"Another's Arms" is a song by British

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. It is the sixth track from their sixth

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''. It was written, produced, and performed by Coldplay, with co-production handled by Daniel Green,

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Rik Simpson Rik Simpson (a.k.a. Rikademus) is a British record producer. He is most recently recognised for his production work with Coldplay on ''Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends'' (2008), ''Mylo Xyloto'' (2011), '' Ghost Stories'' (2014), '' A ...

. The song debuted at number 70 on the UK Singles Chart, number 74 in Ireland and number 52 in Switzerland.

Composition

Lasting for three minutes and 54 seconds, "Another's Arms" features an arrangement of guitars, strings, "whooshing keys", "stuttering drums", a "female specter" that "croons in and out of focus", and Chris Martin's lead vocals. The song contains a vocal sample from "Silver Chord" by

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Reception

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'' writer Jason Lipshutz called "Another's Arms" "a songwriting gem", although he found the arrangement "flat". Josh Modell of ''

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'' felt that it was "undercooked", while

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's Josh Terry said that the song was the "most well-crafted offering" of ''

''.

Personnel

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Guy Berryman Guy Rupert Berryman (born 12 April 1978) is a Scottish musician, songwriter, producer, businessman and designer. He is best known as the bassist of the rock band Coldplay and electronic supergroup Apparatjik. Raised in Kirkcaldy, he starte ...

– bass guitar, keyboard *

Jonny Buckland Jonathan Mark Buckland (born 11 September 1977) is a British musician and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the rock band Coldplay. Raised in Pantymwyn, he started to play guitar at an early age, taking ins ...

– electric guitar, keyboard, slide guitar *

Will Champion William Champion (born 31 July 1978) is an English musician and songwriter. He is best known as the drummer and percussionist of the Rock music, rock band Coldplay. Raised in Southampton, he learned to play numerous instruments during his yout ...

– drums, percussion, backing vocals *

Chris Martin Christopher Anthony John Martin (born 2 March 1977) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and producer. He is best known as the vocalist, pianist and co-founder of the rock band Coldplay. Born in Exeter, Martin went to University Colleg ...

– lead vocals, piano, keyboard ;Additional musicians *John Metcalfe – strings arrangement, conductor ;Technical personnel *

– production *

– production *Daniel Green – production *

– production *

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– mixing *Geoff Swan – assistant mixing * Mike Dean – "extra magic" *

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– "extra magic" *

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– mastering * Olga Fitzroy – engineering *Matt Wiggins – engineering *Jaime Sickora – engineering *Chris Owens – engineering *Joe Visciano – engineering *Tom Bailey – additional studio assistance *Fiona Cruickshank – additional studio assistance *Nicolas Essig – additional studio assistance *Jeff Gartenbaum – additional studio assistance *Christian Green – additional studio assistance *Joseph Hartwell Jones – additional studio assistance *Luca Capezio – additional studio assistance *Pablo Hernandez – additional studio assistance *Neil Lambert – additional studio assistance *Matt McGinn – additional studio assistance *Adam Miller – additional studio assistance *Roxy Pope – additional studio assistance *John Prestage – additional studio assistance *Bill Rahko – additional studio assistance *Kyle Stevens – additional studio assistance *Dave Holmes – management

Charts

References

External links

* {{authority control 2014 songs Coldplay songs Song recordings produced by Paul Epworth Song recordings produced by Rik Simpson Songs written by Chris Martin Songs written by Guy Berryman Songs written by Jonny Buckland Songs written by Will Champion