Song · Muse
“Bliss” by Muse
From the album Origin of Symmetry (2001)
“Bliss” by Muse appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2001. It was first released in 2001 on the album Origin of Symmetry. Its best result is #80 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #497 alternative song of 2001.
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"Bliss" went out in August 2001 as the third single from Origin of Symmetry, Muse's second album, and it's space rock with the synths cranked. Synthesiser arpeggios whirl it into being and whirl it back out, and in between Christopher Wolstenholme's bass and the synths do the heavy lifting while Dominic Howard hammers away and Matt Bellamy, who wrote it alone, stretches his voice for the ceiling as the song slips from C minor into the major for the chorus.
Bellamy has called it his favourite, because those retro keyboard patterns carried him back to a children's music programme he heard at the age of five, and to a simpler, happier frame of mind. David Bottrill produced it with the band, and the video pitches Bellamy off a ledge into a long fall down a shaft through space.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 80 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2001 | 100 |
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