The original version of the song—released on Coldplay’s 2008 album Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends —topped the charts and went on to win a Grammy for Song of the Year in 2009.

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In 2008, Coldplay were at a crossroads. They returned with \\'Viva La Vida,\\' their ambitious left turn of a fourth album that also furthered their mainstream success.

Coldplay won the prizes for song and rock album of the year Sunday at the 51st annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.

Coldplay's 'Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends' has a reference to The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ that’s a little obscure. A classic rock icon produced the album.

Yusuf, formerly Cat Stevens, says he noticed a similarity between his 1973 song "Foreigner Suite" and Coldplay's Grammy-winning "Viva La Vida" as well.

The ad even mentioned that Coldplay’s new song was called “Viva La Vida” — helpful, since those words never actually appear in the song.

As the Battle of "Viva la Vida" hits the legal system, Coldplay have once again denied copycatting the riff from Joe Satriani's "If I Could Fly" for the title track off the band's latest album.

It turns out the best song to wake up to Coldplay’s anthemic Viva La Vida, that’s according to Spotify, who have partnered up with music psychologist David M Greenberg .

‘Viva La Vida’ Turns 10: How Coldplay Made the Last Massive Experimental Rock Album The album was last meaningful collisions of big indie and mainstream rock.