Talk:Yellow (Coldplay song)

Untitled
C. Martin implied in interview that the line "look at the stars, look how they shine for you" was from a Neil Young song. Can anyone tell me which one? Adambisset 14:21, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Yellow Cover
In the current series of the O.C. there was a version of Yellow by some female singer. Is there anybody who could tell me what it is?
 * That'd be Petra Haden, of Decemberists fame. GeeJo (t)⁄(c) &bull; 20:10, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Lyrics
What does Your skin, Oh yeah your skin and bones, Turn into something beautiful mean in the song? Is it, by any way, implying that someone's skin and bones turn into something beautiful? 203.98.102.8 07:24, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

that is a very interesting line. think about humans; we are just made up of physical matter, i.e. skin and bones. but we are more than just a clump of carbon and oxygen, proteins and enzymes; we have something to us, a soul, a mind, a heart. that's what's meant by the line: we're more than just our physical bodies; there's something inside of us that beautiful and complex and special: a soul.


 * Check out http://www.songmeanings.net/. It's a forum where people discuss the meanings of songs =) Jonnas Anthony 03:58, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

well to get started with : what does "yellow" means to say in the song "YELLOW"??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.65.221.29 (talk • contribs)

The lyrics include the lines: " swam across I jumped across for you Oh what a thing to do". Is it possible that Martin's drenched appearance refers to his swimming to the locus of the narration rather than it merely happened to be raining when they were filming (heck, British weather!)? truthordare (talk) 21:43, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

My Chemical Romance
Doesn't the song I don't love you off there new album The Black Parade have almost exactly the same tempo, structure and chord progression as Yellow...not saying anything bad about either band. just it caught my eye..or should i say ear. --User: Ksharpe126

Move
Please move the page to Yellow_(Coldplay song) as there is another song titled Yellow.

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Location of video
It says in the article that the location of the video was Inch beach in Ireland, however, it clearly states in this Coldplay e-zine that it was filmed at Studland Bay. There have been numerous previous updates to the contrary. The article has been updated to reflect this new information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.156.60.166 (talk) 15:29, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Another version
Published by Rolling Stone magazine, Martin retells the genesis of "Yellow". --Efe (talk) 12:00, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

A little too big.
I'm not going to say anything should be done, although 10% of the audio track is around 27 seconds. The sample appears to be 39 seconds right now. mechamind 9  0  02:46, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Music video
The music video section of the article says that the video was taken in one continuous shot with no cuts. This is not true. Here's the source from the official Coldplay website. The video took one hour to be shot and Coldplay actually ran five times through the song. So should I correct the statement in the music video section of the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smtchahal (talk • contribs) 10:47, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

This is not true. The Video was one continuous shot. What is incorrect is that the band conceived the idea. I am one of the Directors of this video and I can prove this to not be true. Credit where credit is due. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:9089:EC00:9438:6694:172D:8A17 (talk) 07:30, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

EP
The EP released in 2000 is almost certainly the same as the single, and the release date is almost consistent with this, it's just that the book cited as a source refers to this and "Shiver" as EPs. Peter James (talk) 16:22, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

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Composition and vocal range
The reference provided says the vocals go from F#4 to G#5, but I really think it's from F#3 to G#4.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC_wPY_-glw At 3:32 he hits the highest note of the song.If you have a mobile tuner app, it should say this is G#4. I know this isn't really a proper source, but I don't think what is written is correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.205.70.32 (talk) 20:09, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

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Covers and trivia
Like many songs, this one has been covered by various other artists. Most of these covers are trivial, per WP:COVERSONG.

Also like many songs, this one has been used in popular culture. Such uses are generally trivial, per WP:SONGTRIVIA/WP:IPC. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 13:15, 16 October 2019 (UTC)