We had everyone post their months ago in this thread http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2459700

which gave some rough vote totals for people's favorite songs:

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2459700&postcount=104

 

However I would like to get the DEFINITIVE Top 50 Coldplay Songs as many people did not rank their lists which is very important in putting together a master list. (for example VLV won for sheer volume of votes but a song like Clocks may actually be higher on people's lists; or not)

 

So here's the new rules:

 

1. Collaborations are ok, as long as the entire band was in on it (aka no Homecoming, All things come to, etc...)

2. Covers are fine

3. Different versions of songs do not count (No Lost? or Don't Panic Blue room edition etc...)

4. Remixes do not count

5. The songs must be ranked in order. No exceptions this time around. Please. Songs only get slight advantages by being higher in the lists so don't sweat your order that much!!

6. Unreleased songs (but performed live) are ok.

7. You can do a minimum of 25 songs and a maximum of 50 songs in your list. So 25-50 songs on lists are ok.

8. If you want to edit your list later that's fine. Just do not reply post your edits into a new post. Use your original post.

 

If you have a list in the old list thread that was ranked just re-post it in here (search with your username and a songtitle for quick results). If you had a loose list before that needs to be ranked please do so and put it in here. If you are starting from scratch feel free to use any of the above list links and then shuffle them around to make them your own.

 

I'll leave this open for several weeks and hope to get at least the 40+ lists the original thread got. As you'll see in sig I've helped arrange and do top lists for everyone from Radiohead, to the Beatles and Zep, to whole genres of music, so Coldplay deserve the official list treatment.

Mine from the other thread

 

1) Clocks

2) Yellow

3) Don't Panic

4) Amsterdam

5) Sparks

6) Viva La Vida

7) See You Soon

8) Shiver

9) Chinese Sleep Chant

10) Lovers In Japan

11) Daylight

12) Fix You

13) Speed Of Sound

14) Reign Of Love

15) One I Love

16) No More Keeping My Feet On The Ground

17) White Shadows

18) Warning Sign

19) Lost!

20) Death And All His Friends

21) Politik

22) Moses

23) Square One

24) Violet Hill

25) A Message

26) High Speed

27) The World Turned Upside Down

28) Trouble

29) 42

30) I Ran Away

31) God Put A Smile Upon Your Face

32) In My Place

33) Life In Technicolor

34) Twisted Logic

35) Talk

36) The Scientist

37) Cemeteries Of London

38) Low

39) A Whisper

40) Square One

1) The Scientist

2) Viva La Vida

3) In My Place

4) Fix You

5) Shiver

6) The Hardest Part

7) Swallowed In The Sea

8) Lost!

9) Yellow

10) 42

11) Clocks

12) Violet Hill

13) Talk

14) Life in Technicolor

15) Politik

16) Death And All His Friends

17) Speed of Sound

18) A Rush of Blood to the Head

19) Amsterdam

20) Daylight

21) Cemeteries of London

22) Lovers In Japan

23) Green Eyes

24) Yes

25) God Put a Smile Upon Your Face

26) Strawberry Swing

27) Square One

28) Chinese Sleep Chant

29) Don’t Panic

30) Trouble

Ta-Dah!

 

28 - X&Y

27 - Strawberry Swing

26 - What if?

25 - Shiver

24 - Reign of Love

23 - Green Eyes

22 - A Message

21 - Life in Technicolour

20 - Square One

19 - God Put A Smile Upon Your Face

18 - Life is For Living (Live version)

17 - Lost!

16 - In My Place

15 - Death and All His Friends

14 - Everything's Not Lost

13 - The Hardest Part

12 - Twisted Logic

11 - Gravity

10 - Clocks

09 - The Scientist

08 - Cemeteries of London

07 - Fix You

06 - Lovers In Japan

05 - Yellow

04 - Viva La Vida

03 - Don't Panic

02 - Warning Sign

01 - Politik

OMG, love your avi ^

:D

I'm so confused ..but anyway..

