Coldplay’s ‘Sparks’ Lastly Hits Scorching 100, 25 Years After Its Launch

You’ll be able to by no means really predict which catalog songs are going to take off and have their viral second.

Generally you’ll be able to level to a transparent and apparent cause — a outstanding synch in a movie or TV present, resembling Kate Bush’s “Working Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” resurging after Stranger Issues season 4, or Nirvana’s deep minimize “One thing within the Means” getting its second due to The Batman. Or, it’s the annual resurgence of vacation staples round Christmas or Halloween.

Different instances, the resurgence is a bit more surprising — like when Fleetwood Mac’s “Desires” or Fetty Wap’s “Once more” returned to the Billboard Hot 100 (in 2020 and this February, respectively) due to light-hearted viral moments on user-generated content material apps resembling TikTok.

The streaming giant case is Coldplay’s 25-year-old tune “Sparks.”

Initially launched in 2000 on the band’s debut album Parachutes, the minimize enters the Scorching 100 for the primary time this week, debuting at No. 93 (on the chart dated June 28). The renewed curiosity stems from a viral breakthrough on TikTok, pushed by a surge in streams following Coldplay’s two-night set at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium on June 6 and seven.

The timing of the reveals coincides with reviews of frontman Chris Martin’s reported breakup with long-time companion Dakota Johnson. In a single broadly shared viral TikTok when the band carried out “Sparks,” Martin seems to be visibly emotional whereas singing the road, “And I do know I used to be incorrect/ However I gained’t allow you to down.” The second caught a chord with followers, because the tune has now soundtracked more than 500,000 clips on TikTok up to now.

Right here’s a week-by-week breakdown of the tune’s on-demand official U.S. streams, in accordance with Luminate:

Regardless of by no means being launched as a single, “Sparks” has lengthy endured as a fan favourite and a mainstay within the band’s dwell setlists. It beforehand acquired a minor increase in 2005 after showing in a scene within the film Marriage ceremony Crashers. In 2020, Billboard’s editorial workers ranked it as one of many best deep cuts from the 12 months 2000.

The Parachutes album additionally advantages from the renewed consideration for “Sparks.” The set re-enters this week’s Billboard 200 at No. 169 with 9,000 equal album items earned (up 11%). The album initially peaked at No. 51 in 2001, and had final appeared on the chart in February 2016. The album’s single “Yellow” additionally noticed some positive aspects — it tallied 5.3 million U.S. streams within the monitoring week (up 6%). That tune turned the band’s first entry on the Scorching 100 in 2001, reaching No. 48. It additionally turned a high 10 various radio hit.

“Sparks” earns Coldplay its twenty seventh profession entry on the Scorching 100, and first since “We Pray,” that includes Little Simz, Burna Boy, Elyanna and Tini, in October 2024.