Coldplay's Oracle discusses the 'How You See The World' vocals

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April 30, 2010 - submitted by Marcial, Argentina

Q. Oracle, what a fool I am! I've always wanted to know this: Who is the person who sings along with Chris in How You See the World when they say "we don't wanna be..."?. My second question: Do you answer twice to the same person?

The Oracle replies:

The version you are quoting is actually How You See the World (pt. 2) and although you can hear 2 voices during the track they both belong to Chris; it's an overdub. When they performed the song live on the Twisted Logic tour, Jonny provided backing vocals. I don't pay too much attention to whether I have answered the same person more than once. I'd like to give more people a chance to get their question published but am sure a few have had more than one. That puts a nice pressure on everyone to put their thinking caps on to ask the best questions possible!

April 30, 2010 - submitted by Abby, United States of America

Q. Dear Oracle, do you like riddles?? Well, I have one for ya, see if you can figure this out: There was a green house, inside the green house was a white house, inside the white house was a red house, inside the red house was lots of babies. What is it? Thank you and good luck it took me a while to figure this out...

The Oracle replies:

I do like riddles Abby but this appears to not be one! I thought about it and realized that it wasn't going to have a proper answer so I Googled it (yes, even the Oracle Googles!) and apparently it's a watermelon so I confess I am glad not to have wasted much time on that; not so much a riddle is it? A watermelon is not a house.

April 30, 2010 - submitted by Marsh, Sri Lanka

Q. Ooo! Is it true that Chris and Guy are going to play for Slaughters United?? :D That would be so cool!!! Thanks!

The Oracle replies:

There's no truth in that at all. Apparently the club have invited Guy & Chris to play but as you know, the band are currently in the studio so there's no way they have the time.