 

1) Clocks

2) High Speed

3) Politik

4) Trouble

5) Warning Sign

6) Strawberry Swing

7) God Put A Smile Upon Your Face

8) Amsterdam

9) Bigger Stronger

10) Everything's Not Lost

11) Violet Hill

12) Yellow

13) For You

14) Daylight

15) One I Love

16) The Scientist

17) Cemeteries Of London

18) A Whisper

19) 42

20) Square One

21) I Bloom Blaum

22) One I Love

23) Fix You

24) Easy To Please

25) Moses

26) See You Soon

27) Idiot

28) Yes

29) How You See The World

30) A Rush Of Blood To The Head

31) Lovers In Japan

32) Twisted Logic

33) X&Y

34) 1:36

35) In My Place

36) Death And All His Friends

 

phew! that took me a while :confused:

I may or may not complete this later

 

This is VERY HARD and I don't like picking favourites between my Coldplay songs :bigcry:

1. Clocks

2.Daylight(live)

3.Fix you

4.X&y

5.God put a smile upon..

6.Hardest part

7.DAAF

8.a low

9.Lovers in japan

10.speed of sound

11.scientist

12.don't panic

13.yellow(acoustic)

14.politik

15.square one

16.violet hill

17.a rush a blood

18.lost

19.spies

20.amsterdam

 

THAT"S IT, i THINK IT'S TOO EARLY TO TALK about 50 BEST SONGS OF COLDPLAY, TOP 20 IS FAIR ENOUGH.aND, YES VIVA LA VIDA IS OUT OF MY LIST, IT'S JUST TOO TROUBADOUR MUSIC, GIVE THE ORCHESTRA AND SMILE, CONFETTI ETC,BUT LOVERS.. IS VERY GOOD

Could you place at least 25? I'd like to have everyone meet the same rules and your vote to count.

 

I will count yellow (acoustic) as yellow and daylight (live) as daylight....

 

 

 

We have faith in you Cobalt.... :)

i can do 25, but Lord, it will be hard, it's like picking your favorite child:rolleyes:

I will... but later I need some time to think

21.bigger stronger

22.in my place

23.yes

24.shiver

25.speed of sound(just for lyrics, it's just a bad copy of clocks)

That's it, I just can't write any more 25 is magic number

great, thx!!

1. A Rush of Blood to the Head

2. Strawberry Swing

3. Lost!

4. Green Eyes

5. Violet Hill

6. Amsterdam

7. Politik

8. Square One

9. Viva la Vida

10. Death and All His Friends

11. Warning Sign

12. X&Y

13. Talk

14. Fix You

15. Life in Technicolor

16. What If

17. Trouble

18. Lovers in Japan

19. Daylight

20. High Speed

22. Chinese Sleep Chant

22. A Spell a Rebel Yell

23. White Shadows

24. Don't Panic

25. Shiver

1. Death and All His Friends

2. Amsterdam

3. In My Place

4. The Scientist

5. Swallowed in the Sea

6. Politik

7. I Ran Away

8. Fix You

9. Square One

10. Shiver

11. Lovers in Japan

12. Yellow

13. Viva La Vida

14. Don't Panic

15. See You Soon

16. Strawberry Swing

17. Proof

18. A Message

19. Life in Technicolor

20. Violet Hill

21. We Never Change

22. A Rush of Blood to the Head

23. Crests of Waves

24. White Shadows

25. Everything's Not Lost

26. Warning Sign

27. Sparks

28. Lost!

29. What If

30. Life is For Living

31. Clocks

32. Trouble

33. Speed of Sound

34. Talk

35. Low

1. White Shadows

2. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face

3. Gravity

4. Animals

5. Strawberry Swing

6. Crests Of Waves

7. A Rush Of Blood To The Head

8. Yellow

9. See You Soon

10. Amsterdam

11. The Scientist

12. Strawberry Swing

13. Things I Don't Understand

14. Viva La Vida

15. Everything's Not Lost

16. Death And All His Friends

17. Politik

18. Proof

19. Warning Sign

20. In My Place

21. Brothers And Sisters

22.Lost!

