themed week // Coldplay, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Coldplay are considered by many one of the best contemporary bands, as a conclusion of 5 successful albums - Parachutes (2000), A Rush Of Blood To The Head (2002), X&Y (2005), Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends (2008) and Mylo Xyloto (2011).

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas was originally sing by Judy Garland on the 1944 musical Meet Me in St. Louis, written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane.

Several singers covered this song like Ella Fitzgerald or Colbie Caillat. Frank Sinatra was the first artists to record it, in 1948, becoming one of the better known versions and where we can see some changes a few lines of the song.

In 2001, Coldplay recorded this song, to be released on the holiday compilation album, Maybe This Christmas.