There is yet more controversy surrounding the band Coldplay... on Monday May 04, 2009. The buzz in the music entertainment world is; Yusuf Islam, (better known as '70s' rocker Cat Stevens), claimed his song "Foreigner Suite" is behind the band's recent hit, "Viva La Vida," reports Britain's Sun Newspaper.

This is the third similar claim made against the band. Guitarist Satriani initiated legal action against Coldplay after claiming the group pilfered chords from his 2004 song "If I Could Fly." And last June, the New York act Creaky Boards alleged the song was close to their tune "The Songs I Didn't Write."

The harmonies of the two songs are not all that simular. The changes are given below in a simple triad (3-note) notation.

NOTE: In an attempt to make the analysis as simple as possible any extended chord types used in either original recording have been omitted.

Viva La Vida: In the same key as the original recording.

|| Db / / / | Eb / / / | Ab / / / | Fmi / / / ||

The Chord Tones of each chord:
Db = Db, F, Ab
Eb = Eb, G, Bb
Ab = Ab, C, Eb
Fmi = F, Ab, C

Excerpt from: Foreigner Suite: Transposed to the same key as the Coldplay song.

|| Bbmi / / / | Eb / / / | Ab / / / | Db / / / ||

|| Bbmi / / / | Eb / / / | Cmi / / / | Fmi / / / ||

The Chord Tones of each chord:
Bbmi = Bb, Db, F
Eb = Eb, G, Bb
Ab = Ab, C, Eb
Db = Db, F, Ab
Cmi = C, Eb, G
Fmi = F, Ab, C