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“Stockholm Syndrome” by Muse
From the album Absolution (2003)
“Stockholm Syndrome” by Muse appears on 14 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2003 and 2014. It was first released in 2003 on the album Absolution. Its best result is #42 (tie) on the WBER Listener Countdown 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #112 alternative song of 2005 and #1,414 alternative song of all time.
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"Stockholm Syndrome" was the first taste of Muse's third album, Absolution, turned loose in July 2003 as a download sold only through the band's own website, and it hits like a wrecking ball swung by a conservatory kid. Matt Bellamy wrote the words, sings them and handles guitar and keyboards, riding a riff that sounds desperate to tear through the speakers, while Chris Wolstenholme's bass and Dominic Howard's drums pound away underneath.
Rich Costey produced it with the band and mixed it, keeping the prog-sized ambition and the metal-sized racket in the same room, with extra voices credited to Symphony of Voices. The video was filmed with a thermal camera; America got a second clip, staged as a performance on a make-believe talk show. In 2005 Q placed it at number 44 on its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 42 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003 | 100 |
| 2005 | 83 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2005 | 107 |
| 2005 | 65 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2005 | 91 |
| 2005 | 59 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2005 | 106 |
| 2005 | 123 | Y100 Philadelphia, PA | Y100 Top 150 Songs of 2005 | 150 |
| 2005 | 42 (tie) | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2005 | 230 |
| 2005 | 143 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 99 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2008 | 116 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) | 2009 |
| 2009 | 114 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) | 2010 |
| 2010 | 112 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) | 2011 |
| 2011 | 107 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) | 2011 |
| 2013 | 106 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) | 2012 |
| 2014 | 106 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) | 2013 |
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