Miracles (Someone Special)

{{Distinguish|text=Miracles, from the Unbroken soundtrack}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Miracles (Someone Special)

| type = promotional single

| cover = Coldpaly - Miracles (Someone Special).JPG

| artist = Coldplay and Big Sean

| EP = Kaleidoscope

| released = {{start date|2017|7|14|df=y}}

| genre = Dance-pop{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-coldplays-kaleidoscope-ep-w494247|title= Review: Coldplay's 'Kaleidoscope EP' Continues Mood of Tranquil Satisfaction|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=26 July 2017|access-date=5 September 2017|first=Jon|last=Dolan}}

| length = 4:36

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"Miracles (Someone Special)" is a song by British rock band Coldplay and American rapper Big Sean.{{Cite news|last=Satpathy|first=Kriti Saraswat|date=14 July 2017|title=Coldplay Releases New Song Miracles (Someone Special) with Big Sean|work=India.com|url=http://www.india.com/lifestyle/coldplay-releases-new-song-miracles-someone-special-with-big-sean-2319625/|access-date=15 July 2017}}

  • {{Cite web|title=Coldplay Recruits Big Sean for Their New Single 'Miracles (Someone Special)|url=http://theboombox.com/coldplay-recruits-big-sean-for-their-new-single-miracles-someone-special-listen/|access-date=15 July 2017|website=The Boombox|date=14 July 2017 }}
  • {{Cite news|date=14 July 2017|title=Big Sean Joins Coldplay On "Miracles"|work=Vibe|url=https://www.vibe.com/2017/07/coldplay-big-sean-miracles-someone-special/|access-date=15 July 2017}}
  • {{Cite web|last=Akingbade|first=Tobi|date=16 June 2017|title=Rapper Big Sean is going to appear on Coldplay's new EP and we can't believe it|url=http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/16/rapper-big-sean-is-going-to-appear-on-coldplays-new-ep-and-we-cant-believe-it-6713024/|access-date=15 July 2017|website=Metro}} It was released on 14 July 2017 as part of the Kaleidoscope EP, a companion piece to their seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams (2015).{{cite web |title=Hear 'All I Can Think About You' + Kaleidoscope EP release details |url=http://coldplay.com/hear-all-i-can-think-about-you-kaleidoscope-ep-release-details/ |access-date=15 June 2017 |website=Coldplay}} It was the first time the band featured a rapper in one of their tracks since Jay-Z's "Lost+".{{Cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/16/rapper-big-sean-is-going-to-appear-on-coldplays-new-ep-and-we-cant-believe-it-6713024/|title=Rapper Big Sean is going to appear on Coldplay's new EP and we can't believe it|last=Akingbade|first=Tobi|date=16 June 2017|website=Metro|access-date=29 August 2017}} The song is noted for using sampling a line by Michael J. Fox from Back to the Future (1985).{{cite web|title=WATCH: The New Coldplay Song Samples Back To The Future!|url=http://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/coldplay/news/new-coldplay-song-samples-back-to-the-future/#q7W3w5F3gklcCT6B.97|publisher=Global Radio|access-date=27 July 2017|date=25 July 2017|archive-date=28 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728175432/http://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/coldplay/news/new-coldplay-song-samples-back-to-the-future/#q7W3w5F3gklcCT6B.97|url-status=dead}} It was also ranked among the best of its year by 3voor12,{{Cite web |date=8 December 2017 |title=Everything Now van Arcade Fire is de Song van Het Jaar 2017 |trans-title=Arcade Fire's Everything Now is the 2017 Song of the Year |url=https://3voor12.vpro.nl/artikelen/overzicht/2017/Song17/Song-van-het-Jaar-2017-Top-100.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230101192749/https://3voor12.vpro.nl/artikelen/overzicht/2017/Song17/Song-van-het-Jaar-2017-Top-100.html |archive-date=1 January 2023 |access-date=1 January 2023 |website=3voor12 |language=nl}} and Panorama.{{Cite web |date=27 December 2017 |title=Le 25 Canzoni Più Belle del 2017 |trans-title=The 25 Most Beautiful Songs of 2017 |url=https://www.panorama.it/lifestyle/musica/le-25-canzoni-piu-belle-del-2017-finora |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421164027/https://www.panorama.it/lifestyle/musica/le-25-canzoni-piu-belle-del-2017-finora |archive-date=21 April 2024 |access-date=21 April 2024 |website=Panorama |language=it}}

