Fun (Coldplay song)

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"Fun"
Song

"Fun" is a song by British alternative rock band Coldplay featuring Swedish singer Tove Lo. It is the sixth track from their seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams (2015). The song was produced by the band's long time producer Rik Simpson along with Norwegian production duo Stargate.

Background and recording

Swedish singer Tove Lo was featured on "Fun".

The song was recorded by the band during sessions for their seventh studio album in 2014, at their purpose-built studios The Bakery and The Beehive in North London, England, both originally constructed for work on their three previous studio albums, 2008's Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, 2011's Mylo Xyloto and 2014's Ghost Stories respectively.[citation needed]

Composition

"Fun" has been described as an "uplifting, airy scene bolstered by the beautifully-meshed duet" with Tove Lo,[1] who joins Chris Martin in singing, "Didn't we have fun? Don't say it's all a waste."[2] Martin's vocals are preceded by a "distant, distorted" guitar part.[1] The song has electronic heartbeats over some Coldplay's mid-tempo work, with a "Cure-style darkness towards the end".[3]

Stereogum's Tom Breihan called "Fun" a "divorce" song, referring to Martin's breakup with Gwyneth Paltrow, and said the song ends "with the suggestion that maybe they’ll get back together someday".[4]

Reception

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Judah Joseph of The Huffington Post said Martin's and Tove Lo's vocals "[weaved] seamlessly", and he complimented the former for his "effortless" crooning.[1] Referring to Martin's allusion to his separation from Paltrow, Tom Breihan of Stereogum wrote, "It’s a rare moment of acute, cutting humanity from a songwriter who tends to prefer sloppy vagaries." Furthermore, he said, "And goofy though it may be, I like that Coldplay are still pretentious enough to build an entire song from a few piano tones and a recitation of an ancient Rumi poem.[4]

Personnel

Credits are adapted from A Head Full of Dreams liner notes.[5]

Coldplay
Additional musicians

Charts

Chart (2015–16) Peak
position
France (SNEP)[6] 118
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] 86
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[8] 164

References

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  6. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Coldplay – Fun" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Coldplay – Fun" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "Archive Chart: 2015-12-19" UK Singles Chart. Retrieved 19 December 2015.

External links

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