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The "Hyper Music" side of the artwork. |
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| Single by Muse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| from the album Origin of Symmetry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B-side | "Shine" "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" "Hyper Music" (Live) "Feeling Good" (Live) |
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| Released | 19 November 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Format | 7", 2CD, Promo CD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Alternative metal (Hyper Music) Symphonic rock (Feeling Good) |
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| Length | 3:20 (Hyper Music) 3:19 (Feeling Good) |
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| Label | Taste/Mushroom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Matthew Bellamy (Hyper Music) Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley (Feeling Good) |
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| Producer | John Leckie, Muse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Hyper Music/Feeling Good" is the ninth single by English alternative rock band Muse, and the fourth from their second album, Origin of Symmetry. It was released on 7" vinyl—as a double A-side—and double CD—backed with "Shine" and a cover of The Smiths' "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want"—on 19 November 2001 and reached #24 in the UK Singles Chart[1]—the lowest of all four singles released from Origin of Symmetry, though sold better than all of them except "Plug in Baby".
"Hyper Music" was written by vocalist and guitarist Matthew Bellamy and "Feeling Good" was written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley for the 1965 musical The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd and famously covered by jazz/soul singer Nina Simone. A softer, acoustic version of "Hyper Music" with a quieter guitar piece and a recurring keyboard piece was recorded under the title of "Hyper Chondriac Music" and featured on the first—the 'B-sides'—disc of the 2002 album Hullabaloo Soundtrack.
"Feeling Good" was ranked as the fifth best cover version in a poll by Total Guitar in 2008.[2] Later in 2010, Muse's cover of "Feeling Good" was ranked by NME as the greatest cover song of all time in September 2010. Over 15,000 people voted it to number one beating The Beatles' version of "Twist and Shout" and Johnny Cash's "Hurt". The Muse version of 'feeling good' was used by Nescafé for their advertising, but without the band's permission, so Nescafé replaced it with the Nina Simone version. Muse were subsequently paid settlement money, which they donated to Oxfam. In a poll by Total Guitar of "the best covers ever", the Muse version came 5th in the list. Virgin Atlantic Airways used the Muse version as the soundtrack for a global television commercial which debuted in October 2010. The ad prominently features the song as accompaniment to a surreal sequence of vignettes depicting Virgin Atlantic cabin crew members, reminiscent of the front cover of the muse album 'Absolution' with the crew in flight.
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The music video, directed by David Slade, for Feeling Good features Muse playing in a red room and people with deformed faces are climbing up the walls in the background.
| 7" (MUSH97S) | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Hyper Music" | Matthew Bellamy | 3:23 | ||||||
| 2. | "Feeling Good" | Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley | 3:18 | ||||||
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Total length:
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6:41 | ||||||||
| CD1: "Hyper Music/Feeling Good" (MUSH97CDS) | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Hyper Music" | Bellamy | 3:23 | ||||||
| 2. | "Feeling Good" (live) | Bricusse, Newley | 3:01 | ||||||
| 3. | "Shine" | Bellamy | 3:16 | ||||||
| 4. | "Hyper Music" (music video) | Bellamy | 3:23 | ||||||
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Total length:
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13:03 | ||||||||
| CD2: "Feeling Good/Hyper Music" (MUSH97CDSX) | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Feeling Good" | Bricusse, Newley | 3:18 | ||||||
| 2. | "Hyper Music" (live) | Bellamy | 3:31 | ||||||
| 3. | "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want" (The Smiths cover) | Morrissey, Johnny Marr | 1:58 | ||||||
| 4. | "Feeling Good" (music video) | Bricusse, Newley | 3:18 | ||||||
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Total length:
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12:05 | ||||||||
| Promo 1 (MUSE 18) | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Feeling Good" | Bricusse, Newley | 3:18 | ||||||
| 2. | "Hyper Music" (radio edit) | Bellamy | 2:58 | ||||||
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Total length:
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6:16 | ||||||||
| Promo 2 (MUSE 19) | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Feeling Good" (radio edit) | Bricusse, Newley | 3:18 | ||||||
| 2. | "Hyper Music" (radio edit) | Bellamy | 2:58 | ||||||
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Total length:
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6:16 | ||||||||
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United Kingdom | 19 November 2001 | Taste/Mushroom | 7" | MUSH97S |
| 2CD | MUSH97CDS/MUSH97CDSX | |||
| 2 promos | MUSE18/MUSE19 |
"Feeling Good" is featured in the 2008 film Seven Pounds, starring Will Smith.
The song is also featured in the video game The Saboteur.
It is also featured in Doctor Who Confidential Season 2 episode "New New Doctor", played as montage music and in Season 3 episode "The Election" of Queer as Folk.
Season 8 American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert performed "Feeling Good" on the show, using the arrangement of Muse's version.
The song "Feeling Good" is also featured in the BBC programme "Luther" episode 3, starring Idris Elba and Ruth Wilson.
Muse successfully sued Nescafé in 2003 when their song "Feeling Good" was used in a television advert without permission, donating the £500,000 compensation to Oxfam.[3]
"Feeling Good" is used in Virgin Atlantic's 2010 commercial run in the United States, "001".[4]
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