"Supermassive Black Hole" is a song by English rock band Muse and is the third track on their 2006 album Black Holes and Revelations. The song was also released as the first single from that album on 19 June 2006, accompanied by the B-side "Crying Shame" (see 2006 in British music). The song has been available online since 9 May following a radio premiere the previous day. The single reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart, making it the highest charting single by the band to date. The track was mixed at Townhouse Studios, London. It was released as the third U.S. single on April 23, 2007. Image File history File links Supermassiveblackhole. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... For other uses, see Muse (disambiguation). ... Black Holes and Revelations is the fourth studio album by English rock band Muse, released on July 3, 2006. ... 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Influences

The song showcases the album's experimentation with other genres. "It's the most different to anything we've ever done," Matthew Bellamy told French magazine Rock Mag on 3 March 2006, "We've had some Belgian influences: Millionaire, dEUS, Evil Superstars, Soulwax... These groups were the first to mix R&B rhythms with alternative guitar. We've added a bit of Prince and Kanye West. The drumbeat isn't rocky, with Rage Against the Machine riffs underneath. We’ve mixed a lot of things in this track, with a bit of electronica; it’s different, slow, quite funky."^[1] Matthew James Bellamy (born June 9, 1978 in Cambridge, England) is the lead singer, guitarist and pianist of rock group Muse, known for his falsetto voice and guitar/piano playing ability. ... is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Millionaire is a Belgian indie rock band lead by Tim Vanhamel. ... dEUS is an indie rock band based in Antwerp, Belgium, currently consisting of Tom Barman (vocals and guitar), Klaas Janzoons (keyboards and violin), Stéphane Misseghers (drums), Alan Gevaert (bass) and Mauro Pawlowski (guitar and vocals). ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Soulwax, headed by David and Stephen Dewaele, is an alternative rock band from Ghent, Belgium. ... Rhythm and blues (also known as R&B or RnB) is a popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues influences, first performed by African American artists. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... Due to technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... Kanye Omari West (pronounced /kÉ‘n. ... Rage Against the Machine (a. ... Riff is also an alternate spelling of Rif, a region of Morocco. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Electronic music. ... Funk is an African American musical style. ...

Speaking about the album with NME, Bellamy said, "I was going out dancing in clubs around New York. That helped create tracks like "Supermassive Black Hole". Franz Ferdinand would have done it very well, with that dance type beat going on mixed with alternative guitar and I've always wanted to find that."^[2] Not to be confused with the Canadian music magazine Music Express The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music magazine in the United Kingdom which has been published weekly since March 1952. ... For other uses, see Franz Ferdinand (disambiguation). ...

The different style has met mixed reactions, and resulted in numerous comparisons, often tongue-in-cheek, of the main riff to those of Cameo's 1986 single "Word Up!" and Britney Spears' 2004 "Do Somethin'". Sarcasm is the making of remarks intended to mock the person referred to (who is normally the person addressed), a situation or thing. ... Cameos latest album cover: The Definitive Collection Cameo is a funk, R&B and dance group, best known for the 1986 hit Word Up!. Their lead singer is Larry Blackmon. ... Word Up! is a 1986 album by funk/R&B group Cameo. ... Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning[1] American pop singer, dancer, actress, author and songwriter. ... Do Somethin is a single by Britney Spears, the second and final single taken from her 2004 (see 2004 in music) Greatest Hits: My Prerogative compilation. ...

Track listings

• Promo CD PR015888

1. "Supermassive Black Hole" - 3:32

• 7" HEL3001, CD HEL3001CD

1. "Supermassive Black Hole" - 3:32
2. "Crying Shame" - 2:35

• DVD HEL3001DVD

1. "Supermassive Black Hole" (video) - 3:32
2. "Supermassive Black Hole" (audio) - 3:32
3. "Supermassive Black Hole" (making of video) - 12:04
4. "Gallery"

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B-side

The single's B-side, "Crying Shame", was first played 19 December 2004 at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre. The key was changed during the 2005 tour, and the studio track omits the riff found in the earlier live version. The lyrics also appear to have changed, and this is the first studio release in which lead singer Matthew Bellamy swears. is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Earls Court Exhibition Centre (also known as Earls Court Arena or often simply Earls Court) is located in West London, England on the boundary between the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Original (live) lyrics: Too long, You’ve cut too far, I’ll love as soon as I’ll, Reveal your true side,

New (studio) lyrics: Too much, And we demolished too much, And yeah we really fucked it up, And yeah baby you've lost your touch.

