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“Every Teardrop is a Waterfall” by Coldplay

From the album Mylo Xyloto (2011)

“Every Teardrop is a Waterfall” by Coldplay appears on 34 radio countdowns from 33 stations between 2011 and 2024. It was first released in 2011 on the album Mylo Xyloto. Its best result is #4 on the WERG Top 90 of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #24 alternative song of 2011 and #72 of the '10s.

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Coldplay launched Mylo Xyloto with "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" in June 2011, a rush of chiming guitar, pumping keyboards and Chris Martin's wide-eyed vocal that plays like a rave staged in a cathedral. It borrows from "I Go to Rio", the 1976 song by Peter Allen and Adrienne Anderson, who share the writing credit, and Brian Eno is credited too. Jonny Buckland's electric guitar carries the hook while Guy Berryman and Will Champion drive the rhythm.

It climbed to number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 6 in the UK. The band first played it live at Rock am Ring and Rock im Park in Nürnberg, and later at the Steve Jobs memorial at Apple's Cupertino headquarters. It also became the theme of the Space Brothers film and earned 2 nominations at the 54th Grammy Awards, for Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2011 28 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 30 Songs of 2011 30
2011 62 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2011 91
2011 13 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2011 101
2011 74 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011 102
2011 14 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2011 102
2011 28 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2011 99
2011 5 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2011 103
2011 17 WRSI 93.9 The River Northampton / Pioneer Valley, MA WRSI Top 93 Songs of 2011 93
2011 41 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 97X Top 97 of 2011 97
2011 10 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA 106.1 The Corner Top 107 of 2011 105
2011 66 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2011 94
2011 17 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 Slugtracks of 2011 94
2011 68 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2011 94
2011 34 WTMD Baltimore, MD WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2011 89
2011 79 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2011 103
2011 14 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2011 49
2011 15 X107.5 Las Vegas, NV X107.5 Top 50 Songs That Didn't Suck 2011 50
2011 12 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2011 50
2011 4 90.5 WERG Erie, PA WERG Top 90 of 2011 90
2011 12 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Best of 2011 50
2011 29 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2011 107
2011 43 Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY WEXT Top 97 of 2011 97
2011 25 KFOG San Francisco Bay Area, CA KFOG Foghead Favorites of 2011 50
2011 25 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2011 98
2011 25 Rock 93.5 Columbia, SC Rock 93.5 WARQ Top 93 of 2011 92
2011 59 WXPN Philadelphia, PA WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2011 100
2011 56 89.7 The River Omaha, NE / Council Bluffs, IA 89.7 The River Top 89 of 2011 89
2011 36 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2011 51
2011 77 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2011 111
2011 29 KJEE 92.9 Santa Barbara, CA KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2011 92
2011 53 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2011 104
2011 21 WBRU Providence, RI WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2011 96

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2023 971 WYEP WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 1229
2024 923 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years 1049

Also listed as: Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall; Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall; Every Teardrop is A Waterfall; Every Tear Drop is a Waterfall; Every Tear Drop Is a Waterfall.

Charting alongside it in 2011

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