"Strawberry Swing" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. On 14 September 2009, it was released as the fourth and final single from the band's fourth studio album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008). The song was written by the members of the band and was produced by Markus Dravs, Brian Eno, Jon Hopkins and Rik Simpson. The track received mostly positive reviews from music critics who praised the infectious melody, the vocal performance of Chris Martin and the west-African influences on the track's arrangement and production.
Strawberry Swing
Screenshot from the video making reference to the Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends album cover.
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends
Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, often referred to as simply Viva la Vida, is the fourth studio album by British rock band Coldplay, released on 12 June 2008 on the Parlophone label. "Viva la vida" is a Spanish phrase that translates into English as "long live life", "live the life", or simply "live life". Lyrically, the album contains references to love, life, death and war.
Coldplay used French revolutionary costumes during their Viva la Vida Tour as a reference to the album's revolutionary themes
Viva la Vida takes its artwork from Eugène Delacroix's 1830 painting Liberty Leading the People.
Some of the paintings produced during the creation of the album's artwork were later used on the Viva la Vida Tour screens.
Coldplay after performing at the Viva la Vida Tour in 2008.