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“In My Place” by Coldplay

From the album A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)

“In My Place” by Coldplay appears on 47 radio countdowns from 27 stations between 2002 and 2025. It was first released in 2002 on the album A Rush of Blood to the Head. Its best result is #2 on the Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 2002. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #18 alternative song of 2002, #2,382 alternative song of all time and #160 of the '00s.

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"In My Place" was the first taste of A Rush of Blood to the Head, Coldplay's second album, in 2002, and it's a slow-motion stomp: thumping drums from Will Champion and chiming guitars from Jonny Buckland, with Guy Berryman's bass anchoring it and Chris Martin adding acoustic guitar and piano under his lead vocal. Champion sings backing vocals.

All four members wrote it, Martin wrote the words, and the band produced it with Ken Nelson, who recorded and engineered it, with Mark Phythian chipping in extra production and Danton Supple among those on the mix. It's a patient, heart-on-sleeve thing that lets every chime ring out and every drum hit land like a heartbeat.

Critics admired the arrangement and the depth of the lyrics, and the single went to number 2 on the UK Singles Chart and 17 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks. And it won Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the Grammys.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 48 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2002 107
2002 15 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2002 91
2002 61 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2002 106
2002 56 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 9 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2002 100
2002 75 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 92
2002 51 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 24 107.7 The End Seattle, WA The End Top 107 Songs of 2002 107
2002 49 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2002 89
2002 18 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2002 101
2002 19 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2002 100
2002 11 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2002 99
2002 12 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2002 105
2002 23 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2002 224
2002 17 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2002 103
2002 96 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2002 103
2002 10 93XRT Chicago, IL WXRT Listener Poll: Top 30 Songs of 2002 30
2002 2 Virgin Radio United Kingdom Virgin Radio Top 10 Songs of 2002 10
2002 39 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002 100
2002 83 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2002 99
2003 21 The Bear Ottawa, ON The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003 107

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2002 2000 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2003 1808 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 11 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio VR10x10 (April 2003) 100
2004 1808 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2004 201 Y100 Y100 Top 300 Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 460 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 500
2005 47 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium 96
2005 1804 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2005 226 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 500
2005 60 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Songs of All-Time (May 2005) 100
2005 908 99X 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) 1000
2006 55 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Songs of the Millennium (December 2006) 107
2006 351 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) 500
2007 1824 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1795 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 785 WYEP WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade 913
2009 311 Live 105 Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) 500
2009 1737 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 65 CFNY 102.1 The Edge 102.1 The Edge Top 200 New Rock Songs of the Millennium 200
2010 1630 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1447 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1333 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2013 411 WXPN WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) 885
2014 1293 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2022 214 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s 907
2025 522 WYEP WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) 714

Charting alongside it in 2002

Best songs of 2002 →
  1. 1By the WayRed Hot Chili Peppers
  2. 2AerialsSystem of a Down
  3. 3ToxicitySystem of a Down
  4. 4You Know You're RightNirvana
  5. 5All My LifeFoo Fighters
  6. 6SweetnessJimmy Eat World

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