Up&Up
{{Short description|2016 single by Coldplay}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Up&Up
| cover = Coldplay, Up&Up, Artwork.jpg
| alt = no
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = Coldplay
| album = A Head Full of Dreams
| released = 22 April 2016
| recorded = 2014–2015
| studio =
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| length = {{ubl|{{duration|m=6|s=45}} (album version)|{{duration|m=3|s=58}} (single version)|{{duration|m=4|s=10}} (music video)}}
| label =
| writer =
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| prev_title = Hymn for the Weekend
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title = A Head Full of Dreams
| next_year = 2016
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|BPNTC7uZYrI|"Up&Up"}}}}
}}
"Up&Up" is a song by British rock band Coldplay from their seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams (2015). It was released as the third single of the record on 22 April 2016 by Parlophone.{{cite web|title=Up&Up (Radio Edit)|website=Amazon Germany|url=https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01EH1Z53Y|access-date=22 May 2021|archive-date=11 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711044818/https://www.amazon.de/music/player/browserWarning?0=%2Fplayer%2Falbums%2FB01EH1Z53Y&1=player%2Falbums%2FB01EH1Z53Y&subView=music&useHorizonte=true|url-status=live}} Background vocals in the song are provided by Beyoncé, Annabelle Wallis and Merry Clayton. A music video for the track, directed by Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia, was released on 16 May 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2016/05/17/coldplay-upup-vania-heymann-and-gal-muggia/41368 |title=Coldplay 'Up&Up' by Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia |publisher=Promonews |date=17 May 2016 |access-date=25 April 2019 |archive-date=25 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425210403/https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2016/05/17/coldplay-upup-vania-heymann-and-gal-muggia/41368 |url-status=live }}
Background
The song contains a chorus choir, which featured nearly all the artists who have collaborated with the group, including Brian Eno, the children and guests of the four musicians,{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} and Beyoncé. Guitarist and singer Noel Gallagher also contributed a guitar solo,{{Citation |last=Arad |first=Dafna |title=Directed by two Israelis, Coldplay’s new music video gets 3 million views in one day |date=2016-05-17 |work=Haaretz.com |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/2016-05-17/ty-article/watch-the-new-israeli-made-coldplay-video/0000017f-f37f-d5bd-a17f-f77f71840000 |access-date=2025-02-20 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231022140002/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/2016-05-17/ty-article/watch-the-new-israeli-made-coldplay-video/0000017f-f37f-d5bd-a17f-f77f71840000 |archive-date=2023-10-22 |language=en}} which was omitted in the radio edit.
Music video
File:Up&Up by Coldplay (Screenshot).jpg
The band had released teasers on their social media accounts leading up to the video release.{{cite web|title=#UpAndUp|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BFZTd7UHdWL/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BFZTd7UHdWL |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=limited|website=Instagram.com|publisher=Coldplay|access-date=17 May 2016}}{{cbignore}} The music video directed by Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia was released on 16 May 2016. The video has been described on the band's website as a "poignant, surrealist montage which alludes to contemporary issues."{{cite web|title=Watch the new Up&Up video|url=http://coldplay.com/watch-the-new-upup-video/|website=Coldplay.com|publisher=Coldplay|access-date=17 May 2016|archive-date=22 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522185558/http://coldplay.com/watch-the-new-upup-video/|url-status=live}} The video itself consists of over-layered visuals, and has the band playing the song in various landscapes and locations. One of the locations used is the Croatian mountain range of Biokovo, upon which Chris Martin appears to be seated.{{cite web|url=http://www.vijesti.rtl.hr/scena/1945223/chris-martin-tijelom-prekrio-biokovo-hrvatska-u-novom-spotu-coldplaya/|title=Chris Martin tijelom 'prekrio' Biokovo: Hrvatska u novom spotu Coldplaya|language=hr|first=Vedran|last=Harča|publisher=Vijesti.hr|date=24 May 2016|access-date=1 June 2016|archive-date=5 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605043046/http://www.vijesti.rtl.hr/scena/1945223/chris-martin-tijelom-prekrio-biokovo-hrvatska-u-novom-spotu-coldplaya/|url-status=live}} Heyman and Mugglia have been credited for their creative use of stock footage throughout the video.{{Cite web |date=2017-06-22 |title=5 Creative Music Videos Made With Stock Footage |url=https://www.shutterstock.com/blog/stock-footage-music-videos-inspiration |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=The Shutterstock Blog |language=en-US}}
