Hymn for the Weekend

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"Hymn for the Weekend"
Single by Coldplay
from the album A Head Full of Dreams
Released 25 January 2016
Format Digital download
Genre
Length
  • 4:18 (album version)
  • 4:00 (radio edit)
Label Parlophone
Writer(s)
Producer(s)
Coldplay singles chronology
"Adventure of a Lifetime"
(2015)		 "Hymn for the Weekend"
(2016)		 "Up & Up"
(2016)

"Hymn for the Weekend" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It features uncredited backing vocals from American singer Beyoncé. It was released on 25 January 2016 as the second single from their seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams (2015), where it appears as the third track.

Background

The song was debuted on Annie Mac's BBC radio show on 30 November 2015, and Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman dialed in after the song aired to talk about his brush with royalty. According to Berryman, lead singer Chris Martin originally wanted the song to be a party song with the lyrics "drinks on me, drinks on me", but his bandmates didn't think that would go well with their fans. Martin's longtime friend Beyoncé was asked to sing on the song, and she accepted the request.[1]

Martin corroborated Berryman's story about the band protesting him singing, "Drinks on me, drinks on me" in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. According to Martin, the original kernel was that he was listening to Flo Rida or something, and he thought, it's such a shame that Coldplay could never have one of those late-night club songs, like "Turn Down for What". "I thought I’d like to have a song called 'Drinks on Me' where you sit on the side of a club and buy everyone drinks because you're so fucking cool," Martin recalled. "I was chuckling about that, when this melody came, 'drinks on me, drinks on me', then the rest of the song came out. I presented it to the rest of the band and they said, 'We love this song, but there's no way you can sing "drinks on me."' So that changed into 'drink from me' and the idea of having an angelic person in your life. Then that turned into asking Beyoncé to sing on it."[2]

Critical reception

Jody Rosen of Billboard called it "the album's grooviest".[3] Helen Brown of The Daily Telegraph wrote: "Beyoncé makes more of her appearance on Hymn for the Weekend, bringing her chunky harmonies and no-nonsense brass section to a peppy little excursion into indie r&b which opens with a paradisiacal fanfare and finds Martin dropping out of his falsetto autopilot into a more raw voice."[4] Sarah Rodman of The Boston Globe wrote "... it's with the third track, 'Hymn for the Weekend', that the album truly lifts off on the wings of an angelic choir (including Beyoncé), a swaggering piano, and a euphoric, lightly funky track bolstering Martin’s exclamations of feeling high."[5]

In a mixed review, Carl Williot of Idolator wrote, "The Beyoncé-assisted 'Hymn for the Weekend' almost equals (the album's) energy, but it lacks the drama of 'Princess of China'", adding, as a track featuring Beyoncé "you'd expect a show-stopping moment." He concluded "the guys sound like total goobers trying to do the club swagger thing, like a drunk dad doing the rap dance du jour at a wedding."[6]

Music video

According to The Times of India, the video was shot in October 2015 at various Indian cities including Varanasi Worli Village, Mumbai and Kolkata. The fort showcased at the start and in between is Bassein Fort aka Saint Sebastian's Fort located in Vasai, Mumbai. The video is themed on the Indian festival of Holi.The video was filmed by Ben Mor, and was released on 29 January 2016.[7][8] The video features Beyoncé and Indian actress Sonam Kapoor.[9]

The music video was criticized on social media for its stereotypical portrayal of Indian society.[10]

Live performance

The song was performed for the first time during the 2016 Brit Awards on 24 February 2016.[11][12]

Track listing

Digital download
No. Title Length
1. "Hymn for the Weekend"   4:18
Digital download (Radio Edit)
No. Title Length
1. "Hymn for the Weekend" (Radio Edit) 4:00
Digital download (SeeB Remix)
No. Title Length
1. "Hymn for the Weekend" (SeeB Remix) 3:32

Personnel

Credits are adapted from A Head Full of Dreams liner notes.[13]

Coldplay
Additional musicians

Charts

Chart (2015–16) Peak
position
Argentina (Los 40 Principales)[14] 6
Australia (ARIA)[15] 24
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[16] 10
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[17] 5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[18] 2
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[19] 32
Croatia (Airplay Radio Chart)[20] 1
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100)[21] 26
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[22] 8
Denmark (Tracklisten)[23] 20
France (SNEP)[24] 3
Germany (Official German Charts)[25] 11
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[26] 34
Hungary (Single Top 40)[27] 4
Ireland (IRMA)[28] 7
Israel (Media Forest)[29] 1
Italy (FIMI)[30] 2
Lebanon (Official Top 20)[31] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[32] 11
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[33] 18
New Zealand Heatseekers (RMNZ)[34] 3
Norway (VG-lista)[35] 14
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[36] 1
Russia (Tophit)[37] 17
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[38] 4
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[39] 4
South Africa (EMA)[40] 5
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[41] 14
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[42] 38
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[43] 8
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[44] 6
US Billboard Hot 100[45] 64
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[46] 5
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[47] 5

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[48] Gold 35,000
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[49] Gold 30,000
Italy (FIMI)[50] 2× Platinum 100,000
Poland (ZPAV)[51] Platinum 20,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[52] Platinum 40,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[53] Gold 15,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[54] Gold 400,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country Date Format Label Ref.
Italy 5 February 2016 Contemporary hit radio Parlophone [55]
United States 26 April 2016 Atlantic [56]

References

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