Coldplay - "feelslikeimfallinginlove"

[Juan Carlos]

"Feels Like I'm Falling In Love"
Written by Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, Will Champion, Apple Martin, Tim Rutili, Max Martin and Jon Hopkins
Produced by Max Martin, Oscar Holter, Bill Rahko, Daniel Green and Michael Ilbert

Lead single from Coldplay's tenth album Moon Music due out October 4 called "Feels Like I'm Falling In Love" (stylised in lower case and without spaces in-between), which was released on June 20.

[jred]

I don’t know if the snippet they just posted on Twitter is from this song, but I love the sound of it. Sounds a little less poppy than MOTS and more in line with the vibe they had 10 years ago.

[Juan Carlos]

This is the teaser in mention and they're different songs.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C76znzQIhY8

[Juan Carlos]

Next week.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8KKnngIaYt

[Rose "Payola" Nylund]

I hope this title format doesn’t become the next ‘in’ thing for music because no

[altguy]

World premiering at the chains Friday. Will move very fast

[altguy]

World premiering now

[Juan Carlos]

This is much better than I was expecting to be honest.

[jred]

that chorus melody takes me right back to discovering them for the first time in 2011 when MX was huge. i love that.

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

It's alright. Sounds a bit melodically forced. Like they are playing it safe. Doubt this song will bring Coldplay back to my charts, but it is better than I ever expected it to be.

[RoseColoredGirl]

On first listen, I absolutely love this! It reminds me a lot of "Higher Power," which is one of my favorite songs they've released in the past decade.

[IndieAdvocate / Spectrum]

Also impacting AAA, per JBE, on July 1st.

(*yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn*...also wishing that the collab with Little Simz was the one being pushed)

[Daryl the Beryl]

Top 40 on Alternative:

0 37 COLDPLAY feelslikeimfallinginlove 346 0 346 1.206

[Daryl the Beryl]

Top 30 on Alternative:

0 30 COLDPLAY feelslikeimfallinginlove 515 0 515 1.591

This met my expectations.

[devinschrammeister]

Oh this one is instant. A mix of the nostalgic classic Coldplay sound with the more modern elements of Spheres. This looks like it’s going to be another hit for the guys.

[Daryl the Beryl]

Top 50 on AAA:

0 48 COLDPLAY feelslikeimfallinginlove 126 0 126 0.224

[Daryl the Beryl]

Top 20 on Alternative:

0 18 COLDPLAY feelslikeimfallinginlove 867 0 867 2.227

[Butterflies & Hurricanes]

Jun 21, 2024 2:46:01 GMT -5 Doc Indie Party Rock said:

 they are playing it safe

was there any doubt that Coldplay would be playing it safe?  that's been their approach for the past 15 years

this gets a big <SHRUG> from me...i'll let it play if it comes on (until the inevitable radio overplay), but i'll never search this out

[macattack]

Coldplay typically doesn't start with their best foot forward. Usually single #2 or #3 is meant to be the killer song, the instant classic if you will. "The Scientist" and "Clocks" after "In My Place", or "Fix You" and "Talk" after "Speed of Sound". The lead is usually meant as a mere appetizer, the single that establishes the sound of the album and the expectations you should have going in. This usually means that the lead tends to be forgotten in favor of the follow-up singles that take the now-established sound of the lead single and do more dramatic things with it.

There are exceptions, but they're rare. "Yellow" is the only universally agreed-upon exception. Personally I like "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" more than its beloved follow-up "Paradise", but I'm in the minority on that one.

[Daryl the Beryl]

Top 40 on AAA:

112 40 COLDPLAY feelslikeimfallinginlove 188 37 151 0.304

[shanas]

this one is a grower for me

thought it was just meh when I first heard it but after a few listens I dont mind it now

[Daryl the Beryl]

Top 30 on AAA:

65 28 COLDPLAY feelslikeimfallinginlove 257 87 170 0.409

Bold prediction: This will be their first lead to miss the AAA top 10, if not, at least the top 5. As long as if they keep working with Max Martin, at least. (EDIT: This is assuming "Yellow" is a lead)

[maseruck]

Jun 28, 2024 23:44:21 GMT -5 macattack said:

There are exceptions, but they're rare. "Yellow" is the only universally agreed-upon exception. Personally I like "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" more than its beloved follow-up "Paradise", but I'm in the minority on that one.

Yellow wasn’t the lead. Shiver was. At least in the UK it was that way, and that’s what fans seem to go with in lead single rankings.

[Daryl the Beryl]

Top 20 on AAA:

40 20 COLDPLAY feelslikeimfallinginlove 296 188 108 0.413

[Daryl the Beryl]

Top 10 on Alternative:

15 10 COLDPLAY feelslikeimfallinginlove 1393 1178 215 1.753

[macattack]

feelslikethissongisturningintoahit

[Daryl the Beryl]

Top 10 on AAA:

15 10 COLDPLAY feelslikeimfallinginlove 437 399 38 0.538

This was supposed to flop wth

(JBE has also somehow, ignored this for their combined top 50 chart)

[rainie]

well. i guess its not that far off from being good ? i like the lush synthscape this one has but those la da das in the chorus kill it for me and considering that's like 60% of the song. yeah i'll pass. agreed with others are saying that this feels pretty safe even by modern coldplay standards, with this being the first lead single of theirs that feels like a blatant retread of another (specifically of higher power)

Jun 28, 2024 23:44:21 GMT -5 macattack said:

Coldplay typically doesn't start with their best foot forward. Usually single #2 or #3 is meant to be the killer song, the instant classic if you will. "The Scientist" and "Clocks" after "In My Place", or "Fix You" and "Talk" after "Speed of Sound". The lead is usually meant as a mere appetizer, the single that establishes the sound of the album and the expectations you should have going in. This usually means that the lead tends to be forgotten in favor of the follow-up singles that take the now-established sound of the lead single and do more dramatic things with it.

There are exceptions, but they're rare. "Yellow" is the only universally agreed-upon exception. Personally I like "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" more than its beloved follow-up "Paradise", but I'm in the minority on that one.

you're right in that their followup singles have historically done better and / or have become better remembered then their leads (which now that i think abt it i'm pretty sure applies to every single one of their albums post-breakout besides everyday life, which ended up being their only era to not chart a single song on the hot 100 ? i have no idea what this info means but it's fascinating to me). that said, speed of sound and in my place were actually like. good. this isn't

[macattack]

Jul 2, 2024 8:05:53 GMT -5 maseruck said:

Jun 28, 2024 23:44:21 GMT -5 macattack said:

There are exceptions, but they're rare. "Yellow" is the only universally agreed-upon exception. Personally I like "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" more than its beloved follow-up "Paradise", but I'm in the minority on that one.

Yellow wasn’t the lead. Shiver was. At least in the UK it was that way, and that’s what fans seem to go with in lead single rankings.

I researched it and Yellow was sent first in the US and Shiver second. Shiver flopped pretty hard in the US, and after that Coldplay synced their singles worldwide.

[The Party Captain]

This is the first single of theirs I’ve liked in a long time. It’s not reinventing the wheel but you don’t always have to.