Background

The track was served to contemporary hit radio in Italy as a promotional single upon release. An official lyric video, directed by Ben Mor, was made available in the following day.{{Cite web |date=15 July 2017 |title=Kaleidoscope EP Out Now + Miracles (Someone Special) Lyric Video! |url=https://www.coldplay.com/kaleidoscope-ep-out-now-miracles-someone-special-lyric-video/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241212205028/https://www.coldplay.com/kaleidoscope-ep-out-now-miracles-someone-special-lyric-video/ |archive-date=12 December 2024 |access-date=12 December 2024 |publisher=Coldplay}} It switches between several photographs, most of them concerning immigrants reaching Ellis Island, between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9BPMjL44Aw|title=Coldplay & Big Sean – Miracles (Someone Special) – Official Lyric Video|publisher= Coldplay|website= YouTube|date=15 July 2017 |access-date=15 July 2017}}

Personnel

Charts

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= Weekly charts =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Weekly chart performance for "Miracles (Someone Special)"

! scope="col" |Chart (2017)

! scope="col" |Peak
position

scope="row" | Argentina Anglo (Monitor Latino){{cite web|date=7 August 2017|title=Top 20 Anglo Argentina – Del 7 al 13 de de Agosto, 2017|url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Argentina/Anglo/20170807|access-date=14 August 2017|publisher=Monitor Latino|language=es}}

| 15

scope="row" | Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders){{Cite web|title=Coldplay & Big Sean - Miracles (Someone Special)|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/199943/coldplay-&-big-sean-miracles-(someone-special)|access-date=2021-06-03|website=ultratop.be}}

|26

scope="row" | Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia){{Cite web|title=Coldplay & Big Sean - Miracles (Someone Special)|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/199943/coldplay-&-big-sean-miracles-(someone-special)|access-date=2021-06-03|website=ultratop.be}}

|29

scope="row" | Canada AC (Billboard){{Cite magazine|title=Coldplay|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/coldplay/chart-history/cac/|access-date=2021-06-03|magazine=Billboard}}

|42

scope="row" | Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100){{Cite web|title=ČNS IFPI|url=http://hitparada.ifpicr.cz/index.php?hitp=D|access-date=2021-06-03|website=hitparada.ifpicr.cz|publisher=Note: Change the chart to CZ – SINGLES DIGITAL – TOP 100 and insert 201729 into search.|language=Czech}}{{Dead link|date=February 2025}}

|80

scope="row" | Denmark Airplay (Tracklisten){{Cite web|title=Hitlisten.NU – Coldplay & Big Sean – Miracles (Someone Special)|url=http://www.hitlisten.nu/|access-date=2021-06-03|website=Hitlisten.NU|language=Danish}}

|18

scope="row" | France (SNEP){{Cite web|title=Lescharts.com – Coldplay & Big Sean – Miracles (Someone Special)|url=https://lescharts.com/search.asp?todo=notfound|access-date=2021-06-03|website=lescharts.com|language=French}}

|72

scope="row" | Hungary (Rádiós Top 40){{Cite web|title=Rádiós Top 40 slágerlista - Hivatalos magyar slágerlisták|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/radios-top-40-jatszasi-lista/2017/49|access-date=2021-06-03|website=slagerlistak.hu}}

|31

scope="row" | Ireland (IRMA){{Cite web|others=Week 29 (21-Jul-17), Top 100|title=IRMA – Irish Recorded Music Association|url=https://www.irma.ie/#chartTab1|access-date=2021-06-03|website=www.irma.ie}}

|98

scope="row" | Italy (FIMI){{Cite web|others=Classifica settimanale WK 29 - 2017|title=Classifiche - FIMI|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl|access-date=2021-06-03|website=www.fimi.it|language=it-IT}}

|76

scope="row"| Italy Airplay (EarOne){{cite web|url=https://earone.com/charts/earone-airplay-radio/2017/37|title=Earone Airplay - Settimana #37 dal 08/09/2017 al 14/09/2017|date=21 July 2017 |language=it|publisher=Earone}}

| 2

scope="row" | Mexico Ingles Airplay (Billboard){{Cite magazine|title=Coldplay|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/coldplay/chart-history/min/|access-date=2021-06-03|magazine=Billboard}}

