Everyday Life (song) explained

Everyday Life
Caption:	Promotional graphic for the song
Type:	Promotional single
Artist:	Coldplay
Album:	Everyday Life
Cover:	Everyday Life (Single).jpg
Genre:	Art pop, art rock
Label:	Parlophone

"Everyday Life" is a song by British rock band Coldplay from their eighth studio album of the same name.^[1] It was released on 3 November 2019 and sent to United Kingdom and Italy's contemporary hit radio as a promotional single in the following weeks.^[2] The track appears on the Sunset side of the album,^[3] being written by the band members and produced by The Dream Team.^[4]

Music video

The music video premiered on South Africa's Soweto TV and then made available globally on YouTube on 9 December 2019.^[5] It was directed by Karena Evans and shot between South Africa, Morocco and Ukraine. The introduction is accompanied by a voiceover explaining the concept of "ubuntu" a Xhosa word which means "humanity" in direct translation: "basically, you’ll always need the next person. You know what I mean? So one hand washes the other, the one hand does need the other to clean. That is Ubuntu. To help others, your brothers, your sisters. Even when they are strangers and you don’t know them, you are supposed to help them".

Live performances

The song's live premiere was held on the 2 November 2019 episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live, which was hosted by American actress Kristen Stewart.^[6] A second performance at the Annie Mac Show on BBC Radio 1 happened in on 27 November 2019.

Critical reception

Rob Arcand of Spin magazine called the song a return to form, stating that "[i]t's a heartfelt return to the kind of lush balladry that the band built their reputation on, with gorgeous production and performance elements lending weight to the kind of broad, arena-rock universalisms present in the lyrics."^[7]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[8] Coldplay

• Guy Berryman – bass guitar
• Will Champion – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Jonny Buckland – guitar
• Chris Martin – keyboards, vocals

Additional musicians

• Jacob Collier – backing vocals
• Marianna Champion – backing vocals
• Daniel Green – keyboards
• Rik Simpson – keyboards
• John Metcalfe – strings

Production

• Bill Rahko – producer
• Daniel Green – producer, programmer
• Rik Simpson – producer, programmer
• Jacob Collier – additional engineer
• Angel Lopez – additional production
• Frederico Vindver – additional production
• Emily Lazar – mastering
• Chris Allgood – assistant mastering
• Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
• Matt Wolach – assistant mixing
• Michael Freeman – assistant mixing

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart performance for "Everyday Life"

Chart (2019–2020)	Peak position
Australia Digital Tracks (ARIA)^[9]	38
Italy Airplay (EarOne)^[10]	13
Lithuania (AGATA)^[11]	98

Year-end charts

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Position
Italy Airplay (EarOne)^[12]	73

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Various	3 November 2019		Parlophone	^[13]
Italy	17 January 2020	Contemporary hit radio	Warner	^[14]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Everyday Life title track released. coldplay.com. 3 November 2019. 3 November 2019.
2. Web site: Radio 1 Playlist . https://web.archive.org/web/20191212180854/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2qNJsnjYFvbLrK9CZ0CfYfM/radio-2-new-music-playlist . December 12, 2019 . 13 December 2019 . BBC.
3. Web site: Everyday Life / Coldplay – TIDAL. 3 November 2019. Tidal.
4. Web site: Bucksbaum. Sydney. 3 November 2019. Coldplay drops new song 'Everyday Life' after playing Saturday Night Live. 3 November 2019. Yahoo! Entertainment.
5. 9 December 2019 . Watch Coldplay's Globe-trotting Video For Everyday Life . live . https://archive.today/20220617212032/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/coldplay-everyday-life-video-924181/ . 17 June 2022 . 17 June 2022 . Rolling Stone.
6. Web site: Coldplay – "Everyday Life". Helman. Peter. Stereogum. 3 November 2019. 3 November 2019.
7. Web site: Coldplay's New Song "Everyday Life" Is a Heartfelt Return to Form. 3 November 2019. Spin. 4 November 2019.
8. Web site: Credits / Everyday Life by Coldplay. Tidal. 16 March 2021.
9. Web site: ARIA Australian Top 40 Digital Tracks. Australian Recording Industry Association. 18 November 2019. 16 November 2019.
10. Web site: Earone Airplay - Settimana #6 dal 31/01/2020 al 06/02/2020. 13 December 2019 . it. Earone.
11. Web site: 2019 48-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100). lt. AGATA. 29 November 2019. 29 November 2019.
12. Web site: Airplay Top 100 of the year 2020. it. Earone. https://web.archive.org/web/20210108140208/https://www.earone.it/classifiche/earone_top_100_of_the_year_2020/ . 2021-01-08 .
13. Web site: Coldplay's New Song "Everyday Life" Is a Heartfelt Return to Form. Spin. 11 December 2019.
14. Release date in Italian to contemporary hit radio:
    • Web site: it. Coldplay – Everyday Life (Radio Date: 17-01-2020). EarOne. 17 January 2020.
    • Web site: it. Everyday Life COLDPLAY. Radio Date. 17 January 2020.