Meanwhile, singer Chris Martin recently stormed out of a puff-piece newspaper interview, declaring "we don't care if we sell a million less records". The cover features Delacroix's romantic depiction of the spirit of revolution, Liberty Leading the People Over the Barricades. The album's title may sound like something you'd find on the cocktail menu on TGI Friday, but it comes from a painting by surrealist Frida Kahlo. There are intimations of artistic insurrection and tumult. Rock's most celebrated blue-sky thinker, Brian Eno, is on board. For once, it's hard to argue with the new EMI boss: the anticipation comes not just as a result of Coldplay's preceding vast success, but the sense that they finally might be about to offer something different from the increasingly windy and lachrymose stadium ballads that fuelled it. The song was played in honour of retiring darts player Phil Taylor after the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship final against Rob Cross.N o less a musical authority than Guy Hands has called Viva la Vida "the most anticipated album of the year". The song was also used pre-match during every 2008 Rugby League World Cup game before the two teams took to the field. This was the at-bat music of Scott Rolen, former third baseman of the Cincinnati Reds. The Kansas City Chiefs play the song at the end of home games in Arrowhead Stadium.Īdditionally, it is also used by the Kansas City Royals to celebrate home runs and wins at Kauffman Stadium. It was also used in Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals when the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup on Vancouver Ice. The song was used by the Vancouver Canucks in a tribute video during Markus Näslund's number retirement ceremony held in Vancouver's Rogers Arena. The National Hockey League's New York Rangers played "Viva la Vida" at Madison Square Garden after victories during the 2011 season. UEFA used "Viva la Vida" as the goal celebration song for the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final and Europa League Final. The song was also played during Pep Guardiola's farewell before his final match coaching Barcelona at the Nou Camp, a 4–0 victory against Espanyol on. It was often played at the Camp Nou before the start of a Barcelona match. The song was selected by the manager of the club, Pep Guardiola – himself a Coldplay fan – to help motivate and encourage his team.
It turned out to be a season of unprecedented success for the Spanish club in 2009, as they won all six competitions they could possibly be involved in, which no football club has managed before in history. The song also became the anthem of Spanish football club FC Barcelona during the 2008–09 season. It is also the goal celebration song of the German football club Hannover 96. As he sings the last chorus, his bandmates surface heading his way, tying in loose ends from the "Violet Hill" video.ĭuring the 2008–09 season, the German football club Hamburger SV used "Viva la Vida" as their goal celebration song. At the end, he hangs the picture up in a white stall on top of a hill.
During the video, he carries Delacroix's painting. This second version is a tribute to Corbijn's video for Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence" and portrays Chris Martin as the king from whose perspective the song is sung. The video has 707 million views on YouTube as of September 2021.Ī second, alternate video was shot in The Hague, the Netherlands, directed by Anton Corbijn and released alongside the first. The video depicts the band performing against a blurry, warped version of Eugène Delacroix's painting La Liberté guidant le peuple, ending with the band members crumbling into rose petals.
The official music video for "Viva La Vida" was directed by Hype Williams and premiered at Coldplay's official website on 1 August 2008. " Viva la Vida" is a song written and recorded by Coldplay from their fourth studio album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, and was released as a single on 25 May, 2008. Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends track listing Chinese Sleep Chant Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends Singles chronology Previous
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