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Viva la Vida. "Lost!" "Viva la Vida" (/ ˈviːvə lə ˈviːdə / VEE-və lə VEE-də, Spanish: [ˈbiβa la ˈβiða]; Spanish for 'Long Live Life') 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).
The artwork for Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends was designed by Coldplay and Tappin Gofton; the latter designed the X&Y cover three years earlier. The design style for the album took months to be completed; it was initially developed from a set of large-scale sketches and paintings of expressive typography.
"Viva la Quinta Brigada" is a Christy Moore song about the Irishmen who fought in the Spanish Civil War against Franco. The title was changed to " Viva la Quince Brigada " in some later recordings. The song is about the Irish socialist volunteers , who were a small contingent within the 15th International Brigade , and who in later years became ...
Rik Simpson. " Death and All His Friends " 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, and is the tenth and final track on the album. The song begins with Chris Martin singing softly to a piano accompaniment before morphing into an ...
Its successor, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008), prevailed in the category. Both releases were the best-sellers of their respective years, topping the charts in over 30 countries. Viva la Vida 's title track was the first song from a British act to lead the Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart simultaneously in the 21st century.
Cover artwork used in the United States. " The Cup of Life " (Spanish: " La Copa de la Vida ") is a song recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin for his fourth studio album, Vuelve (1998). Martin created the song after FIFA requested of him an anthem. The song was written by Luis Gómez Escolar, Desmond Child, and Draco Rosa, while the ...
Eviva España. " Eviva España " (alternatively " Y Viva España ") is a Belgian pop song, originally written by composer Leo Caerts and lyricist Leo Rozenstraten in Dutch. It was first recorded and performed by the Belgian singer Samantha (born Christiane Bervoets) in 1971. [1] Musically, the song has a distinctly Spanish-sounding pasodoble style.
Jon Hopkins. " Life in Technicolor II " (stylised as " Life in Technicolor ii ") is a song by British rock band Coldplay released as the first single from the Prospekt's March EP.[1] It is the full-vocal version of the instrumental track "Life in Technicolor", from the band's fourth studio album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. [2]