The band performed the song at the Super Bowl 50 halftime show February 7, 2016 in Santa Clara, California. They also joined by Bruno Mars and Beyonce during the last verse.
Backing vocals in a song performed Beyonce, Annabelle Wallis and Mary Clayton.
Chris Payne in the article for Billboard magazine called it "appropriately epic music video" with "rapid application that hits right in the head."
The creation of the video took two months time, and Chris Martin called the video "the best clip that he saw."
Several scenes were not included in the video, like a man with a volcano head. In the final version of the video was decided not to use these scenes.