23. Sleeping Sun

24. Sparks

25. High Speed

26. Speed of Sound

27. We Never Change

28. Twisted Logic

29. Clocks

30. Daylight

31. 1.36

32. Chinese Sleep Chant

 

*EDIT* :P

33. Only Superstition

34. Perfect Day [Cover]

35. How You See The World No. 2

That's my list:

 

1) Clocks

2) Yellow

3) Viva La Vida

4) Strawberry Swing

5) The Scientist

6) Lost!

7) Fix You

8) Shiver

9) Trouble

10) Violet Hill

11) A Message

12) Speed Of Sound

13) Don't Panic

14) Death And All His Friends

15) Moses

16) Politik

17) Lovers In Japan

18) Reign Of Love

19) Talk

20) Life In Technicolor

21) The Hardest Part

22) Square One

23) What If

24) 42

25) Lost?

26) In My Place

27) God Put A Smile Upon Your Face

28) Cemeteries of London

29) Yes!

30) Everything's Not Lost

31) Daylight

32) Brothers And Sisters

33) Chinese Sleep Chant

34) Warning Sign

35) Square One

36) A Spell A Rebel Yell

37) Bigger Stronger

38) X&Y

39) A Low

40) Square One

 

:) :) :)

1.Yellow

2.Clocks

3.Warning sign

4.a message

5.Sparks

6.I bloom blaum

7.Careful where you stand

8.For You

9.Gravity

10.One i love

11.Pour Me

12.Animals

13.A rush of blood to the head

14.The hardest part

15.Swallowed in the sea

16.X&Y

17.Square one

18.See you soon

19.Life is for living

20.Yes

21.Reign of love

22.Lovers in japan

23.Strawberry swing

24.I ran away

25.harmless

26.Daylight

27.a whisper

28.Green eyes

29.Brothers and Sisters

30.Bigger stronger

31.Easy to please

32.Only superstition(its a very beautiful song ever,especially when Chris sings"but in voices loud and clear,you say to me its only superstition,its only your imagination,its only all the things that you fear,and the things you cannot explain""and its making me cry love,i am skipping away love"i really like it.)

33.We never change

34.god put a smile upon your face

35.Low

36.Crests of waves

37.Marianne

38.Lost

39.Violet Hill

40.Life in Technicolor

41.Chinese sleep chant

42.Shiver

43.Amsterdam

44.Scientist

45.in my place

46.parachutes or spies(rank anything in this because i am confused in it).

47.a ghost

48.cover songs You only live twice

49.cover songs Streets of Baltimore

50.A spell a rebel yell

 

i have to edit some more changes in this i realized again.

1 warning sign

2 sparks

3 amsterdam

4 politik

5 a rush of blood to the head

6 shiver

7 everything is not lost

8 don't panic

9 trouble

10 Strawberry Swing

11 Square One

12 42

13 Life in Technicolor

14 Parachutes

15 Ladder to the sun

16 Crests of waves

17 Harmless

18 white shadows

19 Chinese Sleep Chant

20 The Goldrush

21 Yellow

22 Green Eyes

23 God Put a Smile Upon Your Face

24 See You Soon

25 Gravity

This is probably not right at all. I find I'm terrible at ranking songs, but I'll give it a go.

 

1. The Scientist

2. Viva la Vida

3. Yellow

4. Green Eyes

5. Strawberry Swing

6. Lost?

7. Violet Hill

8. Fix You

9. Talk

10. Warning Sign

11. 42

12. Don't Panic

13. Shiver

14. Hardest Part

15. I Ran Away

16. Lovers in Japan Acoustic

17. Death and all his Friends

18. Yes

19. Amsterdam

20. Swallowed in the Sea

21. Sparks

22. One I Love

23. In My Place

24. Life in Technicolor

25. Chinese Sleep Chant

26. A Ghost

27. See You Soon

28. Cemeteries of London

29. Everything's Not Lost

30. Gravity

 

I have no clue if thats good enough.