Before the release of Supermassive Black Hole, it was widely rumoured that Crying Shame would be the first single off the new album. Thus forth, a huge internet uproar. Rolling Stone announced (and many websites carried this message) that it was to be the first single^{[3] [4]}, however these stories were soon proven to be false, with a message by Muse declaring "Crying Shame isn't going to be the first single." ^[5] This article is about the magazine. ...

Music video

The single's accompanying promotional video shows the band playing in a small furniture shop, clad in masks. This is intercut with images of dancers in Zentai suits which are then unzipped at the end to reveal beings made of space. The video was shot by Floria Sigismondi, who is also known for directing music videos for bands such as Marilyn Manson, The White Stripes, Interpol and The Cure. // Music Video A music video (also video clip, promo) is a short film or video meant to present a visual representation of a popular music song. ... A full body zentai suit made from shiny Nylon-Lycra fabric Skin tight suits that cover the entire body are commonly called zentai (from the Japanese ゼンタイ). This is either a contraction of zenshin taitsu (全身タイツ) (full-body tights) or a direct translation of full body (全体 zentai). ... Floria Sigismondi (born 1965 in Pescara, Italy) is a photographer and director. ... Marilyn Manson is a rock band based in Los Angeles, California. ... The White Stripes is an American rock music duo from Detroit, Michigan, consisting of Jack White (principal songwriter, vocals, guitar, piano) and Meg White (drums, percussion, vocals). ... Interpol is an American indie rock band, formed in 1998 in New York City. ... The Cure are an English rock band that formed in Crawley, Sussex in 1976. ...

Remixes and covers

The "Phones Control Voltage mix" of the song was released as the B-side on the vinyl single of Starlight. On the game FIFA 07 there was also an alternative version of the song, which features slightly different guitar and vocals to the original. Black Holes and Revelations track listing Take a Bow (1) Starlight (2) Supermassive Black Hole (3) Starlight is a song by English alternative rock band Muse and is the second track on their 2006 album Black Holes and Revelations. ... FIFA 07 (also known as FIFA Football 07 and FIFA Soccer 07) is the latest in Electronic Arts series of football (soccer) simulator video games. ...

The song was covered by English Progressive metal band Threshold on the limited edition digipak of their 2007 album Dead Reckoning. Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music which blends the powerful, guitar-driven sound of metal with the complex compositional structures, odd time signatures, and intricate instrumental playing of progressive rock. ... Threshold is a progressive metal band , formed in Surrey, UK in the late 1980s. ... Threshold is a progressive metal band formed in Surrey, UK in the late 1980s. ...

Chart performance

The song has been one of their most successful. It gave them their highest singles chart entry, selling 24,104 in its first week (downloads and physical).^{[citation needed]} In total it has sold over 85,000 and was the 84th best selling song of 2006 in the UK.^{[citation needed]}

The song went for adds on US radio at the end of April 2007. Its early supporters were S021 (Sirius Satellite Radio), KITS (San Francisco), and WFNX (Boston).[1]. By mid-May, many stations, including WBTZ (Burlington, Vermont), KJEE (Santa Barbara), S021, and WFNX, were supporting it. The song reached #7 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. By early June, it was supported by 41 US alternative rock stations and also grew to receive major support from WEQX (Albany, New York) and WHTG (Monmouth/Ocean, New Jersey). By late July, support for the song had spread to 63 US alternative rock stations, with this number rising to 72 by mid-August.[2] Alt Nation is a Hard Rock radio station on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 21 and DISH Network channel 6021. ... Sirius Satellite Radio NASDAQ: SIRI is one of two satellite radio (SDARS) services operating in the United States and Canada, along with XM Satellite Radio. ... KITS is a San Francisco, California, USA-based radio station broadcasting at 105. ... WFNX is a New England commercial alternative music radio station. ... WBTZ is a commercial radio station in Plattsburgh, New York, broadcasting to the Burlington, Vermont-Plattsburgh, New York area on 99. ... KJEE is a commercial radio station in Montecito, California, broadcasting to the Santa Barbara, California area on 92. ... Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... WEQX is an FM radio station located at 102. ... WHTG-FM, known on-air as G Rock Radio (alongside WBBO-FM in Ocean County, New Jersey), is an alternative rock radio station located in Eatontown, New Jersey, serving Monmouth County northern Ocean County and southern Middlesex County, This station is owned by Press Communications. ...

References

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External links

• Official Muse website
• Supermassive Black Hole Video
• Supermassive Black Hole at MuseWiki