Maybe I'm a bit weird, but I usually check out how my favorite bands are doing on iTunes every now and then in terms of whats selling the most and other such things. To my utter surprise, I went on iTunes just now and saw that The Scientist was topping the charts of Coldplay's songs - by a significant margin.

 

Now if there is anyone out there like me, you'll know that this song usually finds itself in the 4-7 slots in terms of popularity. Maybe more like 3-6. Regardless, I have never seen it topping the charts. For one, Clocks is always in a better position than it.

 

I wonder if anyone has any thoughts on why this spike has occurred? Was it played on TV recently? Or something like that?

 

I don't know, I just found it very interesting and wondered what people thought.

 

It's also pretty much my favorite Coldplay song, so that added to some of the appeal of making a post about it.

Well it was sung on American Idol a few days ago...I guess some people rediscovered it's amazingness :heart:

wow that must be it. because it's pretty seriously up there in terms of popularity. glad to see people went back to Coldplay and aren't just satisfied with the American Idol version.

:cool:

I noticed that too! I was kind of impressed 'The Scientist' was on number 1 of the alternative list on iTunes...and Viva is on 8th! :wacky:

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?t=68323&page=3

Yeah it was idol that did. Really makes you realise it's affect on society...

Yeah, Buckley's Hallelujah saw a huge re-emergence after one Idol person did it a few years back. Same with Falling Slowly by The Swell Season. As annoying as Idol is for the most part, it can really spike a song for a while.

wow that must be it. because it's pretty seriously up there in terms of popularity. glad to see people went back to Coldplay and aren't just satisfied with the American Idol version.

:cool:

 

:lol:this!

Anybody who listened to the American Idol cover should be quarantined unless they listen to the original version to help undo any damage (and hear a great song in the process).

:laugh3:

Anybody who listened to the American Idol cover should be quarantined unless they listen to the original version to help undo any damage (and hear a great song in the process).

 

+1 :smiley:

It's a bit worrying that it takes a cover - and American Idol as well :o - of it to get a burst in popularity, but I suppose if it helps people hear it... The Scientist has special meaning to me as it was the first Coldplay song I ever heard and it made me fall in love with them, so to see it become popular again makes me happy :D as does listening to The Scientist 50 times on my iPod on loop :laugh3:

Anybody who listened to the American Idol cover should be quarantined unless they listen to the original version to help undo any damage (and hear a great song in the process).

 

Um... but they ARE listening to the original version obviously by the spike of iTunes popularity...

 

Geez... sometimes....

Which is why I'm saying what they're doing is good. :P