Viva la Vida (song)
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| publication | July 25, 2008 |
| length | 4:01 (Album Version) 3:45 ( Radio Edit ) 4:04 (New Edit) |
| Genre (s) | Pop rock , alternative rock |
| Author (s) | Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin |
| Producer (s) | Coldplay , Brian Eno , Markus Dravs, Rik Simpson |
| album | Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends |
Viva la Vida (. Span for "Live life") is a song of alternative rock - band Coldplay . It was written by all members of the band for the fourth studio album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends , and was the second released single from the album after Violet Hill . It was released on July 25, 2008. In 2009 the composition received a Grammy for Song of the Year.
background
For the naming, Coldplay said that they were based on a phrase that is on a drawing by the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo . The phrase is also a part of the title chosen for the album the song is on. Viva la Vida has its origins in Spanish and means something like "Long live life" or "Live life".
Coldplay hired Brian Eno , a British innovator , who co-founded Roxy Music and later a. a. had worked with U2 . He and second producer Markus Dravs also produced the entire album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends and also co-created Mylo Xyloto together .
Both influenced the sound of the song significantly, so Viva la Vida has an instrumental arrangement as well as curved texts with content from the Bible , e.g. B. “I hear Jerusalem bells”. The intricate composition includes orchestral bells, carillon and choral chants.
In August 2008, Coldplay released a second music video for the song in honor of Anton Corbijn and Depeche Mode . The music video pays homage to the music video for the song Enjoy the Silence .
Achievements and Awards
Just a few minutes after its release, Viva la Vida became a chart hit. For several weeks the song occupied the top positions of the download portals iTunes and Musicload . In important music markets such as Germany , it brought Viva la Vida among the top five of the charts in the airplay charts even for six weeks at number one . In 2008 Viva la Vida took first place in the German airplay annual charts, which makes the song the most played radio hit of the year. It became Coldplay's first number one hit in the UK . The song even climbed to number one on the American Billboard charts , something only very few British artists have done so far.
As part of the iTunes advertising campaign , Apple also broadcast a TV commercial about Viva La Vida in many countries (including the USA and Germany) .
The consistently positive response from critics was reason enough to call Viva la Vida for the 51st Grammy Awards for “Best Record Of The Year”, “Best Song Of The Year” and “Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ”To nominate, whereby the last two named were also won.
As before, Viva la Vida , the most popular song Coldplay and is often played and often by many radio stations today. The Bundesliga club Hamburger SV played from January 2009 to May 2010 at Torerfolgen in their own stadium the choir in the chorus of the piece in support of Torjubels. From the 2011/12 season to the 2015/16 season, the same segment was played in goals scored in home games of Hannover 96 .
Allegations of plagiarism
Since the song was released, Coldplay has been confronted with allegations of plagiarism. For example, American guitarist Joe Satriani claimed that Viva la Vida was based on his ballad If I Could Fly . An out-of-court settlement was reached with Joe Satriani. Also, the songwriter of Creaky Boards Andrew Hoepfner claiming Coldplay have his title The Songs I Did not Write stolen. Music legend Cat Stevens also wanted to see similarities with his song Foreigner Suite . The latter two allegations were not confirmed.
Cover versions
- David Garrett on his Music album
- Westlife on their “Westlife Acoustic Liveshow” on August 20, 2010
- Gregorian on their album "20/2020"
Awards for music sales
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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 Australia (ARIA)
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 platinum
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70,000 |
 Belgium (BEA)
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platinum
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30,000 |
 Brazil (PMB)
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platinum
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60,000 |
 Denmark (IFPI)
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Platinum (Single) +  Gold (Streaming)
|
15,000 |
 Germany (BVMI)
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gold
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150,000 |
 Finland (IFPI)
|
gold
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5,875 |
 Italy (FIMI)
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platinum
|
20,000 |
 Japan (RIAJ)
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Gold (Single) + Gold (Ringtone)
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200,000 |
 Canada (MC)
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gold
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20,000 |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
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platinum
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15,000 |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
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platinum
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30,000 |
 Spain (Promusicae)
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3 × platinum
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120,000 |
 United States (RIAA)
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3 × platinum
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3,000,000 |
 United Kingdom (BPI)
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2 × platinum
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1,200,000 |
| All in all |
6 × gold 15 × platinum |
4,935,875 |
Main article: Coldplay / Music Sales Awards
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.musicline.de/de/product/5099923587229/Coldplay/Viva+La+Vida/2363496/5+Zoll+Single+CD+%282-Track%29+SGL-CD.html
- ↑ http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&title=&year=2008&genre=All/
- ↑ http://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/35287/
- ↑ http://www.abcgallery.com/K/kahlo/kahlo72.html
- ↑ a b http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/vivalavida.htm
- ↑ http://www.metrolyrics.com/viva-la-vida-lyrics-coldplay.html
- ↑ Coldplay.com: Second music video for Viva la Vida ( Memento of the original from November 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Airplay Charts Germany: Week 29/2008. germancharts.de, accessed on June 12, 2020 .
- ↑ Annual charts Germany: Chart year 2008. radiocharts.com, accessed on June 25, 2020 .
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/news/coldplay-dominates-uk-album-singles-charts-1003819674.story#/news/coldplay-dominates-uk-album-singles-charts-1003819674.story
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/Coldplay/chart-history/401639?f=379&g=Singles
- ↑ YouTube: iPod + iTunes - Werbung - Deutsch (Viva La Vida - Coldplay) Video accessed on April 19, 2013.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated November 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.3sat.de/page/?source=/kulturzeit/themen/142532/index.html
- ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/cat-stevens-considers-lawsuit-over-coldplays-viva-la-vida-20090505
- ↑ David Garrett - Viva La Vida YouTube.de, accessed on May 16, 2015
- ↑ Viva La Vida - Westlife YouTube.de, accessed on May 16, 2015
- ^ Gregorian "Viva La Vida" YouTube.de, accessed on January 10, 2020
