“Something Human” by Muse

"Something Human" came out in July 2018 as the third single from Simulation Theory, Muse's eighth album, and it's the English band easing off the throttle for once. Matt Bellamy wrote it first thing after the Drones World Tour, about burning out after too long on the road, and he meant it as a reply to the old line that Muse do everything huge and over the top: something stripped down, lighter than most of Drones. Drummer Dominic Howard has said he simply likes it a lot, and that the first version he heard was just Bellamy singing over his guitar.

On the record Bellamy sings and plays guitar and keyboards, Christopher Wolstenholme plays bass and sings backup, and Howard drums. Rich Costey produced it with the band, and Mark "Spike" Stent mixed it with Michael Freeman.

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