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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| name = Uprising
| name = Uprising
| cover = MuseUprisingCDsingle.jpg
| cover = MuseUprisingCDsingle.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
|caption = Cover art by [[Storm Thorgerson]].
| type = single
| type = single
| artist = [[Muse (band)|Muse]]
| artist = [[Muse (band)|Muse]]
| album = [[The Resistance (album)|The Resistance]]
| album = [[The Resistance (album)|The Resistance]]
| B-side = * "[[Who Knows Who]]"
| B-side = {{ubl|"[[Who Knows Who]]"|[[Does It Offend You, Yeah?]] Mix}}
* [[Does It Offend You, Yeah?]] mix
| released = {{start date|2009|8|4|df=y}}
| released = {{start date|2009|8|4|df=y}}
| recorded = 2008–09
| recorded = 2008–09
| studio = Studio Bellini ([[Lake Como]], Italy)
| studio = Studio Bellini ([[Lake Como]], Italy)
| venue =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|[[Alternative rock]]|[[space rock]]|[[glam rock]]}}
| genre = * [[Alternative rock]]
* [[space rock]]
* [[glam rock]]
| length = {{ubl|5:03 (album version)|4:08 (international radio edit)|3:35 (US radio edit)}}
| length = * {{Duration||5|3}} (album version)
* {{Duration||4|8}} (international radio edit)
* {{Duration||3|35}} (US radio edit)
| label = {{hlist|[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]|[[Helium 3 (record label)|Helium-3]]}}
| label = * [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
* [[Helium 3 (record label)|Helium-3]]
| writer = [[Matt Bellamy]]
| writer = [[Matt Bellamy]]
| producer = Muse
| producer = Muse
| prev_title = [[Map of the Problematique]]
| prev_title = [[Map of the Problematique]]
| prev_year = 2007
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = [[Undisclosed Desires]]
| next_title = [[Undisclosed Desires]]
| next_year = 2009
| next_year = 2009
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = 7-inch single cover art
| header = 7-inch single cover art
| type = Single
| type = Single
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"'''Uprising'''" is a song by the English [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Muse (band)|Muse]]. It was released on 4 August 2009 as the [[lead single]] from the band's fifth studio album, ''[[The Resistance (album)|The Resistance]]'' (2009). The song was written by band member [[Matt Bellamy]], produced by the band, and mixed by [[Spike Stent]].<ref name="sleeve">{{cite AV media notes |title="Uprising" |others=[[Muse (band)|Muse]] |year=2009 |type=Back sleeve |publisher=[[Warner Music Group]] |id=WEA458 }}</ref> "Uprising" peaked at number 37 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], and peaked in the top 10 in seven countries. It was [[Music recording sales certification|certified platinum]] in the United Kingdom, gold in four countries, platinum in five countries, and double-platinum in the United States, making it Muse's best-selling single. The song is based on the 1949 novel [[Nineteen Eighty-Four]], written by [[George Orwell]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-08-04 |title=New Muse album 'inspired' by 1984 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-10000720 |access-date=2024-03-25 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
"'''Uprising'''" is a song by the English rock band [[Muse (band)|Muse]], released on 4 August 2009 as the [[lead single]] from their fifth studio album, ''[[The Resistance (album)|The Resistance]]'' (2009). It was written by [[Matt Bellamy]], produced by Muse and mixed by [[Spike Stent]].

"Uprising" reached number 37 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and the top 10 in seven countries. It was [[Music recording sales certification|certified]] platinum in the UK, gold in four countries, platinum in five other countries, and double platinum in the United States, making it Muse's best-selling single.


