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Muse

Uprising

Release date: 9th September 2009

From The Resistance
Track 1
5:03
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About This Track

The lead single from Muse's fifth studio album, released in August 2009 and written by Matt Bellamy. Produced by the band and mixed by Spike Stent, the track reached number 37 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Bellamy described it as a protest song about the banking situation, and the lyric adopts the voice of collective defiance against institutional control. The chorus insists 'they will not force us', building a rallying cry over what one magazine characterised as an electro-glam stomp with echoes of Marilyn Manson's industrial sheen. The title and theme anchor the opening stretch of 'The Resistance', an album preoccupied with resistance and uprising as twin gestures. Muse performed the song at the 2011 Grammy Awards, introduced by Lenny Kravitz, staging a performance with an anarchy theme that nodded to recent uprisings in Egypt.

"Uprising" is a single by Muse, from the album The Resistance, released 9th September 2009. The track is 5:03 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 20 articles about Muse.

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Lyrics

Uprising

Paranoia is in bloom
The PR transmissions will resume
They'll try to push drugs that keep us all dumbed down
And hope that we will never see the truth around
(So come on)

Another promise, another scene
Another packaged lie to keep us trapped in greed
And all the green belts wrapped around our minds
And endless red tape to keep the truth confined
(So come on)

They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious
(So come on)

Interchanging mind control
Come, let the revolution take its toll
If you could flick the switch and open your third eye
You'd see that we should never be afraid to die
(So come on)

Rise up and take the power back
It's time the fat cats had a heart attack
You know that their time's coming to an end
We have to unify and watch our flag ascend
(So come on)

They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious
(So come on)

They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious
(So come on)

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  1. 1Uprising
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  3. 3Undisclosed Desires
    3:56
  4. 4United States of Eurasia (+Collateral Damage)
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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Matt Bellamy
    Composer
    Matt Bellamy
    Producer
    Chris Wolstenholme, Dominic Howard, Matt Bellamy
    Drums
    Dominic Howard
    Guitar
    Matt Bellamy
    Keyboards
    Matt Bellamy
    Vocals
    Matt Bellamy
    Additional Recording
    Tommaso Colliva
    Assistant Mixing Engineer
    Matthew Green
    Cello
    Andrea Scacchi, Eliana Gintoli, Francesco Sacco, Martina Rudic
    Concertmaster
    Edoardo De Angelis
    Conductor
    Audrey Riley
    Double Bass
    Linati Omar, Massimo Clavenna
    Handclaps
    Adrian Bushby, Paul Reeve, Tom Kirk
    Mastering Engineer
    Ted Jensen
    Mixing Engineer
    Mark “Spike” Stent
    Percussion
    Dominic Howard
    Piano
    Matt Bellamy
    Programmer
    Dominic Howard, Matt Bellamy
    Recording Engineer
    Adrian Bushby
    Rhythm Guitar
    Matt Bellamy
    Synthesizer
    Dominic Howard, Matt Bellamy
    Viola
    Maria Lucchi, Serena Palozzi, Valentina Emilio Eria
    Violin
    Anna Minella, Edoardo De Angelis, Elia Mariani, Freiherr von Dellingshausen, Gian Guerra, Gian Lodigiani, Gianmaria Bellisario, Marco Corsini, Michelle Torresetti, Sarah Cross, Tommaso Belli, Valerio D’Ercole
    Vocal Producer
    Paul Reeve