Eliminated:

 

 

5. Viva la Vida (7/27 votes, 25.93% (12/22 votes in tiebreak))

After possibly the closest round we've had so far, by a whisker, it is Viva la Vida that leaves us before the all-important final stages. A bit of a surprise, I really had this down as a winning contender and didn't know it had (m)any detractors on here. Spanish for 'Long Live Life' and inspired by a Frida Kahlo painting, this was the second single from the album of the partial same name. Instantly unique from their back catalogue by featuring very few instances of a guitar or piano and instead built around a string loop conducted by composer, Davide Rossi and featuring minor instances of an electric guitar, the lyrics, featuring historical and Christian imagery, tell the allegorical story of a protagonist or king losing everything he used to love. Thanks to a handy promotion from an Apple advert at the time, the song was hugely popular critically and commercially and became their first number 1 in the both the US and the UK, the first occurence that a British band got there since Wannabe by the Spice Girls and it certainly cemented their status as one of the world's biggest bands. Despite this, they did receive a fair few accusations of plagiarism from three different artists, most notably being Joe Satriani for his song If I Could Fly who sued, the case was however unsuccessful. It was even compared to an Italian 1736 composition, I think that holds the most ground tbh, I always knew they were listening then xx While I'm glad I don't have to ban people yet, I'm still gutted at this result as this is easily in my personal top 3 from them, fully deserving of all its praise and is a massive standout in their back catalogue and has aged absolutely beautifully. Long live this song x

 

5. Viva la Vida (7/27 votes, 25.93% (12/22 votes in tiebreak))

6. In My Place (12/28 votes, 42.86%)

7. Trouble (12/26 votes, 48%)

8. Paradise (7/23 votes, 30.43%)

9. Speed of Sound (9/34 votes, 26.47%)

10. Talk (11/27 votes, 40.74%)

11. Violet Hill (6/26 votes, 23.08%)

12. Every Teardrop is a Waterfall (6/28 votes, 21.43%)

13. Midnight (7/25 votes, 28%)

14. Adventure of a Lifetime (10/28 votes, 35.71%)

15. Magic (7/29 votes, 24.14%)

16. A Sky Full of Stars (6/24 votes, 25%)

17. Princess of China (8/33 votes, 25.81%)

18. Orphans (9/28 votes, 32.14%)

19. Hymn for the Weekend (10/26 votes, 38.46%)

20. God Put a Smile Upon Your Face (12/38 votes, 32.43%)

21. Charlie Brown (10/34 votes, 10%) (18/28 votes in tiebreak)

22. Christmas Lights (10/34 votes, 10%) (19/28 votes in tiebreak)

23. Up&Up (11/34, 11%)

24. Shiver (7/31, 9.59%) (Less votes in previous rounds)

25. Lost! (7/31, 9.59%)

26. Everglow (13/31, 17.81%)

27. Life in Technicolor II (9/32, 14.06%)

28. Atlas (12/32, 18.75%)

29. Something Just Like This (w/ The Chainsmokers) (9/29, 14.06%)

30. Miracles (Someone Special) (w/ Big Sean) (11/29, 17.19%)

 

And then there were four, who will leave before the semi final? You have until Wednesday evening barring any silly tiebreaks.

Whew, don't do that to me again guys, my heart was in my mouth for that whole round x

 

Gonna make my vote count this time and going for Clocks as my personal top 2 are in danger!

Glad that 'Fix You' managed to hold on! Voting for 'Clocks' again.

Oops at missing most of the rounds :kink: Clocks is easily the worst one here.

Voted for 'The Scientist' out of these tracks left. Sad VLV has left, love that song.

voting again for the weakest lyrics aka Fix You

Psshht

 

'Clocks' x

The Scientist is overrated. It must go.

Phew thank goodness for that. Always been a very overrated song for me not just in their discography but in general.

 

A bit trickier now but Clocks just falls a bit shorter than the other 3 so gone for that.

As if 'Yellow' is on course to win this thing so far, voting for that again.

A perfect top four!! :wub:

 

This is pretty much impossible now as I love all of these a lot, spent a while thinking about this and gone for Clocks this time.

Noooooo poor Viva La Vida :(

 

Fix You again for me but would be okay with Clocks going too.

You bunch of swines.

 

Fix You can bugger right off :)

okay so what are the stats so that i can vote strategically and try to save Fix You? xx

Vote for your usual obsession with an added 'L'

Vote for your usual obsession with an added 'L'

!!!!

(Net)FLIX You?

finally, their most overrated song is out.

 

Yellow now, dunno what's so special about it that it managed to survive to this point

Clocks

 

I feel like this is actually a pretty poor top 4, 'The Scientist' is the only one I feel vaguely enthusiastic about winning. 'Trouble' and 'Viva La Vida' should be here instead of some of these, and 'Talk' too but I knew that was unlikely.

Clocks remains the best track in this top 4 by a mile, so it looks it’s going to be an underwhelming top 3. If Fix You wins then it’ll be an even bigger disappointment, so over rated.