"Supermassive Black Hole" is the first single by the British rock band Muse from their forthcoming album, Black Holes And Revelations. It was first played on radio stations on May 8 2006, and was released for download on May 9. It will be released on CD on June 19 accompanied by a B-side, "Crying Shame". The track was mixed at Townhouse Studios, London.
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Matthew Bellamy speaks to a French journalist about the new single on 3rd March 2006:
It’s the most different to anything we’ve ever done. We’ve had some Belgian influences: Millionaire, dEUS, Evil Superstars, Soulwax… These groups were the first to mix R&B rhythms with alternative guitar. We’ve added a bit of Prince and Kanye West. The drumbeat isn’t rocky, with Rage Against The Machine riffs underneath. We’ve mixed a lot of things in this track, with a bit of electronica; it’s different, slow, quite funky.
Speaking about the album in another interview, Bellamy said
I was going out dancing in clubs around New York. That helped create tracks like 'Supermassive Black Hole'. Franz (Ferdinand) have done it very well, with that dance type beat going on mixed with alternative guitar and I've always wanted to find that.
The single's accompanying promotional video shows the band playing in a small furniture shop, clad in masks. The video was shot by Floria Sigismondi, who is also known for directing music videos for the likes of The White Stripes and Interpol.
Influences
The main riff has been compared to that of Cameo's 1986 single "Word Up!".
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