What was coldplays first hit

But their first love will always be Rihanna. The diehards took time to be convinced by Mylo Xyloto 's poppier direction half the band did, too!

Not to mention the awesome video starring RiRi as a "gangsta goth geisha". From album three onwards, Disco Coldplay was always gonna happen. Synth master Brian Eno set them on a path which ultimately led to the Avicii-produced 'A Sky Full of Stars' , the only upbeat moment on the heartbreaking Ghost Stories which ultimately led to 'Adventure of a Lifetime', the embodiment of Martin's new hippie, all-embracing outlook and Stargate's killer production which ultimately led to something pure bliss.

While 'In My Place' was the first pointer that A Rush of Blood to the Head was taking them to new levels, the swooping 'Clocks' was the one that made even the cool kids stand up. But one listen back to that flying piano riff and it's damn obvious why.

How do you follow up the world-beating success of 'Yellow'? With a total stunner of a ballad, that's how. Incited by some early feuding within the band, Martin has admitted that he wrote 'Trouble' to stop acting like a "knobhead". Though he's conceived many a mellow track since - four of which feature in this list - there's something about this one's rawness that makes it an all-timer.

You'd think The Beatles had done enough for music, but we actually have George Harrison's spirited solo work to thank for encouraging Martin to write 'The Scientist'. To mark Coldplay's return, we crunched the numbers and now count down their biggest songs in the UK, based on physical and digital sales, and streams. Before the full Top 20, a few highlights:. This is where it all really began, with their very first Top 10 in Yellow has shifted 1. The lead single from the band's much-anticipated second album A Rush of Blood to the Head, In My Place brought Coldplay their then-highest chart peak, going straight in at Number 2 in August blocked from the top spot by former Pop Idol contestant Darius, with Colourblind.

Perhaps surprisingly, despite being their second-biggest selling song on physical format, with , copies sold, In My Place hasn't really found longevity in the digital era. Its , downloads and Paradise has sold just over one million downloads Coldplay's only million seller and has been streamed Rihanna loves a collab, and this perhaps unlikely one with Coldplay went Top 5 in It took ten live gigs before the band was signed to their first record label. Coldplay went on to record an EP titled Safety , which they recorded over the span of a weekend.

From a run of about copies, only 50 copies of Safety were sold in record shops. The rest were given away to record companies, family, and friends. Safety was followed up by The Blue Room a year later in , featuring some of the tracks from the first EP, with a run of copies. A year later in , the band released Parachutes under the Parlophone label.