Miracles (Someone Special)

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"Miracles (Someone Special)"
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Single by Coldplay and Big Sean
from the EP Kaleidoscope
Released14 July 2017 (2017-07-14)
Genre Dance-pop [1]
Length4:36
Label Parlophone
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Coldplay singles chronology
"Something Just Like This"
(2017)		"Miracles (Someone Special)"
(2017)		"Orphans / Arabesque"
(2019)
Big Sean singles chronology
"Feels"
(2017)		"Miracles (Someone Special)"
(2017)		"Pull Up N Wreck"
(2017)

"Miracles (Someone Special)" is a song by British rock band Coldplay and American rapper Big Sean. [2] It was released on 14 July 2017 as the second single from the band's Kaleidoscope EP , [3] being also the first time they featured a rapper in one of their songs since Jay-Z's remix for "Lost!". [4] The song is noted for using sampling a line by Michael J. Fox from Back to the Future (1985), [5] being also ranked among the best of its year by 3voor12, [6] and Panorama . [7]

Contents

Music video

An official lyric video for the song was released on 15 July 2017. Directed by Ben Mor, it switches between several photographs, most of them concerning immigrants reaching Ellis Island, between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. [8]

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Argentina Anglo (Monitor Latino) [9] 15
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [10] 26
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [11] 29
Canada AC ( Billboard ) [12] 42
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) [13] 80
Denmark Airplay (Tracklisten) [14] 18
France (SNEP) [15] 72
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) [16] 31
Ireland (IRMA) [17] 98
Italy (FIMI) [18] 76
Mexico Ingles Airplay ( Billboard ) [19] 11
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [20] 30
New Zealand Heatseekers (RMNZ) [21] 5
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100) [22] 30
Portugal (AFP) [23] 81
Scotland (OCC) [24] 22
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100) [25] 44
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [26] 62
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [27] 45
UK Singles (OCC) [28] 54

Year-end charts

Chart (2017)Position
Iceland (Plötutíðindi) [29] 49
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40) [30] 93

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [31] Gold25,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Italy14 July 2017 Contemporary hit radio Warner [32]
United Kingdom21 July 2017Parlophone [33]

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