Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall

"Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall"
Single by Coldplay
from the album Mylo Xyloto
B-side
Released3 June 2011 (2011-06-03)
GenreArena rock[1]
Length
  • 4:01 (album version)
  • 4:03 (single version)
LabelParlophone
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Coldplay singles chronology
"Christmas Lights"
(2010) 		"Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall"
(2011) 		"Paradise"
(2011)
EP cover
Coldplay EP chronology
Prospekt's March
(2008) 		Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall
(2011) 		iTunes Festival: London 2011
(2011)
Music video
"Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" on YouTube

"Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was released as the lead single for their fifth studio album Mylo Xyloto on 3 June 2011. An exclusive digital EP version of it, with the B-sides "Major Minus" and "Moving to Mars", came out in the following weeks, being considered the band's eighth extended play. The track contains elements of the 1976 song "I Go to Rio" written by Peter Allen and Adrienne Anderson.[4][5] It debuted at number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, selling 85,000 copies in its first week before climbing to its peak of number 14.[6] On the UK Singles Chart, the song peaked at number 6.[7]

Its radio debut happened on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music, Absolute Radio, and Xfm.[8][9] Coldplay first performed the song live on 4 June at the Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festival in Nürnberg, Germany.[10] They also played it at the Steve Jobs memorial event at Apple headquarters on 19 October 2011 in Cupertino, California, and at the opening of the MTV European Music Awards in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 6 November 2011.[7]

The track was used as the theme for the live-action film adaptation of Chūya Koyama's Uchū Kyōdai (Space Brothers) manga and scored two nominations at the 54th Grammy Awards, one for Best Rock Performance and the other for Best Rock Song.[11]

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  3. ^ a b c d e "Markus Lanz vom 21. März 2019" (in German). ZDF. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Coldplay – Every Teardop Is a Waterfall lyrics". 3 June 2011. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Coldplay – News: Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall". Coldplay.com. 31 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 January 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  6. ^ Trust, Gary (8 June 2011). "Adele's Still 'Deep' Atop Hot 100, Coldplay Makes a Splash". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
  7. ^ a b acharts.us/song/63657
  8. ^ "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall makes radio debut on Friday". Coldplay.com. 2 June 2011. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  9. ^ "BBC – BBC Radio 1 Programmes – Fearne Cotton, Friday: Coldplay World Exclusive 1st Play, Fearne Cotton – Coldplay World Exclusive 1st Play". BBC Radio 1. 3 June 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  10. ^ "Coldplay: News – Roadie #42 – Blog #132". Coldplay.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  11. ^ "Rock Band Coldplay Does Space Bros./Uchū Kyōdai Film Theme". Anime News Network.