Reapers (song)

"Reapers"
Promotional single by Muse from the album Drones
Released 29 May 2015 (2015-05-29)
Format Digital download
Recorded The Warehouse Studio
(Vancouver, British Columbia)[1]
Genre
Length 5:59
Label
Writer Matthew Bellamy
Producer
Drones track listing

"Mercy"
(4)		 "Reapers"
(5)		 "The Handler"
(6)
Drones track listing

"Reapers" is a song by English rock band Muse. It serves as the fifth track and second promotional single from the band's seventh studio album Drones. The song has peaked at number 75 on the French Singles Chart, number 71 on the Swiss Hitparade singles chart, number 37 on Billboard's Hot Rock Songs, and number 8 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs; it is the band's highest-charting track to date on the latter.

Video

An official lyric video for the song was uploaded to the band's official YouTube channel on 29 May 2015.[2] Rolling Stone magazine called it "brutal and chilling ... fittingly blunt, depicting a man caught in the crosshairs of a drone and running for his life while a woman with red lipstick waits to pull the trigger."[3]

Critical reception

In an album review for The Observer, Kitty Empire commented that the pacy song "exposes the overlap between the unfeeling destruction of drone warfare and the unfeeling destruction wrought by people tearing each other apart," referring to Muse frontman Matt Bellamy's break-up from fiancée Kate Hudson. She also compared Bellamy to Yngwie Malmsteen, noting that the song contains "meaty riffs."[4]

Track listing

Digital download
No. Title Length
1. "Reapers"   5:59

Charts

Chart (2015–16) Peak
Position
France (SNEP)[5] 75
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] 71
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[7] 37
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[8] 8

References

  1. ↑ Drones (album liner notes). Muse. Warner Bros. Records / Helium-3. 2015.
  2. ↑ "Muse - Reapers [Official Lyric Video]". YouTube. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Blistein, Jon (2 June 2015). "Muse Rage Against 'Reapers' and 'The Handlers' on New Songs". Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Empire, Kitty (7 June 2015). "Muse: Drones review – an Orwellian breakup album". The Observer. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Muse – Reapers" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Muse – Reapers". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Muse – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for Muse. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Muse – Chart history" Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs for Muse. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
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