Strawberry Swing (4:08)

Cover of Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

From Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends and 12 other releases

Strawberry Swing is a track included on Coldplay’s fourth album.

This is one of several potential album cuts with Afro-pop and high-life influences: Here, distortion-free finger-picked guitars which sound straight out of Mali mix with a heavy bassline and psychedelic synths. “My Mum comes from Zimbabwe, so I spent a lot of time there,” says Martin. “I used to work in a studio where people played that.” More gentle than much of the album, it is built around a repetitive African-inspired guitar as a blissed-out Martin sings the touching and slightly psychedelic love song about “such a perfect day”.

Key lyric: “The sky could be blue, I don’t mind, without you it’s a waste of time.”

It is thought that Now My Feet Won’t Touch The Ground was an earlier/alternate title for Strawberry Swing, due to its presence in the song’s lyrics below.

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They were sitting, they were sitting in the strawberry swing
And every moment was so precious
They were sitting, they were talking in the strawberry swing
And everybody was for fighting, wouldn't wanna waste a thing

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  • SajinKai

    When I saw them live, I'm pretty sure I was the only one in the crowd who knew the words to this one X3

    2 Apr 10:30pm Reply
  • ShakiFanatic

    Best Video EVER! [2]

    18 Mar 3:41pm Reply
  • Taurus-1

    Best Video EVER!

    28 Feb 10:22pm Reply
  • Angel_Blue-

    I'ts such I'ts such a perfect day ♫ this song is amazing makes me relax =)

    25 Feb 11:27pm Reply
  • S4EEDR3ZA

    Genuinely one of the greatest songs of all time. [3]

    22 Feb 10:26pm Reply
  • TheSuperCrasher

    Wonderful. I like Frank Ocean's rendition more, but still.

    15 Feb 7:25pm Reply
  • neekomo

    Я конечно понимаю, что такие Песни как Strawberry Swing иногда побуждают людей делать что-то вроде этого клипа с текстом песни, но у колдплеев есть официальное, гениальное к тому же видеотворение, и считаю, что именно оно должно быть на странице песни на last.fm. Поэтому обращаюсь к модераторам сайта: поменяйте пожалуйста клип! И Спасибо этой британской четверке за мое ( да и не только мое, наверное) хорошее настроение! (:

    28 Jan 11:11pm Reply
  • ajmandaones

    When I first listened to this album, I knew it was my favorite song! I was so excited and cried when I heard they were making it into a music video! :') Even Chris says it's the greatest song on the album! IT IS!

    24 Jan 12:07am Reply
  • wanted23

    this song always makes me feel like jumping:}

    14 Dec 2012 Reply
  • TheFatChocobo

    This song is unbelievable. Genuinely one of the greatest songs of all time. [2] No disagreement here!

    16 Nov 2012 Reply
  • Tahula

    True beauty

    10 Nov 2012 Reply
  • getunka

    <3

    30 Oct 2012 Reply
  • roemilca111

    eh, the only filler on the album in my opinion.

    20 Oct 2012 Reply
  • MonaLisaEscapes

    No the sky could be blue, I don't mind. Without you it's a waste of time. ^_^ <3

    29 Aug 2012 Reply
  • kam-music

    "Strawberry swing": It's such a perfect day. It's such a perfect song! This song makes me happy :)

    5 Aug 2012 Reply
  • nathforhalos

    don't you wanna just curve away?

    31 Jul 2012 Reply
  • BoredAnimal

    The weather is nice.

    19 May 2012 Reply
  • Reisam

    @foobula Interesting article, thanks for sharing! To me, Strawberry Swing is the #1 most soothing song.

    10 May 2012 Reply
  • foobula

    It's number 5 actually nme.com/news/miscellaneous/61959

    9 May 2012 Reply
  • foobula

    I read that some scientific study found this was the most soothing song, ever

    9 May 2012 Reply
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