Bliss (Muse song)

"Bliss"
The "Bliss" CD1 cover.
Single by Muse
from the album Origin of Symmetry
B-side	"The Gallery" "Hyper Chondriac Music" "Screenager" (Live) "New Born" (Live)
Released	20 August 2001
Format	7" CD, Maxi-CD, DVD
Genre	New prog, space rock
Length	4:13 (Album Version) 4:36 (Single Version) 3:46 (Radio Edit)
Label	Mushroom
Writer(s)	Matthew Bellamy
Producer	John Leckie, David Bottrill, Muse
Muse singles chronology
"New Born" (June 2001) "Bliss" (August 2001) "Hyper Music" / "Feeling Good" (November 2001)
Alternative cover The "Bliss" CD2 cover.

"Bliss" is a song by English rock band Muse and is the second track on their second album, Origin of Symmetry. It was also released as the third single from that album in the United Kingdom on 20 August 2001 (see 2001 in British music).

Matthew Bellamy has said "Bliss" is his favourite song "because it's got all these 80s arpeggios and keyboards on it which remind me of some music I heard on some children’s music programme when I was five. I think I ripped it off that. And that reminds me of when I was a bit simpler, a bit more of a pleasant state."

Christopher Wolstenholme said: "We have just always loved playing that song live. Even if you don't know the song it has one of those disco-ey feels to it but recorded in a rock way. It was one of those songs that when we play it live you always know if you are having a bad gig - it will be the song that will get the crowd going."^{[citation needed]}

During the tour in promotion of Origin of Symmetry, "Bliss" was usually played as the final song, often coinciding with the release of giant balloons from the venues' roof. At a gig in Australia during the HAARP tour, balloons were released onto the stage, with Bellamy using his guitar to pop them.

Track listing

• CD 1(UK)
  

  

  Bliss

1. "Bliss" - 4:36
2. "The Gallery" - 3:32
3. "Screenager" (live) - 4:00
4. "Bliss" (video) - 4:36

• CD 2(UK)

1. "Bliss" - 4:36
2. "Hyper Chondriac Music" - 5:30
3. "New Born" (live) - 5:57

• CD (France only)

1. "Bliss" - 4:36
2. "Screenager" (live) - 4:00

• 7" Vinyl

1. "Bliss" - 4:36
2. "Hyper Chondriac Music" - 5:30

• EP (Germany Edition only)

1. "Bliss" - 4:36
2. "The Gallery" - 3:32
3. "Screenager" (live) - 4:00
4. "Hyper Chondriac Music" - 5:30
5. "New Born" (live) - 5:57

• DVD (limited edition)

1. "Bliss (DVD audio) - 4:36
2. "Photo gallery"
3. "Lyrics"
4. "Discography"
5. "Making of Bliss" (video)

• Promo

1. "Bliss" (Radio Edit) - 3:46

Music video

The music video features Matt Bellamy standing on a ledge then the song begins as he leaps and begins falling through a shaft in space. The shaft looks to be on a space station possibly on an abandoned planet, but the clear technology looks to be futuristic and well beyond what exists at this time. The other band members can be seen throughout the video watching Matt Bellamy as he falls each in their own pods along the shaft that Matt Bellamy is falling through. As the song reaches its climax he exits the shaft into space and towards what looks like a nebula or a star's photo-sphere. At that points the light causes him to fade out as he begins to turn into dust as he edges closer to a white light and the song fades out.

External links

• Muse - official website