Up & Up

"Up & Up"
Single by Coldplay
from the album A Head Full of Dreams
Released	22 April 2016
Format	Digital download
Genre	Pop rock alternative rock
Length	6:45 (album version) 3:58 (radio edit) 4:10 (music video)
Label	Parlophone
Writer(s)	Coldplay
Producer(s)	Rik Simpson Stargate
Coldplay singles chronology
"Hymn for the Weekend" (2016) "Up & Up" (2016) "A Head Full of Dreams" (2016)

"Up & Up" (stylised as "Up&Up") is a song by British rock band Coldplay from their seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams (2015). It was released as the third single of the record on 22 April 2016 by Parlophone. Background vocals in the song are provided by Beyoncé, Annabelle Wallis and Merry Clayton. A music video for the track was released on 16 May 2016.

Background

The song is characterized by the chorus choir, which was attended by almost all the artists who have collaborated with the album group, including Beyoncé, Brian Eno and the children of the four musicians. In the album there is also the participation of guitarist and singer Noel Gallagher, who runs the second guitar solo (omitted in the radio version of the individual).

Music video

The music video makes extensive use of impossible imagery, including a scene where dolphins swim in a sea situated underneath an inverted landmass (pictured).

The band had released teasers on their social media accounts leading up to the video release.^[1] The music video directed by Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia was released on May 16, 2016. It has been described on the band's website as a "poignant, surrealist montage which alludes to contemporary issues."^[2] The video itself consists of over-layered visuals, and has the band playing the song in various landscapes and locations. One of the locations used in it is Croatian mountain range called Biokovo; Chris Martin appears seated on it.^[3]

A writer of the website MTV UK stated the video is "weird and wonderful in every respect", and "magical yet poignant".^[4] Chris Payne, writing for Billboard magazine, called it an "appropriately epic music video" with "a heady, shoot-for-the-stars type of statement".^[5] Idolator writer Carl Williott, who was reserved towards the song itself, felt that its video "elevates it thanks to some artfully trippy visuals".^[6]

Scenes and visual effects for the video were created by GloriaFX, a Ukraine-based visual effects company, headed in Ukraine by Anatolii Kuzmytskyi and Max Colt in the US. Chris Martin called it "one of the best videos ever made".^[7] Some scenes were cut from the video to make it shorter, including a man with a volcano in place of his head.

Live performances

After giving fans a live performance preview of the album on 21 November 2015 in Los Angeles, frontman Chris Martin said: "This is kind of the song we've been waiting to write for 15 years."^[8] The band performed the song at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show held on 7 February 2016 in Santa Clara, California. They were joined by Bruno Mars and Beyoncé while singing the last verses.^[6][9]

During the performance at Glastonbury Festival on 26 June 2016, the band were joined on stage by Chris Martin's kids Apple and Moses who helped with the backing vocals.^[10]

Track listing

Digital download
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Up & Up"	6:45

Digital download (Radio Edit)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Up & Up" (Radio Edit)	3:58

Digital download (Freedo Remix)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Up & Up" (Freedo Remix)	3:30

Personnel

Credits are adapted from A Head Full of Dreams liner notes.^[11]

Coldplay

• Guy Berryman – bass guitar, keyboards
• Jonny Buckland – lead guitar, keyboards
• Will Champion – drums, programming
• Chris Martin – lead vocals, piano

Additional musicians

• Merry Clayton – vocals
• Beyoncé Knowles – vocals
• Annabelle Wallis – vocals
• Noel Gallagher – guitar solo
• Moses Martin – tambourine

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Argentina (Monitor Latino)[12]	3
Australia (ARIA)[13]	74
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[14]	65
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[15]	33
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[16]	9
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[17]	7
France (SNEP)[18]	161
Germany (Official German Charts)[19]	79
Indonesia (ASIRI)[20]	11
Ireland (IRMA)[21]	95
Israel (Media Forest TV Airplay)[22]	1
Italy (FIMI)[23]	32
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[24]	65
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[25]	44
Portugal (AFP)[26]	96
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[27]	32
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[28]	71
US Alternative Songs (Billboard)[29]	22
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[30]	9
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[31]	30

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Italy (FIMI)[32]	Platinum	50,000
Poland (ZPAV)[33]	Gold	10,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Worldwide	22 April 2016	Digital download (Radio Edit)	Parlophone

References

1. "#UpAndUp". Instagram.com. Coldplay. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
2. "Watch the new Up&Up video". Coldplay.com. Coldplay. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
3. Harča, Vedran (24 May 2016). "Chris Martin tijelom 'prekrio' Biokovo: Hrvatska u novom spotu Coldplaya" (in Croatian). Vijesti.hr. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
4. "Please take a moment out of your day to watch Coldplay's Up&Up music video". MTV UK. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
5. Payne, Chris (16 May 2016). "Coldplay Shares Otherworldly 'Up & Up' Video". Billboard. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
6. Williot, Carl (16 May 2016). "Coldplay's "Up & Up" Video Elevates The Song: Watch". Idolator. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
7. "Chris Martin comments the Up&Up video".
8. "Coldplay perform new songs 'Up&Up' & 'A Head Full Of Dreams' at LA gig - watch". NME.com. NME. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
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15. "Ultratop.be – Coldplay – Up&Up" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
16. "Ultratop.be – Coldplay – Up&Up" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
17. "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert 201626 into search. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
18. "Lescharts.com – Coldplay – Up&Up" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
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20. "Top 30 Singles Chart Indonesia". Retrieved December 3, 2016.
21. "Chart Track: Week 22, 2016". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
22. "מדיה פורסט - לדעת שאתה באוויר". Mediaforest.biz. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
23. "Italiancharts.com – Coldplay – Up&Up". Top Digital Download. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
24. "Dutchcharts.nl – Coldplay – Up&Up" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
25. "Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video". Polish Airplay Top 100. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
26. "Portuguesecharts.com – Coldplay – Up&Up". AFP Top 100 Singles. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
27. "Swisscharts.com – Coldplay – Up&Up". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
28. "Archive Chart: 2016-07-01" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
29. "Coldplay – Chart history" Billboard Alternative Songs for Coldplay. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
30. "Coldplay – Chart history" Billboard Adult Alternative Songs for Coldplay. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
31. "Coldplay – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for Coldplay. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
32. "Italian single certifications – Coldplay – Up&Up" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 12 September 2016. Select Online in the field Sezione. Enter Coldplay in the field Filtra. Select 2016 in the field Anno. The certification will load automatically
33. "Polish single certifications – Coldplay – Up & Up" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 November 2016.

External links

• Up&Up at Coldplay.com
• Coldplay - Up&Up on YouTube (Official video)
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics