The Scientist (song)

"The Scientist"
Single by Coldplay
from the album A Rush of Blood to the Head
B-side	"1.36" "I Ran Away"
Released	4 November 2002 (2002-11-04) (UK) 15 April 2003 (2003-04-15) (US)
Genre	Rock[1]
Length	5:09 (album version) 4:26 (radio edit/video edit)
Label	Parlophone Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Chris Martin Jonny Buckland Guy Berryman Will Champion
Producer(s)	Ken Nelson Coldplay
Coldplay singles chronology
"In My Place" (2002) "The Scientist" (2002) "Clocks" (2003)
Music video
"The Scientist" on YouTube

"The Scientist" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. The song was written collaboratively by all the band members for their second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head. It is built around a piano ballad, with lyrics telling the story about a man's desire to love and an apology. The song was released in the United Kingdom on 11 November 2002 as the second single from A Rush of Blood to the Head and reached number 10 in the UK Charts. It was released in the United States on 15 April 2003 as the third single and reached number 18 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 34 on the Adult Top 40 chart.

Critics were highly positive toward "The Scientist" and praised the song's piano riff and Chris Martin's falsetto. Several remixes of the track exist, and its riff has been widely sampled. The single's music video won three MTV Video Music Awards, for the video's use of reverse narrative. A striking aspect of the video that is often missed is that, while most of the scenes appear to play backwards, the mouth movements are in the expected forward pattern. The song was also featured on the band's 2003 live album Live 2003 and has been a permanent fixture in the band's live set lists since 2002.