Clocks by Coldplay - Song of the Decade

Song Info

"Clocks" emerged in conception during the late stages into the production of Coldplay's second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head. The band's vocalist, Chris Martin, came in studio late one night. A riff popped up in Martin's mind and wrote it on the piano. Martin presented the riff to the band's guitarist, Jonny Buckland, who then added guitar chords on the basic track. During the writing of "Clocks", the band had already made 10 songs for the album. With this, they Read more...

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This song has not won any awards that are recognised by Song of the Decade. We include BRIT Awards, Ivor Novello Awards, NME Awards, MTV Europe Awards, MOBO Awards and BPI Awards.

Comments (19)

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oONodokaOo

@ 9:18pm on 23 October 2009

I can't find anything to say ... The song just says it all !

Coldplayer94

@ 9:16pm on 23 October 2009

FREAKING AWESOME :wacky:

BerrymanGirl1

@ 9:10pm on 23 October 2009

Home home where I wanted to go!♥

Frisbeh

@ 8:43pm on 23 October 2009

Whenever I play Clocks on the piano, I remember watching Chris Matrin bouncing out of his chair, dripping sweat, and I feel a bit like that. Its invigorating...