Viva la Vida
Sign in to saveoriginal song written, composed, and performed by Coldplay in 2008
Key facts
- B side
- Death Will Never Conquer
- Released
- 25 May 2008 ( 2008-05-25 )
- Recorded
- 2007–2008
- Genre
- Art rock baroque pop orchestral pop
- Length
- 4 : 01 (album version) 4 : 02 (single version) 3 : 45 ( radio edit )
- Label
- Parlophone Capitol
- Songwriters
- Guy Berryman Jonny Buckland Will Champion Chris Martin
- Producers
- Markus Dravs Brian Eno Jon Hopkins Rik Simpson
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Genre
- popular music
- Composer
- Chris Martin
- Lyrics by
- Chris Martin
Show 4 more facts
- language of work or name
- English language
- title
- Viva la vida
- form of creative work
- song
- publication date
- 2008-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Music video "Viva la Vida" on YouTube "Viva la Vida" (Alternative version) on YouTube
"Viva la Vida" (/ˌviːvə lə ˈviːdə/, Spanish: [ˈbiβa la ˈβiða]; Spanish for 'long live life') is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008), on which the band explored new styles. The lyrics contain historical and Christian references (King Louis XVI and the French Revolution, "Roman cavalry choirs", Saint Peter) and the track is built around a looping string section with a digitally processed piano, while other layers are gradually added.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viva la Vida” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.