Begin work on A Rush of Blood to the Head

After the success of Parachutes , Coldplay returned to the studio in September 2001 to begin work on their second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head , once again with Ken Nelson producing. They had trouble focusing in London and relocated to Liverpool, where they recorded some of Parachutes . Once there, Martin said that they became obsessed with recording. ” In My Place ” was the first song recorded for the album. The band released it as the album’s lead single because it was the track that made them want to record a second album, following a “strange period of not really knowing what we were doing” three months after the success of Parachutes . According to Martin “one thing kept us going: recording ‘In My Place’. Then other songs started coming”.