Assassin (Muse song)

"Assassin" is a song by English Band Muse released on their 2006 album Black Holes and Revelations. The song peaked at number 6 on 7digital's charts in the final week of 2006.^[3]

During recording, the bass drum had a "few" extra microphones, to capture the "most definition possible". These microphones for the bass drum included one inside the drum and two outside. Capacitor microphones were used for the snare drums.

The song is featured on the video game Guitar Hero World Tour.

Description

Bellamy has said this is a "kind of take a gun out and kill somebody" style song. The name of the song had undergone several changes in its early phases, including names such as "Demonocracy", "Auditory Masks" and "Moniker Probes". Early reviews prior to the album's release described the introduction with reference to the Knight Rider theme music.^[4]

The vocals were overdubbed by Bellamy several times to create a barbershop quartet effect, complete with staccato "You-ou-ou-ou-ou"'s and harmonized 7th chords.

Live

The song was initially played live during the 2005 shows, with the original extended version and was brought back in 2006 with a different version of the omitted interlude. The 2006 version featured the interlude with different percussion and no vocals.

The song was dropped from the set lists on July 2, 2007 and wouldn't reappear until March 19, 2015, when the song made a return to the setlist during a performance at the Newport Centre during the Psycho UK Tour after an eight-year absence.

Grand Omega Bosses Edit

An extended version of the song, called the 'Grand Omega Bosses Edit' was featured on the Knights of Cydonia single. This version of the song features an interlude between the first chorus and the second verse. Grand Omega Bosses is an anagram for 'Debase Masons Grog', or 'Message Board Song', a former title during the 2005 cryptography game, used to signify the then-untitled, extended version of "Assassin" on a set list.

Whilst at 3:11 Bellamy can be heard saying 'Go!' in the album version, this was removed on the "Grand Omega Bosses edit".^[5]

References

Muse

Matt Bellamy Chris Wolstenholme Dominic Howard Touring member Morgan Nicholls

Studio albums	Showbiz Origin of Symmetry Absolution Black Holes and Revelations The Resistance The 2nd Law Drones

Live albums	Hullabaloo Soundtrack HAARP Live at Rome Olympic Stadium

Extended plays	Muse Muscle Museum Random 1–8

Videos	Hullabaloo: Live at Le Zenith, Paris Absolution Tour HAARP Live at Rome Olympic Stadium

Singles	"Uno" "Cave" "Muscle Museum" "Sunburn" "Unintended" "Plug In Baby" "New Born" "Bliss" "Hyper Music/Feeling Good" "Dead Star/In Your World" "Stockholm Syndrome" "Time Is Running Out" "Hysteria" "Sing for Absolution" "Apocalypse Please" "Butterflies and Hurricanes" "Supermassive Black Hole" "Starlight" "Knights of Cydonia" "Invincible" "Map of the Problematique" "Uprising" "Undisclosed Desires" "Resistance" "Exogenesis: Symphony" "Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)" "Survival" "Madness" "Follow Me" "Supremacy" "Panic Station" "Dead Inside" "Mercy" "Revolt" "Aftermath" "Reapers"

Other songs	"Citizen Erased" "Micro Cuts" "Hyper Chondriac Music" "Assassin" "Who Knows Who" "United States of Eurasia" "The 2nd Law: Unsustainable" "Animals" "Psycho" "Defector" "The Globalist"

Concert tours	US Campus Invasion Tour 2005 Black Holes and Revelations Tour A Seaside Rendezvous The Resistance Tour The 2nd Law World Tour Psycho Tour Drones World Tour

Related articles	Awards Discography Songs Alessandro Cortini Daniel Newell

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