The Hardest Part

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"The Hardest Part" is the fourth single from Coldplay's 2005 album, X&Y. The song was released to UK radio and download sites on 3 April 2006 and was released internationally on CD in Europe, Japan, Canada, and Australia in May and June 2006. The international version of the single was made available in the UK on 19 June 2006. In France and the French speaking portions of Belgium and Switzerland "What If" was released instead of "The Hardest Part", and a Belgium commercial CD featured the same B-side, "How You See the World" recorded live at Earls Court.

Like the previous single from X&Y, "Talk", had been a tribute to Kraftwerk, "The Hardest Part" was intended by Coldplay as a stylistic nod to R.E.M.. In fact, according to the band, they felt "The Hardest Part" resembled R.E.M.'s 1991 hit "Losing My Religion" so much that they almost left it off the album.

Contents 1 Track listings 1.1 In the UK 1.2 International 2-track CD 2 Cover images 3 Music video 4 Chart Performance 5 Lyrics 6 External links

Track listings

In the UK

• Promo CD CDRDJ6687 released in March 2006

1. "The Hardest Part" - 4:25

• 12" 12R6687 Live EP originally scheduled to be released 6 April 2006, but later cancelled.

International 2-track CD

• EU CD 00946 3 63243 2 6 released 15 May 2006
• Japan CD TOCP-40189 released 24 May 2006
• Australia CD 0946 3 63242 2 7 released 13 June 2006

1. "The Hardest Part" - 4:25
2. "How You See The World" (live from Earls Court)

Cover images

UK (promo)

Music video

The music video for "The Hardest Part" was shot on 3 March 2006 in St. Petersburg, Florida at a yacht marina. The video is similar to Weezer's video for Buddy Holly, in that uses a clip from a short-lived 80s program "Attitudes" on the Lifetime network, and has the band digitally inserted. The band essentially plays beside a stage where an 84-year-old lady and her 25-year-old male friend put up an incredible act of athleticism, despite her age. Actress Linda Dano, who played "Felicia Gallant" on the soap opera Another World, is also featured via the Attitudes footage. The video was directed by Mary Wigmore. Another version of the video features a cameo from Chris Martin's father, Anthony Martin, but was never broadcast. It premiered on Wednesday, 22 March at 11:05 p.m. on Channel 4 in the UK.

Chart Performance

On the U.S., "The Hardest Part" entered Billboard's AC chart, peaking at #37. It's being played on Triple A radio, reaching #18 on the Radio & Records Triple A chart.

Lyrics

And the hardest part
Was letting go not taking part
Was the hardest part
And the strangest thing
Was waiting for that bell to ring
It was the strangest start

I could feel it go down
Bittersweet I could taste in my mouth
Silver lining the clouds
Oh and I
I wish that I could work it out

And the hardest part
Was letting go not taking part
You really broke my heart, oh
And I tried to sing
But I couldn't think of anything
And that was the hardest part, oh, oh

I can feel it go down
You left the sweetest taste in my mouth
You're a silver lining the clouds
Oh and I
Oh and I
I wonder what it's all about

I wonder what it's all about

Everything I know, is, wrong
Everything I do
It just comes undone
And everything is torn apart
Oh and thats the hardest part
That's the hardest part
Yeah that's the hardest part
That's the hardest part.

External links

• The Hardest Part information page at Coldplaying.com
• Coldplay: Artist Chart History at Billboard.com

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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
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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
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