Atlas (Coldplay song)

"Atlas"
Single by Coldplay
from the album The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Released6 September 2013 (2013-09-06)
Recorded
GenreAlternative rock
Length3:56
LabelParlophone
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Coldplay singles chronology
"Hurts Like Heaven"
(2012)
"Atlas"
(2013)
"Magic"
(2014)
The Hunger Games singles chronology
"Eyes Open"
(2012)
"Atlas"
(2013)
"Elastic Heart"
(2013)
Music video
"Atlas" (Lyric video) on YouTube

"Atlas" is a song by British rock band Coldplay for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, the soundtrack to the 2013 American science-fiction adventure film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.[2] It was released digitally as the lead single from the soundtrack on 6 September 2013 worldwide, and on 8 September in the United Kingdom. The song was accompanied by a lyric video, which also premiered on 6 September.

"Atlas" has charted in 16 countries and reached top ten positions in three of them, and has also received mostly positive reviews from music critics. The ballad, won the Hollywood Song Award at the 17th Hollywood Film Awards,[3] and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.[4]

  1. ^ Wood, Mikael (6 September 2013). "Listen to 'Atlas,' Coldplay's single for the new 'Hunger Games' film". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
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