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Violet Hill

January 01, 1970

For other uses, see Violet Hill (disambiguation).

"Violet Hill" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008). Built around a repeating guitar sound, it utilises a marching tempo, supported by the pianos and rhythms that accompany the song's lyrics. The song was initially made available as a free download on the band's website and was downloaded more than two million times.

"Violet Hill"
Single by Coldplay
from the album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
B-side
  • "A Spell a Rebel Yell"
  • "Lost?"
Released6 May 2008 (2008-05-06)
Recorded2007
Genre
Length
  • 3:42 (album version)
  • 3:49 (single version)
  • 3:20 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Coldplay singles chronology
"The Hardest Part"
(2006) 		"Violet Hill"
(2008) 		"Viva la Vida"
(2008)
Music video
  • "Violet Hill" on YouTube
  • "Violet Hill" (Dancing Politicians Version) on YouTube

Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin revealed that the song had been in development for a number of years, with the first line and the first little melody of the song written, prior to its completion in 2007.[2] "Violet Hill" is the first anti-war protest song from the group.[3] The single was received with positive reviews. The track was released worldwide as the lead single from Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, reaching number nine on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and number eight on the UK Singles Chart.

It was featured as a downloadable song for the 2007 music video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, as well as being featured in Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits and the documentary Warren Miller's Children of Winter. The song was nominated at the Q awards in the category for Best Track and received two Grammy Award nominations for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group. The music video for "Violet Hill" was nominated for Best Special Effects at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards. The single has been widely sampled, with different covers and sounds.

Background and writing edit

Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin stated that the band wrote the first line and the first little melody of the song years prior but did not finish it until 2007.[2] Martin told Rolling Stone magazine that lyrics from the song about "a carnival of idiots on show" and how a "fox became God" were a commentary on Fox News.[2][4] "One day I was watching Bill O'Reilly, and I was like, 'I know how to finish that song. My best friend, Tim ... was having trouble with his boss, and it made me think that so many people spend their lives being told what to do by people that they just don't like. So it was that idea, and watching Bill O'Reilly, and all these words just came out."[2][4]

During an interview with MTV News, bassist Guy Berryman revealed that the song was one of the older songs that the band had been working on and that they had to move it to one side from the list of songs that were going to appear in the album. Phil Harvey, the band's manager, urged them to include the track in the album, which led to the band to drag it back to the shortlist. The first verse of the song was taken from an unreleased song named "December", written by frontman Chris Martin and guitarist Jonny Buckland in 1997. An early instrumental of the song from the Viva la Vida sessions was leaked into the internet in 2009, it contained an excerpt from a previously performed song named "Solid Ground (Until the Water Flows Over)" as the intro, but it was scratched and the song remained unreleased.[5][6]

The song is the first anti-war protest song from the band.[3][7] "Violet Hill" derives its title from a street of the same name near Abbey Road.[8][9]

Composition edit

 
"Violet Hill" excerpt
The music of "Violet Hill" is built around a jagged guitar riff.[10]
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"Violet Hill" features an atmospheric synthesizer intro, which gives way to a piano melody played by Martin. The rest of the band then joins in and the song's prominent guitar riff, characterized by a jagged, fuzzbox distortion effect, enters.[11] Martin sings about medieval imagery of carnivals, cathedrals, religion and war, culminating in a soaring chorus with an anthemic theme.[12][13] The momentum of the song builds around guitarist Jonny Buckland, who plays a solo. Writing for Diffuser Martin Keilty described the song as a "grimy blues-rock march".[1]

The lyrics start off with Martin recalling: "Was a long and dark December/From the rooftops I remember/There was snow".[14] Martin emphasizes towards the thoughts of a soldier going into battle.[15] The line "If you love me, why'd you let me go?", talks about a man's love of a woman, who does not reciprocate his love.[12][14][16][17] The song ends with Martin playing the piano and singing, and pleading in nearly spoken-words: "If you love me, won't you let me know?"[14][16] In live performances of the song, he plays the piano part on his acoustic guitar.

According to Neil McCormick of The Sydney Morning Herald, he writes that the lyrics "I don't want to be a soldier", is a way that Martin can conjure John Lennon into the song's melody.[18] McCormick, however, notes that Martin "adds his own poetic twist" to the lyric "Who the captain of some sinking ship would stow, far below/So if you love me, why'd you let me go?".[18]

Musically, it is one of Coldplay's more diverse pieces, featuring many different time signatures. While the majority of the song is in common time, or 4/4, the interlude of "if you love me, won't you let me know?" is in 6/4, preceding two bars of 4/4 before going back into the verses. The outro, consisting of Chris Martin's vocal accompanied by a piano switches from 4/4, 3/4, 5/4 and 6/4.

