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Statistics
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Artists:
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6,825
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Albums:
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34,370
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Lyrics:
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288,483
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Song Views:
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43,914,654
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Reviews:
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10,300
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Comments:
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155,535
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Total Users:
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20,076
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Online Users:
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140
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Usage Statistics
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Apocalypse Please
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Submitted By: Big D
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"Apocalypse Please" is characterised by martial percussion and crashing piano chords, to create an intense and violent mood, encouraged by lyrics such the warning in the repeated chorus, "This is the end of the world". Apparently the song was originally a complex orchestral piece, until it was decided during pre-production to simplify it; its simplicity complements its energy and violence.
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Apocalypse Please
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Submitted By: Big D
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Like Stockholm Syndrome, Apocalypse Please was released as a download only single, except this time all the profits made went to charity.
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Butterflies And Hurricanes
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Submitted By: Big D
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The song was also dedicated to Dominic Howard's father, who died shortly after the band's performance at Glastonbury Festival.
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Butterflies And Hurricanes
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Submitted By: Big D
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The song concerns itself with the so called butterfly effect of chaos theory, describing how individuals can make a huge difference just as a butterfly could redirect a hurricane.
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Feeling Good
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Submitted By: Big D
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"Feeling Good" is a cover of a song originally from a 1965 musical "The Roar of the Greasepaint—the Smell of the Crowd."
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Hysteria
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Submitted By: Big D
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The song's video, starring actor Justin Theroux, is based on the hotel-trashing scene from the movie Pink Floyd: The Wall.
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Invincible
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Submitted By: Big D
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The song has been compared by fans to Keane's "Everybody’s Changing" due to its similar chord progression on the verse and an identic on the chorus; however according to Bellamy it was based on David Bowie’s "Heroes". It also bares a striking resemblance to "Can't Help Falling In Love" by UB40.
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Invincible
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Submitted By: Big D
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Song lyrics talk about an alternate concept of love, similar to Coldplay’s "Fix You" about the support someone can give to his loved one.
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Invincible
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Submitted By: Big D
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The song's length in the video is shorter than the album version but longer than the radio edit, lasting 4:30.
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Knights Of Cydonia
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Submitted By: Big D
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Live performances of "Knights of Cydonia" feature Bellamy's intro falsetto much more loudly and clearly than its studio counterpart. Recent live performances have featured Bellamy playing an extra guitar part during the solo at the end of song, as well as the coda of "Space Dementia" played as a finale.
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Knights Of Cydonia
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Submitted By: Big D
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The guitar sound in the song was inspired by the 1962 number one hit "Telstar" by The Tornados (George Bellamy, Matt Bellamy's father, was the band's rhythm guitarist). The song, taken in entirety, also bears a striking resemblence to George Bellamy's composition "Ridin' the Wind".
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Knights Of Cydonia
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Submitted By: Big D
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The titular ‘Cydonia’ refers to the region on Mars where some believe life has existed, and which is the site of the infamous Face on Mars.
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Map Of The Problematique
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Submitted By: Big D
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The song was released as the fifth single from the album "Black Holes and Revelations" in the United Kingdom on June 18, 2007 as a digital download only.
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Map Of The Problematique
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Submitted By: Big D
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The song reached number 18 in the UK singles chart in its first week of release. The song has been more successful than "Invincible", the previous single.
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New Born
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Submitted By: Big D
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The main piano melody is based on broken chords, a technique used in numerous other Muse songs, such as "Sunburn" and "Bliss".
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New Born
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Submitted By: Big D
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Matthew Bellamy said of the song: "It's about a semi-fear of the evolution of technology, and how in reality it's destroying all humanity. My fear is that we can't control it because it's moving faster than we are, so the songs setting myself in a location in the future where the body is no longer important and everyone's plugged into a network. The opening line is 'link it to the world', so it's connecting yourself on a worldwide scale and being born into another reality."
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New Born
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Submitted By: Big D
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The song was "performed" on Live & Kicking, but due to the BBC producers not allowing the band to perform live, Matthew Bellamy waved his hands around instead of playing the keyboard. Chris Wolstenholme (bass) and Dom Howard (drums and percussion) swapped instruments for this mime performance.
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Plug In Baby
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Submitted By: Big D
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The meaning of this song is unknown, but some have suggested that it could also be about his love for the electric guitar, and how he only has to plug it in and play, for all his critics to be proven wrong ('crucifies my enemies'). Bizarrely, it could be about genetically engineering puppies to remain young and live forever, as Matt Bellamy has stated jovially in a magazine interview.
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Plug In Baby
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Submitted By: Big D
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This song is widely praised for its intro riff, almost instantly recognisable for use of a rising triad motif to move through a distinctively harmonic minor scale. It made it to #5 in Kerrang!'s Top 50 Riffs. The beginning of the riff shows similarities to Bach's "Toccata and Fugue". Bellamy has also stated in a 2005 interview that it elaborates on the riff from DJ Shadow's track Organ Donor.
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Starlight
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Submitted By: Big D
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Starlight is usually played live with the guitars tuned half a step down.
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Starlight
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Submitted By: Big D
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Despite its simplicity, "Starlight" was the most difficult song to write on Black Holes and Revelations. It underwent multiple recordings before the final version was produced.
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Starlight
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Submitted By: Big D
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Lead singer Matthew Bellamy commented that he first wrote the song on a boat in bad weather.
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Stockholm Syndrome
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Submitted By: Big D
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The video appears on the Time Is Running Out CD single, and was shot using a thermal camera.
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Stockholm Syndrome
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Submitted By: Big D
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Stockholm Syndrome is a psychological response sometimes seen in an abducted hostage, in which the hostage shows signs of loyalty to the hostage-taker, regardless of the danger (or at least risk) in which the hostage has been placed.
The syndrome is named after the Norrmalmstorg robbery of Kreditbanken at Norrmalmstorg, Stockholm, Sweden, in which the bank robbers held bank employees hostage and the victims became emotionally attached to their victimizers, and even defended their captors after they were freed from their six-day ordeal.
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Supermassive Black Hole
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Submitted By: Big D
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The different style has met mixed reactions, and resulted in numerous comparisons of the main riff to those of Cameo's 1986 single "Word Up!" and Britney Spears' 2004 single "Do Somethin'."
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Time Is Running Out
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Submitted By: Big D
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The single proved to be the band's breakthrough hit in the United States - hitting #9 on the US Modern Rock chart. It was also the band's first Top 10 hit in the UK, their previous best being #11 attained by "Plug In Baby".
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Time Is Running Out
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Submitted By: Big D
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The video depicts a number of military officials seated at a round table preforming actions simultaneously, moving to the beat of the song. There are also various clips of Muse standing and playing the song on the round table. It is partially based on Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
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Unintended
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Submitted By: Big D
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Its guitar track is very similar to "If" by Pink Floyd from their album Atom Heart Mother.
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Unintended
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Submitted By: Big D
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When originally played live, Bassist Chris Wolstenholme would play the guitar part on either an electro-acoustic or electric guitar, and play the bass part simultaneously using a Roland PK-5 floor based pedal, while Matt Bellamy improvised noises on the electric guitar. Although the song was retired from live sets in the Absolution era, it has been played at a few recent shows, with Bellamy playing guitar and Wolstenholme playing bass.
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