The members of Coldplay met and became friends while living in the same dormitory at the University College of London (UCL) in the mid-1990s.

They formed a band, originally naming themselves Starfish.

When friends of theirs who were playing in a band called Coldplay no longer wanted to use the name, Starfish officially became Coldplay. The name was taken from a book of poetry called Child's Reflections, Cold Play.

The group comprises bassist Guy Berryman, guitarist Buckland, drummer Will Champion, and lead singer, guitarist, and pianist Martin.

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In April of 1998 Coldplay went into the recording studio with the intention of recording a demo CD to use as a calling card for introducing the band to record labels. The recording session went so well that the band decided to release the three songs as an EP—a recording of a few songs, shorter in duration than a regular full-length album—that was titled Safety

Coldplay returned to the studio in February of 1999 to record the EP Brothers and Sisters. With this release, Coldplay began earning the attention of England's music reviewers and radio hosts. In 1999 the influential British magazine New Musical Express ( NME ) labeled Coldplay the new band to watch, and Steve Lamacq of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Radio 1 gave Coldplay's music plenty of airtime, helping the song "Brothers and Sisters" enter Britain's pop music charts at number ninety-two.

In March of 2000 Coldplay released "Shiver," the first single from Parachutes. "Shiver" made a splash, reaching number thirty-five on England's music charts, but it was the second single from Parachutes that catapulted Coldplay to stardom. "Yellow," released in June of 2000, became a genuine hit in both England and the United States, where it came to the attention of the public as a video on MTV and then went into heavy rotation at radio stations all across the country. Thrilled with their newfound international success, the band nonetheless worried about overexposure.

During their 2001 visit to Live 105, an alternative rock radio station in San Francisco, a station employee showed Buckland the station's current playlist, with "Yellow" in the number-one spot.

Coldplay earned a slew of awards for their sophomore album, including three MTV Video Music Awards in 2003, a Grammy Award for best alternative music album in 2003 and, for the song "Clocks," a Grammy for record of the year in 2004. The band also won, once again, the BRIT Awards for best British group and best British album.

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A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD (2002)MYLO XYLOTO (2011)

LEFTRIGHTLEFTRIGHTLEFT (2009)

VIVA LA VIDA OR DEATH AND HIS FRIENDS (2008)

X & Y (2005)

LIVE 2003 (2003)

PARACHUTES (2000)

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CLOCKS Lyrics

Lights go out and I can't be saved Tides that I tried to swim against

You've put me down upon my knees

Oh I beg, I beg and plead (singing) Come out of things unsaid,

shoot an apple of my head (and a)

Trouble that can't be named, tigers waiting to be tamed

(singing) You are, you are

Las luces salen y yo no puedo salvarme Mareas que yo intenté nadar contra Usted me ha soltado en mis rodillas

Oh yo ruego, yo ruego y suplico (cantando) Salga de cosas no dicho, dispare

una manzana de mi cabeza (y un) Problema que no puede nombrarse,

tigres que esperan ser domado (cantando) Usted es, usted es

Confusion never stops, closing walls and ticking

clocks (gonna) Come back and take you

home, I could not stop,

that you now know (singing) Come out upon my seas,

curse missed opportunities (am I)

A part of the cure, or am I part of the disease

(singing)

La confusión nunca detiene, mientras cerrando las paredes

y haciendo tictac los relojes (yendo a)

Regrese y tómelo casa, yo no podría detener,

que usted sabe ahora (cantando) Salga en mis mares, la maldición

extrañó las oportunidades (es yo)

Una parte de la cura, o es yo parto de

la enfermedad (cantando)

You are [x6] And nothing else

compares Oh no nothing else

compares And nothing else

compares

You are [continues in background]

Home, home, where I wanted to go

Usted es [ x6] Y nada más compara Oh ningún nada más

compara Y nada más compara

Usted es [continúa en el fondo]

Casa, casa dónde yo quise ir [ x4]