Posted January 27, 20205 yr Eliminated: yKNxeF4KMsY 3. Yellow (13/36 votes, 36.11%) It was looking like winning a few rounds ago, but that closeness is just too much to bear and Yellow gets the bronze medal. Released as the second single from Parachutes, it was really the song that started 'it' all if we interpret 'it' as bigger things than lower top 40 singles, Yellow received heavy rotation and usage in various media, it reached the top 5 over here, top 50 in the US. Co-produced by Ken Nelson, the song was written when asking the band to look up at the stars and the most memorable line was born and the rest of the song was put together by Chris' friend, Stephanie, who he had seen at the time and was looking for a colour to fit the songs concept, so he named it Yellow in reference to her 'yellow' glow, there was no other significance of the colour and the lyrics ended up making very little sense, but it stuck and the song has a loose meaning of a bright hopeful and devoted song with various actions that show the depths of Chris' unrequited love. Also notable for its video featuring an entire take of Chris on his own walking up the beach in slow motion using a telecine process to have night transfer to day throughout the video. They'd go on to have more creative ideas but this is a subtle and nice beginning to that. It has been covered many times, including very recently by Jodie Whittaker and a Chinese language cover for the film, Crazy Rich Asians, and remains one of their most well known and highly thought of songs. I won't lie that amongst the top 5, it's probably my least favourite, but that's only due to the strength of what's around it. I have only positive feelings towards it. It's a lovely, bright yet also melancholy listen and still sounds wonderful twenty years on. 3. Yellow (13/36 votes, 36.11%) 4. Clocks (10/32 votes, 31/25%) 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 we have our final 2! The Scientist vs Fix You, what's your top Coldplay song. As we usually do in these, we are switching to voting for your FAVOURITE so please vote for who you would like to WIN and not leave, don't get them mixed up. I will leave this open for the whole week, hopefully avoiding any tiebreaks, and the song with the most votes at the end will be Buzzjack's favourite Coldplay song :o go go go~
January 27, 20205 yr 'Fix You' to win <3 (shame to see 'Yellow' not making the top 2, I have a real soft spot for it - brings back Guitar Hero memories)
January 27, 20205 yr Author omg guys we did it, we have the perfect final 2 :cheer: I am so very proud of you all <3 Obvs Fix You to win here, make it happen guys :yahoo:
January 27, 20205 yr This is the best top 2 there could have been since 'Viva La Vida' got dunked out so hooray! Now let's do the right thing and let 'Fix You' win x Thank god I didn't tactically vote for 'The Scientist' last round as that would have actually single-handedly changed the result lmao
January 27, 20205 yr It’s Fixed! Happy to see Fix You and that should win, but The Scientist is not more superior than Yellow or even Clocks for that matter. I would have liked it to be Fix You vs. Viva La Vida for the final tbh.
January 27, 20205 yr How the hell did Yellow suddenly go out? Damn... Well Fix You is very clearly the better of the 2 here.
January 27, 20205 yr The Scientist to win please! I don't think I've had a song I voted for in round one go on to win but I suspect that will happen here :(
January 27, 20205 yr One of these songs is significantly better than the other, and that song is The Scientist - glad it survived over Yellow.
January 27, 20205 yr Fix You to win! Such a great track! What a great Top 2 no matter what the outcome of this! Edited January 27, 20205 yr by gavindeejay
January 27, 20205 yr It should have been Yellow vs The Scientist. Now that these two are together, I'm not sure which to vote for tbh.
January 27, 20205 yr I needed to refresh those two classics to decide which one is better and it's "The Scientist" for me thanks for running this!
January 28, 20205 yr “The powers to be” have decided that Fix You should win and so it will happen I’m so surprised Fix You managed to stick around after that one week where it almost got eliminated but hey I’m not complaining as it’s one of their best songs! <333
January 28, 20205 yr omg guys we did it, we have the perfect final 2 :cheer: I am so very proud of you all <3 Obvs Fix You to win here, make it happen guys :yahoo: congrats but you kinda ruined everything, seems like 100% of a natural voting with all these group votings, lobbying and weird shenanigans guess it's already been decided who's gonna win, so no point in voting really congrats again but nob need to do a survival if you're gonna do all these shenanigans very very disappointed once again wi8th the people in this forum
January 28, 20205 yr Very tough decision now, going for The Scientist to win! congrats but you kinda ruined everything, seems like 100% of a natural voting with all these group votings, lobbying and weird shenanigans guess it's already been decided who's gonna win, so no point in voting really congrats again but nob need to do a survival if you're gonna do all these shenanigans very very disappointed once again wi8th the people in this forum Has it not occurred to you that Fix You might actually be this forum’s favourite Coldplay song???
January 28, 20205 yr I don't like The Scientist really so Fix You to win please. Oh and it IS really good so there's that.
January 28, 20205 yr congrats but you kinda ruined everything, seems like 100% of a natural voting with all these group votings, lobbying and weird shenanigans guess it's already been decided who's gonna win, so no point in voting really congrats again but nob need to do a survival if you're gonna do all these shenanigans very very disappointed once again wi8th the people in this forum I agree the results have by and large been appalling, but you continue to reach new levels of sheer ridiculousness. :lol: Get a f***ing grip, man. Jeeezus.
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