"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]
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]
^"Le 25 Canzoni Più Belle del 2017" [The 25 Most Beautiful Songs of 2017]. Panorama (in Italian). 27 December 2017. Archived from the original on 21 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
^"ČNS IFPI". hitparada.ifpicr.cz (in Czech). Note: Change the chart to CZ – SINGLES DIGITAL – TOP 100 and insert 201729 into search. Retrieved 2021-06-03.