Fix You

"Fix You" is the second single from Coldplay's third album, X&Y. It was released on September 5 2005 to avoid competing against Oasis' "The Importance of Being Idle" (released August 22) on the UK Singles Chart. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Coldplay-Avoids-A-Duel-With-Oasis-4423.shtml

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When writing the song, Chris Martin was influenced by Muse's use of a church organ on the track "Megalomania" from their album Origin of Symmetry. To replicate that sound, Martin used an old keyboard that his late father-in-law (Bruce Paltrow) gave to his wife Gwyneth Paltrow. http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=88936 However, in other instances Martin has claimed that "Fix You" is a copy of Elbow's 2003 anthem "Grace Under Pressure". http://www.malefirst.co.uk/58932004-ent.html

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The song was supported by 60 alternative rock radio stations in the United States, including WNNX (Atlanta), KNDD (Seattle), WAVF (Charleston), XTRA (San Diego), and WFNX (Boston). The song was also played on the popular television programme The O.C., and it was performed by the band at Saturday Night Live and Live 8. The song debuted on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart on August 28, 2005. It reached #20 on the chart.

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"Fix You" also reached #52 on the Billboard Pop 100, #38 on the Adult Top 40, and #29 on the Hot Digital Songs chart.

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On September 14, Coldplay released the Fix You EP on the iTunes Music Store. All of the sales will go to the American Red Cross Hurricane 2005 Relief and the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences? MusiCares Hurricane Relief Fund. iTunes Link This song was also played on Shelter from the Storm.

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X&Y: X&Y is the third album by British rock band Coldplay, first released in various countries in early June 2005. The first single from the album, "Speed of Sound", was released on CD on May 23, 2005. The single first premiered on BBC Radio 1 with Steve Lamacq on the evening of April 18, 2005. "Speed ...

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