Madness (Muse song)
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| Single by Muse | ||||||||||||||||||
| from the album The 2nd Law | ||||||||||||||||||
| Released | 20 August 2012 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Recorded | October 2011 – July 2012 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Writer(s) | Matt Bellamy | |||||||||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Muse | |||||||||||||||||
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"Madness" is a song by English rock band Muse. It is the second track on the band's sixth studio album, The 2nd Law, and the second single to be released from the album. The song was released as a digital download on 20 August 2012. It was written by Muse frontman Matthew Bellamy and produced by the band themselves. The official music video for the song premiered on 5 September 2012. It spent 19 weeks at the summit of Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, making it the longest running number-one song on the chart, beating out the previous record of 18 weeks set by Foo Fighters' "The Pretender". The song earned a nomination in the Best Rock Song category at the 2013 Grammy Awards, but lost to "Lonely Boy" by the Black Keys. The song was featured in Turner Broadcasting's promotions for the 2013 March Madness games on TBS and TNT.
"Madness" is an electronic rock,synthpop,soft rock, and R&B song. According to NME, "Madness" draws influences from Queen's "I Want to Break Free", George Michael's "Faith" and some instrumental elements of his other hit "I Want Your Sex". During a preview of The 2nd Law on French site Jeuxactu, the song was said to resemble Depeche Mode and described as "calm, languid and sweet".Matthew Bellamy stated that the song started as a personal reflection after a fight with his girlfriend Kate Hudson, and how, after she had gone to her mother's house, he began to realise "yeah, she was right, wasn't she?" In a separate interview, Bellamy stated the song was the band's attempt to strip down the sound of the album, and that the song has its roots in 12 bar blues with gospel, soul and R&B influences. He went on to conclude that, "It's the song I'm probably most proud of on the album for sure."
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