Plug In Baby

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“Plug In Baby”
“Plug In Baby” cover
Single by Muse
from the album Origin of Symmetry
Released 05 March 2001
Format CD/Vinyl 7"
Recorded 2000
Genre Alternative rock
Length 3:39
Label Mushroom
MUSH 89 CDS
MUSH 89 CDSX
MUSH 89S
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Producer David Bottrill
Muse singles chronology
"Unintended"
(May 2000)		 "Plug In Baby"
(March 2001)		 "New Born"
(June 2001)
Origin of Symmetry track listing
"Hyper Music"
(4)		 "Plug In Baby"
(5)		 "Citizen Erased"
(6)

"Plug In Baby" is a single by the English progressive rock band Muse from their second album, Origin of Symmetry. It was the first single that the band released from this album. The release date in the UK was 05 March 2001, and was released as a two-CD set and an accompanying limited edition 7" vinyl. The song also appears on the Hullabaloo, Absolution Tour and the H.A.A.R.P DVDs. There is a representation of three aliens on the single front cover made by Tanya Andrew, allegedly a then girlfriend of singer and guitarist Matthew Bellamy.

The meaning of this song is unknown, but some have suggested that it could also be about his love for the electric guitar, and how he only has to plug it in and play, for all his critics to be proven wrong ('crucifies my enemies'). Bizarrely, it could be about genetically engineering puppies to remain young and live forever, as Matt Bellamy has stated jovially in a magazine interview.[1]

This song is widely praised for its intro riff, almost instantly recognisable for use of a rising triad motif to move through a distinctively harmonic minor scale. It made it to #5 in Kerrang!'s Top 50 Riffs. The beginning of the riff shows similarities to Bach's "Toccata and Fugue". Bellamy has also stated in a 2005 interview that it elaborates on the riff from DJ Shadow's track Organ Donor.

The B-side "Nature_1" featured on the Hullabaloo Soundtrack in the B-sides collection.

Contents

[edit] Music Video

It shows the band playing in a single bedroom. As it progresses, many young women dressed in smart clothes start to arrive, appearing to be human but instead of normal legs, their legs are masses of undulating, silvery tentacle-like limbs.

At the very end, it shows Matt Bellamy holding his guitar upside-down and creating feedback.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD 1

  1. "Plug In Baby" - 3:40
  2. "Nature_1" - 3:39
  3. "Execution Commentary" - 2:30
  4. "Plug In Baby Video" - 3:40

[edit] CD 2

  1. "Plug In Baby" - 3:40
  2. "Spiral Static" - 4:43
  3. "Bedroom Acoustics" - 2:34

[edit] Vinyl 7"

  1. "Plug In Baby" - 3:40
  2. "Nature_1" - 3:39

[edit] French CD Release

  1. "Plug In Baby" - 3:40
  2. "Nature_1" - 3:39

[edit] Japanese CD Release

  1. "Plug In Baby" - 3:40
  2. "Nature_1" - 3:39
  3. "Execution Commentary" - 2:28
  4. "Bedroom Acoustics" - 2:35

[edit] Dutch CD Release

  1. "Plug In Baby"- 3:40
  2. "Nature_1" - 3:39
  3. "Spiral Static" - 4:43
  4. "Plug In Baby" - Video

[edit] German CD Release

  1. "Plug In Baby" - 3:40
  2. "Nature_1" - 3:39
  3. "Execution Commentary" - 2:28
  4. "Spiral Static - 4:43
  5. "Bedroom Acoustics" - 2:35


[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Interview with Matt Bellamy. Retrieved on 2 January 2007.

[edit] External links

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