Coldplay single “Paradise” inspired by “Wish I Could Fly”?

Belgian newspaper “Het Nieuwsblad” reports about a striking similarity between the backing tracks (not the vocal melody) of Coldplay’s new single “Paradise” and Roxette’s hit “Wish I Could Fly” from 1999. Coldplay have been in the focus of plagiarism claims before with previous singles, so the author asks if Chris Martin & Co. have asked Marie & Per in advance for this kind of “inspiration”. Judge for yourself:

Source: nieuwsblad.be

NOTP tour: Roxette live in Munich, 11.12.2009

German radio station Bayern 3 broadcasted 4 Roxette songs in the high quality a week ago. If you missed that, you can read more here or listen to them on YouTube. It’s our little X-mas present. More to come 🙂

Wish I could fly

Interview with the Band (Clarance, Christoffer & Pelle) + The Look

Joyride

It must have been love