Release and promotion edit

 
Coldplay performing "Violet Hill" outside BBC Television Centre during their Viva la Vida Tour in 2008

"Violet Hill" was originally made available as a free download through Coldplay's official website on 29 April 2008.[19] BBC Radio 1 aired it for the first time on the same day.[19] Additionally, the band declared that the song would have a proper commercial release on 6 May.[19] In the United States, however, it got sent to radio stations a day before.[20] "Violet Hill" was downloaded by over 600,000 users worldwide during its first 24 hours.[21] By the following week, numbers had already surpassed 2 million.[22]

Coldplay released "Violet Hill" in the US on 9 May 2008 as the album's first single. A promotional 7" vinyl release of the single was given away free in the 10 May issue of NME, including non-album track "A Spell a Rebel Yell" on the B-side.[23] On subsequent physical releases, "Lost?", an acoustic version of "Lost!", serves as a B-side instead.[24]

The single debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 on 24 May 2008 at number 40.[25] The song stayed in the peak position from its release.[25] Three weeks after its release, the track entered at the number nine position on Hot Modern Rock Tracks.[26] The song peaked at number six in Canada Singles Chart and number eight in the UK Singles Chart, making it the second single to reach the Top 10 to have not having a single released physically.[27][28][29] "Violet Hill" was certified Platinum by Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos (ABPD).[30]

Reception edit

"Violet Hill" was well received by music critics. In the Los Angeles Times review of the album, critic Todd Martens wrote: "The song's first guitar crush arrives after a lengthy ambient intro, and brings an electrifying jolt to the striking piano melody. Martin brings a booming confidence to his vocals that has been more evident in Coldplay's live shows than on record."[31] Simon Vozick-Levinson from Entertainment Weekly wrote: "'Violet Hill' opens with a thin synth wash that's very Music for Airports, and proceeds from there to some droning, stabbing guitar textures that sound cooler than most any Coldplay tunes I can think of."[32] Kristina Feliciano of Paste magazine wrote: "You know you're in for a different kind of Coldplay experience when Chris Martin ditches his anguished falsetto for a deep, doomy basso profundo, as he does on 'Violet Hill'".[33] Mikael Wood of Spin magazine wrote: "'Violet Hill' pulls a similar fake-out, bludgeoning a delicate Eno-style soundscape with big Black Sabbath guitars."[34] Darcie Stevens of the Austin Chronicle wrote: "While the band's fourth LP begins light and pretty, its power breaks late-album with Old West tangent 'Violet Hill'".[35] The song appeared on Rolling Stone's Hot List for May 2009, with the magazine calling it "a (relatively) hard-rocking attack on Fox News' America".[36]

After the song's release, "Violet Hill" was featured in the music video games Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, as downloadable content,[8][37] and in Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits.[38] The single was covered by Pendulum, when they were guests in BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.[39] The song has been mixed by Michael Brauer, who also mixed Coldplay's debut album, Parachutes.[40] It was also featured on an episode of the UK soap opera Hollyoaks.[41]

The official video for "Violet Hill" was nominated for Best UK Video as well as Best Special Effects for the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.[42] The track was also nominated for two Q awards in the categories of Best Track and Best Video;[43] the song lost in both categories to Keane's "Spiralling" in Best Track and Vampire Weekend's "A-Punk" in Best Video, respectively.[44] The song was nominated for two Grammy Awards in the categories of Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group.[45][46]

Music videos edit

 
Screenshot from the Asa Mader video

A music video was filmed in support of the song, which was released 18 May. It was directed by visual artist Asa Mader, and parts were shot at Mount Etna and in the courtyard of Palazzo Biscari, Catania, Sicily.[5][47]

This original version of the video begins with the band climbing a hill and reaching a quiet town, where they start playing their instruments. The four musicians are shown performing the song, dancing and walking around on Mount Etna's hills. Scenes are sometimes sped up or in slow motion and alternated with black and white close-ups of band members' faces. Chris Martin is seen singing holding a magnifying glass in front of his mouth, hitting the screen with a hammer and walking on the snow. At the end of the video, Martin falls to the snow and the band walks away from the town.[47] This video was shown on a small on-stage television screen as part of the live shows, during the band's 2008 Viva la Vida tour.

