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Coldplay released "Talk" in the UK and US on the 19th of December 2005 as the album's third single. The single was pressed with two B-sides: "Gravity" and "Sleeping Sun". "Talk" is a song built around a motif from Kraftwerk's 1981 song "Computer Love", it was written by all members of the band and appeared on their third album, X&Y. In the United States, the song entered at number 86 on the Billboard Hot 100 and elsewhere in the world its success varied. It peaked at number one in the Netherlands' Dutch Top 40, becoming the band's first number one single there. The song received positive reviews, with critics noting the music's sound and memorable lyrics. Both the song and its "Thin White Duke" remix were nominated for the 2007 Grammy Awards, the latter of which won in the category of Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical. Background: Coldplay had difficulties with the recording sessions for months, as to the sound of the track. They were sceptical in deciding to add "Talk" to the final track listing of X&Y. During the recording sessions, which had seen the band scrap huge amounts of material, the song was left out when they sent early versions of the album to its record label,…