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Encyclopedia > Don't Panic (single)

"Don't Panic"
Don't Panic cover
Single by Coldplay
from the album Parachutes
Released August 27, 2001
Format CD, 7", 12"
Recorded ?
Genre Alternative
Length 2:17
Label Parlophone
Producer(s) Ken Nelson
Coldplay
Chart positions
  • #130 (UK import)
Coldplay singles chronology
"Trouble"
(2001)
"Don't Panic"
(2001)
"In My Place"
(2002)

"Don't Panic" is the fourth single from Coldplay's debut album, Parachutes. Regional singles included Europe, France, the Netherlands (single and live EP), Denmark (live EP), and Australia. The UK only received a promo edition. The album version of "Don't Panic" is featured on all versions of the single. Image File history File links This image is the cover of an album or single. ... In music, a single is a short (usually ten minutes or less*) record, usually featuring one or two tracks as A-side, often accompanied by several B-sides, usually remixes or other songs. ... Coldplay is a post-Britpop/alternative rock band from London, United Kingdom known for their rock melodies and introspective lyrics. ... Parachutes is the debut album by British rock band Coldplay, released on July 10, 2000. ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... The term alternative rock or alternative music1 was coined in the early 1980s to describe bands which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Parlophone Records Parlophone is a record label which was founded in Germany prior to World War I by the Carl Lindstrom Company. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Ken Nelson is a British record producer. ... A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... Coldplay is a post-Britpop/alternative rock band from London, United Kingdom known for their rock melodies and introspective lyrics. ... Trouble is the third single from Coldplays debut album Parachutes. ... In My Place is the first single on Coldplays sophomore album A Rush of Blood to the Head. ... Coldplay is a post-Britpop/alternative rock band from London, United Kingdom known for their rock melodies and introspective lyrics. ... Parachutes (2000) was the first album released by the band Coldplay. ... World map showing Europe Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ...


"Don't Panic" is the opening track to Parachutes and is a guitar-based song. It was originally called "Panic" [1] and was one of six songs played at Coldplay's first concert in 1998. Eventually, the title became "Don't Panic", taken from Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Radiohead used a similar source for naming the song "Paranoid Android". This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Douglas Noël Adams (March 11, 1952 – May 11, 2001) was a cult British comic radio dramatist, amateur musician and author, most notably of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series (HHGG or H2G2). ... The cover of the first novel in the Hitchhikers series, from a late 1990s printing. ... Radiohead are a British rock quintet from Oxfordshire, England. ... Paranoid Android is a song by Radiohead, from their highly acclaimed third album, OK Computer. ...


The original version of the "Don't Panic" was recorded in July 1999. There are several differences between this and the final album version. First, Chris Martin plays the piano during the bridge. As well, there is a feedback-distorted introduction and some modified lyrics. This version was released on The Blue Room (EP). Chris Martin Christopher Anthony John Martin (born March 2, 1977) is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and pianist of the band Coldplay. ... A baby grand piano, with the lid up. ... Songs in popular music are almost never through-composed. ... The Blue Room EP was the third EP released by British band Coldplay, and their first release after signing with the Parlophone label in April 1999. ...


On the A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour, "Don't Panic" contained an entirely different introduction. In addition, Martin played the electric guitar and Jon Buckland performed a harmonica solo during the bridge. He regularly threw the harmonica into the crowd after the solo. Jon Buckland, from Live 2003 DVD Jonathan Mark Buckland (born 11 September 1977), known as Jon or Jonny Buckland, is the lead guitarist of the band Coldplay. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Harmonica A harmonica is a free reed musical wind instrument (also known, among other things, as a mouth organ or mouth harp, French harp, tin sandwich, blues harp, simply harp, or Mississippi saxophone), having multiple, variably-tuned brass or bronze reeds, each secured at...


In 2004, the song was featured on the popular Garden State soundtrack. Garden State is a 2004 film written and directed by and starring Zach Braff, with Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard and co-starring Sir Ian Holm. ...


Track listing

  1. "Don't Panic (Album Version)" – 2:17
  2. "You Only Live Twice (Live)" – 4:06
  3. "Bigger Stronger (Live)" – 4:55

Music video

The music video portrayed the band as 2-dimensional paper cutouts doing household chores, when suddenly disaster strikes the earth in the forms of floods, volcanos & electric shocks. It also featured the yellow globe on the cover of Parachutes. The video was directed by Tim Hope, who also directed "Trouble." Trouble is the third single from Coldplays debut album Parachutes. ...


External links

Coldplay
Chris Martin | Jon Buckland | Guy Berryman | Will Champion
Coldplay discography
Albums and extended plays: A Rush of Blood to the Head | Brothers & Sisters EP | Live 2003 | Parachutes | Safety EP | The Blue Room EP | Trouble Live EP | X&Y
Singles: "Ode to Deodorant" | "Brothers & Sisters" | "Shiver" | "Yellow" | "Trouble" | "Don't Panic" | "In My Place" | "The Scientist" | "Clocks" | "God Put a Smile upon Your Face" | "Speed of Sound" | "Fix You" | "Talk" | "The Hardest Part"
Tours
A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour | Twisted Logic Tour
Related articles
Britpop | Parlophone | Ken Nelson | Make Trade Fair

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