An alternative music video, named 'Dancing Politicians', was posted on Coldplay's official website on 20 May, directed by Mat Whitecross.[5] The video is made up of clips, sometimes looped, featuring various politicians and scenes of war, along with clips of the band in Mader's version of the video, as well as firework displays at the end. It prominently features George W. Bush, presenting clips of him in a mocking manner. Prominent personalities, such as Fidel Castro, Richard Nixon, Hugo Chávez, Robert Mugabe, Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Boris Yeltsin, Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Tony and Cherie Blair, and Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are featured in this alternate video. In 2008, Chris Martin has stated that it is their "favorite video they ever made".[5]

A unreleased third music video was released for Apple Music in 2019. This version shows the band recording the song in the studio.[48]

Track listing edit

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Violet Hill"3:50
CD Single
No.TitleLength
1."Violet Hill"3:50
2."Lost?"3:42
Promotional CD Single
No.TitleLength
1."Violet Hill" (radio edit)3:21
Promotional 7" (free with NME)
No.TitleLength
1."Violet Hill"3:50
2."A Spell a Rebel Yell"2:47

Personnel edit

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Certifications and sales for "Violet Hill"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[88] Gold 35,000^
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[89] Platinum 60,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[91] Silver 264,000[90]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also edit

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External links edit

  • Official website
  • "Violet Hill" Official music video on YouTube

January 01, 1970
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For other uses see Violet Hill disambiguation Violet Hill is a song by British rock band Coldplay It was written by all members of the band for their fourth album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends 2008 Built around a repeating guitar sound it utilises a marching tempo supported by the pianos and rhythms that accompany the song s lyrics The song was initially made available as a free download on the band s website and was downloaded more than two million times Violet Hill Single by Coldplayfrom the album Viva la Vida or Death and All His FriendsB side A Spell a Rebel Yell Lost Released6 May 2008 2008 05 06 Recorded2007GenreAlternative rockblues rock 1 Length3 42 album version 3 49 single version 3 20 radio edit LabelParlophone CapitolSongwriter s Guy Berryman Jonny Buckland Will Champion Chris MartinProducer s Markus Dravs Brian Eno Jon Hopkins Rik SimpsonColdplay singles chronology The Hardest Part 2006 Violet Hill 2008 Viva la Vida 2008 Music video Violet Hill on YouTube Violet Hill Dancing Politicians Version on YouTube Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin revealed that the song had been in development for a number of years with the first line and the first little melody of the song written prior to its completion in 2007 2 Violet Hill is the first anti war protest song from the group 3 The single was received with positive reviews The track was released worldwide as the lead single from Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends reaching number nine on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and number eight on the UK Singles Chart It was featured as a downloadable song for the 2007 music video game Guitar Hero III Legends of Rock as well as being featured in Guitar Hero On Tour Modern Hits and the documentary Warren Miller s Children of Winter The song was nominated at the Q awards in the category for Best Track and received two Grammy Award nominations for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group The music video for Violet Hill was nominated for Best Special Effects at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards The single has been widely sampled with different covers and sounds Contents 1 Background and writing 2 Composition 3 Release and promotion 3 1 Reception 4 Music videos 5 Track listing 6 Personnel 7 Charts 7 1 Weekly charts 7 2 Year end charts 8 Certifications 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksBackground and writing editColdplay vocalist Chris Martin stated that the band wrote the first line and the first little melody of the song years prior but did not finish it until 2007 2 Martin told Rolling Stone magazine that lyrics from the song about a carnival of idiots on show and how a fox became God were a commentary on Fox News 2 4 One day I was watching Bill O Reilly and I was like I know how to finish that song My best friend Tim was having trouble with his boss and it made me think that so many people spend their lives being told what to do by people that they just don t like So it was that idea and watching Bill O Reilly and all these words just came out 2 4 During an interview with MTV News bassist Guy Berryman revealed that the song was one of the older songs that the band had been working on and that they had to move it to one side from the list of songs that were going to appear in the album Phil Harvey the band s manager urged them to include the track in the album which led to the band to drag it back to the