Apocalypse Please
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| Single by Muse | ||
| from the album Absolution | ||
| Released | 23 August 2004 | |
| Format | Download only | |
| Recorded | 2003 | |
| Genre | Alternative rock | |
| Length | 4:12 | |
| Producer(s) | Rich Costey, Muse | |
| Muse singles chronology | ||
| "Sing for Absolution" (May 2004) |
"Apocalypse Please" (August 2004) |
"Butterflies and Hurricanes" (September 2004) |
Apocalypse Please is a single by the English rock band Muse from their third studio album, Absolution. The single was released after the band's headline performance at Glastonbury. Like Stockholm Syndrome, Apocalypse Please was released as a download only single, except this time all the profits made went to charity. A live video of the band performing the song was made available.
"Apocalypse Please" is characterised by martialistic percussion and crashing piano chords, to create an intense and violent mood, encouraged by lyrics such the warning in the repeated chorus, "This is the end of the world". Apparently the song was originally a complex orchestral piece, until it was decided during pre-production to simplify it; its simplicity complements its energy and violence.
| Muse |
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| 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 | Invincible | Map of the Problematique |
| Production |
| John Leckie | Rich Costey | Paul Reeve |
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