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Coldplay have written and performed numerous songs that ultimately never were officially released. Some of them circulate on the internet as bootlegs, specially demo recordings from Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008) and Mylo Xyloto (2011). The latter is a result of the band merging two different projects, one was meant to be acoustic and stripped down, while the other upbeat and electric.^[1] Therefore, unreleased material from those sessions was not necessarily intended to be on the same album.^[2] Many of these tracks were leaked on the internet and registered by fansites and forums,^[3] while others were officially submited by Coldplay to ASCAP and BMI as well.^[4]

Name of the song, period when it was written, intended album and details

Title	Period	Intended album	Details
"1000 – 1 (Ballad of...)"	2008–2011	Mylo Xyloto	[a]
"Aiko"	2008–2011	Mylo Xyloto	[a][b]
"Alien Radio"	2008–2011	Mylo Xyloto	[c][a][d]
"Alive Day"	2008–2011	Mylo Xyloto	[a][b]
"Arabesque"	2008–2019	Mylo Xyloto	[a][b][e]
"Bit of a Bastard"	2015	Game of Thrones: The Musical	[f][g]
"Blasphemy"	2002–2005	X&Y	[h]
"Bloodless Revolution"	2006–2008	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	[i]
"The Blue Room"	1998–1999	The Blue Room EP	[j]
"Boyfriend"	2008–2011	Mylo Xyloto	[a][b]
"Break of Dawn"	2014–2015	A Head Full of Dreams	[k]
"Brilliant"	Unknown	Unknown	[f]
"Bucket for a Crown"	2006	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	[l]
"Buzz"	2008–2011	Mylo Xyloto	[a][b]
"Car Kids"	2008–2011	Mylo Xyloto	[a][b][m]
"Cartoon Head"	2008–2010	Mylo Xyloto	[a][n]
"Cartoon Heart"	2008–2010	Mylo Xyloto	[a][n]
"Closer to Home"	2014–2015	Game of Thrones: The Musical	[g]
"December"	1997	Unknown	[o]
"Déjà Vu"	2002–2005	X&Y	[h]
"Deserter"	2000–2002	A Rush of Blood to the Head	[f][16]
"Drift"	2014–2015	A Head Full of Dreams	[f]
"Drunks and Guns"	2008–2011	Mylo Xyloto	[a]
"The Dubliners"	2006–2011	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	[f][p]
"Echo My Name (I Can't Believe You're Gone)"	2002–2005	X&Y	[h]
"Eyes for Eyes"	2000–2002	A Rush of Blood to the Head	Scrapped from the album.
"The Fall of Man"	2006–2008	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	[i]
"Family Tree" / "A Head Full of Dreams"	2014–2015	A Head Full of Dreams	[k][q]
"Famous Old Painters"	2008	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends / Mylo Xyloto	[f][r][a][i]
"Far Out"	2014–2015	A Head Full of Dreams	[k]
"Fingers Crossed"	2000–2002	A Rush of Blood to the Head	[f][16]
"First Steps"	2006–2008	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	[i]
"Forever, Whatever"	2014–2015	A Head Full of Dreams	[k]
"Fun"[s]	2006–2008	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	[t]
"Fury"	2002–2005	X&Y	[h]
"Gardeners on the Frontline"	2008–2011	Mylo Xyloto	[a]
"A Ghost" / "Ghost"	2001	A Rush of Blood to the Head	[u][f]
"Ghost Stories"	2012–2014	Ghost Stories	[v][w]
"Gold"	2014–2015	A Head Full of Dreams	[k]
"Golden Arrow"	2008–2010	Mylo Xyloto	[a][x]
"Gone But Not F. Cotton"	2015	None	[y][f]
"Goodbye and Goodnight"	2006–2008	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	[i]
"Great Expectations"	2008–2011	Mylo Xyloto	[f][a][b][m]
"Harbingers of Doom"	2008–2011	Mylo Xyloto	[a][b]
"Harmless"	2000	Unknown	[f][z]
"Harmony" / "Harmony for My Song"	2008–2011	Mylo Xyloto	[a][b]
"Heart on Fire"	2014–2015	A Head Full of Dreams	[k]
"Hook Up"	2008–2011	Mylo Xyloto	[b][aa]
"Houston #1"	2017	None	{{efn|name="ASCAP"]]{{efn|[[This song was played during a concert of the A Head Full of Dreams Tour, after Hurricane Harvey.}}
"I'm Strong"	1998	Safety EP	Early version of "Bigger Stronger".
