Ink (song)

"Ink"
Single by Coldplay
from the album Ghost Stories
Released 13 October 2014 (2014-10-13)
Format
Recorded 2012 (2012) – 14 (14)
Studio The Bakery and The Beehive (London, England)
Genre
Length
  • 3:48 (album version)
  • 4:09 (live version)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Coldplay singles chronology
"True Love"
(2014)		 "Ink"
(2014)		 "Miracles"
(2014)

"True Love"
(2014)		 "Ink"
(2014)		 "Miracles"
(2014)
Music video

"Ink" is a song by British rock band Coldplay from their sixth studio album Ghost Stories (2014). It was released as the fifth overall single from the album on 13 October 2014. Prior to its single release, "Ink" debuted at number 156 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]

Music video

The animated video was designed by production team, Blind. An interactive video of "Ink" was uploaded on Coldplay's official website. An official cut was made and uploaded on YouTube.

Synopsis

The official cut video begins with a couple lying on a beach, the woman leaves the man on the beach and walks into the woods. The man take the compass (which contains an image of the woman) and follows the woman. The woman walks into a path on the left side. The man soon arrives at the branch path and decide to walk into the right side. The man is upset and looks into a water puddle on the road. The video continue with the man's drifting in the ocean, looking to a cloud which represent to the woman. The man falls after arrive to a waterfall. A bird saves the man and the man falls down after that. Many papers surround the man and build a staircase. The man climbs up and looking at the stars with a telescope. The man sees many constellations and the constellations are the image of the couple. The man rides on a sailboat and arrives to a mega waterfall. The woman appears and saves the man at the end of the video.

Live performances

The band performed "Ink" during their brief and intimate Ghost Stories Tour. They also performed the song on 4 April 2017 during the Manila stop of their A Head Full of Dreams Tour to fulfill the request of a cancer-stricken fan whom lead vocalist Chris Martin visited prior to the show.[2]

Track listing

Digital download[3]
No.TitleLength
1."Ink" (Live at Le Casino de Paris, Paris)4:09
Promotional CD single[4][5]
No.TitleLength
1."Ink"3:48
2."Ink" (Instrumental)3:48
Total length:7:36

Personnel

Adapted from Ghost Stories liner notes.[6]

Coldplay
Technical personnel

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[7] 4
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[8] 16
Iceland (RÚV)[9] 22
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[10] 31
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[11] 68
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[1] 156

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Italy (FIMI)[12] Gold 15,000double-dagger

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format Label
Italy[13] 13 October 2014 Contemporary hit radio Parlophone
United Kingdom[3] 21 October 2014 Digital download
United States[14][15] 17 November 2014 Adult album alternative radio
18 November 2014 Modern rock radio

References

  1. 1 2 Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart: CLUK Update 31.05.2014 (wk21)". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  2. ↑ Tan, Lara (5 April 2017). "Coldplay performs request of cancer-stricken fan". CNN Philippines. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Ink (2014)". United Kingdom: 7digital. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Coldplay – Ink at Discogs
  5. ↑ "Coldplay Magazine - Ink Single".
  6. ↑ Ghost Stories (Digital download). Coldplay. Parlophone. 2014.
  7. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Coldplay – Ink" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Coldplay – Ink" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Coldplay Chart History". RÚV. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Coldplay search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Coldplay – Ink" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  12. ↑ ARIA Charts. FIMI. 5 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141006100124/http://www.fimi.it/archivio_certificazioni.php. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ "Coldplay – Ink (Parlophone)" (in Italian). Radio Airplay SRL. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "Triple A > Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  15. ↑ "Alternative > Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
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