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Viva La Vida by Coldplay: Song Lyrics

Coldplay's Viva la Vida was released in June 2008 as the lead single from the album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends.

The lyrics to the song have been open to wide interpretation, with its references to the French Revolution, the Catholic Church, Jesus Christ and/or Christianity.

Coldplay have never really given a straight answer about the lyrics to Viva La Vida, but the fact that the sleeve to its parent album is a reproduction of Eugène Delacroix's painting Liberty Leading the People, commemorating the French Revolution of 1830, may give some strong clues.

However, it seems that it is the melody to the song that has caused Coldplay some trouble. Accusations of plagiarism have come from several quarters, including American rocker Joe Satriani who settled a lawsuit with the band. Another accusation came from little known band Creaky Boards who also complained that Coldplay had stolen the melody to one of its songs (see below).

Historically, though, Viva la Vida topped both the UK Singles Chart and US Chart, giving the group its first Number 1 song on both sides of the Atlantic. In addition, it won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 2009.

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Viva La Vida: The Album

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Coldplay moves away from their usual radio-friendly soaring anthems, but still score big with their fourth studio album. Listen to excerpts of the songs from Viva La Vida here and download them with ease.

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Coldplay Accused of Plagiarism

Andrew Hoepfner, songwriter and member of the band Creaky Boards, has claimed that the melody of Coldplay's song, Viva La Vida, is stolen from a track he has written called The Songs I Didn't Write. How ironic! What do you think?
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The band followed its debut into the spotlight with three more albums and a slew of monster-sized hits such as ?The Scientist? and ?Clocks,? off its 2002 sophomore effort, ?A Rush of Blood to the Head,? and its first number one single, ?Viva La Vida,? ...
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