God Put a Smile upon Your Face

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“God Put a Smile upon Your Face”
“God Put a Smile upon Your Face” cover
Single by Coldplay
from the album A Rush of Blood to the Head
Released July 14, 2003 (Canada, EU)
Format CD
Recorded  ?
Genre Alternative rock
Length 4:57
Label Parlophone
Producer Ken Nelson
Coldplay
Coldplay singles chronology
"Clocks"
(2003)		 "God Put a Smile upon Your Face"
(2003)		 "Speed of Sound"
(2005)
A Rush of Blood to the Head track listing
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"In My Place"
(2)		 "God Put a Smile upon Your Face"
(3)		 "The Scientist"
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"God Put a Smile upon Your Face" is the fourth single from Coldplay's 2002 album, A Rush of Blood to the Head. Regional singles were released for Canada, Europe, Australia, and an enhanced version for Taiwan. Promo singles were released for UK and U.S..

The single cover features bassist Guy Berryman, art-directed by Sølve Sundsbø. The song was originally titled "Your Guess Is as Good as Mine" and was not intended to make the final cut on the album.

This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.

Contents

[edit] Production

Chris Martin on "God Put a Smile upon Your Face": "That came out of playing live and wanting to have something with a bit more bounce. We were really getting into things like P.J. Harvey and Muse - things with a bit more energy."[1] During Coldplay's concert in Stockholm Globe Arena, Sweden 7th of November 2005, Chris Martin explained that the song was written in Stockholm City four years earlier.


[edit] Track listing

  1. "God Put a Smile upon Your Face"
  2. "Murder"

[edit] In Australia

  1. "God Put a Smile upon Your Face" – 4:58
  2. "Murder" – 5:36
  3. "Politik" (live) – 6:44
  4. "Lips Like Sugar" (live) - 4:52

[edit] Music video

The music video featured scenes of the band performing with the narrative of a distressed businessman (played by Paddy Considine) literally fading into obscurity. Like "The Scientist", the video was directed by Jamie Thraves.[2]

[edit] Covers

Plan B sampled the track on his 2007 mixtape Paint it Blacker. The song was also covered by Mark Ronson on his album Version, which he performed live with Adele at the BRIT Awards 2008.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ http://www.coldplay.com/content/ezine/documents/ezine6.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.coldplay.com/ezine/ezine10.pdf

[edit] External links


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