==Composition==
==Composition==
"Uprising" was described as an [[alternative rock]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-11-22-30-alternative-rock-songs-that-defined-the-2010s/ |title=30 Alternative Rock Songs That Defined the 2010s|publisher=[[iHeartMedia]] |last=Nattress |first=Katrina|date=November 22, 2019|access-date=May 10, 2022}}</ref> [[space rock]],<ref name="DigitalSpy">{{cite web |last1=Fletcher |first1=Alex |title=Muse: 'Uprising' |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/single-reviews/a175541/muse-uprising/ |website=[[Digital Spy]] |access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref> and [[glam rock]] song,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Collis|first=Clark|date=18 September 2009|title=Music Review: The Resistance (2009)|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20303107,00.html|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|issue=1065–1066|access-date=5 October 2011}}</ref> with elements of [[Industrial music|industrial]].<ref name="RollingStone">{{cite web |last1=Rosen |first1=Jody |title=The Resistance |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/the-resistance-255387/ |website=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref> It is composed in the key of [[D minor]] with a tempo of 132 beats per minute.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0079544 | title=Uprising | website=Musicnotes | date=7 December 2009 }}</ref> Several critics likened it to the [[Doctor Who theme music|theme music]] from the science fiction TV show ''[[Doctor Who]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2009/09/muse_uprising.shtml|title=BBC – Chart Blog: Muse – 'Uprising'|access-date=28 March 2018}}</ref> Muse produced "Uprising" themselves.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |author=Paul Stokes |date=11 February 2010 |title=Muse thank Rick Rubin for teaching them 'how not to produce' at Music Producers Guild Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/muse-268-1287642 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[NME]]}}</ref>
"Uprising" was described as an [[alternative rock]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2019-11-22-30-alternative-rock-songs-that-defined-the-2010s/ |title=30 Alternative Rock Songs That Defined the 2010s|publisher=[[iHeartMedia]] |last=Nattress |first=Katrina|date=November 22, 2019|access-date=May 10, 2022}}</ref> [[space rock]],<ref name="DigitalSpy">{{cite web |last1=Fletcher |first1=Alex |title=Muse: 'Uprising' |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/single-reviews/a175541/muse-uprising/ |website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=4 September 2009 |access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref> and [[glam rock]] song,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Collis|first=Clark|date=18 September 2009|title=Music Review: The Resistance (2009)|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20303107,00.html|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|issue=1065–1066|access-date=5 October 2011|archive-date=12 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912050127/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20303107,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> with elements of [[Industrial music|industrial]].<ref name="RollingStone">{{cite magazine |last1=Rosen |first1=Jody |title=The Resistance |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/the-resistance-255387/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref> It is composed in the key of [[D minor]] with a tempo of 132 beats per minute.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0079544 | title=Uprising | website=Musicnotes | date=7 December 2009 }}</ref> Several critics likened it to [[Doctor Who theme music|the theme music]] from the science fiction TV series ''[[Doctor Who]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/2009/09/muse_uprising.shtml|title=BBC – Chart Blog: Muse – 'Uprising'|access-date=28 March 2018}}</ref> ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' said "Uprising" combines a "[[Goldfrapp]]-style" [[schaffel]] beat, the riff from the 1980 [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]] song "[[Call Me (Blondie song)|Call Me]]" and "leftist sloganeering".<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2009-09-07 |title=Muse - Resistance |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/muse-resistance-5653/ |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> The songwriter, [[Matt Bellamy]], said it "sums up how a lot of people feel and it's that we need change".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-08-04 |title=New Muse album 'inspired' by 1984 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-10000720 |access-date=2024-03-25 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

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==Music video==
The music video was released in September 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Video Static: Music Video News: BOOKED: Muse - Hydra, directors |url=http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2009/08/booked-muse-hydra-directors.html |website=VideoStatic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903115612/http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2009/08/booked-muse-hydra-directors.html |archive-date=3 September 2009 |access-date=17 September 2009}}</ref> It features a giant teddy bear destroying buildings, which ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' interpreted as a homage to the 1984 film ''[[Ghostbusters]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=2009-09-17 |title=Muse nod to ''Ghostbusters'' in explosive 'Uprising' video |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/muse-nod-to-ghostbusters-in-explosive-uprising-video-255389/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=2024-07-13}}</ref> The video won "Best Special Effects" in the [[2010 MTV Video Music Awards]] and was nominated for "Best Rock Video".{{Cn|date=July 2024}}


