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| | Name = Invincible | | | Name = Compliance |
| | Album = | | | Album = {{drop |
| {{drop | | |[[Ninth album]] <small>(2)</small> |
| |[[Black Holes and Revelations (album)|Black Holes and Revelations]] <small>(6)</small>, [[Invincible (single)|Invincible]] <small>(1)</small> | | |[[Compliance (single)|Compliance]] <small>(1)</small> |
| |[[H.A.A.R.P. (live)|H.A.A.R.P]] <small>CD (7), DVD (10)</small>
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| | Length = 5:00
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| | First = [[Milan Rolling Stone 2006 (gig)|7th June 2006]] | | | Length = TBA |
| | Recorded = [[Studio Miraval]] - 2005<ref name="rm200705"> | | | AltTitles = |
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| |title=Discussion in London | | | Release = 17{{supo|th}} March 2022 |
| |desc=Rock Mag article | |
| |date=2007-05 | |
| |pub=Rock Mag | |
| |doc=Discussion in London (200705 Rock Mag article)
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| | Latest = [[Weston under Lizard Weston Park 2008 (gig)|17th August 2008]]
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| | Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]] | | | Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]] |
| | Producer = [[Rich Costey]]<ref>Album notes</ref> | | | Producer = Muse |
| | Chart position = 21 <small>(UK)</small><ref> | | | Chart position = |
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| |title=Invincible only number 21
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| |desc=Muselive thread
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| |date=2007-04-16
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| |url=http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=694710
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| }}</ref>, 1 <small>(UK Rock)</small><ref>
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| |desc=BBC Rock Singles chart
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| |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/rocksingles.shtml
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| <flashmp3>http://www.musewiki.org/images/Invincible.mp3|rightbg=0xDDEEFF|leftbg=0xDDEEFF|bg=0xFFFFFF</flashmp3>
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| | Previous = [[Soldier's Poem (song) | Soldier's Poem]] | | | Previous = [[Will of the People (song)|Will of the People]] |
| | Current = Invincible | | | Current = Compliance |
| | Next = [[Assassin (song) | Assassin]] | | | Next = [[Liberation (song)|Liberation]] |
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| | Previous = [[Absolution (album) | Absolution ''(2003)'']] | | | Previous = [[Simulation Theory (album) | Simulation Theory ''(2018)'']] |
| | Current = [[Black Holes and Revelations (album) | Black Holes and Revelations ''(2006)'']] | | | Current = [[Will of the People (album) | Will of the People ''(2022)'']] |
| | Next = [[The Resistance (album) | The Resistance ''(2009)'']]
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| ==Description== | | == Description == |
| A romantic melody built around a military marching beat. Influenced by [[David Bowie]]'s 'Heroes'.<ref name="nocite">{{nocite}}</ref>
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| Bellamy believes that this is a very optimistic song.<ref name="rm200705"/> He believes that Invincible is the "heart" of [[Black Holes and Revelations (album)|Black Holes and Revelations]].<ref>
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| |desc=Interview with Matthew Bellamy
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| |date=2006-10-05
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| |auth=Colin Murray
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| |pub=BBC Radio 1
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| |doc=Interview (20061005 Colin Murray session)
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| Matthew said that: "Invincible" is about an almost unrealistic optimism, a bit like: We can do anything, we have the power".<ref name="INTROMagazine2007">
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| }}</ref> Matt also said that the song it's about change: "It’s a song that you can apply to a few different things. Really, I’m just singing about change and how if you want it, it has to be done together. I feel that change needs to take place."<ref name="nme20070309">{{cite/nme20070309}}</ref>
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| Matt: "Songs like 'Invincible' explore the more optimistic side, in that if people just knew how much power we really had, we could change anything. Like the Iraq war, for example. A million people protesting is not really enough but maybe five million people, with a few bricks being thrown at Parliament, that probably would change things. I think the optimistic side is coming through, I suppose, through the idea that if people could see what's happening without being led all the time, then change would be easy to take place."<ref>{{cite/State 2008-04-03}}</ref>
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| ==Additional information==
| | Announced on March 11th, 2022, their second song off of the [[Will of the People (album)|new album]], Compliance, is set to be released on March 17th, 2022.<ref>https://twitter.com/muse/status/1502298309368631296</ref> The song, and its music video, leaked two days earlier, on March 15th, 2022, through Vimeo.<ref>https://vimeo.com/688432698</ref> |
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| The intro to Invincible was originally composed whilst in a motel at a little town that looked like "Twin Peaks".<ref name="eq200703">{{cite/eq200703}}</ref> Bellamy has described himself as having been bored at the time of the intro's conception, due to the band being ill, and the weather consisting of snowfall.<ref name="eq200703"/> The track starts with the faint sounds of footsteps on a wooden floor towards some sort of tap which is opened with a screeching sound (just like the sound noticeable in [[Eternally Missed (song)|Eternally Missed]] after the 'winding-up sound').
