Hype Williams made the official video, which premiered in August 2008, depicting the band against a backdrop of Eugène Delacroix’s painting, Liberty Leading the People. The band Creaky Boards also accused Coldplay of taking the song’s melody from their record, “The Songs I Didn’t Write,” however, Coldplay denied the allegations.Ĭoldplay released two music videos for this song. The chorus has musical similarities to Joe Satriani’s instrumental piece, “If I Could Fly.” Satriani sued Coldplay for plagiarism-they settled out of court.
Coldplay received several awards for the track, including Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards in February 2009. This song debuted to massive success and acclaim, peaking at number one on both the Billboard 100 and UK Singles Chart. She went through a lot of shit, of course, and then she started a big painting in her house that said ‘Viva la Vida.’ I just loved the boldness of it. I’ve always heard ( it’s what I was told for 15 years) is that they are whiny and they suck lmao. I’ve never heard that excuse for not listening lol. During a March 2008 interview with Rolling Stone, frontman Chris Martin explained the reason for naming the song and album in honour of Kahlo: If only people actually gave Coldplay a chance instead of just dismissing them because theyre popular. The title derives from the Spanish phrase “Long Live Life,” and takes its name from Frida Kahlo’s last painting before her death. I guess this video is what ever remained of the edit after they scrapped it. The instrumental is based around a string and piano background, led by an orchestral drum beat. Here's a clip I uploaded to reddit of footage from the Barcelona show in 2009 that was recorded and was supposed to be released as the live DVD for the era in addition to the CD we got. In another aspect, the song is also seen as a narrative on the French Revolution given the historical and biblical references in the lyrics. Revered as an essential rock song of the 2000s, “Viva La Vida” tells the story of a monarch who’s lost his kingdom.
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