10 Pop Songs That Artists Want You To Forget

10. Speed of Sound - Coldplay

90% of everything that Coldplay has done in recent years has been about positivity. For those of you brave enough to go through the more poppier side of the band's sound, these guys have crafted songs that are so chipper they could be used as background music in a Hallmark movie. Before all that though, Coldplay were actually a rock band with a decent taste in alternative rock, and Speed of Sound was one of their first major forays into pop music.

Then again, that's not to say that this song has been remembered fondly among Coldplay themselves, with Chris Martin openly saying that he doesn't like the tune very much. When you look back on what they were going for on X&Y though, you can kind of see where he's coming from, since this is the one song on the record that seems to be about the sour side of love. Unlike most of the record, the singer here is tortured and trying to comb through his past to see if it can help him later down the road.

Seeing how this was supposed to be a major statement record by Coldplay's standards, this does feel like a bit of a Coldplay-by-numbers tune, but the actual construction of the tune is much stronger than Martin really gives it credit for. It might not be on the same level as something like Fix You or even Viva La Vida, but there's probably a good portion of Coldplay fans who would trade this for anything on A Head Full of Dreams.