Map of the Problematique
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| Single by Muse from the album Black Holes & Revelations |
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| Released | 18 June 2007 | |||||||||||||
| Format | Download | |||||||||||||
| Genre | Alternative Rock Progressive Rock |
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| Length | 4:18 | |||||||||||||
| Label | Helium 3, Warner Bros. | |||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Matthew Bellamy, Dominic Howard, Chris Wolstenholme |
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| Producer | Rich Costey | |||||||||||||
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"Map of the Problematique" is a song by English rock band Muse and is the fourth track on their 2006 album Black Holes & Revelations. The song was released as the fifth single from that album in the United Kingdom on June 18, 2007 as a digital download only (see 2007 in British music).[1] The release date followed the two concerts Muse performed at Wembley Stadium on June 16 and June 17.[2]
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[edit] Track listings
- Digital single
- "Map of the Problematique"
- "Map of the Problematique" (Does It Offend You, Yeah? remix)
- UK iTunes Store exclusive
- "Map of the Problematique" (AOL Session)
- Muse.mu (official site) exclusive
- "Map of the Problematique" (Rich Costey edit)
- "Map of the Problematique" (Live from Wembley Stadium)
- Wembley Digital Souvenir Pack
[edit] Chart Performance
The song reached number 18 in the UK singles chart in its first week of release. The song has been more successful than "Invincible", the previous single.
[edit] In popular culture
The song has been used in numerous television adverts through 2006 and 2007, including British Science fiction Television series Primeval TV Spots for the 2006 film Children of Men and during Live Earth. It has also been featured on Top Gear during Season 10 Episodes 1 and 5 and, in the UK, samples were played on golfing events either before advertisements or when it moves on to another part of the event.
[edit] Trivia
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- It was rated at #82 in Q Magazine's 100 lost tracks of 2006 list.
- The song has been closely compared to "Enjoy the Silence" by Depeche Mode due to its similar chord progression and arrangement. Muse frontman Matt Bellamy has also cited Depeche Mode as inspiration for the song in interviews.[3]
- "World Problematique" is claimed to be a term created by the Club of Rome to describe the set of complex, interconnected, important problems facing humankind. More on World Problematique.
- The first line of the song is "Fear and panic in the air." The two moons of Mars: Phobos and Deimos, translate to mean "fear" and "terror" (or "panic"). Mars is the fourth planet in our solar system, and Map of the Problematique is the fourth song on its album.
- At the end of live performances of the song, the guitar riff from Rage Against the Machine's cover of Maggie's Farm is played.
- It is possible that the spelling of "problematique" is a reference to Beethoven's "Piano Sonata No. 8", which is commonly known as "Pathetique", as Matt Bellamy is heavily influenced by classical music.
- Further analogies and similarities can be heard between the song and Rachmaninoff's"Prelude Op. 23 No.5 in G minor" particularly in the piano or keyboard chord progressions used in the song. Bellamy is noted to be influenced by the piano works of Rachmaninoff, this having been previously cited in the numerous interviews he gave in and around the time of the band's Origin of Symmetry era. In particular, Bellamy has performed the opening of the G minor Prelude live before moving into the main body of the song 'Screenager'.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Muse - official website.
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