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Chris Martin wrote "The Scientist" after listening to George Harrison's "All Things Must Pass". In an interview with Rolling Stone, Martin revealed that while working on the band's second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head, he knew that the album was missing something. One night, during a stay in Liverpool, Martin found an old piano that was out of tune. He wanted to work on George Harrison's song "Isn't It a Pity", but he could not manage to do so. When the song 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)
artstew
@ 3:56pm on 4 December 2009
a beautifully uplifting tale of love.
cac7299
@ 9:25am on 27 November 2009
Brilliant song amazing band.
BerrysGirl
@ 1:04am on 26 November 2009
the best song by the best band of all time....big call but I reckon its true!!!!!
JoMarch
@ 10:10pm on 25 November 2009
stops me in my tracks whenever i hear it.
Prisci
@ 10:00pm on 23 November 2009
the best song of coldplay! i love it!
jels808
@ 5:07pm on 11 November 2009
this song is so beautiful yet so sad. the first version i heard was an acoustic, and i have loved it ever since.
rob_cafc_11
@ 8:40pm on 5 November 2009
Brilliant song :)
nakedwarfare
@ 3:59pm on 1 November 2009
The Avril Lavigne cover is so haunting and so filled with sadness!
romiina
@ 7:56pm on 31 October 2009
it's just an amazing song
Talyn
@ 2:29pm on 26 October 2009
Remember seeing this vid on TOTP,was spellbound & a Coldplay fan ever since..