Coldplay - Spies

"The spies hide out in every corner but you can't touch them no cos they're all spies.

Album: Parachutes [debut album]
Recorded: England & Wales
Genre: Soft Rock, Indie
Album Release: July 10th 2000
Length: 5:18
Producer: Ken Nelson & Coldplay
Vocalist: Chris Martin [age 23]
Label: Parlophone Records

Music Video


Live at Glastonbury from 2002

Charts, Sales & Streams

Spotify: 55,000,000 +
YouTube Music: 13,000,000 +
UK albums: 9x platinum
USA albums: 2x platinum
NME Best Albums of All Time (2013): #272
Grammy Award Winner for Best Alternative Music Album 2002
Mercury prize nominee 2002

Credits

Details

• Inspired by James Bond, the song is about paranoia and spying.
• The song is banned in China due to "inflammatory political content."
  
• Coldplay's drummer Will Champion's favourite song on the Parachutes album
• Parachutes won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album

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