Chris Martin was apparently so keen to use a Kraftwerk sample for Coldplay track 'Talk' that he wrote a begging letter in very basic German to Kraftwerk's Ralf Hutter.
Contactmusic.com quotes Martin as saying: "The only thing I could think of was the pen pal letters I learnt in German lessons at school. I had no idea if they knew who Coldplay were so had to explain myself like a 15 year-old school-boy; Dear Ralf, I sing in a band called Coldplay, blah, blah. I drew a little picture. Everyone says it's extraordinary that they said yes.'
Yes, dear. It really is.