Coldplay plagiarism controversy

The Brooklyn band Creaky Boards made this YouTube video that accuses Coldplay of plagiarizing their song, "The Song I Didn't Write." The band said the melody of "Viva La Vida" is the same as that of their tune.

Take a listen and see what you think.

"Viva La Vida" is on track to become UK's No. 1 single. In addition, early sales numbers predict the Coldplay album Viva La Vida will also debut at No. 1, a first for the group.

Coldplay singer Chris Martin recently spoke to John Kennedy's X-posure show about the meaning behind the album's title. In the interview, which will air tonight, Chris said:

"We refer to it just as 'Viva La Vida' but the other bit is if you find it too depressing you can call it 'Death and All His Friends' and if you find it not depressing you can call it 'Viva La Vida'.

"It's very much a 'you-decide-what-the-title-is'. We very much wanted to make it like those model airplanes that you buy and you can choose what colour you paint it."