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{{Song infobox|
⚫
#REDIRECT [[Mylo Xyloto]]
| Name = U.F.O.
| Cover = UFOcoldplay.jpg
| Caption = Artwork for "U.F.O." taken from the pop-up edition of Mylo Xyloto.
| Artist = [[Coldplay]]
⚫
| Album = [[Mylo Xyloto]]
| Released = 24 October 2011
| track_no = 9
| Recorded = 2009
| Genre = [[Acoustic rock]], [[post-Britpop]]
| Length = 2:18
| Writer = [[Guy Berryman]], [[Jonny Buckland]], [[Will Champion]], [[Chris Martin]], [[Brian Eno]]
| Label = [[Parlophone]]
| Producer = [[Markus Dravs]], Daniel Green, [[Brian Eno]]
| prev = "[[Major Minus]]"
| prev_no = 8
| next = "[[Princess of China]]"
| next_no = 10
}}

"'''U.F.O.'''" is a song by British alternative rock band [[Coldplay]] and the ninth track from their fifth studio ''[[Mylo Xyloto]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coldplay.com/recordings.php|title=Coldplay - Recordings}}</ref>. The song was first mentioned upon unveiling the track listinig for ''Mylo Xyloto'' on 9 September 2011 after the album was officially completed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=780&page=100|title=We've finished the album}}</ref>. It was released along with the album on 24 October. The song basses itself around the "[[Mylo Xyloto (song)|Mylo Xyloto]]" melody, the main guitar riff reprising the 4-note structure.

==Reception==
''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' published in their preview of ''Mylo Xyloto'':<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.qthemusic.com/2011/10/first_impressions_of_coldplays.html|title=First Impressions of... Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto}}</ref>
:''"Harking back to the title track of their debut album, U.F.O is a melancholic interlude, [[Chris Martin]]'s acoustic plucks joined by the swirl of strings halfway through, resembling a more saccharine take on [[Radiohead]]'s [[Faust Arp]]. The escapism-themed lyrics ("let's fly/ split the sky...") explain the title, just in case you were wondering if Chris Martin was about to grow a beard and start picketing outside [[Area 51]] with [[Robbie Williams]]."''

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"|Chart (2011)
!scope="col"|Peak</br> Position
|-
!scope="row"|[[Gaon Chart|South Korean Gaon Chart]]<ref name="gaon">{{cite web|url=http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/total/list.gaon|title=South Korean Gaon Chart - Week: October 23, 2011 to October 29, 2011|accessdate=2011-10-29|language=Korean|publisher=[[Gaon Chart]]}}</ref>
|align="center"|32
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* Coldplay [http://www.coldplay.com/ official website]
* [http://www.wikicoldplay.com/U.F.O. Wikicoldplay entry]

{{Mylo Xyloto}}

[[Category:Songs written by Chris Martin]]
[[Category:English-language songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Jonny Buckland]]
[[Category:Songs written by Guy Berryman]]
[[Category:Songs written by Will Champion]]
[[Category:Coldplay songs]]
[[Category:2011 songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Brian Eno]]
[[Category:Songs produced by Brian Eno]]

Revision as of 08:23, 3 February 2012

"U.F.O"
Song

"U.F.O." is a song by British alternative rock band Coldplay and the ninth track from their fifth studio Mylo Xyloto.[1]. The song was first mentioned upon unveiling the track listinig for Mylo Xyloto on 9 September 2011 after the album was officially completed.[2]. It was released along with the album on 24 October. The song basses itself around the "Mylo Xyloto" melody, the main guitar riff reprising the 4-note structure.

Reception

Q published in their preview of Mylo Xyloto:[3]

"Harking back to the title track of their debut album, U.F.O is a melancholic interlude, Chris Martin's acoustic plucks joined by the swirl of strings halfway through, resembling a more saccharine take on Radiohead's Faust Arp. The escapism-themed lyrics ("let's fly/ split the sky...") explain the title, just in case you were wondering if Chris Martin was about to grow a beard and start picketing outside Area 51 with Robbie Williams."

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
Position
South Korean Gaon Chart[4] 32

References

  1. ^ "Coldplay - Recordings".
  2. ^ "We've finished the album".
  3. ^ "First Impressions of... Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto".
  4. ^ "South Korean Gaon Chart - Week: October 23, 2011 to October 29, 2011" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Retrieved 2011-10-29.

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