Song of the Day: Atlas

Atlas by Coldplay. This song was written by Coldplay and released in 2013 for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire film. It was actually the first song ever written by Coldplay specifically for a film. The song would actually win the Hollywood Song Award that year and was nominated for a Grammy of best song written for visual media and nominated by the Golden Globes for best song. Not really sure how it lost either. Outside of the film world though the song still had pretty good success with the song charting in 16 countries and reaching #8 on the US alternative charts. To me it’s a really underrated Coldplay song that I think gets overlooked due to it being written specifically for a movie, granted the Hunger Games films were huge, but it not featuring on an album I believe leads to it being missed a lot. The song gives off the early 2000s Coldplay vibes, like a song that could’ve been on A Rush Of Blood To The Head, with a bit more production value added. Great film, great song.

Thanny