Hyper Music/Feeling Good

"Hyper Music/Feeling Good"
The "Hyper Music" side of the artwork.
Single by Muse
from the album Origin of Symmetry
B-side	"Shine" (CD1) "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" (CD2)
Released	19 November 2001
Format	7" CD
Genre	Alternative metal, hard rock
Length	3:23 ("Hyper Music") 3:18 ("Feeling Good")
Label	Taste Mushroom
Writer(s)	Matthew Bellamy ("Hyper Music") Leslie Bricusse Anthony Newley ("Feeling Good")
Producer(s)	John Leckie Muse
Muse singles chronology
"Bliss" (August 2001) "Hyper Music/Feeling Good" (November 2001) "Dead Star/In Your World" (July 2002)
Origin of Symmetry track listing "Space Dementia" (3) "Hyper Music" (4) "Plug In Baby" (5) Origin of Symmetry track listing "Darkshines" (9) "Feeling Good" (10) "Megalomania" (11) Alternative cover The "Feeling Good" side of the artwork.

"Hyper Music" and "Feeling Good" are songs by the English alternative rock band Muse from their second album Origin of Symmetry (2001), released as a double A-side single on 19 November 2001.

Composition

"Hyper Music" is an art punk song,^[1] written by vocalist and guitarist Matthew Bellamy. "Feeling Good" was written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley for the 1964 musical The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd, later covered by jazz and soul singer Nina Simone.

A softer, acoustic version of "Hyper Music" was recorded under the title of "Hyper Chondriac Music" and included on Muse's 2002 compilation album Hullabaloo Soundtrack.

Music video

The music video for "Feeling Good" was directed by David Slade.

Release

It was released on 19 November 2001 on 7" vinyl—as a double A-side—and double CD—backed with "Shine" and a cover of The Smiths' "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want". Itreached number 24 in the UK Singles Chart^[2]—the lowest of all four singles released from Origin of Symmetry, though sold better than all of them except "Plug in Baby".

Legacy

"Feeling Good" was ranked as the fifth best cover version in a poll by Total Guitar in 2008.^[3] Later in 2010, Muse's cover of "Feeling Good" was ranked by NME as the greatest cover song of all time in September 2010. Over 15,000 people voted it to number one, beating The Beatles' cover of "Twist and Shout" and Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt".^[4] In 2014, a BBC poll saw it voted the ninth best cover version ever.^[5]

Muse's version of "Feeling Good" was used by Nescafé for their advertising, but did so without the band's permission. They later replaced it with the Nina Simone version. Muse successfully sued Nescafé in 2003 when their song "Feeling Good" was used in a television advert without permission, donating the £500,000 compensation to Oxfam.^[6] "Feeling Good" is used in Virgin Atlantic's 2010 commercial run in the United States, "001".^[7]

"Feeling Good" has been featured in the film Seven Pounds, and the television series John from Cincinnati, Doctor Who Confidential, Queer as Folk, Luther and Shameless. Season 8 American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert performed "Feeling Good" on the show, using the arrangement of Muse's version. The song is also featured in the video game The Saboteur.

Track listings

7" (MUSH97S)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hyper Music"	Matthew Bellamy	3:23
2.	"Feeling Good"	Leslie Bricusse Anthony Newley	3:18
Total length:			6:41

CD1: "Hyper Music/Feeling Good" (MUSH97CDS)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hyper Music"	Bellamy	3:23
2.	"Feeling Good" (live)	Bricusse Newley	3:01
3.	"Shine"	Bellamy	3:16
4.	"Hyper Music" (music video)	Bellamy	3:23
Total length:			13:03

CD2: "Feeling Good/Hyper Music" (MUSH97CDSX)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Feeling Good"	Bricusse Newley	3:18
2.	"Hyper Music" (live)	Bellamy	3:31
3.	"Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" (The Smiths cover)	Morrissey Johnny Marr	1:58
4.	"Feeling Good" (music video)	Bricusse Newley	3:18
Total length:			12:05

Promo 1 (MUSE 18)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Feeling Good"	Bricusse Newley	3:18
2.	"Hyper Music" (radio edit)	Bellamy	2:58
Total length:			6:16

Promo 2 (MUSE 19)
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Feeling Good" (radio edit)	Bricusse Newley	3:18
2.	"Hyper Music" (radio edit)	Bellamy	2:58
Total length:			6:16

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts Chart Peak position French Singles Chart 137 Polish Singles Chart 6 UK Singles Chart 24

Sales and certifications Region Certification Certified units/Sales United Kingdom (BPI)[8] Silver 200,000^^ ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	19 November 2001	Taste Mushroom	7"	MUSH97S
			2CD	MUSH97CDS MUSH97CDSX
			2 promos	MUSE18 MUSE19

References

1. Morton, Roger (12 June 2001). "Origin of Symmetry Review". NME. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
2. "Muse | Full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
3. "TG's Best Covers EVER!". Total Guitar. 2008-06-23. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
4. "Muse beat The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash to win best cover song of all time". NME, 22 September 2010
5. "Pet Shop Boys' Always On My Mind tops cover version vote". BBC News. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
6. "NME article". NME. 2003. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
7. "Virgin Atlantic USA Commercial - October 2010". Retrieved 2011-02-18.
8. "British single certifications – Muse – Hyper Music/Feeling Good". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Hyper Music/Feeling Good in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select single in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search

External links

• "Hyper Music"/"Feeling Good" at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics