成立20周年，Coldplay最叫座的20首歌有没有你的心头好？
1996年的9月，天团诞生。
1996年的9月，Chris Martin和同学Jonny一起成立了一支名为Pectoralz的乐队，随着Guy与Will的加入，Coldplay这个日后响彻全球乐坛的名字诞生。
他们背负着黄色降落伞在世界播撒热情，热血涌上脑海，心与音乐纠缠如同源染色体般繁复缜密。一腔奏响生命万岁的决心，一片彩绘在斑斓中繁衍。安祥时像老者低喃亡灵的故事，飞扬时像梦想在脑海中沸腾。
今天为大家盘点Coldplay成立20年来最叫座的20首单曲，快来看有没有你的心头好。
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“Atlas”
Year: 2013
Album: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Coldplay’s first foray into writing music for film, “Atlas” appeared on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire soundtrack. A throwback to their earlier sound, it received Grammy and Golden Globe nominations.
这是酷玩乐队首次尝试为电影作歌，Atlas是《饥饿游戏2：星火燎原》的原声带。这首歌很有他们以前歌的味道，获得了格莱美和金球奖提名。
“Christmas Lights”
Year: 2010
Piano ballad “Christmas Lights” walks that fine line that the best of Coldplay’s output does, dancing nimbly between the uplifting and the melancholy.
钢琴民谣Christmas Lights是酷玩乐队比较出色的作品之一，歌曲时而明媚时而忧伤。
Contemplating your miserable year and crushing loneliness on Christmas Eve? Just toss this gem on and prepare to either snap out of it and raise a glass to life’s plusses or, well, start breaking ornaments in your mouth and swallowing the glass.
一年的时间过得郁郁寡欢，平安夜也要一个人过？打开这首歌，释放掉你所有的不开心，向生活举杯，把所有的不如意和在酒里，一饮而尽。
“Midnight”
Year: 2014
Album: Ghost Stories
“Midnight” was seen sa a natural outgrowth of the “Death And All His Friends” outro. It’s only when you factor in Ghost Stories as a whole that the song is a true outlier: What seemed like a daring recalibration ended up being nothing more than a red herring.
Midnight被看做是Death And All His Friends（酷玩2008年发行的歌曲）歌曲结局的衍生物，当把Ghost Stories专辑看做一个整体时，这首歌跟其他歌曲就显得格格不入：就像是一次大胆的再校准，结果却不了了之。
“Speed Of Sound”
Year: 2005
Album: X&Y
The lead single from Coldplay’s third album sits in a paradoxical place within the band’s history. Chris Martin has stated that he doesn’t like the song, and, indeed, he and his bandmates have rarely played it live. Despite this, piano-driven pop-rock number “Speed Of Sound” became Coldplay’s very first Top 10 hit in the US, was nominated for two Grammys and four MTV Video Music Awards, and also landed the quartet a Brit Award for Best British Single.
这首歌是酷玩乐队第三张专辑的主打歌，但在整个酷玩乐队的创作史中却有些似是而非的感觉。Chris Martin曾说过他不喜欢这首歌，事实上，他和其他队友也很少在现场表演过这首歌。尽管如此，这首钢琴伴奏的流行摇滚乐成为了酷玩乐队在美国音乐榜单中第一首进入前10的作品。被格莱美奖提名两次，MTV提名四次，在全英音乐奖提名四次，获得英国最佳单曲奖。
“In My Place”
Year: 2002
Album: A Rush Of Blood To The Head
It’s easy to see how Coldplay caught the world’s attention with stark, elegant heartbreakers like “In My Place.” And it won a Grammy!
酷玩乐队总是能以In My Place这样荒凉、简单却令人心碎的歌曲打动世界。这首歌获得了格莱美奖。
“Princess Of China”
Year: 2011
Album: Mylo Xyloto
They don’t come cooler than Rihanna, whose icy presence steals this gem right from under the band. Although the concept’s a little half-baked — if Rihanna’s a princess, can Chris be her king if he’s not her dad?
Rihanna真是酷毙了，她的酷帅表现完全抢了酷玩的风头。但是有一点有些让人费解——如果Rihanna是公主的话，那Chris怎么在不做她爹的情况下成为国王？
“Violet Hill”
Year: 2008
Album: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Coldplay’s catalog is plenty dreary, but this antiwar salvo was really the first time they sounded downright mad. Martial drums help this battle hymn build on the album cover’s war theme and the band’s fashion go-to at the time, the military jacket.
酷玩的歌曲总是比较沉郁的，但这首反战歌曲却是第一次能从中明显的听出愤怒。专辑封面所体现的战争主题通过这首战歌中武术鼓的表演更为有力，乐队成员也都穿着军装夹克。
“Paradise”
Year: 2011
Album: Mylo Xyloto
Poor Chris Martin. When you marry a famous movie star, everyone assumes that each time you sing “she” in a song, you’re singin’ about your lady. Gwyneth-based or not, “Paradise” is actually a pretty tune.
可怜的Chris Martin，当你娶了一个知名的电影明星时，每当歌曲中出现“她”这样的字眼，人们总以为你是唱给她的。不管这首歌是不是写给格温妮丝的，Paradise确实是一首好歌。
“Magic”
Year: 2014
Album: Mylo Xyloto
Stripped-down and intimate, “Magic” aims to enchant quietly, proving the boys still certainly had a few tricks left up their sleeves by 2014. Eschewing their trademark bombastic dazzle, here they serve subtlety and warmth. It works for the most part, although the lyrics are a little weak and the music video ends up downright silly.
