God Put a Smile upon Your Face
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"God Put a Smile upon Your Face" is the fourth single from Coldplay's 2002 album, A Rush of Blood to the Head. Regional singles were released for Canada, Europe, Australia, and an enhanced version for Taiwan. Promo singles were released for UK and U.S..
The song was originally titled "Your Guess Is As Good As Mine" and was not intended to make the final cut on the album.
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Track listing
- "God Put a Smile upon Your Face"
- "Murder"
Cover images
UK (promo) |
The single cover features bassist Guy Berryman, art-directed by Sølve Sundsbø.
Music video
The music video featured scenes of the band performing with the narrative of a distressed businessman (played by Paddy Considine) literally fading into obscurity. Like "The Scientist", the video was directed by Jamie Thraves. [1]
Quotes
Chris Martin on "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face": "That came out of playing live and wanting to have something with a bit more bounce. We were really getting into things like P.J. Harve and Muse - things with a bit more energy." [2]
Trivia
- When Coldplay performed this song in Sydney on the 27th of June 2006 (The day the Socceroos lost to Italy in the World Cup), they changed the second line to "It shouldn't have been a penalty in the first place" and in a show of support to the crowd and the Socceroos were to proclaim "We never liked Spaghetti much anyway!"
- Chris Martin told the Swedish audience during their concert in the Globe Arena in Stockholm during their X&Y tour, that he wrote the song in 2001 in Stockholm City.
Lyrics
Where do we go, nobody knows I've got to say I'm on my way down God give me style and give me grace God put a smile upon my face Where do we go to draw the line I've got to say I wasted all your time Oh honey honey Where do I go to fall from grace God put a smile upon your face yeah And ah, when you work it out I'm worse than you Yeah, when you work it out I wanted to And ah, when you work out where to draw the line Your guess is as good as mine Where do we go, nobody knows Don't ever say you're on your way down when God gave you style and gave you grace, And put a smile upon your face oh yeah And ah, when you work it out I'm worse than you Yeah, when you work it out I want it to And ah, when you work out where to draw the line Your guess is as good as mine. It's as good as mine, It's as good as mine It's as good as mine As good as mine, as good as mine, As good as mine, as good as mine Where do we go, nobody knows Don't ever say you're on your way down when God gave you style and gave you grace And put a smile upon your face.
| 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 | Viva La Vida |
| Tours: A Rush Of Blood To The Head Tour | Twisted Logic Tour | Latin America Tour 2007 | Viva La Vida Tour |
| Other Stuff |
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