The Scientist

The Scientist

Coldplay

“The Scientist” is a very mellow song about trying to analyze a broken relationship.

The song’s melody is inspired by “Don’t Look Back in Anger” by the Oasis, especially the piano part.

The music video is famous for its reverse chronology (which required Chris Martin to learn the song backwards in order to make it look like he was singing forwards as he walked backwards…). Although the video fits the song well, the idea for the video came to Director Jamie Thraves independently; he then waited for the perfect song to match his concept.