"Hyper Music" and "Feeling Good" are songs by English rock band Muse, recorded for their second album Origin of Symmetry (2001). They were released together as a double A-side single on 19 November 2001.
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| Single by Muse | ||||
| from the album Origin of Symmetry | ||||
| B-side | "Shine" | |||
| Released | 19 November 2001 | |||
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| Genre | Art punk | |||
| Length | 3:23 | |||
| Label | Taste | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Matt Bellamy | |||
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| "Feeling Good" | ||||
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| Single by Muse | ||||
| from the album Origin of Symmetry | ||||
| B-side | "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" | |||
| Released | 19 November 2001 | |||
| Studio | Real World (Wiltshire) | |||
| Length | 3:18 | |||
| Label | Taste | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| Muse perform «Feeling Good» on Later… with Jools Holland in 2001 on YouTube | ||||
Composition
edit"Hyper Music" is an art punk song,[1] written by vocalist and guitarist Matthew Bellamy. "Feeling Good" was written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley for the 1964 musical The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd, later covered by jazz and soul singer Nina Simone.
A softer, rearranged version of "Hyper Music" was recorded under the title of "Hyper Chondriac Music" and included on Muse's 2002 compilation album Hullabaloo Soundtrack.
Music videos
editThe music videos for "Feeling Good" and "Hyper Music" were directed by David Slade.[citation needed] The music video for Hyper Music begins with a shot of a room that has a red floor and greyish walls with Bellamy slouching with a mic in front of him, and a guitar in his hands. The video then changes to a shot next to Bellamy, as he starts playing the song. Seemingly out of nowhere, the rest of the band appears behind him as they all start playing, with shots interspersed with Bellamy playing his guitar alone, before stabilising into just the band playing the song, with a few shots of just Bellamy, with the shots of purely Bellamy increasing when the beginning riff is repeated. When the chorus repeats for the final time a crowd of people appears, jumping around the band. Nearly the entire video is shot very shakily, with apparent lens flares appearing at several moments.[2]
The music video for Feeling Good is rather similar. It begins with Bellamy playing a keyboard instrument. There is clearly a light shining on him. The light's cause is a hole in the roof, from which red petals are falling down on Bellamy. Shots of bizarre looking people are shown walking into light in the same room, with them continuing for the first 30 seconds. As the band yet again appears behind Bellamy, the petals' falling gets heavier. At a bit over the one minute mark the lights mostly disappear, as Bellamy starts singing into a megaphone, accompanied by a change in Bellamy's voice to a buzzing distortion. The lights turn back on as the distortion turns off, and the megaphone is gone, but now the warped looking people are standing behind the band. The people slowly begin climbing up the walls, presumably to escape, as the band keeps playing, with many of the people just staring at the band. In the final moments of the video the majority of the people are seen crawling on the walls.[3]
Release
edit"Hyper Music"/"Feeling Good" was released on 19 November 2001 as a 7-inch vinyl single and two CD singles.[4] It reached number 24 in the UK Singles Chart[5]—the lowest of all four singles released from Origin of Symmetry—though sold better than all of them except "Plug in Baby".
Legacy
edit"Feeling Good" was ranked as the fifth best cover version in a poll by Total Guitar in 2008.[6] Later in 2010, Muse's cover of "Feeling Good" was ranked by NME as the greatest cover song of all time in September 2010. Over 15,000 people voted it to number one, beating The Beatles' cover of "Twist and Shout" and Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt".[7] In 2014, a BBC poll saw it voted the ninth best cover version ever.[8]
Muse successfully sued Nescafé in 2003 when their version of "Feeling Good" was used in a television advert without permission, donating the £500,000 compensation to Oxfam.[9] Nescafé later replaced it with the Nina Simone version. "Feeling Good" is used in Virgin Atlantic's 2010 commercial run in the United States, "001".[10]
"Feeling Good" has been featured in the film Seven Pounds, and the television series John from Cincinnati, Doctor Who Confidential, Queer as Folk, Luther, The Handmaid's Tale, Shameless and Tracy Beaker Returns. Season 8 American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert performed "Feeling Good" on the show, using the arrangement of Muse's version. The song is also featured in the video game The Saboteur.
Track listings
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hyper Music" | Matthew Bellamy | 3:23 |
| 2. | "Feeling Good" | 3:18 | |
| Total length: | 6:41 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hyper Music" | Bellamy | 3:23 |
| 2. | "Feeling Good" (live) |
| 3:01 |
| 3. | "Shine" | Bellamy | 3:16 |
| 4. | "Hyper Music" (music video) | Bellamy | 3:23 |
| Total length: | 13:03 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Feeling Good" |
| 3:18 |
| 2. | "Hyper Music" (live) | Bellamy | 3:31 |
| 3. | "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" (The Smiths cover) | 1:58 | |
| 4. | "Feeling Good" (music video) |
| 3:18 |
| Total length: | 12:05 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Feeling Good" |
| 3:18 |
| 2. | "Hyper Music" (radio edit) | Bellamy | 2:58 |
| Total length: | 6:16 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Feeling Good" (radio edit) |
| 3:18 |
| 2. | "Hyper Music" (radio edit) | Bellamy | 2:58 |
| Total length: | 6:16 | ||
Personnel
editPersonnel adapted from Origin of Symmetry liner notes.[11]
Hyper MusiceditMuse
Feeling GoodeditMuse
Additional Performers
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Technical Personneledit
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Charts and certifications
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Weekly chartsedit
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Sales and certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[12] | Gold | 400,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Release history
edit| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United Kingdom | 19 November 2001 | 7" | MUSH97S | |
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| 2 promos |
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References
edit- ^ Morton, Roger (12 June 2001). "Origin of Symmetry Review". NME. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Muse - Hyper Music". YouTube.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Muse - Feeling Good (Video)". YouTube.
- ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting November 19, 2001: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 17 November 2001. p. 31. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Muse | Full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "TG's Best Covers EVER!". Total Guitar. 23 June 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
- ^ "Muse beat The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash to win best cover song of all time". NME, 22 September 2010
- ^ "Pet Shop Boys' Always On My Mind tops cover version vote". BBC News. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ "NME article". NME. 2003. Archived from the original on 2 February 2008. Retrieved 19 January 2008.
- ^ "Virgin Atlantic USA Commercial – October 2010". YouTube. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
- ^ Origin of Symmetry (liner notes). Muse. Taste Media. 2001.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "British single certifications – Muse – Feeling Good". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
External links
edit- "Hyper Music"/"Feeling Good" at MusicBrainz (list of releases)