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“Moses” by Coldplay

Released 2003

“Moses” by Coldplay appears on 19 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2003 and 2011. It was first released in 2003. Its best result is #25 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 2003. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #64 alternative song of 2003, #5,732 alternative song of all time and #455 of the '00s.

19countdowns
12stations
#25best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
2003–2011years charted

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"Moses" arrived on 6 October 2003 as a promotional single from Live 2003, Coldplay's concert album, and it was a brand-new song rather than a victory-lap rerun: all four members wrote it for the record. Chris Martin aimed it squarely at his then-wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, and didn't hide it, describing it as a song about falling for the loveliest woman on earth.

Musically it swells the way the band did best in those days, Jonny Buckland's guitar chiming, Guy Berryman and Will Champion building a slow tide underneath, and Martin's voice climbing as it goes, with a spoken passage from him along the way and Ken Nelson credited as producer. The title stuck around at home, too: the couple later gave it to their second child.

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

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2003 64 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003 107
2003 25 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2003 91
2003 75 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003 100
2003 67 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2003 89
2003 31 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 75 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2003 100
2003 61 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003 105
2003 52 102.1 The Edge Dallas-Fort Worth, TX KDGE Top 102 Songs of 2003 102
2003 51 WBCN Boston, MA WBCN Top 104 Songs of 2003 104
2003 74 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2003 196
2003 29 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003 103
2004 36 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004 100
2004 83 Y100 Philadelphia, PA Y100 Top 100 Songs of 2004 99
2004 50 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004 103

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2007 1758 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1811 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1840 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1889 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1971 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011

Charting alongside it in 2003

Best songs of 2003 →
  1. 1Seven Nation ArmyThe White Stripes
  2. 2Like a StoneAudioslave
  3. 3Bring Me to LifeEvanescence
  4. 4Somewhere I BelongLinkin Park
  5. 5Times Like TheseFoo Fighters
  6. 6Weak and PowerlessA Perfect Circle

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