Sangen åbner med et enkelt crashbækken efterfulgt at to [[Takt (musik)|takter]] 4/4-slag, hvorefter et klagende tre-toners guitarriff ringer gennem en klimprende rytme og Martins vokal.<ref name="tack">{{cite news|first=Jon|last=Wiederhorn|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1456991/20020812/coldplay.jhtml?headlines=true|title=Single Saves Coldplay|access-date=2008-09-02|date=2002-08-12|work=[[MTV News]]}}</ref><ref name="np">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/entertainment/2209693.stm|title=Coldplay's Rush is near-flawless|last=Parker|first=Nigel|date=2002-08-23|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=2009-04-29}}</ref> Instrumenteringen er varieret med lyden af dunkende trommer, ringende guitarer, et omkvæd der opfordrer til fællessang og et strengarrangement.<ref name="tack"/><ref name="np" /><ref>{{cite journal|first=David|last=Cheal|title=Perfect Playlist: Coldplay|date=2006-10-12|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|page=030}}</ref> Sangen indeholder også et guitar[[lick]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Paul|last=McNamee|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/coldplay/6591|title=Coldplay — In My Place|access-date=2008-09-02|date=2002-07-30|work=[[NME]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Adrian|last=Denning|url=http://www.adriandenning.co.uk/coldplay.html|title=Coldplay album reviews|access-date=2008-09-01|publisher=Adrian Denning.com}}</ref>
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