"Idiot"	2001	A Rush of Blood to the Head	Registered on the ASCAP website. Written for A Rush of Blood to the Head but ultimately scrapped.[23] Some live performances of the song can be found on the internet.
"If All Else"	1998	Unknown	Performed under the name "Starfish" in 1998.
"If I Ever Fall in Love Again"	2008–2010	Mylo Xyloto	Appeared on a list written in a whiteboard the band used to decide which songs would enter on their fifth album.[5]
"If She Comes Back"	2002	Unknown	Played once during a soundcheck in 2002, but never performed in a proper concert. A sketchy recording of the song can be found on the Internet. No official title has been given to the song; "If She Comes Back" was the title given to the song by one of its listeners.
"In Isolation"	2000–2002	A Rush of Blood to the Head	Registered on the ASCAP website.[16]
"It Was a Wonderful Day"	2008–2011	Mylo Xyloto	Appeared on a list written in a whiteboard the band used to decide which songs would enter on their fifth album,[5] as well as marked on a piano alongside other titles.[6]
"Julens Ljus"	2015	Game of Thrones: The Musical	Registered on the ASCAP website and written for Game of Thrones: The Musical.[9]
"Julia Robert's Smile"	2017	Unknown	Registered on the ASCAP website.
"Kaleidoscope"	2014–2015	A Head Full of Dreams	Not to be confused with the instrumental piece that appears on the album. It is a reworked of unreleased song "The Race" which had originated from the Ghost Stories sessions. Two demos leaked on the internet.
"Ladder to the Sun"	2002–2003	X&Y	Registered on the ASCAP website and played live during 2003 as the final act. It has not been played since.[24]
"LeftRightLeftRightLeft"	2006–2009	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	Violinist Davide Rossi said in an interview that he had been playing the electric violin on this song during his sessions with Coldplay.[25] The title was later used for a live album released in 2009.[26]
"Legends"	2015	A Head Full of Dreams	The song's guitar riff was sped up and incorporated into "Adventure of a Lifetime", as well as other elements from the song. This evolution is mentioned in the documentary Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams.[27] It leaked on the internet in 2021.
"Life Is Beautiful"	2017	A Head Full of Dreams	First played in San Diego, California on the last leg of the A Head Full of Dreams Tour. It is dedicated to the victims of the 2017 Puebla earthquake. Multiple elements of the song, including its opening synthesizer and its basis in the "Olé, Olé, Olé" football chant, were included in " " ("Infinity Sign") from Music of the Spheres.
"Love I'm So Tired"	1998	Unknown	Believed to be the first Coldplay song in history. It might be recorded on a tape (along with "So Sad") which supposedly belongs to Debs Wild.
"Love in a Lethal Dose"	2008–2010	Mylo Xyloto	Appeared on a list written in a whiteboard the band used to decide which songs would enter on their fifth album.[5] It was re-written during the Avicii sessions and renamed "Lethal Drug", but scrapped once again. This last version eventually leaked. In March 2022, another version of the song was leaked, with different parts by Chris Martin and with the collaboration of the American singer SZA.
"Loveless"	2005–2006	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	A demo version of the song can be found on the internet.[citation needed]
"Lucky Sevens"	2008–2010	Mylo Xyloto	Appeared on a list written in a whiteboard the band used to decide which songs would enter on their fifth album.[5]
"Lukas"	2006–2009	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	Recorded by Natalie Imbruglia and included on her 2009 album Come to Life, an album in which she collaborated with lead singer and pianist Chris Martin on some songs. An instrumental version performed by the band has leaked onto the internet.
"A Man for All Seasons (Still Goin' Strong)"	2015	Game of Thrones: The Musical	Registered on the ASCAP website and written for Game of Thrones: The Musical.[9]
"The Man Who Swears"	2006–2008	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	A two-parted-demo version of the song can be found on the Internet. Lyrics and multiple other elements of the demo were later used in "People of the Pride" from Music of the Spheres.[28]
"Mining on the Moon"	2006	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	Performed live in by Chris Martin in a charitable concert. It has not been mentioned since.
"Mist"	2012–2014	Ghost Stories	Shown in a list of songs written on a whiteboard that were being considered for the band's sixth studio album in the "Making of Ghost Stories" documentary.[19]
"Name and Likeness"	2014–2015	A Head Full of Dreams	Registered on the ASCAP website.
"The Nappies"	2004	X&Y	A joke song written by Chris Martin for his then wife Gwyneth Paltrow for the birth of their daughter. A video can be found on the band's timeline website.
"Nobody Will Understand"	1998	Safety EP	Originally performed under the name "Pectoralz". Meant to be included in Safety EP, but it was not recorded.
"O (Part 2)"	2013–2014	Ghost Stories	Not to be confused with "O (Reprise)". Registered on the ASCAP website.
"On My Way Home"	2014–2015	A Head Full of Dreams	The song was given to American a cappella group Pentatonix for their fourth extended play, PTX, Vol. III.
"One Day"	2015	A Head Full of Dreams	Written during the recordings of the album but it got considered as a 'bad song' and was not recorded. "One Day" was also played during the Kaleidoscope EP sessions, although again not being recorded.
"Original U.F.O."	2009–2011	Mylo Xyloto	Registered on the ASCAP website.
"Out of this World"	2014–2015	A Head Full of Dreams	Unreleased demo for "Miracles". Leaked in late 2021.
"Poor Me"	Unknown	Unknown	Not to be confused with "Fix You" b-side "Pour Me". Registered on the ASCAP website.
"The Race"	2012–2014	Ghost Stories / A Head Full of Dreams	Shown in a list of songs written on a whiteboard that were being considered for the band's sixth studio album in the "Making of Ghost Stories" documentary. It was recorded alongside "Always in My Head" during the Madeon sessions. The song was later reworked, with different lyrics, for their seventh album but was eventually scrapped. A studio version of the track was leaked onto the internet.[19]
"Rastafarian Targaryan"	2015	Game of Thrones: The Musical	Registered on the ASCAP website and written for Game of Thrones: The Musical.[9]
"Red Wedding"	2015	Game of Thrones: The Musical	Registered on the ASCAP website and written for Game of Thrones: The Musical.[9]
"Rescue Street"	2008–2010	Mylo Xyloto	The song was mentioned by Chris Martin in an interview, where he said the song had an a cappella section but that it "sounded horrific".[29]
"School"	2006–2008	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	The first section of "Death and All His Friends". Originally it was intended as an intro to "Rainy Day" (featured on Prospekt's March EP).[30]
"Set Me Free"	2014–2015	A Head Full of Dreams	An alternative name for "Birds". A demo was leaked on the internet in late 2021.
"Sex & Violence"	2008–2011	Mylo Xyloto	[f][a][b]
"Silencia"	2008–2010	Mylo Xyloto	Presumably the working title for "Major Minus".
"So Sad"	1997–1998	Unknown	Performed in 1998 under the name "Starfish".
"Solid Ground (Until the Water Flows Over)"	2003	X&Y	It was performed live only once in 2003. It was intended to be a short opening of the song "Violet Hill" but was scrapped. An instrumental version of the track was leaked onto the internet.[31]
"Someone to Love"	2002	Unknown	Played once during a soundcheck in 2002, but never performed in a proper concert. A very sketchy recording of the song can be found on the Internet. No official title has been given to the song; "Someone to Love" was the title given to the song by one of its listeners.
