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Robyn covers Coldplay

July 26, 2011 0 Comments

Last week, Friendly Fires stopped by BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge and covered Lady Gaga.

Today it was Robyn’s turn in the BBC studios for the show’s two-song set. After doing current single, “Call Your Girlfriend,” she and her band took on Coldplay’s latest, “Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall,” giving the song the bubbling dance makeover it’s begged for.

No surprise that the platinum-crowned Swede pulls “Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall” off with aplomb, since lyrics like, “You can hurt, hurt me bad / But still I raise the flag,” are practically tailormade for Robyn, whose own tunes are often of the tears-on-the-dancefloor variety.

Robyn’s cover is wa-wa-wa-wa-wonderful. Hear here:



Free download of Robyn – “Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall” via Stereogum.