- Apocalypse Please
Single infobox |
Name = Apocalypse Please
Artist = Muse
from Album = Absolution
Released =23 August 2004
Format = Download only
Recorded = 2003
Genre =Alternative rock Progressive rock
Length = 4:12
Label =
Producer =Rich Costey , Muse
Chart position =
NoReviews =
Last single = "Sing for Absolution " (May 2004)
This single = "Apocalypse Please" (August 2004)
Next single = "Butterflies and Hurricanes " (September 2004)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Absolution
Type = studio
prev_track = "Intro (to Apocalypse Please)"
prev_no = 1
this_track = "Apocalypse Please"
track_no = 2
next_track = "Time Is Running Out "
next_no = 3 "Apocalypse Please" is a single by the Englishrock band Muse from their third studio album, Absolution. The single, a live version of the album track, was recorded at the band's headline performance at Glastonbury. Like Stockholm Syndrome, Apocalypse Please was released as a download only single, except this time all the profits made went to charity. A live video of the band performing the song was made available."
Apocalypse Please" is characterised by martial percussion and crashing piano chords, to create an intense and violent mood, encouraged by lyrics such the warning in the repeated chorus, "This is the end of the world". Apparently the song was originally a complex orchestral piece, until it was decided during pre-production to simplify it; its simplicity complements its energy and violence.Media
An instrumental version of the song appears in the trailers of the films "Unleashed" (a.k.a. "Danny the Dog") and "30 Days of Night".
It was used in
Emmerdale when the character, namedZoe Tate , blew up Home Farm and left the village.External links
* [http://muse.mu/ Official Muse website]
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