• 
  1. Viva La Vida
  2. Shiver
  3. A Rush Of Blood To The Head
  4. Yes
  5. Strawberry Swing
  6. Green Eyes
  7. Violet Hill
  8. Easy To Please
  9. Sparks
  10. Politik
  11. Speed Of Sound
  12. Death And All His Friends
  13. Clocks
  14. God Put A Smile Upon Your Face
  15. Chinese Sleep Chant
  16. What If
  17. Death Will Never Conquer
  18. Cemeteries Of London
  19. X&Y
  20. Bigger Stronger
  21. Parachutes
  22. Amsterdam
  23. 42
  24. Trouble
  25. We Never Change
  

I think I have a pretty weird list here.

1. see you soon

2. strawberry swing

3. Yellow

4. clocks

5. viva la vida

6. chinese sleep chant

7. amsterdam

8. swallowed in the sea

9. sleeping sun

10. i ran away

11. the world turned upside down

12. lovers in japan

13. speed of sound

14. in my place

15. cemetaries of london

15. don't panic

16. the scientist

17. trouble

18. fix you

19. gravity

20. politik

21. a spell a rebel yell

22. 42

23. warning sign

24. a rush of blood to the head

25. god put a smile upon your face

26. yes

26. a message

27. talk

28. violet hill

29. daylight

30. Til Kingdom Come

 

This is my top 30. These songs are all on my coldplay playlist... Subject to change if we get any new b-sides before the results.

I think this is good...

 

EDIT: Ah, fuck it. I forgot the Brothers & Sisters EP and a whole bunch of X&Y era B-sides...Revised list below.

 

1. 42

2. Amsterdam

3. Strawberry Swing

4. Death and All His Friends

5. Trouble

6. See You Soon

7. I Ran Away

8. Clocks

9. Fix You

10. Cemeteries of London

11. Viva La Vida

12. Square One

13. The Scientist

14. Politik

15. Violet Hill

16. Sparks

17. Speed of Sound

18. Yellow

19. Lovers in Japan

20. Moses

21. A Message

22. What If

23. The World Turned Upside Down

24. Green Eyes

25. Warning Sign

26. Life In Technicolor

27. In My Place

28. Yes

29. Help Is Round the Corner

30. Chinese Sleep Chant

31. Brothers & Sisters

32. Easy to Please

33. Daylight

34. Crests of Waves

35. A Rush of Blood to the Head

36. Swallowed in the Sea

37. Only Superstition

38. No More Keeping My Feet On The Ground

39. Careful Where You Stand

40. Don't Panic

41. Things I Don't Understand

42. Twisted Logic

43. I Bloom Blaum

44. X&Y

45. High Speed

 

I think I'm okay with this list...

Do our votes have more weight if we do a top 50, rather than a top 20?

 

Anyway, here's mine. Really wasn't too difficult...

 

1. Things I Don't Understand (B-Side) :D

2. See You Soon (E.P.)

3. Don't Panic (Parachutes)

4. Viva La Vida (Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends)

5. Talk (X&Y)

6. Fix You (X&Y)

7. Life In Technicolor (Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends)

8. Ladder To The Sun (Unreleased)

9. Clocks (A Rush Of Blood To The Head)

10. The Scientist (A Rush Of Blood To The Head)

11. Speed Of Sound (X&Y)

12. Lovers In Japan (Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends)

13. Yellow (Parachutes)

14. Crests Of Waves (B-Side)

15. Shiver (Parachutes)

16. I Ran Away (B-Side)

17. Only Superstition (E.P.)

18. Trouble (Parachutes)

19. Moses (Live 2003)

20. Chinese Sleep Chant (Viva La Vida And Death And All His Friends)

20. A Rush Of Blood To The Head (Live 2003 - it is better live)

21. Cemeteries Of London (Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends)

22. Spies (Parachutes)

23. Square One (X&Y)

24. Low (X&Y)

25. Easy To Please (B-Side)