没有华丽的装饰，只有亲密的呢喃，Magic能让人静悄悄地沉醉其中。这首歌也证明了即使到了2014年，酷玩乐队的成员还是有两把刷子的。洗尽铅华，他们带给观众的是微妙的感动和温暖。大多数人还是很喜欢这首歌的，虽然它的歌词有点不怎么样，mv也很蠢。
“Adventure Of A Lifetime”
Year: 2015
Album: A Head Full Of Dreams
This joyful disco-ball twirl of a tune rings more vibrant, creative and infectious than most of Coldplay’s output in recent years.
这首欢快的迪斯科舞曲比近几年酷玩出的歌都要富有生命力、创造力和感染力。
“A Sky Full Of Stars”
Year: 2014
Album: Ghost Stories
“A Sky Full Of Stars” arrived in springtime 2014, and two years later it still manages to project all the euphoria and warmth the season brings with it .
这首歌于2014年的春季发行，即便是两年后，好像还是可以感受到那个季节所带来的明媚和温暖。
“Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall”
Year: 2011
Album: Mylo Xyloto
Trading in their somber balladry for jangle pop by way of U2 at their sparkliest. Lovely, loud and life-affirming, this is “In a Big Country” for the 21st century set — the highest compliment imaginable.
在酷玩乐队最火的时候，他们把自身的音乐风格从阴郁民谣转变称噪响流行乐。可爱、响亮、对生命的肯定，“这简直就是21世纪的In a Big Country”——真是难以想象的最高评价。
“Shiver”
Year: 2000
Album: Parachutes
It was with “Shiver,” which was actually the lead single for the album in the UK, that Coldplay began a career built on being soft-rock’s.
Shiver这首歌在英国实际上就是这张专辑的主打歌，在那里，酷玩乐队开启了他们慢摇滚的事业。
“Talk”
Year: 2005
Album: X&Y
Like David Bowie, New Order and scores of other artists, the gents of Coldplay found inspiration in the music of groundbreaking German electronic outfit Kraftwerk.
就像David Bowie、New Order以及其他艺术家一样，酷玩乐队的成员也从德国电子乐队的鼻祖——发电站乐队那里获得了灵感。
“Trouble”
Year: 2000
Album: Parachutes
The success of previous single “Yellow” cast a long shadow. By the fall of 2000, Chris Martin was headed fast to worldwide fame. Follow-up single “Trouble” was to make Coldplay the Best Band On Earth. “Trouble” is an expression of regret，the final repeated lines, “they spun a web for me” seem so vulnerable.
单曲Yellow的成功带来了很长时间的阴影，2000年的秋天，Chris Martin迅速火遍全球。随后的这首单曲Trouble使得酷玩乐队成为全球最顶尖的乐队。这首歌表达的是遗憾悔恨的情感，歌曲中最后反复的一句歌词 “they spun a web for me”听起来有种特别脆弱的感觉。
“Yellow”
Year: 2000
Album: Parachutes
Summer 2000. Lining the London Tube walls were print ads for a new group with a weird name. “Yellow” was getting a huge push by the record label. “Look at the stars, look how they shine for you, and everything you do / Yeah they were all yellow.” This one comes down that: A lyric of pure romance.
2000夏，伦敦地铁的墙上出现了一个有着古怪名字的新乐队的广告。Yellow这首歌由唱片公司全力打造。“Look at the stars, look how they shine for you, and everything you do / Yeah they were all yellow”，这首广为流传的歌词真是生动的体现了纯情的爱恋啊。
“Fix You”
Year: 2005
Album: X&Y
Screech away in the comments, but “Fix You” is the ultimate Coldplay song. Like so many of their cuts, it aims to be humanity’s ultimate song of healing. But even if you hate the first half, no one can resist Jonny Buckland’s rising guitar that leads the song to its glorious conclusion, where the entire band vows.
不管评论如何，Fix You当之无愧是酷玩最好听的歌曲。跟他们很多的歌曲一样，这首歌也是超级治愈。即使你不喜欢歌曲的第一部分，但是当巴克兰的吉他声渐起，全员开始合唱时，这首歌就变得异常动听。
“The Scientist”
Year: 2002
Album: A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Who doesn’t feel that “The Scientist” slices right into their soul? If those opening piano chords don’t get you, the vulnerability in Chris Martin’s voice and lyrics will.
这首歌直直的击中人们的灵魂，即使开头的钢琴和弦没有抓住你的心，马丁脆弱的声音和歌词也最终会打动你。
“Viva La Vida”
Year: 2008
Album: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Before its release, Coldplay’s fourth album was pitched as a change in sound. First single “Violet Hill” left everyone scratching their head, but a few weeks later, they delivered a thing of beauty:The poppiest, most soaring song they’d ever created. After a period of relative decline, Coldplay was back to, as the lyric declares, “rule the world.”
在这首歌发出之前，酷玩的第四张专辑中有了声音的转变，音调变高。专辑中第一首单曲Violet Hill发行之初，每一个听过的人都抓头，但过了几周后，评论都变得很美好，听这歌会让人上瘾，这是他们听过最好的高音歌。经过一段时间的消沉后，酷玩乐队回来了，就像歌词中讲的——“rule the world”.
“Clocks”
Year: 2002
Album: A Rush Of Blood To The Head
A cascading piano motif can alone make a worldwide hit. “Clocks,” carried by that piano and a two-word chorus; In 2004, it won a Grammy for Record Of The Year.
只用有层次感的钢琴声就可以打造一首世界名曲。Clocks就是由这样的钢琴曲和两个合唱团伴奏；2004年获得格莱美最佳专辑奖。
过亿唱片销量，格莱美、全英音乐奖、滚石500大专辑、NME最高成就奖肯定，当之无愧的新世纪第一天团——Coldplay。
他们已经一起携手走过了20个年头，而传奇还将继续书写。
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