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“Psycho” by Muse
From the album Drones (2015)
“Psycho” by Muse appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations in 2015. It was first released in 2015 on the album Drones. Its best result is #19 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 2015. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #146 alternative song of 2015.
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"Psycho" was the first taste of Drones, Muse's seventh studio album, arriving as a promotional single in March 2015 and later riding along as the B-side of "Dead Inside". Its central riff had been kicking around the band's live shows for years, most famously in the outro of "Stockholm Syndrome", and the NME called the song sixteen years in the making.
Mutt Lange produced it with the band and Rich Costey mixed, and the result stomps: hard rock and glam with a nu metal edge, guitars that Fuse likened to Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People". Matt Bellamy sings, plays guitar and Hammond organ, Christopher Wolstenholme holds the bass and Dominic Howard drums. The band wanted drill-sergeant audio from Full Metal Jacket, couldn't get the rights and staged their own, and Bellamy himself called the lyrics too offensive for radio.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 19 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2015 | 91 |
| 2015 | 48 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 2015 | 50 |
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