Coldplay Songs, Albums & Song Meanings

Complete list of Coldplay songs and albums, including links to interpretations of select tracks.

Song Meanings

“Yellow” – How one person’s presence brightens your world, and the sacrifices love inspires you to make.

“Sparks” – Trying to fix things after you’ve messed up, without pressure or drama, while those glowing moments refuse to fade.

“The Scientist” – The painful realization that some mistakes can’t be undone, no matter how desperately you want to rewind time.

“Clocks” – Feeling trapped by time’s relentless march, overwhelmed by pressure and the weight of choices you can’t take back.

“Fix You” – Martin’s promise to his wife after loss: I can’t fix everything, but I won’t let you face this alone.

“Viva La Vida” – A deposed leader’s story of losing absolute power, realizing his reign was built on lies and hypocrisy.

Discography

Parachutes (2000)

1. “Don’t Panic”
2. “Shiver”
3. “Spies”
4. “Sparks”
5. “Yellow” – Featured in: Colors in Titles
6. “Trouble”
7. “Parachutes”
8. “High Speed”
9. “We Never Change”
10. “Everything’s Not Lost”

A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)

1. “Politik”
2. “In My Place”
3. “God Put a Smile Upon Your Face”
4. “The Scientist”
5. “Clocks” – Featured in: Grammy – Record of the Year
6. “Daylight”
7. “Green Eyes” – Featured in: “Eyes” in Titles
8. “Warning Sign”
9. “A Whisper”
10. “A Rush of Blood to the Head”
11. “Amsterdam”

X&Y (2005)

1. “Square One”
2. “What If”
3. “White Shadows”
4. “Fix You”
5. “Talk”
6. “X&Y”
7. “Speed of Sound” – Featured in: Brit – Song of the Year
8. “A Message”
9. “Low”
10. “The Hardest Part”
11. “Swallowed in the Sea”
12. “Twisted Logic”
13. “Til Kingdom Come”

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008)

1. “Life in Technicolor”
2. “Cemeteries of London”
3. “Lost!”
4. “42”
5. “Lovers in Japan”
6. “Yes”
7. “Viva la Vida” – Featured in: Grammy – Record of the Year
8. “Violet Hill” – Featured in: Colors in Titles
9. “Strawberry Swing”
10. “Death and All His Friends”

Mylo Xyloto (2011)

1. “Mylo Xyloto”
2. “Hurts Like Heaven”
3. “Paradise”
4. “Charlie Brown”
5. “Us Against the World”
6. “M.M.I.X.”
7. “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall”
8. “Major Minus”
9. “U.F.O.”
10. “Princess of China” (with Rihanna)
11. “Up in Flames”
12. “A Hopeful Transmission”
13. “Don’t Let It Break Your Heart”
14. “Up with the Birds”

Ghost Stories (2014)

1. “Always in My Head”
2. “Magic”
3. “Ink”
4. “True Love”
5. “Midnight”
6. “Another’s Arms”
7. “Oceans”
8. “A Sky Full of Stars”
9. “O”

A Head Full of Dreams (2015)

1. “A Head Full of Dreams”
2. “Birds”
3. “Hymn for the Weekend” – Featured in: Brit – Song of the Year
4. “Everglow”
5. “Adventure of a Lifetime” – Featured in: Hiking Songs
6. “Fun” (ft. Tove Lo)
7. “Kaleidoscope”
8. “Army of One”
9. “Amazing Day”
10. “Colour Spectrum”
11. “Up&Up”

Everyday Life (2019)

Sunrise:

1. “Sunrise”
2. “Church”
3. “Trouble in Town”
4. “Broken”
5. “Daddy”
6. “WOTW / POTP”
7. “Arabesque”
8. “When I Need a Friend”

Sunset:

1. “Guns”
2. “Orphans”
3. “Èkó”
4. “Cry Cry Cry”
5. “Old Friends”
6. “بنی آدم”
7. “Champion of the World”
8. “Everyday Life”

Music of the Spheres (2021)

1. “Music of the Spheres”
2. “Higher Power”
3. “Humankind”
4. “Alien Choir”
5. “Let Somebody Go” (with Selena Gomez)
6. “Human Heart” (with We Are King & Jacob Collier)
7. “People of the Pride”
8. “Biutyful”
9. “Music of the Spheres II”
10. “My Universe” (with BTS)
11. “Infinity Sign”
12. “Coloratura”

Moon Music (2024)

1. “MOON MUSiC”
2. “feelslikeimfallinginlove” – Featured in: Brit – Song of the Year
3. “WE PRAY” (ft. Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna & TINI)
4. “JUPiTER”
5. “GOOD FEELiNGS” (with Ayra Starr)
6. “🌈”
7. “iAAM”
8. “AETERNA”
9. “ALL MY LOVE”
10. “ONE WORLD”