] 21 June 2011 Hot/Modern adult contemporary and mainstream radio airplay
Worldwide[52] 27 June 2011 CD single, 7" vinyl, digital EP
France[53] 4 July 2011 CD single

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External links

v · d · eColdplay singles
Parachutes
"Shiver" • "Yellow" • "Trouble" • "Don't Panic"
A Rush of Blood to the Head
X&Y
"Speed of Sound" • "Fix You" • "Talk" • "The Hardest Part" • "What If" • "White Shadows"
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
"Violet Hill" • "Viva la Vida" • "Lost!" • "Lovers in Japan" • "Strawberry Swing"
Mylo Xyloto
"Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" • "Paradise"
Other singles
"Brothers & Sisters" • "Lhuna" • "Life in Technicolor II" • "Christmas Lights"
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"How You See the World No. 2" • "Gravity" • "Cemeteries of London" • "42" • "Death and All His Friends" • "Glass of Water" • "Prospekt's March/Poppyfields" • "A Message 2010" • "Princess of China"
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