Talk (Coldplay song)

"Talk"
Single by Coldplay
from the album X&Y
B-side
Released19 December 2005 (2005-12-19)
Genre
Length
  • 5:11 (album version)
  • 4:29 (international radio edit)
  • 4:05 (US radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Coldplay singles chronology
"Fix You"
(2005)
"Talk"
(2005)
"The Hardest Part"
(2006)
Music video
"Talk" on YouTube

"Talk" is a song by the British rock band Coldplay. Built around a motif from Kraftwerk's 1981 song "Computer Love", it was written by all members of the band and appeared on their third album, X&Y. In the United States, the song entered at number 86 on the Billboard Hot 100 and elsewhere in the world its success varied. It peaked at number one in the Netherlands on both the Dutch Top 40 and Single Top 100 charts, becoming the band's first number-one single there.

The song received positive reviews, with critics noting the music's sound and memorable lyrics. Both the song and its "Thin White Duke" remix were nominated for the 2007 Grammy Awards, the latter of which won in the category of Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical.

  1. ^ "Coldplay—and Especially "Fix You"—Deserve a Better Legacy". The Ringer. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.