Song · Coldplay
“Orphans” by Coldplay
From the album Everyday Life (2019)
“Orphans” by Coldplay appears on 10 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2019 and 2023. It was first released in 2019 on the album Everyday Life. Its best result is #12 on the WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2019. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #33 alternative song of 2019 and #296 of the '20s.
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"Orphans" arrived in October 2019 as one half of a double release with "Arabesque", the first two songs anyone heard from Everyday Life, Coldplay's eighth album, where it sits on the second side, Sunset. The band even ran a countdown clock on the day to stoke the suspense.
Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion wrote it with Moses Martin, and the production is credited to the Dream Team. Its gaze reaches well past the band's own lives, taking in the plight of refugees from the Syrian civil war, and Martin told BBC Radio 1 that the new songs moved between the deeply personal, what the band saw around them, and an effort to feel what other people are going through.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 45 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2019 | 91 |
| 2019 | 25 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2019 | 51 |
| 2019 | 12 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2019 | 104 |
| 2019 | 39 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2019 | 107 |
| 2019 | 39 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2019 | 50 |
| 2019 | 32 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2019 | 88 |
| 2020 | 57 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2020 | 91 |
| 2020 | 38 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 93 Songs of 2020 | 93 |
| 2020 | 49 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2020 | 88 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1081 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
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