Perhaps the band's best-known song, Supermassive Black Hole is their top seller in the UK, with 580,000 combined sales, split between 380,000 sales and 20.3 million streams. It expresses a general mistrust of bankers, global corporations, and politicians.” Matt Bellamy said the song is “influenced by glam rock, 80s synths, riots and the more eccentric protesters at the recent G2O protests. Uprising doesn’t shy away from its political subject matter with some very to-the-point lyrics. The lead single from the band’s fifth album, 2009’s The Resistance, charted at Number 9 and finishes in second place on Muse's top hits, with 526,000 combined sales. Despite being the band's third most successful single, it didn’t quite rise to the Official Singles Chart Top 10 at time of release, peaking at Number 13. This simple love song is memorable for its upbeat piano riff and killer high notes from Bellamy, as well as Muse's signature hard guitar passages. It reached Number 24 in the UK in 2001 and ranks as their fourth biggest single with 377,000 combined sales, including 10.5 million streams.
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MORE: See Muse's full Official UK Chart history hereĬovering of one of the world’s best known songs isn't an easy feat, but Feeling Good has often been voted the best cover song of all time. One theory is that it is about the end of a relationship, another is that it's a general muse (sorry) on the fleeting nature of time itself, and some fans think - thanks to the music video - it's about an impending nuclear holocaust. Matt Bellamy said at time of release that the song's subject matter is open to interpretation, so of course a few suggestions have cropped up over the years.
Kicking off with a cutting bass riff before the chorus blows your socks off, Time Is Running Out from their third album Absolution peaked at Number 8, and to date has 292,000 combined UK sales. With the imminent release of their eighth studio album, Simulation Theory, we've dug into the numbers for a closer look at Muse's top hits. Their albums have fared even better, with the last five studio releases debuting at Number 1. Since 1999 Muse have scored 22 hits on the UK's Official Singles Chart Top 40, four of which went Top 10. Thanks to their unique sound and singer Matt Bellamy's distinct falsetto, their songs are unmistakable to even a casual listener. To me, “Uprising” seems like another wonderful example of just how versatile Muse can be with their music, and I trust “The Resistance” will offer us more proof of this and of course some more classic style Muse tracks.Internationally known for their breed of melancholic alternative rock, Muse have carved themselves a place as one of British music's biggest bands of all time. That being said there are some songs which I have instantly liked and still to this day I like them more the more I listen to them (Turn It Up – The Feeling, Starlight – Muse to name a few). My only concern with this song is that I pretty much fell in love with it instantly, which usually means that the song will get old very quickly, I usually find that songs which take time to grow on me end up being the best. This song is very different from any Muse song I have heard before, with a riff which could be mistaken for Goldfrapp and consistent cries of “come on” and “hey”! But Muse have made the genre their own by adding a “Spacey” feel to the song, a powerful chorus with a strong political message (which you can’t help but sing along to), and of course Matt Bellamy’s stunning vocals! Now the only artists I can think of off the top of my head who have made good dance tracks in the past are Sophie Ellis Bextor and once again The Feeling (you might notice a pattern!) But Muse are always able to surprise me. “Uprising” is Muse’s first single from their upcoming album “The Resistance” released on 14th September, which takes another genre which I’m not particularly fond of, but is once again a gem. They have the ability to make even R&B sound good! (which, believe me, not many people can pull off!) And guess what? They’ve done it again!! Muse, for me are one of the few bands I know of who seem to be able to take on any genre of music and excel(the other most notable being The Feeling).
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