"Something Ain't Right"	2004–2005	X&Y	Written for X&Y and scrapped prior to its release.[10]
"Space Symphony"	2008–2010	Mylo Xyloto	Appeared on a list written in a whiteboard the band used to decide which songs would enter on their fifth album.[5] Presumably the original title of "Moving to Mars".
"Spanish Rain" / "Don Quixote"	2008–2010	Mylo Xyloto	The title "Spanish Rain" appeared on a list of songs written on a whiteboard that were being considered for the band's fifth studio album.[5] A live version, which can be found on the internet, was played during the band's last leg of the Viva La Vida Tour in February and March 2010. The song was then referred to as "Don Quixote" and got registered on the ASCAP website under said name. It shares some similarities with the later-released songs "Charlie Brown" and "Don't Let It Break Your Heart" from the band's fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto.
"Spiderwebs"	2000	Parachutes	Early version of "Trouble". A snippet is available in the band's timeline website.
"St. Stephen"	2006–2008	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	A demo version of the song can be found on the Internet.
"Sweet Marianne"	2002–2004	Unknown	Also referred as "Marianne" only. Written by Will Champion for his then girlfriend.[24]
"This Hollow Frame"	2000–2002	A Rush of Blood to the Head	Scrapped from the album.[16]
"Thought You Might Be a Ghost"	2008	Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends	Likely the working title for "42".[16]
"To Likely You"	1999	The Blue Room EP	[citation needed]
"Tomorrow"	2011–2014	Mylo Xyloto / Ghost Stories	Registered on the ASCAP website. A song with the same name was initially included in a provisional track listing for Ghost Stories.[19]
"Touch Me (All Night Long)" (with The Chainsmokers)	2016–2017	Unknown	Registered on the ASCAP website.
"Turn Your World Around"	2004–2005	X&Y	[citation needed]
"Unbroken"	2013–2014	Unbroken Soundtrack	Registered on the ASCAP website. Likely the original title for "Miracles".
"Vampire Symphony"	2014–2017	Unknown	Found on a large poster with their guitar tunings. It is Likely an alternative name for "Break of Dawn" and the song leaked in late 2021.
"A View from the Top"	2002	A Rush of Blood to the Head	Played once during a soundcheck in 2002, but never in a proper concert. A very sketchy recording of the song can be found on the internet. The title is unofficial and was given by the first listener.[citation needed]
"Vitamins"	1998	Unknown	Performed in 1998 under the name "Starfish".
"Voldemort"	Unknown	Unknown	Registered on the ASCAP website in 2015.
"Waiting in Line"	1999–2000	Parachutes	Appeared on Coldplay's website as a working title for their debut album Parachutes in 1999. Likely the original title for "Shiver".
"Walking for Always"	2009–2010	Unknown	The title of the song comes from a verse of b-side "Waiting to Get to Your Face".
"Wedding Bells"	2008–2010	Mylo Xyloto	Appeared on a list of songs written on a whiteboard that were being considered for the band's fifth studio album and was performed on guitar by Martin during an episode of The South Bank Show.[5] The lead singer also played the song on other occasions, such as the Apple Keynote convention press conference in 2010, when he played it on piano.
"Wilderness"	2008–2010	Mylo Xyloto	Appeared on a list written in a whiteboard the band used to decide which songs would enter on their fifth album,[5] as well as marked on a piano alongside other titles.[6]
"Wondering Star"	2008–2010	Mylo Xyloto	Appeared on a list written in a whiteboard the band used to decide which songs would enter on their fifth album.[5]
"World Without You"	2012–2014	Ghost Stories	Shown in a list of songs written on a whiteboard that were being considered for the band's sixth studio album in the "Making of Ghost Stories" documentary.[19]
"Your Guess Is as Good as Mine"	2001	A Rush of Blood to the Head	Early version of "God Put a Smile upon Your Face". Played during 2001.
"Your World Turns Upside Down"	2003	X&Y	Not to be confused with B-side "The World Turned Upside Down". It was only played in 2003 but live versions can be found on internet.[citation needed]