Sunburn (song)

Single infobox |
Name = Sunburn


Artist = Muse
from Album = Showbiz
Released = February 20, 2000
Format = CD/Vinyl 7"/Vinyl 12"
Recorded = 1999
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 3:54
Label = Mushroom MUSH 68 CDS MUSH 68 CDSX
MUSH 68 S (Limited Edition)
NV 3212-1
Motor PRO
Producer = John Leckie
Chart position = *#22 (United Kingdom)
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Last single = "Muscle Museum" (November 1999)
This single = "Sunburn" (February 2000)
Next single = "Unintended" (May 2000)Extra tracklisting
Album = Showbiz
Type = studio
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next_no = 2"Sunburn" is a single by the English rock band Muse from their debut album, "Showbiz". It was the fourth single that the band released, with "Uno", "Cave" and "Muscle Museum" being released previously. The release date in the UK was February 21 2000, and it was released as a two-CD set and an accompanying 7" vinyl. The artwork for the two CDs differed in colour to help distinguish between them: CD one was in red, CD two in yellow. There were also a number of remixes released later the same year: the "Timo Maas Sunstroke Remix", the "Breakz Again Remix" and the "Steven McCreery Remix".It was the first Muse song ever to hit the top 40, and as a result they became better known to the public. Muscle Museum was re-released also reaching the top 40.The song also appears on the Hullabaloo Live DVD and the Absolution DVD. The song featured on a TV advertisement for Apple's iMac. The piano riff also appears in The BBC's coverage of The Masters when they show the scoreboard.

The B-sides "Yes Please" and "Ashamed" appear on the "Hullabaloo Soundtrack" in the B-sides collection.

Music Video

The video for the song includes a young Brooke Kinsella, who later rose to fame as an actress in EastEnders. It shows her babysitting a young boy and she suddenly heads upstairs.

Entering a bedroom, she's in the wardrobe for a few minutes and Bellamy and Wolstenholme appear in the mirrors on the doors either side of her. Before she can see them, they quickly disappear. Standing in front of a giant mirror, she's shocked when Bellamy, Howard and Wolstenholme emerge.

The pressure slowly rising, she struggles to cope with seeing them playing in front of her. Finally, Bellamy's sinister laugh causes her to snap and throw an object, thus smashing the glass.

When the young boy enters, he sees the room in a mess and then looks behind him. In the mirror, Muse have strangely vanished and in their place is the girl.

Track listing

CD 1

#"Sunburn" - 3:54
#"Ashamed" - 3:47
#"Sunburn (Live*)" - 3:49

CD 2

#"Sunburn" - 3:54
#"Yes Please" - 3:06
#"Uno (Live**)" - 3:49

Vinyl 7"

#"Sunburn" - 3:54
#"Sunburn (Live Acoustic***)" - 4:15

Muse Remix 12" Vinyl

#"Sunburn (Timo Maas Sunstroke Remix)" - 6:44
#"Sunburn (Timo Maas Breakz Again Remix)" - 5:27
#"Sunburn (Steven McCreery Remix)" - 7:49

*"Recorded live at Libro Halle in Vienna (20/12/99)" **"Recorded live at Sound Republic, London, for XFM (04/10/99)" ***" Recorded live on US Radio KCRW for "Morning Becomes Eclectic" (08/03/99)"

External links

* [http://www.muse.mu Muse Official Site]