Parachutes is dedicated to Will Champion's mother.He recorded more than one take, but the one we picked was one take, warts and all." Shiver made a respectable No 35 in the charts. Producer Ken Nelson recalled: "This was one where Chris's vocals were done in one take. They rushed through the set, so I was thinking to myself 'They just need to calm down.' And in the studio, that's basically what we did."Īlthough Yellow was the massive hit around the world, Parachutes was previewed in March 2000 by Shiver. They were being beamed out live to Radio 1, and I think they were very very uptight about it. He told Sound On Sound in 2000: "The night they offered me the job, they were actually playing a gig in Liverpool with Gomez. The band then worked with Ken Nelson, who had produced albums for Gomez and Badly Drawn Boy. The album was ultimately produced by Ken Nelson - apart from one trackĪfter a break, Coldplay reconvened in the studio with Chris Allison, but rehearsals did not go well and the producer bailed out of the project.It was bought for £10 from a local WH Smiths. However, when the song was recorded for the album, it turned into the anthem that we know and love today.Ĭhris Martin performing with the Parachutes globe all present and correct. Incredibly, this piano ballad originally had a guitar riff that was, according to the band, "heavily influenced by the early Supergrass singles". Trouble was originally influenced by Supergrass!.
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