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5 identifiers linking Violet Hill across the web's reference databases
20 statements · 25% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
5 identifiers linking Violet Hill across the web's reference databases
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"Violet Hill" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008). Built around a repeating guitar sound, it utilises a marching tempo, supported by the pianos and rhythms that accompany the song's lyrics. The song was initially made available as a free download on the band's website and was downloaded more than two million times.