"Champion of the World" is a song by Britishrock bandColdplay from their eighth studio albumEveryday Life. It was first released on 20 November 2019 along with "Daddy" in anticipation for the record.[3] Despite being sent to selected radio stations in the United States and Italy, the song was not marketed as an official single.[4]
"Champion of the World" is the seventh track of theSunset part of the album and was written by the all members of Coldplay.[5] The song contains elements from "Los Angeles, Be Kind" byScott Hutchison's Owl John, as explained byChris Martin: "When I first heard it, I thought it was going to go one way; but it went another. Anyway 'Champion of the World' is the song that came from following the other path, and that's why Scott is a co-writer on this song".[3]
On 25 February 2020, a music video directed by Cloé Bailly was made available on Coldplay's YouTube channel. It was filmed in Los Angeles and expressed the "magic power that kids have to switch off from reality and jump into their own world.[6]
While reviewingEveryday Life (2019), Ella Kemp from theBritishGQ declared that "Champion of the World" was the best song from the album.[7] Similarly,Jenesaispop ranked it among the best tracks of 2019.[8]
^"Las Mejores Canciones de 2019" [The Best Songs of 2019].Jenesaispop (in Spanish). 18 December 2019.Archived from the original on 21 April 2024. Retrieved21 April 2024.
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