from the album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Released
14 September 2009 (2009-09-14)
Recorded
December 2007
Genre
Alternative rock
folk-pop[1]
Length
4:11 (Album version)
4:09 (Radio edit)
Label
Parlophone
Songwriter(s)
Guy Berryman
Jonny Buckland
Will Champion
Chris Martin
Producer(s)
Markus Dravs
Brian Eno
Jon Hopkins
Rik Simpson
Coldplay singles chronology
"Life in Technicolor II" (2009)
"Strawberry Swing" (2009)
"Christmas Lights" (2010)
Music video
"Strawberry Swing" on YouTube
"Strawberry Swing" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. On 14 September 2009, it was released as the fourth and final single from the band's fourth studio album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008). The song was written by the members of the band and was produced by Markus Dravs, Brian Eno, Jon Hopkins and Rik Simpson. The track received mostly positive reviews from music critics who praised the infectious melody, the vocal performance of Chris Martin and the west-African influences on the track's arrangement and production.
"Strawberry Swing" reached a position of 158 on the UK Singles Chart and reached position 5 on both the Polish Singles Chart and the Dutch Tipparade charts. The song received a stop-motion music video directed by Shynola, which was nominated for Breakthrough Video at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. Coldplay performed the song on their 2008 Viva la Vida Tour, and a live version of the song appeared on Coldplay's live album, LeftRightLeftRightLeft (2009).
The song was performed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony, with the British Paraorchestra. R&B singer-songwriter Frank Ocean released a cover version of the song on his 2011 mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra to positive reviews from critics, and later performed it during his 2012 Coachella Music Festival appearance and his 2012 Channel Orange tour.
^Downer, Adam (9 June 2008). "Coldplay - Viva la Vida (staff review)". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
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