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Yellow Lyrics by Coldplay
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Yellow quick summary
- Recording: “Yellow” is credited to Coldplay.
- Released: Nov 20, 2001 on “Cities 97 Sampler, Volume 13”.
- Length: The recording runs 4:42.
- Genre: Filed under Rock.
- Lyrics: This page has 37 lyric lines and 42 timed cues.
- Chart: No dated chart rank is attached yet.
- Karaoke: Timed playback is ready on this page.
- Written by: Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin.
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Who performs “Yellow”?
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The stored release association is “Cities 97 Sampler, Volume 13”, dated 2001-11-20, with a duration of 4:42.
Yellow lyrics by Coldplay
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0:33Look at the stars
0:36Look how they shine for you
0:41And everything you do
0:47Yeah, they were all yellow
0:50I came along
0:52I wrote a song for you
0:58And all the things you do
1:03And it was called Yellow
1:09So then I took my turn
1:15Oh, what a thing to have done
1:20And it was all yellow
1:24♪
1:28Your skin, oh yeah, your skin and bones
1:33Turn into something beautiful
1:39And you know, you know I love you so
1:47You know I love you so
1:52♪
2:12I swam across
2:15I jumped across for you
2:21Oh, what a thing to do
2:26'Cause you were all yellow
2:29I drew a line
2:32I drew a line for you
2:37Oh, what a thing to do
2:43And it was all yellow
2:48♪
2:51And your skin, oh yeah, your skin and bones
2:56Turn into something beautiful
3:02And you know, for you, I'd bleed myself dry
3:10For you, I'd bleed myself dry
3:16♪
3:35It's true
3:38Look how they shine for you
3:43Look how they shine for you
3:49Look how they shine for
3:55Look how they shine for you
4:00Look how they shine for you
4:06Look how they shine
4:09Look at the stars
4:11Look how they shine for you
4:17And all the things that you do
4:21♪
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Yellow song profile
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- Nov 20, 2001Released
- 4:42Length
- 37Lyric lines
- 42Timed cues
- 228sTimed span
- Lyric record matched as “Yellow” by Coldplay
- 42 ordered lyric timestamps verified
- Karaoke follow-along playback enabled
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Release record
The matched recording is associated with “Cities 97 Sampler, Volume 13.” Available release data dates this recording to 2001-11-20. This matched version has a duration of 4:42. Stored songwriter information names Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin.
Lyric structure
AskLyrics counted 37 lyric lines in 13 visible text sections. This edition carries 42 timed lyric cues spanning about 228 seconds. There are 5 repeated line patterns, which helps the player identify recurring passages without guessing at meaning. The YouTube player reads those timestamps continuously, while the saved offset aligns video time with the matched recording.
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The matched lyric entry names “Yellow” and credits Coldplay. The synchronization check found 42 ordered lyric timestamps. Playback appears only because both a validated embed and timed lyric are present.
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- Album / release
- Cities 97 Sampler, Volume 13
- Released
- 2001-11-20
- Length
- 4:42
- Written by
- Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion, Chris Martin
- Recording source
- MusicBrainz record ↗
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