Hymn for the Weekend
Coldplay
2016
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 2015
Release: 2015Source checked | Recent carryover
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The selected recording was released in 2015; the original A Head Full of Dreams tracklist identifies this version. The earlier supplied year 2016 is retained in the attribute-change audit.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 2016.html, 2016.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams official release
Official original album year and tracklist. Only year precision is used here; this does not substitute an album day for an earlier same-year single.
Recording Academy - Coldplay musical evolution
Names the four band members and their instrumental roles; identifies Beyoncé vocals on Hymn for the Weekend and Gwyneth Paltrow vocals on Everglow. Contemporary sales and tour totals are not reused.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
The song was inspired by the idea of a musical and spiritual euphoria.
Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 2016.html, position 55
Original annotation, retained with an explicit unverified label
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual recording candidate, not an audio fingerprint or pressing-level verification.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
External chart association; scope is limited to the cited chart, not full discographic verification
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 2016 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription: title, artist and annual association only. Not a complete recording or songwriting review.
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