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The song was released on 5 June 2000 on 7" vinyl – backed with a live version of "Sober" – double CD – backed with "Recess", a live acoustic version of "Falling Down", "Nishe" and a live acoustic version of "Hate This & I'll Love You" – and cassette – backed with "Recess".
Muse co-produced the album with Rich Costey, Mike Elizondo, Shellback, and Timbaland. Following the darker themes of Muse's prior albums, Simulation Theory incorporates lighter influences from science fiction and 1980s pop culture, with extensive use of synthesisers. The contemporary political climate of the United States informed the lyrics.
Along with the single release, Muse ran a competition to win a signed and framed set list, also in conjunction with Oxfam. [6] In 2005, "Apocalypse Please" was featured on the live video album Absolution Tour; [7] in 2008, it was also featured on the DVD edition of the live album HAARP.
"Endlessly" was the last song completed. Muse struggled to improve on the simplicity of Bellamy's demo, recorded with a piano and a four-to-the-floor drum machine rhythm. Eventually, they used lighter, jazzier drumming and an old Hammond organ. [5] Later in 2003, Muse and Costey spent three weeks in Cello Studios, Los Angeles. [5]
Time Is Running Out" was the first Muse single to enter the UK Singles Chart top ten, reaching number 8. [4] The live video Absolution Tour reached number 9 on the UK Music Video Chart. [8] After founding their own label, Helium-3, and signing with Warner Bros. Records, Muse released their fourth studio album, Black Holes and Revelations in 2006
The song is one of the last tracks they did on the album to record. The band recorded the song and finished it when they were in Ireland. They intended the song to be more funky and a little more groovy that made someone want to click the fingers. [3] Wolstenholme said the song was influenced by Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean". [3]
"Panic Station" is a song by English rock band Muse, released as the fifth single from their sixth studio album The 2nd Law on 31 May 2013. The song was written by Matthew Bellamy . It is featured as the third track on the album.
"Thought Contagion" was released as a single and music video on 15 February 2018. [2] Speaking to Rolling Stone magazine, Muse frontman Matt Bellamy revealed that the song was written in late 2017, explaining that "I came up with the bass line and then I used a theremin, originally, to [create] this lead melody that went over the top."