# The best Coldplay songs

From Yellow to Viva la Vida: the Coldplay songs that critics' and fans' rankings put at the top.

- 1241 votes · 17 items
- Jul 9, 2025 · the_riff
- https://even.best/en/l/3258/the-best-coldplay-songs

## Top 17

1. **Clocks** (127 · ▲136 ▼9) — 2002. That piano riff; number one on Billboard's ranking.
2. **Viva la Vida** (100 · ▲109 ▼9) — 2008. Strings, bells and their first US number one.
3. **Yellow** (69 · ▲78 ▼9) — 2000. The song that made them famous.
4. **The Scientist** (66 · ▲75 ▼9) — 2002. The piano ballad with the backwards video.
5. **Fix You** (64 · ▲76 ▼12) — 2005. Written for Gwyneth Paltrow after her father died.
6. **Politik** (60 · ▲67 ▼7) — 2002. The urgent opener of A Rush of Blood to the Head.
7. **Paradise** (57 · ▲66 ▼9) — 2011. The elephant video and stadium choruses.
8. **Speed of Sound** (56 · ▲59 ▼3) — 2005. Their first US top ten hit.
9. **Trouble** (48 · ▲61 ▼13) — 2000. The quiet piano heart of Parachutes.
10. **Shiver** (39 · ▲45 ▼6) — 2000. Jeff Buckley-style falsetto.
11. **Strawberry Swing** (38 · ▲50 ▼12) — 2008. Often called their prettiest song.
12. **In My Place** (36 · ▲50 ▼14) — 2002. The comeback single after Parachutes.
13. **Lovers in Japan** (33 · ▲43 ▼10) — 2008. Butterfly confetti at every concert.
14. **Violet Hill** (29 · ▲45 ▼16) — 2008. Their most political guitar song.
15. **Adventure of a Lifetime** (27 · ▲39 ▼12) — 2015. Funk guitars and dancing chimpanzees.
16. **A Sky Full of Stars** (22 · ▲34 ▼12) — 2014. Dance music with Avicii.
17. **Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall** (22 · ▲34 ▼12) — 2011. The euphoric lead single from Mylo Xyloto.

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