Up & Up

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"Up & Up"
Single by Coldplay
from the album A Head Full of Dreams
Released 22 April 2016
Format Digital download
Genre
Length
  • 6:45 (album version)
  • 3:58 (radio edit)
Label Parlophone
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Coldplay singles chronology
"Hymn for the Weekend"
(2016)		 "Up & Up"
(2016)

"Up & Up" (stylized 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 through 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.

Music video

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The music video makes extensive use of impossible imagery, where dolphins can be seen swimming 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]

Live performances

After giving fans a live performance preview of the album on 21 November 2015 at Los Angeles, frontman Chris Martin said: "This is kind of the song we've been waiting to write for 15 years."[7] 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][8]

Personnel

Credits are adapted from A Head Full of Dreams liner notes.[9]

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[10] 176
Italy (FIMI)[11] 63

Release history

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

References

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