Sing for Absolution

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“Sing for Absolution”
“Sing for Absolution” cover
Single by Muse
from the album Absolution
B-side "Fury"
Released May 17, 2004
Format 7", CD, DVD
Genre Alternative rock
Progressive Rock
Length 4:54
Label East West Records
Producer Rich Costey, Muse
Muse singles chronology
"Hysteria"
(December 2003)		 "Sing for Absolution"
(May 2004)		 "Apocalypse Please"
(August 2004)
Absolution track listing
"Time Is Running Out"
(3)		 "Sing For Absolution"
(4)		 "Stockholm Syndrome"
(5)

"Sing for Absolution" is a song by English rock band Muse from their third studio album, Absolution. It was released in May 2004 as the fourth single from that album, peaking at #16 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2004 in British music). The song also appears on the Absolution Tour DVD. A live acoustic version of the song serves as a B-side for the "Butterflies and Hurricanes" single. Usually it is played live with the guitars tuned half a step down.

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[edit] Video

This video was produced by ARK of Sheffield, UK and released in May 2004. It depicts a populated civilised planet, probably a New Earth on which humans have settled. Muse are on a rocket heading into space. Along the way, they pass through galaxies and media boards saying "the ice age is coming". The rocket collides with an asteroid and crashes on an orange desolate planet, speculated to be Earth in the distant future. As the camera zooms out, the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben in London can be seen as ruins.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] UK versions

  • 7" EW285, CD EW285CD
  1. "Sing for Absolution" - 4:55
  2. "Fury" - 5:02
  • DVD EW285DVD
  1. "Sing for Absolution" (video)
  2. "Sing for Absolution" (audio)
  3. "Sing for Absolution" (making of the video)
  4. "Big Day Off" (video)
  5. Artwork Gallery of the band

[edit] Dutch versions

Released by Pias Records[citation needed]

  • CD1 Pias-482.2023.122
  1. "Sing for Absolution" (radio edit)
  2. "Bliss" (live)
  3. "Sunburn" (live)
    • Recorded at Ahoy', 6 November 2003
  4. "Feeling Good" (live)
    • Recorded at Ahoy', 6 November 2003
  • CD2 Pias-482.2023.172
  1. "Sing for Absolution" (album version)
  2. "Time Is Running Out" (video)
  3. "Hysteria" (video)
  4. "Sing for Absolution" (video)
  • CD3 Pias-482.2023.125
  1. "Sing for Absolution"
  2. "Time Is Running Out" (live)"
  3. "Ruled By Secrecy (live)"
  4. "The Small Print (live)"

[edit] External links

  • Muse - official website.
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