"Paradise"
is a song by British alternative rock band Coldplay. The song was released on
12 September 2011 as the second single from their fifth studio album, Mylo
Xyloto. The song received
its radio debut at 7:50 a.m. on The Chris Moyles Show
(BBC Radio 1) on 12 September 2011. According to Coldplay's official website, the
single was not initially chart eligible in the United Kingdom, because it was
available on iTunes as an "instant grat" (immediate download) when
pre-ordering the album. Following the release of the album on 30 October 2011,
the song became chart eligible in the UK and entered the UK Singles Chart at
number 14, before taking the number 1 spot on its tenth week, becoming the
band's second number-one single after "Viva la Vida" in 2008. The
song was met with positive reviews, and was the best selling rock song of 2011
in the United Kingdom, selling 410,000 copies.
On 30
November, the song was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the category Best Pop
Duo/Group Performance. On 12 February 2012, Coldplay performed
"Paradise" live at the RE, along with "Princess of China". At the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards on 6
September, the song won the award for Best Rock Video. Following the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs on
CBC, the song was featured in a yearly finale montage on CBC recapping the
Stanley Cup Playoffs as well as British and American television advertisements
and trailers for the Academy Award winning film Life of Pi which was nominated
for 11 Academy Awards.
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