Format Digital download Label Parlophone | Recorded 2014–2015 | |
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Released 11 November 2016 (2016-11-11) Genre Alternative rock, pop rock Length 4:43 (album version)
5:01 (single version)
3:48 (single edit version) | ||
"Everglow" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It is the fourth track, promotional single and fifth single proper from their seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams. The song features uncredited guest vocals by Gwyneth Paltrow, the ex-wife of Chris Martin. The song was served as a promotional single of the album and released on 26 November 2015. The track was also premiered during Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show. On 11 November 2016 it was released digitally as the fifth single proper from the album, in a newly-recorded stripped-down version that was inspired by Martin's unrehearsed solo performance of the song at the recent Glastonbury Festival due to a technical mishap.
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Background
Martin came up with the idea for the title of the song from a slang word he heard from a surfer. In an interview with Zane Lowe, he explained the origin of the phrase: "I was in the ocean one day with this surfer guy, who spoke just like you'd imagine a surfer guy to speak … This guy spoke like Sean Penn's character from Fast Times at Ridgemont High. He was like, 'Yo dude, I was doing this thing the other day man, it gave me this total everglow!'"
Composition
"Everglow" revolves around a heartfelt piano riff. The track is written in the key of C# Minor at 73 BPM and a chord progression that alternates between C#m-A-E-G#m7 and C#m-A-E-B.
Live performance
The song was debuted during the iHeartRadio album release party of A Head Full of Dreams, on 19 November 2015.
Music video
The video was filmed by Ben Mor, and was released on 9 December 2016.
Personnel
Credits are adapted from A Head Full of Dreams liner notes.