“Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall” is a song by British alternative rock band Coldplay. The single was released worldwide on Friday, June 3, 2011 as a digital download except in the United Kingdom where it was released on June 5, 2011. “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall” contains elements of the 1976 song “I Go to Rio” written by Peter Allen and Adrienne Anderson. The song debuted on radio on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music, Absolute Radio, and Xfm. They first performed the song live at the 2011 Rock im Park festival in Nürnberg, Germany. The song debuted at number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, selling 85,000 copies in its first week. “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall” has a soaring, celebratory tone, as Martin sings, “I turn the music up/I’m on a roll this time/And heaven is in sight.”
