Brothers & Sisters (song)

"Brothers & Sisters" is a song by Coldplay, released as their first single in 1999 following the release of the band's first EP Safety, released a year earlier. It was later re-released as an EP. The song has peaked at number 92 on the UK Singles Chart.

Background

After forming in 1998, Coldplay met up with local record label Fierce Panda Records after a representative from said label saw them perform at the Camden Falcon in December of that year. Fierce Panda offered to release their debut single, and the band agreed, signing a short record deal.^[1]^[2]

Recording

According to the single's liner notes, recording completed in only four days and cost the band a lowly sum of £400.^[1] The atmospheric sounds on "Easy to Please" were created by setting up microphones on a wet road outside the studio.^[2]

Release

1,500 copies of the vinyl single were issued in a special wrap-around picture sleeve. The single was re-released as an EP in late 2002 on Brash Records.

Versions

There are three versions, one from 1998, another from 1999, and a last one from 2000, being the version of this release the second one. The first and original can be found on the Ode To Deodorant CD promo single, and the third one later appeared on the "Trouble" single as part of the Parachutes record sessions.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Brothers & Sisters"	4:05
2.	"Easy to Please"	3:01
3.	"Only Superstition"	3:48

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak Position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)^[3]	92

References

1 2 'Brothers and Sisters' Liner Notes
1 2 "Brothers & Sisters EP". coldplaying.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
↑ "Archive Chart: 1999-05-01" UK Singles Chart.

External links

Official website

Coldplay

Studio albums

Parachutes
A Rush of Blood to the Head
X&Y
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Mylo Xyloto
Ghost Stories
A Head Full of Dreams

Live albums

Compilation albums

The Singles 1999–2006

Extended plays

Tours

Additional personnel

Labels	Atlantic Capitol EMI Fierce Panda Parlophone
Commercial	Mylo Xyloto Comics Tidal Xyloband
Television	Festival of Flame Hope for Haiti Now Super Bowl 50 halftime show Global Citizen Festival One Love Manchester
Charity	Make Trade Fair (Product) Red
Apparatjik	We Are Here Square Peg in a Round Hole Come to Life

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Coldplay songs
Parachutes	"Don't Panic" "Shiver" "Yellow" "Trouble"
A Rush of Blood to the Head	"In My Place" "God Put a Smile upon Your Face" "The Scientist" "Clocks"
Coldplay Live 2003	"Moses"
X&Y	"White Shadows" "Fix You" "Talk" "Speed of Sound" "The Hardest Part"
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	"Life in Technicolor" "Cemeteries of London" "Lost!" "42" "Lovers in Japan" "Yes" "Viva la Vida" "Violet Hill" "Strawberry Swing" "Death and All His Friends"
Prospekt's March	"Life in Technicolor II" "Glass of Water" "Prospekt's March/Poppyfields"
Mylo Xyloto	"Hurts Like Heaven" "Paradise" "Charlie Brown" "Us Against the World" "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" "Major Minus" "U.F.O." "Princess of China" "Up in Flames" "Up with the Birds"
Ghost Stories	"Always in My Head" "Magic" "Ink" "True Love" "Midnight" "Another's Arms" "Oceans" "A Sky Full of Stars" "O" "Ghost Story" "O (Reprise)"
A Head Full of Dreams	"A Head Full of Dreams" "Birds" "Hymn for the Weekend" "Everglow" "Adventure of a Lifetime" "Fun" "Up & Up"
Kaleidoscope	"All I Can Think About Is You" "Miracles (Someone Special)" "Aliens" "Something Just Like This" "Hypnotised"
Other songs	"Brothers & Sisters" "Gravity" "Lhuna" "Christmas Lights" "Moving to Mars" "Atlas" "Miracles"
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