Song · Coldplay
“Don't Panic” by Coldplay
From the EP The Blue Room E.P. (1999)
“Don't Panic” by Coldplay appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2005 and 2009. It was first released in 1999 on the EP The Blue Room E.P.. Its best result is #312 on the WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,864 alternative song of all time.
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"Don't Panic" goes back almost to the beginning for Coldplay. It started life in 1998 as "Panic", with a different melody, and the band played it at their very first gig that year. It then made its way onto The Blue Room, their second EP, in 1999, recorded by Chris Allison, who mixed it with Simon "Barny" Barnicott. Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin share the writing credit, with Martin on the words.
The band later re-cut it with producer Ken Nelson for their debut album, Parachutes. When they and Parlophone felt Britain had heard plenty of "Yellow" and "Trouble", they picked the song, by then a live favourite, as a fourth single for markets that weren't yet saturated, releasing it in parts of Europe while the UK got only a promo.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 323 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2009 | 312 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2009 | 741 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
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