Peak
10
Weeks
26
Score
3,358
Chart Year
2014
The official music video was directed by Mat Whitecross and the shooting took place on King Street, Newtown, Sydney, on 17 June 2014.[37] It was released on 19 June 2014. At the beginning of the video, Martin walks down King Street dressed as a one-man band, singing the first verse of the song. Then he reaches the other members of the band (also dressed as one-man bands) and, together, they play the instrumental refrain. Martin is then seen walking through the street, without the other members, while he sings the second verse. At the end of the video the band reunites in a square, singing and playing the final part of the song with a crowd of fans. While Martin is singing the final part, many paper-made stars are blown into the square. An alternate music video, produced by design studio Artisan, shows the band performing the song in a dark room where an animation of stars is projected onto the floor. The musicians interact with the projection and the stars swirl and fly around following their movements.[38] During an interview, Martin revealed this version was actually the original idea for the music video, but was later scrapped and they decided to shoot a new video in Sydney.[39] However, snippets from the Artisan video were included in the official one and they can be seen playing on the TV screens in a shop's showcase.
This song was recorded during the sessions for Ghost Stories with Avicii. The Swedish EDM artist was invited by Chris Martin to play the piano and his imprint can be heard on the song's majestic piano lines. Speaking with BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe, Martin, who usually tinkles the ivories on Coldplay's recordings admitted he felt like he was cheating on the band when he asked the Swede to play the piano instead of him. Chris Martin said on Fuse: "What that song represents on Ghost Stories is the release after you've climbed the mountain - after you've done anything challenging. That's why that song is so unashamedly happy and danceable: because that's what it needed to be. I love singing it. I know we didn't break the mold, but it's just so fun to play." A house-influenced piano-centric song with pounding bass drum, this is the closest Coldplay have come to recording a dance track. Avicii also produced the track along with the band and Ghost Stories producers Paul Epworth, Daniel Green and Rik Simpson. The song received its TV première on the April 29, 2014 episode of BBC 2's Later... with Jools Holland and four days later the band performed it on Saturday Night Live. Report this ad Martin told the hosts on The Kevin & Bean Show that after coming up with the idea for this song, he did something different. "What happens with our songs generally is that they get sent from the universe, however they come," he said. "I don't know where they come from, in the middle of the night they come through and I take it to the rest of the band and it gets layered up, like a car being built or something." But this time around, he took the song straight to Avicii and had it produced by the Swedish EDM mastermind. This was the last song Coldplay added to Ghost Stories and the band appreciated the "fresh injection" by Avicii. "The rest of the band was very gracious, as usual," Martin told Kevin and Bean. "So they said, 'We trust you and let's keep rolling.'" Filmed by movie director Mat Whitecross (The Road to Guantanamo, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, The Shock Doctrine), the song's music video shows Chris Martin walking through King Street in Newtown, Sydney kitted out like a one-man band, before being joined by the rest of Coldplay. 250 fans were also invited to march from Newtown's Courthouse Hotel. Speaking during a Beat x Beat webcast, Chris Martin explained how the song was created. "It needs to be about unconditional love," he said. "There will be a point where you'll be like, 'OK, I got that out of my system. Now let's go dancing.'" Martin added that he was listening to Katy Perry's music when he was writing Ghost Stories. He borrowed the way the Californian songstress' tunes have a repetitive chord pattern with a sing-along melody over the top for this track. The song played after the acceptance speeches of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris following their victory in the US 2020 presidential election. It was a favorite song of Biden's late son Beau; Chris Martin performed it at his funeral in 2015. Afterwards, the song had a resurgence, topping the Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart for the first time.
'Cause you're a sky, 'cause you're a sky full of stars I'm gonna give you my heart 'Cause you're a sky, 'cause you're a sky full of stars 'Cause you light up the path I don't care, go on and tear me apart I don't care if you do, ooh-ooh-ooh 'Cause in a sky, 'cause in a sky full of stars I think I saw you 'Cause you're a sky, 'cause you're a sky full of stars I wanna die in your arms, oh-oh 'Cause you get lighter the more it gets dark I'm gonna give you my heart, oh I don't care, go on and tear me apart I don't care if you do, ooh-ooh-ooh 'Cause in a sky, 'cause in a sky full of stars I think I see you I think I see you 'Cause you're a sky, you're a sky full of stars Such a heavenly view You're such a heavenly view Yeah, yeah, yeah, woo
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 17, 2014 | 24 | 102 |
| 2 | May 24, 2014 | 43 | 83 |
| 3 | May 31, 2014 | 10 | 116 |
| 4 | Jun 7, 2014 | 28 | 98 |
| 5 | Jun 14, 2014 | 47 | 79 |
| 6 | Jun 21, 2014 | 63 | 63 |
| 7 | Jun 28, 2014 | 71 | 55 |
| 8 | Jul 5, 2014 | 56 | 70 |
| 9 | Jul 12, 2014 | 57 | 69 |
| 10 | Jul 19, 2014 | 59 | 67 |
| 11 | Jul 26, 2014 | 51 | 75 |
| 12 | Aug 2, 2014 | 49 | 77 |
| 13 | Aug 9, 2014 | 41 | 85 |
| 14 | Aug 16, 2014 | 36 | 90 |
| 15 | Aug 23, 2014 | 37 | 89 |
| 16 | Aug 30, 2014 | 34 | 92 |
| 17 | Sep 6, 2014 | 32 | 94 |
| 18 | Sep 13, 2014 | 28 | 98 |
| 19 | Sep 20, 2014 | 25 | 101 |
| 20 | Sep 27, 2014 | 26 | 100 |