Moving To Mars

Album: Every Teardrop is a Waterfall (2011)
Charted: 90
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Songfacts®:

  • This track features on the iTunes exclusive digital EP version of "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall." Coldplay's web site Question and Answer section The Oracle states that the song was inspired by a documentary of the same title about two families being forced out of Burma into an entirely new world in the UK. The documentary was directed by Mat Whitecross who helmed the "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall" music video as well as a few previous ones by the band.

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