Prospekt's March / Poppyfields

Violinist Davide Rossi who worked with Coldplay on both Viva La Vida and the Prospekt's March EP spoke to Coldplaying.com about this song: "'Prospekt's March' is a simply amazing song, with a lovely melody sung by Chris (Martin) in his style, which I define 'weepy' and it was co-produced by Jon Hopkins, who even arranged the strings that I restrict myself to play, with some little suggestions, of course…"

The cover art for the EP features Eugène Delacroix's painting Battle of Poitiers. It is similar to the cover of the Viva La Vida CD, which also utilized one of Delacroix's pieces of art. The EP features five songs that weren't finished in time for the release of Viva La Vida and Chris Martin described the two collections as "all part of the same family."