|11

scope="row" | Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{Cite web|title=Top 40 week 31 van 2017|url=https://www.top40.nl/top40/2017/week-31|access-date=2021-06-03|website=Top40.nl|language=nl}}

|30

scope="row" | New Zealand Heatseekers (RMNZ){{Cite web|title=NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/|access-date=2021-06-03|website=Recorded Music NZ|language=en}}

|5

scope="row" | Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100){{Cite web|title=ZPAV :: Bestsellery i wyróżnienia - AirPlays - Top - Archiwum|url=http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/airplays/top/archiwum.php?year=2017&idlisty=2396#title|access-date=2021-06-03|website=bestsellery.zpav.pl}}

|30

scope="row" | Portugal (AFP){{Cite web|title=Portuguesecharts.com – Coldplay & Big Sean – Miracles (Someone Special)|url=https://portuguesecharts.com/search.asp?todo=notfound|access-date=2021-06-03|website=AFP Top 100 Singles|archive-date=2019-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321130252/https://portuguesecharts.com/search.asp?todo=notfound|url-status=dead}}

|81

scope="row" | Scotland (OCC){{Cite web|title=Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100 {{!}} Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20170811/41/|access-date=2021-06-03|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en}}

|22

scope="row" | Slovakia (Rádio Top 100){{Cite web|last=IFPI Czech Republic|first=Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna|title=ČNS IFPI|url=http://hitparada.ifpicr.cz/index.php?hitp=R|access-date=2021-06-03|website=Note: insert 201743 into search.}}{{Dead link|date=February 2025}}

|44

scope="row" | Sweden (Sverigetopplistan){{Cite web|title=Swedishcharts.com – Coldplay & Big Sean – Miracles (Someone Special)|url=https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Coldplay+%26+Big+Sean&titel=Miracles+%28Someone+Special%29&cat=s|access-date=2021-06-03|website=swedishcharts.com}}

|62

scope="row" | Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{Cite web|title=Coldplay & Big Sean - Miracles (Someone Special) - hitparade.ch|url=http://swisscharts.com/song/Coldplay-&-Big-Sean/Miracles-(Someone-Special)-1677635|access-date=2021-06-03|website=swisscharts.com}}

|45

scope="row" | UK Singles (OCC){{Cite web|title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 {{!}} Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20170811/7501/|access-date=2021-06-03|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en}}

|54

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= Year-end charts =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Year-end chart performance for "Miracles (Someone Special)"

! scope="col"| Chart (2017)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40){{cite web|url=http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2017|title=Rádiós Top 100 – hallgatottsági adatok alapján – 2017|access-date=17 February 2018|publisher=Mahasz}}

| 93

scope="row"| Iceland (Tónlistinn){{cite web|url=https://plotutidindi.is/arslistar/tonlistinn-log-2017/|title=TÓNLISTINN - LÖG - 2017|language=Icelandic|access-date=16 July 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210115122621/https://plotutidindi.is/arslistar/tonlistinn-log-2017/|publisher=Plötutíðindi|archive-date=15 January 2021}}

| 49

scope="row"| Italy Airplay (EarOne){{cite web|url=http://www.earone.it/classifiche/earone_top_100_of_the_year_2017|title=Airplay Top 100 of the year 2017|language=it|publisher=Earone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220014404/http://www.earone.it/classifiche/earone_top_100_of_the_year_2017 |archive-date=2018-02-20 }}

| 15

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Certifications

{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Miracles (Someone Special)"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|digital=true|artist=Coldplay & Big Sean|title=Miracles (Someone Special)|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2017|certyear=2017|accessdate=30 October 2017}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}

Release history

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="row"| Region

! scope="row"| Date

! scope="row"| Format

! scope="row"| Label

! scope="row"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"| Italy

| 14 July 2017

| rowspan="2"| Contemporary hit radio

| Warner

| {{cite web |title=Coldplay é Big Sean "Miracles (Someone Special)" – (Radio Date: 14/07/2017) |url=http://radiodate.it/radio-date/coldplay-e-big-sean-miracles-someone-special-176594-14-07-2017-radiodate/ |access-date=14 July 2017 |website=radiodate.it}}

scope="row"| United Kingdom

| 21 July 2017

| Parlophone

| {{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist |title=BBC – Radio 1 – Playlist |publisher=BBC Radio 1 |date=21 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727223834/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist |archive-date=27 July 2017 |access-date=28 July 2017}}

References

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