Scenes and visual effects for the video were created by GloriaFX, a Ukraine-based visual effects company, headed by Anatolii Kuzmytskyi in Ukraine and by Max Colt in the US. Martin called it "one of the best videos ever made".{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/coldplay-new-video-for-upup-sees-chris-martin-become-a-musical-giant-a7032636.html|title=Chris Martin comments the Up&Up video|website=Independent.co.uk|date=16 May 2016|access-date=17 September 2017|archive-date=6 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006173752/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/coldplay-new-video-for-upup-sees-chris-martin-become-a-musical-giant-a7032636.html|url-status=live}} Scenes include "a volcano that pops out popcorn, a baby that flies on the wing of a plane, and skydivers who jump into a bowl of pasta". Some scenes were cut from the video to make it shorter, including a man with a volcano in place of his head.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
The band
Billboard{{'s}} Chris Payne described the music video as "appropriately epic" with "a heady, shoot-for-the-stars type of statement".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7370573/coldplay-up-up-video-head-full-dreams-chris-martin|title=Coldplay Shares Otherworldly 'Up&Up' Video|magazine=Billboard|first=Chris|last=Payne|date=16 May 2016|access-date=1 June 2016}} Carl Williott of Idolator, who was reserved towards the song itself, felt that its video "elevates it thanks to some artfully trippy visuals".{{cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/7633644/coldplay-up-and-up-video|title=Coldplay's "Up&Up" Video Elevates The Song: Watch|publisher=Idolator|first=Carl|last=Williot|date=16 May 2016|access-date=1 June 2016|archive-date=11 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711044817/https://www.idolator.com/7633644/coldplay-up-and-up-video|url-status=live}} MTV UK called it "weird and wonderful in every respect" and "magical yet poignant".{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/alytl2/please-take-a-moment-out-of-your-day-to-watch-coldplays-upup-music-video|title=Please take a moment out of your day to watch Coldplay's Up&Up music video|access-date=17 May 2016|publisher=MTV UK|archive-date=18 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518221109/http://www.mtv.co.uk/coldplay/news/please-take-a-moment-out-of-your-day-to-watch-coldplays-upup-music-video|url-status=live}}
Accolades
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Awards and nominations for "Up&Up" ! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Ceremony ! scope="col" |Category ! scope="col" |Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
| rowspan="18" scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center;" |2016
| rowspan="2" |Camerimage Film Festival | Best Music Video | {{Nom}} | rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" |{{Cite web |date=4 October 2016 |title=Music Video Nominations Are Here! |url=https://camerimage.pl/en/nominacje-w-konkursie-wideoklipow/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027201526/https://camerimage.pl/en/nominacje-w-konkursie-wideoklipow/ |archive-date=27 October 2022 |access-date=28 November 2022 |website=Camerimage}} |
|---|
| Best Cinematography in a Music Video
| {{Nom}} |
| rowspan="2" |Ciclope Festival{{efn|The Ciclope Festival was established in 2010 to honour excellence in advertising based on a peer-voted selection process.{{Cite web |date=31 August 2022 |title=Ciclope Festival 2022 Extends Awards Entry Deadline |url=https://www.lbbonline.com/news/ciclope-festival-2022-extends-awards-entry-deadline |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221210144044/https://www.lbbonline.com/news/ciclope-festival-2022-extends-awards-entry-deadline |archive-date=10 December 2022 |access-date=10 December 2022 |website=Little Black Book}}}}
| Music Video – Direction | {{Nom}} |
| Music Video – Visual Effects
| {{Won|place=Gold}} |
