In 2004, who won the Record of the Year Grammy for "Clocks"?

In 2004, Coldplay won the Record of the Year Grammy for “Clocks.” The award recognized the recording’s overall artistic and technical achievement, including performance, production, engineering, and mixing.

“Clocks” appeared on Coldplay’s second studio album, A Rush of Blood to the Head, released in 2002. The song is built around Chris Martin’s repeating piano pattern, which gives it a distinctive, urgent pulse. Its lyrics reflect uncertainty, time, and missed opportunities, while the layered production helped make it one of the band’s signature recordings.

At the 46th Annual Grammy Awards, “Clocks” won against recordings including Beyoncé’s “Crazy in Love” and the Black Eyed Peas’ “Where Is the Love?” A common mix-up is confusing Record of the Year with Song of the Year: Record of the Year honors the complete recording, while Song of the Year recognizes songwriting. Coldplay also received the 2004 Song of the Year award for “Clocks.”