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Lovers In Japan

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Lovers In Japan is a track included on Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends and is the fourth single from that album.

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Lovers In Japan (Osaka Sun Mix)

The single version of the song, known as the "Osaka Sun Mix", also features on Coldplay's Prospekt's March EP. On Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends, the song is combined with another, separate song, Reign Of Love, in the same track. The only difference between the album version and the Osaka Sun Mix is the inclusion of additional backing vocals by Chris Martin, heard during 1:45 - 1:53, and some different musical arrangements, beginning at the 2:56 mark.

Tracklisting

Promotional CD

  1. "Lovers in Japan (Osaka Sun Mix)" – 3:57

Music video

A music video for the single, directed by Mat Whitecross in London, was released on 31st October 2008 through iTunes Store, available free for a week on iTunes US and iTunes Canada. The video utilizes the "Osaka Sun Mix" version of the song.

The video shows the band playing in various locations while each member writes certain words from the lyrics in glowing neon on the screen.

Background

When asked about the development of the song, during a track-by-track reveal, Will Champion said: "We were in a studio in New York, this place called the Magic Shop, and it had this thing called a tack piano there, which sounds like an old honky-tonk piano, where you put little tacks in the hammers, so it sounds like more of a harpsichord almost. And so we wanted to use that kind of sound, but we didn't have a tack piano, so rather than sample it, we went and bought an old piano from the shop up the road from our studio, and we bought a load of tacks, and me and Guy and Jon spent a couple of hours pushing tacks into the piano hammers."

Lovers In Japan is a more upbeat, less dense number that sees Martin feeling less oppressed. Key lyric: "I have no doubt one day the sun will come out."

Entertainment Weekly printed an article on Coldplay and the new album with a new song slant on some of the songs - from the band's perspective. Here is the excerpt of Lovers In Japan: "No one associates romance with Japan," says Martin of the song that most resembles the familiar wistful Coldplay style. "Everyone thinks Japan is just about Hitachi and neon signs, but every time we're there, we see these amazing sunrises. It's very sexy."

On the album, Lovers in Japan shares track #5 with another, seperate song, Reign Of Love.

An acoustic recording of the song was given away exclusively to those who pre-ordered the album through iTunes.

Lyrics

Lovers
Keep on the road you're on
Runners
Until the race is run
Soldiers
You've got to soldier on
Sometimes
Even the right is wrong

They are turning my head out
To see what I'm all about
Keeping my head down
To see what it feels like now
But I have no doubt
One day we're gonna get out

Tonight
Maybe we're gonna run
Dreaming
Of the Osaka sun
Ohhhh
Ohh, ohh
Dreaming
Of when the morning comes

They are turning my head out
To see what I'm all about
Keeping my head down
To see what it feels like now
But I have no doubt
One day the sun will come out...
Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Violet Hill | Viva La Vida | Lost! | Lovers In Japan | Life In Technicolor ii | Strawberry Swing
Life In Technicolor | Cemeteries Of London | 42 | Reign Of Love | Yes | Chinese Sleep Chant | Death And All His Friends | The Escapist
Prospekt's March EP
Postcards From Far Away | Glass Of Water | Rainy Day | Prospekt's March/Poppyfields | Now My Feet Won't Touch The Ground
B-Sides/Other Releases
A Spell A Rebel Yell | Death Will Never Conquer | The Goldrush | Lhuna (ft. Kylie Minogue)
Unreleased Songs
LeftRightLeftRightLeft | Famous Old Painters | Lukas | School | The Dubliners
Chris Martin | Guy Berryman | Jonny Buckland | Will Champion
Phil Harvey | Brian Eno | Ken Nelson
Discography
EPs: Safety EP | The Blue Room EP | Norwegian Live EP | Prospekt's March 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 | LeftRightLeftRightLeft
Compilations: The Singles 1999-2006
Miscellaneous: Ode to Deodorant | Mince Spies
Unofficial collections: A Rush Of B-Sides To Your Head | Castles | After After Before
Singles: 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 | Lost! | Lovers In Japan | Life In Technicolor ii | Strawberry Swing
Tours: A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour | Twisted Logic Tour | Latin America Tour 2007 | Viva La Vida Tour
Other Stuff
Songs | Videography | Concert Reviews | Coldplay Chronology | Collaborations

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