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“Undisclosed Desires” by Muse

From the album The Resistance (2009)

“Undisclosed Desires” by Muse appears on 41 radio countdowns from 30 stations between 2009 and 2026. It was first released in 2009 on the album The Resistance. Its best result is #2 on the X96 Top 50 Songs of 2010. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #16 alternative song of 2010, #4,513 alternative song of all time and #30 of the '10s.

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"Undisclosed Desires" came out in November 2009 as the second single from The Resistance, Muse's fifth album, and it's the moment the band traded bombast for a slinky synth-pop strut. Matt Bellamy wrote it and has called it a personal song about him and his girlfriend, and he pointed to contemporary R&B and a pinch of David Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes" as the influences. For once he doesn't play guitar or piano on it: Dominic Howard programmed the beats, Christopher Wolstenholme lays down slap bass, and Edoardo de Angelis adds violin.

Muse produced it with Paul Reeve helping on the vocals, and Mark "Spike" Stent mixed. It stalled at 49 in the UK but went platinum in Australia, where it became their highest-charting single.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

Indie & Adult Alternative

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2009 77 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2009 89
2009 19 Triple J Australia (national) Triple J Hottest 100 of 2009 100
2010 25 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 30 Songs of 2010 30
2010 15 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2010 91
2010 20 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 57 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 47 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON 89X Top 89 Songs of 2010 89
2010 75 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2010 101
2010 58 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2010 102
2010 76 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2010 99
2010 28 FM 102/1 Milwaukee, WI FM 102/1 Top 50 of 2010 50
2010 85 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2010 94
2010 21 KJEE 92.9 Santa Barbara, CA KJEE Top 92 Songs of 2010 91
2010 47 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL Buzz 103.1 The 103 Most Played Buzz Cuts of 2010 103
2010 90 105.7 The Point St. Louis, MO 105.7 The Point Top 105 Songs of 2010 105
2010 23 ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2010 51
2010 14 96X Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA 96X Top 20 of 2010 20
2010 28 103.1 The River Kalispell-Flathead Valley, MT 103.1 The River Top 103 of 2010 102
2010 48 94.1 The Zone Rochester, NY 94.1 The Zone Most Played Songs of 2010 91
2010 30 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2010 103
2010 18 Channel 92.3 San Jose / San Francisco Bay Area, CA Channel 92.3 Top 92 Songs of 2010 92
2010 14 90.5 WERG Erie, PA WERG Top 90 of 2010 90
2010 2 X96 Salt Lake City, UT X96 Top 50 Songs of 2010 50
2010 50 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2010 88
2010 61 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 Slugtunez of 2010 94
2010 14 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2010 99
2010 35 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME WCYY Top 50 of 2010 50
2010 11 WBRU Providence, RI WBRU Top 95 Songs of 2010 95
2011 77 CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2011 102
2011 76 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2011 99
2011 9 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2011 94
2011 45 X107.5 Las Vegas, NV X107.5 Top 50 Songs That Didn't Suck 2011 50
2011 39 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL 97X Top 97 of 2011 97
2011 33 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME WCYY Top 50 Songs of 2011 50
2011 54 KSLG Eureka (Humboldt County), CA KSLG Top 94 Slugtracks of 2011 94

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2011 1605 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1665 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1733 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2020 15 X96 X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade 100
2022 404 101X 101X 500 (2022) 498
2026 458 101X 101X 500 (2026) 500

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