| rowspan="3" |London International Awards{{efn|The London International Awards was established in 1986 to honour excellence in advertising based on a peer-voted selection process.{{Cite web |date=21 November 2007 |title=Dew Gibbons Leads UK Field at London International Awards |url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/15-november-2007/dew-gibbons-leads-uk-field-at-london-international-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231012230012/https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/15-november-2007/dew-gibbons-leads-uk-field-at-london-international-awards/ |archive-date=12 October 2023 |access-date=12 October 2023 |website=Design Week}}}}
| Music Video – Grand LIA | {{Won}} |
| Music Video – Best Music Video
| {{Won|place=Gold}} |
| Music Video – Best Direction
| {{Won|place=Gold}} |
| Los 40 Music Awards
| International Video of the Year | {{Won}} |
| MTV Europe Music Awards
| {{Nom}} |
| rowspan="2" |MTV Video Music Awards
| {{Nom}} |
| Best Visual Effects
| {{Won}} |
| rowspan="2" |MTV Video Music Awards Japan
| Best Group Video – International | {{Nom}} |
| Best Rock Video
| {{Nom}} |
| NRJ Music Awards
| Video of the Year | {{Nom}} |
| Q Awards
| Best Video | {{Nom}} |
| Telehit Awards
| Video of the Year | {{Won}} |
| rowspan="2" |UK Music Video Awards
| Best Rock/Indie Video | {{Won}} |
| Best Visual Effects in a Video
| {{Nom}} |
| rowspan="14" scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center;" |2017
| scope="row" |AICP Awards | Music Video | {{Won}} |
| rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup" |Andy Awards
| Video/Cinema – Direction | {{Won|place=Bronze}} |
| Video/Cinema – Special Effects
| {{Won|place=Silver}} |
| Berlin Music Video Awards
| Best Visual Effects | {{Won}} |
| rowspan="2" scope="rowgroup" |Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity
| Excellence in Music Video | {{Won|place=Silver}} |
| Visual Effects
| {{Won|place=Silver}} |
| rowspan="2" |D&AD Awards
| Music Video – General Field {{small|(Wood Pencil)}} | {{Won}} |
| Music Video – Special Effects {{small|(Graphite Pencil)}}
| {{Won}} |
| Grammy Awards
| {{Nom}} |
| MTV Italian Music Awards
| Best Music Video | {{Nom}} |
| rowspan="2" |{{Sort|One Show|The One Show}}
| Branded Entertainment: Music Videos | {{Won|place=Silver}} |
| Moving Image Craft: Visual Effects
| {{Won|place=Gold}} |
| Webby Awards
| Video & Film – Music Video | {{Won}} |
| Žebřík Music Awards
| Best Foreign Video | {{Won|2nd place|place=2nd}} |
Live performances
After giving fans a live performance preview of the album on 21 November 2015 in Los Angeles, Martin said: "This is kind of the song we've been waiting to write for 15 years."{{Cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/89886|title=Coldplay perform new songs 'Up&Up' & 'A Head Full Of Dreams' at LA gig – watch|website=NME.com|publisher=NME|access-date=17 May 2016|archive-date=2 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602085001/http://www.nme.com/news/coldplay/89886|url-status=live}} The band performed the song at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show held on 7 February 2016 in Santa Clara, California. They were joined by Bruno Mars and Beyoncé while singing the last verses.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/super-bowl/6867256/coldplay-beyonce-bruno-mars-super-bowl-50|title=Coldplay Brings Beyonce, Bruno Mars & History to Color-Drenched Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show|magazine=Billboard|first=Joe|last=Lynch|date=7 February 2016|access-date=1 June 2016}} During the performance at Glastonbury Festival on 26 June 2016, the band were joined on stage by Chris Martin's children, Apple and Moses, who helped with the backing vocals.{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/coldplay-20-1195667 |title=Gwyneth Paltrow watches Coldplay headline Glastonbury |website=NME |date=26 June 2016 |access-date=31 October 2018 |archive-date=1 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101015726/https://www.nme.com/news/music/coldplay-20-1195667 |url-status=live }}
The song was used to close the A Head Full of Dreams Tour. The live performance on 15 November 2017 in La Plata, Buenos Aires with an extended outro is included in Live in Buenos Aires. Live recordings of the song have been released with the Butterfly Package as well as the Japanese exclusive live album ‘Love in Tokyo’ released in 2018.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Digital download
| title1 = Up&Up
| length1 = 6:45
