The singer wrote the track 'Me And Tennessee' which has
been nominated for one of the prestigious film industry awards after it was used
in his wife, Gwyneth Paltrow's movie 'Country Strong', about an alcoholic
country singer trying to stage a comeback.
The track is one of 41 long listed in the Oscars
category, which will be whittled down to five when the full nominations are
announced in January.
Other pop artists nominated for Best Song include Janet
Jackson and Alanis Morissette.
'Yellow' singer Chris is presently in the studio working
on Coldplay's latest album, and while 'Me And Tennessee' was written on his
own, he said he likes the brutal honesty his other band members - guitarist
Johnny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion - show when he
presents them with his lyrics.
He said: "Jonny's delightful, he's the easiest to
convince. It's when you have to take a verse to Guy or Will that things become
very tearful. You can forget there are other people in the world.
"I'm so lucky that we have that group, in as much as
there are a lot of people who don't like us in the world, but there would be a
lot more without this filtering system. Think of the rubbish that doesn't get
out, if you don't like the stuff that does."
