Coldplay frontman Chris Martin told British tabloid The Sun that the band got permission from the White House to use a snippet of President Obama singing “Amazing Grace” for its new album set to debut Friday.
President Obama sang the first chorus of the hymn during his eulogy in June for the victims of the Charleston, South Carolina church shooting.
Martin told The Sun that the band was given rights to a “tiny clip” of the performance for the album, “A Head Full Of Dreams.”
Watch Obama sing “Amazing Grace” this summer:
