Viva la Vida
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| from the album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends | ||||
| B-side | "Death Will Never Conquer" | |||
| Released | 13 June 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2007–2008 | |||
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| "Viva la Vida" on YouTube "Viva la Vida" (Alternative Version) on YouTube | ||||
"Viva la Vida" is a song by the English band Coldplay. It is from their album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. The album was released on 7 May 2008. It was the band's first number one single in both the United Kingdom and the United States.
Coldplay sang the song on The Simpsons episode, "Million Dollar Maybe".
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Rojek, Chris (2011). Pop Music, Pop Culture. Cambridge: Polity Press. p. 46.
- ↑ Beaumont, Mark (30 May 2008). "Coldplay: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends". NME. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ↑ Breihan, Tom (April 21, 2023). "The Number Ones: Coldplay's "Viva la Vida"". Stereogum. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
...so maybe it's appropriate that their big, serious art-rock reinvention finally conquered the Hot 100 on the strength of an Apple commercial.
