Bliss (song)

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"Bliss"
Single by Muse
from the album Origin of Symmetry
B-side(s)	"The Gallery", "Hyper Chondriac Music"
Released	20 August 2001
Format	7" CD, Maxi-CD, DVD
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:14
Label	Mushroom
Producer(s)	John Leckie, David Bottrill, Muse
Chart positions
#22 (UK Singles Chart)
Muse singles chronology
"New Born" (June 2001)	"Bliss" (August 2001)	"Hyper Music" / "Feeling Good" (November 2001)

"Bliss" is a song by English rock band Muse and is the second track on their second album, Origin of Symmetry. It was also released as the third single from that album in the United Kingdom on August 20, 2001 (see 2001 in British music).

Matthew Bellamy has said "Bliss" is his favourite song "because it's got all these 80s arpeggios and keyboards on it which remind me of some music I heard on some children’s music programme when I was five. I think I ripped it off that. And that reminds me of when I was a bit simpler, a bit more of a pleasant state."^{[citation needed]}Chris Wolstenholme said: "We have just always loved playing that song live. Even if you don't know the song it has one of those disco-ey feels to it but recorded in a rock way. It was one of those songs that when we play it live you always know if you are having a bad gig it will be the song that will get the crowd going."^{[citation needed]}

During the tour in promotion of Origin of Symmetry, "Bliss" was usually played as the final song, often coinciding with the release of giant balloons from the venues' roof.^{[citation needed]}

The piano riff of the song is very similar to the main theme for the Super Nintendo game Top Gear, which is likely what bellamy was referring to when he said "children's music programme."

[edit] Track listing

• 7", CD

1. "Bliss" - 4:14
2. "Hyper Chondriac Music"
3. "New Born" (live) - CD only

• Maxi-CD

1. "Bliss" - 4:14
2. "The Gallery"
3. "Screenager" (live)
4. "Bliss" (video)

• DVD

1. "Bliss" (DVD Audio)
2. "The Making of the Bliss Video"

• German CD

1. "Bliss" - 4:14
2. "Bliss" (DJ Starscream Remix) - 4:35
3. "Bliss" (live)

[edit] Music Video

The music video features Bellamy falling through a shaft in space.

[edit] External links

• Muse - official website
• Bliss Video
• Bliss lyrics

Muse
Dominic Howard | Matthew Bellamy | Chris Wolstenholme
Discography
Studio albums: Showbiz | Origin of Symmetry | Absolution | Black Holes and Revelations
Compilations: Hullabaloo Soundtrack
Live DVDs: Hullabaloo Soundtrack | Absolution Tour
Extended plays: This Is A Muse Demo | Muse | Muscle Museum EP | Random 1-8 (Japan 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
Production
John Leckie | Rich Costey | Paul Reeve
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