Starlight (song)

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"Starlight"
"Starlight" cover
Single by Muse
from the album
Black Holes and Revelations
B-side "Easily"
Released 4 September 2006
Format 7", CD, DVD, download
Genre Alternative rock
Progressive Rock
Length 3:59
Label Helium 3, Warner Bros.
Producer Rich Costey
Muse singles chronology
"Supermassive Black Hole"
(June 2006)		 "Starlight"
(September 2006)		 "Knights of Cydonia"
(November 2006)
Black Holes and Revelations track listing
"Take a Bow"
(1)		 "Starlight"
(2)		 "Supermassive Black Hole"
(3)

"Starlight" is a song by English alternative rock band Muse and is the second track on their 2006 album Black Holes and Revelations. "Starlight" was released on September 4, 2006 in the United Kingdom,[1] making it the second single released from Black Holes and Revelations. The song peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] It was also the second single from the album released in the United States, and became the band's highest-peaking single on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, reaching number 2.[3] The song was first played live during the Radio 1's Big Weekend festival in summer 2006.[4] Starlight is usually played live with the guitars tuned half a step down.

Despite its simplicity, "Starlight" was the most difficult song to write on Black Holes and Revelations. It underwent multiple recordings before the final version was produced.[5]

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"Starlight" was first written in the band's practice studio in late 2004. The song was influenced by American rock band The Strokes. Bassist Chris Wolstenholme said that it was "a love song about missing someone, friends, family, someone you love."[6] Lead singer Matthew Bellamy commented that he first wrote the song on a boat in bad weather.[7]

In a separate interview with Tom Wilson and Lara Matthews, posted on MuseLive Forums, Wolstenholme was asked what he thought "was the hardest song on the album to record?" His response was "Starlight," stating it "was one of the songs we went around in circles with, and we recorded maybe six or seven different versions of it."[5]

Muse worked with Paul Minor on Starlight's music video, which was filmed off Los Angeles.[1] In the video, the band perform on the deck of a handysize bulk carrier. Band members are also carrying flares, in an attempt to "get rescued," but in the end this fails and they are abandoned.[6] This relates to the song's lyrics, which mentions ships and abandonment.[7]

Matthew Bellamy stated in an interview with The Sunday Mail that the band wanted to "create the idea of a band lost at sea because we see ourselves as being outside what's happening in the music scene." He also told the interviewer, Billy Sloan, that "it was an epic feeling playing on a huge platform with the sea all around us."[1]

"Starlight" received mixed critical reviews, from various publishers.

NME's review was harshly critical of the song, with the reviewer stating that the song "is a tune so chart-hungry it's virtually dry-humping JK And Joel's legs."[8]

MusicOMH stated that the song was "a track perfectly at home on drivetime radio" while saying it "showcases another side to the band's music and their staggering breadth of appeal."[9]

Meanwhile, Leeds Music Scene reviewer Maria Pinto-Fernandes gave "Starlight" a glowing review, with a score of 4.5 stars out of 5. In her review, she commented that "the band's musical arrangements on the track do not come into being just by accident." She also stated that the song was just as passionate when performed live as when heard on CD.[10]

"Starlight" entered the UK Singles Chart the week of September 3 at number 38 via digital downloads. The following week, and with the physical release in the UK, the single peaked at number 13. Since then, the single's chart position steadily declined, and it remained in the Top 75 after fifteen weeks, during the week of December 11, 2006. The next week, "Starlight" had fallen out of the Top 75.[11]

"Starlight" has also peaked at number 2 on Billboard's Modern Rock Chart, Muse's highest charting single to date on any major chart. It also charted in at #9 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2006.[12] It was also ranked at #4 on Colombian radio station Radiónica's 2006 top 100.[13]

  1. "Starlight" - 3:59[14]
  2. "Supermassive Black Hole" (Phones Control Voltage mix) - 4:19

  1. "Starlight" - 3:59[14]
  2. "Easily" - 3:40

  1. "Starlight" (video) - 4:07[14]
  2. "Starlight" (audio) - 3:59
  3. "Starlight" (making of the video)
  4. "Hidden Track"*

The 'hidden track'* on the DVD release is a short song. It is sung in a distorted falsetto voice with profane lyrics (largely variations of the word 'fuck' with some instruments in the background. The cowbell click-track was left in the song.[15]

  1. ^ a b c Shock Muse from the US. The Sunday Mail. Retrieved on 2007-08-21.
  2. ^ Muse announce new single (2006-07-20). Retrieved on 2006-08-16.
  3. ^ Artist Chart History - Muse. Billboard. Retrieved on 2006-12-28.
  4. ^ Muse make comeback at Radio 1 Big Weekend. NME. Retrieved on 22 August 2006.
  5. ^ a b Interview with Chris Wolstenholme. Tom Wilson, Lara Matthews. MuseLive. Retrieved on 2007-08-21.
  6. ^ a b Muse Get Stuck At Sea — Without Unicorns — In 'Starlight' Clip. VH1. Retrieved on 2007-08-21.
  7. ^ a b Starlight (song). MuseWiki. Retrieved on 2007-08-21.
  8. ^ Reviews: Muse: Starlight. NME. Retrieved on 2007-08-26.
  9. ^ Muse - Starlight: Track review. Michael Hubbard. MusicOMH. Retrieved on 2007-08-26.
  10. ^ Muse - Starlight - CD review. Maria Pinto-Fernandes. Leeds Music Scene. Retrieved on 2007-08-27.
  11. ^ Music Charts - The Official UK Top 75 Singles: Week of Mon 11 Dec. UK Singles Chart. Retrieved on 2006-12-10.
  12. ^ Hottest 100, 2006. Triple J. Retrieved on 2007-08-23.
  13. ^ Top 100 of 2006. Radiónica. Retrieved on 2007-08-23.
  14. ^ a b c HMV.co.uk: singles: Starlight (2006). Retrieved on 2006-09-06.
  15. ^ Hidden Track. Muse Syndrome. Retrieved on 2007-11-05.

v • d • e
Muse
Matthew Bellamy · Dominic Howard · Christopher Wolstenholme
Studio albums Showbiz · Origin of Symmetry · Absolution · Black Holes and Revelations
Compilations and Live DVDs Hullabaloo Soundtrack · Absolution Tour · The Haarp Tour: Live From Wembley
Demos and Extended plays This Is a Muse Demo · Muse · Muscle Museum EP · 2 Tracks Demo · Random 1-8 (Japan only) · Plug In Baby EP · New Born EP · Dead Star/In Your World (Japan & France only)
Singles "Uno" · "Cave" · "Muscle Museum" · "Sunburn" · "Unintended" · "Plug In Baby" · "New Born" · "Bliss" · "Hyper Music/Feeling Good" · "Dead Star/In Your World" · "Stockholm Syndrome" · "Time Is Running Out" · "Hysteria" · "Sing for Absolution" · "Apocalypse Please" · "Butterflies and Hurricanes" · "Supermassive Black Hole" · "Starlight" · "Knights of Cydonia" · "Invincible" · "Map of the Problematique"
Production John Leckie · Rich Costey · Paul Reeve
Related articles Discography
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