shortlist The first verse of the song was taken from an unreleased song named December written by frontman Chris Martin and guitarist Jonny Buckland in 1997 An early instrumental of the song from the Viva la Vida sessions was leaked into the internet in 2009 it contained an excerpt from a previously performed song named Solid Ground Until the Water Flows Over as the intro but it was scratched and the song remained unreleased 5 6 The song is the first anti war protest song from the band 3 7 Violet Hill derives its title from a street of the same name near Abbey Road 8 9 Composition edit nbsp Violet Hill excerpt source source The music of Violet Hill is built around a jagged guitar riff 10 Problems playing this file See media help Violet Hill features an atmospheric synthesizer intro which gives way to a piano melody played by Martin The rest of the band then joins in and the song s prominent guitar riff characterized by a jagged fuzzbox distortion effect enters 11 Martin sings about medieval imagery of carnivals cathedrals religion and war culminating in a soaring chorus with an anthemic theme 12 13 The momentum of the song builds around guitarist Jonny Buckland who plays a solo Writing for Diffuser Martin Keilty described the song as a grimy blues rock march 1 The lyrics start off with Martin recalling Was a long and dark December From the rooftops I remember There was snow 14 Martin emphasizes towards the thoughts of a soldier going into battle 15 The line If you love me why d you let me go talks about a man s love of a woman who does not reciprocate his love 12 14 16 17 The song ends with Martin playing the piano and singing and pleading in nearly spoken words If you love me won t you let me know 14 16 In live performances of the song he plays the piano part on his acoustic guitar According to Neil McCormick of The Sydney Morning Herald he writes that the lyrics I don t want to be a soldier is a way that Martin can conjure John Lennon into the song s melody 18 McCormick however notes that Martin adds his own poetic twist to the lyric Who the captain of some sinking ship would stow far below So if you love me why d you let me go 18 Musically it is one of Coldplay s more diverse pieces featuring many different time signatures While the majority of the song is in common time or 4 4 the interlude of if you love me won t you let me know is in 6 4 preceding two bars of 4 4 before going back into the verses The outro consisting of Chris Martin s vocal accompanied by a piano switches from 4 4 3 4 5 4 and 6 4 Release and promotion edit nbsp Coldplay performing Violet Hill outside BBC Television Centre during their Viva la Vida Tour in 2008 Violet Hill was originally made available as a free download through Coldplay s official website on 29 April 2008 19 BBC Radio 1 aired it for the first time on the same day 19 Additionally the band declared that the song would have a proper commercial release on 6 May 19 In the United States however it got sent to radio stations a day before 20 Violet Hill was downloaded by over 600 000 users worldwide during its first 24 hours 21 By the following week numbers had already surpassed 2 million 22 Coldplay released Violet Hill in the US on 9 May 2008 as the album s first single A promotional 7 vinyl release of the single was given away free in the 10 May issue of NME including non album track A Spell a Rebel Yell on the B side 23 On subsequent physical releases Lost an acoustic version of Lost serves as a B side instead 24 The single debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 on 24 May 2008 at number 40 25 The song stayed in the peak position from its release 25 Three weeks after its release the track entered at the number nine position on Hot Modern Rock Tracks 26 The song peaked at number six in Canada Singles Chart and number eight in the UK Singles Chart making it the second single to reach the Top 10 to have not having a single released physically 27 28 29 Violet Hill was certified Platinum by Associacao Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos ABPD 30 Reception edit Violet Hill was well received by music critics In the Los Angeles Times review of the album critic Todd Martens wrote The song s first guitar crush arrives after a lengthy ambient intro and brings an electrifying jolt to the striking piano melody Martin brings a booming confidence to his vocals that has been more evident in Coldplay s live shows than on record 31 Simon Vozick Levinson from Entertainment Weekly wrote Violet Hill opens with a thin synth wash that s very Music for Airports and proceeds from there to some droning stabbing guitar textures that sound cooler than most any Coldplay tunes I can think of 32 Kristina Feliciano of Paste magazine wrote You know you re in for a different kind of Coldplay experience when Chris Martin ditches his anguished falsetto for a deep doomy basso profundo as he does on Violet Hill 33 Mikael Wood of Spin magazine wrote Violet Hill pulls a similar fake out bludgeoning a delicate Eno style soundscape with big Black Sabbath guitars 34 Darcie Stevens of the Austin Chronicle wrote While the band s fourth LP begins light and pretty its power breaks late album with Old West tangent Violet Hill 35 The song appeared on Rolling Stone s Hot List for May 2009 with the magazine calling it a relatively hard rocking attack on Fox News America 36 After the song s release