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About This Track
“Clocks” emerged in conception during the late stages into the production of Coldplay’s second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head. The band’s vocalist, Chris Martin, came in studio late one night. A riff popped up in Martin’s mind and wrote it on the piano. Martin presented the riff to the band’s guitarist, Jonny Buckland, who then added guitar chords on the basic track.
During the writing of “Clocks”, the band had already made 10 songs for the album. With this, they thought it was too late for the song’s inclusion in the album. So, they recorded a demo version of the track and saved it with other unfinished tracks, labeling it “Songs for #3”; the band considered these tracks for their third album, X&Y.
Although the band left “Clocks” unfinished, a friend of Martin heard of it and convinced him to finish the track. Marked by its lyrics which speak of urgency, Martin’s friend pointed out that its meaning would contradict Martin’s idea of stashing the track.
Persuaded by his friend, Martin assumed on further developing the track. Other band members supplemented their ideas on the main piano track; they added a bass figure and drums. The last song included in the album, Coldplay recorded the song very fast. By the time Martin recorded his vocals, a few people inside the studio felt the song “is something special”. According to Martin, “Clocks” was inspired by the English rock band Muse.
During the writing of “Clocks”, the band had already made 10 songs for the album. With this, they thought it was too late for the song’s inclusion in the album. So, they recorded a demo version of the track and saved it with other unfinished tracks, labeling it “Songs for #3”; the band considered these tracks for their third album, X&Y.
Although the band left “Clocks” unfinished, a friend of Martin heard of it and convinced him to finish the track. Marked by its lyrics which speak of urgency, Martin’s friend pointed out that its meaning would contradict Martin’s idea of stashing the track.
Persuaded by his friend, Martin assumed on further developing the track. Other band members supplemented their ideas on the main piano track; they added a bass figure and drums. The last song included in the album, Coldplay recorded the song very fast. By the time Martin recorded his vocals, a few people inside the studio felt the song “is something special”. According to Martin, “Clocks” was inspired by the English rock band Muse.
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Shouts
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muddypuddles wrote:
just learned to play it on the piano.... so much fun to play!!! :D
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dla147 wrote:
Just Beautiful!
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OctoberFaerie wrote:
So gorgeous it hurts.
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Labyrinthian-xo wrote:
So beautiful.
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wolfy76484 wrote:
A classic of modern pop history, a brilliant track
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Rose_and_me wrote:
OMG, I think it`s really amusing song and I always be happy and... joyful when I listen it. Sorry for my bad english ;)
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Bizchelle wrote:
Am I part of the cure..or am I a part of the disease..YOU ARE...(Reading "The Shack" right now...these lyrics truly resonate at this moment)
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cladycestlavie wrote:
♥ awesome ♥
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horrorcorelol wrote:
love it *_*
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trifoniatianusa wrote:
I love this song ....
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FeXYSpartan wrote:
223 187 348 plays
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teatosamja wrote:
it was my ringtone [2] ^_^
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andremic wrote:
<3
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meg20 wrote:
great intro, it was my ringtone :))
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Marjo47 wrote:
some songs hey....
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KaiqueBrugnari wrote:
8.416.715 scrobbles WOW
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muddypuddles wrote:
An amazing song!! Close your eyes and listen to the beginning. Think of all the beautiful, memorable moments in your life... remember all those moments and imagine the first 30 seconds of this song in the backround of all of them, believe me... they will all suddenly seem that much better :)
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blobbyba wrote:
C-O-L-D-P-L-A-Y <3<3<<3<3<3
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atheistXpeace wrote:
This song was inspired by Muse? Wow, no wonder I never liked this song.
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soundcheckX wrote:
yeah,yeah..
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