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Digital download {{small|(Radio Edit)}}{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/up-up-radio-edit-single/1103186269|title=Up&Up (Radio Edit) – Single by Coldplay on Apple Music|website=iTunes|date=4 December 2015|language=en|access-date=25 February 2017|archive-date=25 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225210813/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/up-up-radio-edit-single/id1103186269|url-status=live}}
| title1 = Up&Up
| note1 = Radio Edit
| length1 = 3:58
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Digital download {{small|(Freedo Remix)}}{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/up-up-freedo-remix-single/1153140442|title=Up&Up (Freedo Remix) – Single by Coldplay on Apple Music|website=iTunes|date=16 September 2016|language=en|access-date=25 February 2017|archive-date=25 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225210831/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/up-up-freedo-remix-single/id1153140442|url-status=live}}
| title1 = Up&Up
| note1 = Freedo Remix
| length1 = 3:30
}}
Credits and personnel
Credits are adapted from A Head Full of Dreams liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |author=Coldplay |title=A Head Full of Dreams |year=2015 |type=booklet |publisher=Parlophone |id=1053933969}}
Coldplay
- Guy Berryman – bass guitar, keyboards
- Jonny Buckland – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- Will Champion – drums, backing vocals, programming
- Chris Martin – lead vocals, piano, acoustic guitar
Additional musicians
- Merry Clayton – vocals
- Beyoncé Knowles – vocals
- Annabelle Wallis – vocals
- Blue Ivy Carter – vocals
- Moses Martin – vocals, tambourine
- Noel Gallagher – second guitar solo
Charts
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|+Monthly chart performance for "Up&Up" |
| scope="col" style="width:18em;" |Chart (2017)
! scope="col" |Peak |
|---|
| scope="row" |South Korea International (Gaon){{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/onoff.circle?serviceGbn=ALL&termGbn=month&hitYear=2017&targetTime=04&nationGbn=E&year_time= |title=International Digital Chart – Month 4 of 2017 |website=Gaon Chart |language=ko |access-date=1 May 2025}}
| 87 |
= Year-end charts =
{{col-end}}
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for "Up&Up"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|artist=Coldplay|title=Up&Up|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=2015|certyear=2024|access-date=16 April 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|artist=Coldplay|title=Up&Up|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|relyear=2015|certyear=2017|id=4386|access-date=30 May 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|award=Gold|type=single|artist=Coldplay|title=Up&Up|access-date=15 December 2024|relyear=2015|certyear=2022|source=radioscope}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Coldplay|title=Up&Up|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2015|certyear=2024|access-date=11 September 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Coldplay|title=Up&Up|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2015|certyear=2024|access-date=11 September 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Coldplay|title=Up&Up|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2015|certyear=2024|id=14957-1754-1|access-date=17 February 2024}}
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Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format ! scope="col"| Version ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
| scope="row"| Worldwide
| 4 December 2015 | Digital download | Radio Edit | rowspan="2" | Parlophone |
|---|
| scope="row"| United Kingdom
| 22 April 2016 | rowspan="2"| Contemporary hit radio | rowspan="2"| Original |{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist |title=BBC – Radio 1 – Playlist |publisher=BBC Radio 1 |date=22 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425130719/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/playlist |archive-date=25 April 2016 |access-date=28 April 2016 |url-status=dead }} |
| scope="row"| Italy
| 20 May 2016 | Warner |Release date in Italian to contemporary hit radio:
|
| scope="row"| Various
| 16 September 2016 | Digital download | Freedo Remix | Parlophone |
Notes
{{Notelist}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://coldplay.com/song/upup/ Up&Up] at Coldplay.com
- {{YouTube|BPNTC7uZYrI|Coldplay – Up&Up}} (Official video)
{{Coldplay songs}}
{{MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects}}
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