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| The song originally was about politics but Matt felt that the lyrics didn't fit the music, so he changed the lyrics to talk about love: "When I wrote ‘Invincible’ the lyrics moved around on that song quite a bit. Originally it wasn’t a love song at all. There were lines in it that were more politically orientated. It was like a socialist call, like, ‘Come, let’s all get together, let’s go and burn down the Houses Of Parliament.’ It was a little bit like something from V For Vendetta or something. Then for some reason I switched it over completely to being a love song. I wasn’t comfortable with that either, so it ended up somewhere between the two."<ref name="nme20070309"/>
| | According to Matt Bellamy, "''Compliance is about the promise of safety and reassurance sold to us by powerful entities during times of vulnerability. Gangs, governments, demagogues, social media algorithms & religions seduce us with misleading untruths and comforting fables. They want us to join their narrow worldview in exchange for obedience and turning a blind eye to our own internal voice of reason & compassion. They just need our Compliance.''"<ref>https://twitter.com/muse/status/1502298309368631296</ref> |
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| When Muse began to record, this song and [[Soldier's Poem (song)|Soldier's Poem]] were originally almost one continuous song. After Matt noticed that the falsetto in Invincible sounded weird, because it was too high for him, he changed the Key from D Major to C Major and also split Soldier's Poem and Invincible into two different tracks.<ref name="INTROMagazine2007">
| | A dancy 80s synthpop song, Compliance is based around organic instruments, with a lead synth line through the chorus. The synth sound has presumably been inspired by Van Halen's song Jump.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CK7TfsWhZl-/</ref> The guitar lick during the verses is reminiscent to the Knight Rider theme song.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWDZsKSGoVg</ref> |
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| ==Recording== | | == Music Video == |
| The song was initially played entirely on the guitar, without any keyboard part - Bellamy altered the introduction to its present keyboard form whilst rehearsing in the live room of Miraval Studio, and the lyrics came sometime after this.<ref name="eq200703"/> The band recorded Invincible in "a fit of rage" due to not having been able to record Take a Bow.<ref name="rm200705"/> It was originally thought of as a track that would not make the final album, however, this changed after the recording came together quickly in the studio.<ref name="riu200801">[http://www.microcuts.net/gallery/data/tmp_media/Muse_rip_it_up_article_part_1.JPG Rip It Up article 200801]</ref> The recording presented on the album is mostly a live one,<ref name="rm200705"/> with only a "couple" of overdubbed tracks.<ref name="eq200703"/> When recording the marching drums, the band set up microphone by a window and marched towards it drumming, to build up the impression of an approaching army.
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| ==Live==
| | Directed by Jeremi Durand, the music video is loosely continuing the theme from Won't Stand Down's music video. More can be read [[Compliance (video)|here]]. |
| The intro is usually played using a slide. Since [[Buenos Aires Teatro Gran Rex 2008 - 24th (gig)|July 24th 2008]], Invincible has been played in the key of B instead of C (half step down).
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| [[Invincible (live) | More here]]
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| ==Alternative versions== | | == Lyrics == |
| To promote the single release, a 4:10 radio edit was circulated in promotional media. The radio edit includes an shortened intro, and at 0.03 of the radio edit, Bellamy can be heard saying "1, 2, 3, 4".
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| ==Lyrics==
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| {{lyrics | | {{lyrics |
| |Follow through | | | |
| Make your dreams come true
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| Don't give up the fight
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| You will be all right
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| Cause there's no one like you
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| In the universe
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| Don't be afraid
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| What your mind conceives
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| You should make a stand
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| Stand up for what you believe
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| And tonight we can truly say
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| Together we're invincible
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| And during the struggle
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| They will pull us down
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| But please, please let's use this chance to
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| Turn things around
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| And tonight we can truly say
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| Together we're invincible
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| Do it on your own
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| Makes no difference to me
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| What you leave behind
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| What you choose to be
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| and whatever they say
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| Your soul's unbreakable
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| And during the struggle
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| They will pull us down
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| But please, please let's use this chance to
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| Turn things around
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| And tonight we can truly say
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| Together we're invincible
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| Together we're invincible
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| And during the struggle
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| They will pull us down
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| Please, please let's use this chance to
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| Turn things around
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| And tonight we can truly say
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| Together we're invincible
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| Together we're invincible
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| ==See also==
| | [[Category:Songs]] |
| *[[Invincible (video)|Invincible video]]
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