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| Song by Muse | |||||
| Album | Absolution | ||||
| Released | September 21 2003 (UK) September 28 2003 (AU) March 23 2004 (U.S.) |
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| Recorded | 2003 | ||||
| Genre | Alternative Rock | ||||
| Length | 4:22 | ||||
| Label | Mushroom Records | ||||
| Writer | Matthew Bellamy | ||||
| Composer | Matthew Bellamy | ||||
| Producer | John Cornfield, Paul Reeve | ||||
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"Blackout" is the ninth song from Muse's third album, Absolution. It was first played at Amsterdam Melkweg 2003. According to Matthew Bellamy, the band's lead singer and guitarist, the song originally had a plethora of backup voices and overripe strings, to the point of being ridiculous. Matt, who composed the strings part of the song, and the producer agreed to cut it back a little. There is only one known remix of the song, called "Blackout [The Awakening Mix]," by Mark Newby. It features an additional percussion track, from Blink-182's "I Miss You."
Trivia
When played live at their gig at Wembley Stadium in June 2007, the performance was accompanied by two acrobats suspended by Helium-filled balloons (named "heliospheres" on the setlist) floating out above the standing audience, moving as the song was played.
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| Matthew Bellamy · Dominic Howard · Christopher Wolstenholme | |
| Studio albums | Showbiz · Origin of Symmetry · Absolution · Black Holes and Revelations |
| Compilations and Live DVDs | Hullabaloo Soundtrack · Absolution Tour · The Haarp Tour: Live from Wembley |
| Demos and Extended plays | This Is a Muse Demo · Muse EP · Muscle Museum EP · 2 Tracks Demo · Random 1-8 (Japan only) · Plug In Baby EP (Greece & Cyprus only) · New Born EP (Greece & Cyprus only) · Dead Star/In Your World (Japan & France only) |
| Singles | "Uno" · "Cave" · "Muscle Museum" · "Sunburn" · "Unintended" · "Plug In Baby" · "New Born" · "Bliss" · "Hyper Music/Feeling Good" · "Dead Star/In Your World" · "Stockholm Syndrome" · "Time Is Running Out" · "Hysteria" · "Sing for Absolution" · "Apocalypse Please" · "Butterflies and Hurricanes" · "Supermassive Black Hole" · "Starlight" · "Knights of Cydonia" · "Invincible" · "Map of the Problematique" |
| Production | John Leckie · Rich Costey · Paul Reeve |
| Related articles | Discography · Taste Media |
