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“Compliance” by Muse
From the album Will of the People (2022)
“Compliance” by Muse appears on 4 radio countdowns from 4 stations in 2022. It was first released in 2022 on the album Will of the People. Its best result is #12 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2022. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #16 alternative song of 2022 and #95 of the '20s.
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"Compliance" was the second single from Will of the People, Muse's ninth studio album, arriving in March 2022 with "Won't Stand Down" already out ahead of it. The band teased it days earlier with a cryptic short video and a note spelling out the idea: powerful forces, from gangs and governments to demagogues, religions and social media algorithms, sell people safety and comfort when they're at their most vulnerable, and the price is signing on to a narrow worldview and tuning out your own reason and compassion. The title names what they're really after.
Matt Bellamy wrote it and sings and plays guitar, with Christopher Wolstenholme on bass and Dominic Howard on drums. Muse produced it themselves with extra production from Aleks von Korff, and Serban Ghenea and Bryce Bordone mixed this dance-rock turn.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2022 | 91 |
| 2022 | 12 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2022 | 106 |
| 2022 | 16 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2022 | 88 |
| 2022 | 29 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2022 | 50 |
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