Release
Coldplay released "The Hardest Part" in the US and UK on 3 April 2006 as the fourth single of their third album. The single was pressed with a B-side, "How You See the World", recorded live at Earls Court. The international version of the single was made available in the UK on 19 June 2006. Regional singles were released for Canada, Europe, Australia, and a different version for Taiwan. Promotional singles were released in the UK and US. The track peaked at number 37 on Billboard's Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. Although the song did not chart on the UK Singles Chart, as the song was released as a radio-only song, the single peaked on the Italian charts on 11 May 2006 at number 19 and spent a week in the chart. Afterward, the song peaked on the New Zealand Charts at number 34 on 21 August 2006. A live piano version of "The Hardest Part" appeared on Coldplay's 2009 live album LeftRightLeftRightLeft.
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