Violet Hill was featured in the music video games Guitar Hero III Legends of Rock as downloadable content 8 37 and in Guitar Hero On Tour Modern Hits 38 The single was covered by Pendulum when they were guests in BBC Radio 1 s Live Lounge 39 The song has been mixed by Michael Brauer who also mixed Coldplay s debut album Parachutes 40 It was also featured on an episode of the UK soap opera Hollyoaks 41 The official video for Violet Hill was nominated for Best UK Video as well as Best Special Effects for the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards 42 The track was also nominated for two Q awards in the categories of Best Track and Best Video 43 the song lost in both categories to Keane s Spiralling in Best Track and Vampire Weekend s A Punk in Best Video respectively 44 The song was nominated for two Grammy Awards in the categories of Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group 45 46 Music videos edit nbsp Screenshot from the Asa Mader video A music video was filmed in support of the song which was released 18 May It was directed by visual artist Asa Mader and parts were shot at Mount Etna and in the courtyard of Palazzo Biscari Catania Sicily 5 47 This original version of the video begins with the band climbing a hill and reaching a quiet town where they start playing their instruments The four musicians are shown performing the song dancing and walking around on Mount Etna s hills Scenes are sometimes sped up or in slow motion and alternated with black and white close ups of band members faces Chris Martin is seen singing holding a magnifying glass in front of his mouth hitting the screen with a hammer and walking on the snow At the end of the video Martin falls to the snow and the band walks away from the town 47 This video was shown on a small on stage television screen as part of the live shows during the band s 2008 Viva la Vida tour An alternative music video named Dancing Politicians was posted on Coldplay s official website on 20 May directed by Mat Whitecross 5 The video is made up of clips sometimes looped featuring various politicians and scenes of war along with clips of the band in Mader s version of the video as well as firework displays at the end It prominently features George W Bush presenting clips of him in a mocking manner Prominent personalities such as Fidel Castro Richard Nixon Hugo Chavez Robert Mugabe Osama bin Laden Saddam Hussein Boris Yeltsin Barack Obama Bill and Hillary Clinton Tony and Cherie Blair and Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are featured in this alternate video In 2008 Chris Martin has stated that it is their favorite video they ever made 5 A unreleased third music video was released for Apple Music in 2019 This version shows the band recording the song in the studio 48 Track listing editDigital downloadNo TitleLength1 Violet Hill 3 50 CD SingleNo TitleLength1 Violet Hill 3 502 Lost 3 42 Promotional CD SingleNo TitleLength1 Violet Hill radio edit 3 21 Promotional 7 free with NME No TitleLength1 Violet Hill 3 502 A Spell a Rebel Yell 2 47Personnel editChris Martin composer performer Guy Berryman composer performer Jonny Buckland composer performer Will Champion composer performerCharts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for Violet Hill Chart 2008 Peakposition Australia ARIA 49 9 Austria O3 Austria Top 40 50 11 Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 51 10 Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 52 7 Canada Canadian Hot 100 53 6 Canada CHR Top 40 Billboard 54 42 Canada Hot AC Billboard 55 29 Canada Rock Billboard 56 3 CIS TopHit 57 156 Czech Republic Radio Top 100 58 14 Denmark Tracklisten 59 11 European Hot 100 Singles Billboard 60 9 France SNEP 61 36 Germany Official German Charts 62 10 Ireland IRMA 63 13 Italy FIMI 64 9 Netherlands Dutch Top 40 65 9 Netherlands Single Top 100 66 13 New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 67 5 Norway VG lista 68 8 Slovakia Radio Top 100 69 21 Sweden Sverigetopplistan 70 8 Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 71 11 UK Singles OCC 72 8 US Billboard Hot 100 73 40 US Adult Alternative Songs Billboard 74 1 US Alternative Airplay Billboard 75 9 US Pop 100 Billboard 76 38 Venezuela Pop Rock Record Report 77 1 Year end charts edit Year end chart performance for Violet Hill Chart 2008 Position Australia ARIA 78 68 Austria O3 Austria Top 40 79 75 Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 80 93 Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 81 89 Canada Canadian Hot 100 82 60 European Hot 100 Singles Billboard 83 75 Germany Official German Charts 84 80 Netherlands Dutch Top 40 85 65 Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 86 62 UK Singles OCC 87 79Certifications editCertifications and sales for Violet Hill Region Certification Certified units sales Australia ARIA 88 Gold 35 000 Brazil Pro Musica Brasil 89 Platinum 60 000 United Kingdom BPI 91 Silver 264 000 90 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone See also editList of anti war songsReferences edit a b Keilty Martin 20 November 2017 Coldplay s Tour is the Third Highest Grossing of all Time Diffuser Retrieved 7 November 2023 a b c d Stelter Brian 12 June 2006 Coldplay Lyrics Take a Swipe at Bill O Reilly The New York Times Retrieved 22 August 2008 a b Willman Chris 13 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