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“Paradise” by Coldplay

From the album Mylo Xyloto (2011)

“Paradise” by Coldplay appears on 51 radio countdowns from 39 stations between 2011 and 2026. It was first released in 2011 on the album Mylo Xyloto. Its best result is #8 on the KROQ Top 30 Songs of 2011. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #18 alternative song of 2011, #2,903 alternative song of all time and #24 of the '10s.

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Coldplay's "Paradise" landed in September 2011, the second taste of their fifth album, Mylo Xyloto, and first aired on The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1. It's a slow, swaying ballad blown up to stadium size, Chris Martin's piano and voice riding a heavy, thudding beat with Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion swelling underneath. The four share the writing credit with Brian Eno.

Its British chart run was odd: offered as an instant download with album pre-orders, it couldn't chart until the album came out at the end of October, then entered at 14 and reached number one in its tenth week, the band's first chart-topper since "Viva la Vida" in 2008. It picked up a Grammy nomination, and in 2012 it won Best Rock Video at the MTV Video Music Awards.

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

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2011 8 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 30 Songs of 2011 30
2011 31 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2011 91
2011 25 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2011 101
2011 62 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2011 89
2011 91 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 102 Songs of 2011 102
2011 23 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2011 102
2011 53 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2011 99
2011 62 WTMD Baltimore, MD WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2011 89
2011 40 X107.5 Las Vegas, NV X107.5 Top 50 Songs That Didn't Suck 2011 50
2011 40 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2011 103
2011 63 89.7 The River Omaha, NE / Council Bluffs, IA 89.7 The River Top 89 of 2011 89
2011 18 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2011 50
2011 20 Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2011 40
2011 21 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Best of 2011 50
2011 45 Exit 97.7 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY WEXT Top 97 of 2011 97
2011 20 KJEE 92.9 Santa Barbara, CA KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2011 92
2011 58 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2011 88
2011 9 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2011 107
2011 27 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2011 98
2011 61 106.1 The Corner Charlottesville, VA 106.1 The Corner Top 107 of 2011 105
2011 32 WXPN Philadelphia, PA WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2011 100
2011 9 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2011 51
2011 11 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2011 103
2011 17 93XRT Chicago, IL WXRT Listener Poll: Top 25 Songs of 2011 25
2011 33 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 Slugtracks of 2011 94
2011 22 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2011 94
2011 32 Rock 93.5 Columbia, SC Rock 93.5 WARQ Top 93 of 2011 92
2011 9 WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2011 104
2011 23 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2011 49
2011 23 (tie) WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2011 111
2011 51 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 97X Top 97 of 2011 97
2011 76 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2011 94
2011 43 KFOG San Francisco Bay Area, CA KFOG Foghead Favorites of 2011 50
2011 12 WBRU Providence, RI WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2011 96
2012 16 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 50 Songs of 2012 50
2012 23 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2012 91
2012 22 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2012 99
2012 66 Lightning 100 Nashville, TN Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2012 101
2012 22 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2012 51
2012 55 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 97X Top 97 Songs of 2012 97
2012 29 WBER Rochester, NY WBER Listener Countdown 2012 131
2013 51 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2013 91

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2014 416 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2015 395 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) 500
2019 450 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) 500
2020 274 DC101 The DC101 Top 500 500
2022 145 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2023 439 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) 500
2024 77 107.7 The End The End Sweet Summer Vibes Countdown (2024) 100
2025 373 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century 909
2026 172 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

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