Don't Panic
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"Don't Panic" is the opening track to Parachutes and is a guitar-based song. It was originally called "Panic" [1] and was one of six songs played at Coldplay's first concert in 1998. Eventually, the title became "Don't Panic", taken from Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Radiohead used the same source to name the song "Paranoid Android".
The song is often mistakenly referred to as "Beautiful World" due to the lyrical content.
The original version of the "Don't Panic" was recorded in July 1999. There are several differences between this and the final album version. First, Chris Martin plays the piano during the bridge. As well, there is a feedback-distorted introduction and some modified lyrics. This version was released on The Blue Room EP.
On the A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour, "Don't Panic" contained an entirely different introduction. In addition, Martin played the electric guitar and Jon Buckland performed a harmonica solo during the bridge. He regularly threw the harmonica into the crowd after the solo.
In 2004, the song was featured on the popular Garden State soundtrack, and received persistent exposure in Australia for over a year when it was used by Australia's Network Ten in a series of promotional ads that ran before and after most shows, featuring its programming and personalities. The song was also featured on the debut episode of the FX TV series Rescue Me.
"Don't Panic" is the fourth single from Coldplay's debut album, Parachutes. Regional singles included Europe, France, the Netherlands (single and live EP), Denmark (live EP), and Australia. The UK only received a promo edition. The album version of "Don't Panic" is featured on all versions of the single.
Contents |
Track listing
- "Don't Panic (Album Version)" – 2:17
- "You Only Live Twice (Live)" – 4:06
- "Bigger Stronger (Live)" – 4:55
Cover images
UK Promo CD |
Netherlands (CD) |
Music video
The music video starts off with an animated diagram of the water cycle, then portrays the band as 2-dimensional paper cutouts doing household chores, when suddenly disaster strikes the earth in the forms of floods, volcanoes and electric shocks.
It also features the yellow globe on the cover of Parachutes. The video was directed by Tim Hope, who also directed "Trouble."
Lyrics
Bones sinking like stones all that we fall for Homes places we’ve grown all of us are done for We live in a beautiful world Yeah we do Yeah we do We live in a beautiful world Bones, sinking like stones All that we fought for Homes, places we've grown All of us are done for And we live in a beautiful world Yeah we do, yeah we do We live in a beautiful world Bones, sinking like stones All that we fought for And homes, places we've grown All of us are done for And we live in a beautiful world Yeah we do, yeah we do We live in a beautiful world And we live in a beautiful world Yeah we do, yeah we do We live in a beautiful world Oh, all that I know There's nothing here to run from Cos yeah, everybody here's got somebody to lean on.
| Chris Martin | Guy Berryman | Jonny Buckland | Will Champion |
| Phil Harvey | Brian Eno | Ken Nelson |
| EPs: Safety EP | Brothers & Sisters EP | The Blue Room EP | Norwegian Live EP |
| Albums: Parachutes | A Rush of Blood to the Head | X&Y | Viva la Vida Or Death And All His Friends |
| Live albums: Live 2003 |
| Compilations: The Singles 1999-2006 |
| Unofficial collections: A Rush Of B-Sides To Your Head | Castles | After After Before |
| Singles: Ode to Deodorant | Brothers & Sisters | Shiver | Yellow | Trouble | Don't Panic | In My Place | The Scientist | Clocks | God Put a Smile upon Your Face | Speed of Sound | Fix You | Talk | The Hardest Part | What If | Violet Hill |
| Tours: A Rush Of Blood To The Head Tour | Twisted Logic Tour | Latin America Tour 2007 | Viva La Vida Tour |
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