Viva la Vida
Coldplay
2008
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: 2008
Release: 2008Source checked
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 2008; the original Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends tracklist identifies this version.
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 2008.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends 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.
Former annual assignments retained as history
These appearances were removed from the main annual lists. They are not original release dates.
- 2024: older return
- 2025: older return
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 French Revolution and the painting "Liberty Leading the People" by Eugène Delacroix.
Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 2008.html, position 13
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 2008 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription: title, artist and annual association only. Not a complete recording or songwriting review.
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