==Release==
==Release==
In July 2009, Muse performed "Uprising" for the first time at the [[2009 MTV Video Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1616479/20090717/muse_uk_.jhtml |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630062934/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1616479/20090717/muse_uk_.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 June 2012 |title=Adam Lambert on VMA Performers Muse: 'Their Music Is Unbelievable' |publisher=[[MTV]] |date=17 July 2009 |access-date=20 July 2009}}</ref> "Uprising" won Best Single at the 2010 [[Music Producers Guild Awards]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news |author=Paul Stokes |date=11 February 2010 |title=Muse thank Rick Rubin for teaching them 'how not to produce' at Music Producers Guild Awards |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/muse-268-1287642 |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=[[NME]]}}</ref> Accepting the award, Bellamy thanked [[John Leckie]], the producer of their first two albums, for "teaching us how to produce".<ref name=":0" /> He also thanked the producer [[Rick Rubin]] "for teaching us how not to produce", which some sources took to mean Muse had fired Rubin after a failed collaboration.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lindvall |first=Helienne |date=2010-02-12 |title=Muse slate producer Rick Rubin at awards ceremony |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/12/muse-diss-rick-rubin |access-date=2024-07-31 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Bellamy later said his comment had been misconstrued and that Muse had never worked with Rubin; instead, he said Muse had been inspired by stories of his "hands-off" production style.<ref name="RadioX">{{cite web |date=19 March 2018 |title=Chris Moyles meets Muse |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shlpn_gJDlE&t=1747s |access-date=24 April 2023 |website=[[YouTube]] |publisher=[[Radio X (United Kingdom)|Radio X]]}}</ref>
It was revealed in July 2009 that the band would perform at the [[2009 MTV Video Music Awards]]. They played at the theatre across the street from where the VMAs were held, and were introduced by [[Gerard Butler]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1616479/20090717/muse_uk_.jhtml |title=Adam Lambert on VMA Performers Muse: 'Their Music Is Unbelievable' |publisher=[[MTV]] |date=17 July 2009 |access-date=20 July 2009}}</ref>


"Uprising" reached the top 10 in Belgium (Wallonia), Denmark, Finland, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. It was [[Music recording certification|certified]] silver in the United Kingdom, gold in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Italy and New Zealand, and platinum in France and Switzerland and double-platinum in the United States.{{Cn|date=July 2024}}
"Uprising" won Best Single at the 2010 [[Music Producers Guild Awards]].<ref name=":0" /> Accepting the award, the songwriter, [[Matt Bellamy]], said: "We produced something!" He thanked [[John Leckie]], the producer of their first two albums, for "teaching us how to produce".<ref name=":0" />


"Uprising" was Muse's first entry on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], reaching number 37 on the week ending 3 October, and spent 20 weeks on the Hot 100. It had sold 2,170,000 copies in the US {{as of|2013|04|lc=y}}.<ref name="yahoo2013">{{cite news |author=Paul Grein |date=3 April 2013 |title=Week Ending March 31, 2013. Songs: "Thrift Shop" Sets First Quarter Record |url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-march-31-2013-songs-thrift-shop-201312133.html |access-date=10 April 2013 |work=Yahoo Music (Chart Watch)}}</ref>
==Commercial performance==
"Uprising" peaked in the top 10 in Belgium (Wallonia), Denmark, Finland, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. It was certified silver by the [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]] in the United Kingdom, gold by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] in Australia, [[Belgian Entertainment Association|BEA]] in Belgium, [[Music Canada|MC]] in Canada, and [[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|FIMI]], platinum by [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]] in France and [[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI]] in Switzerland, and double-platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] in the United States.


"Uprising" reached number one on the US ''Billboard'' [[Alternative Songs]] chart on 9 September 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.americasmusiccharts.com/index.cgi?fmt=R3|title=Mediabase – Account Login}}</ref> It was Muse's sixth top-10 single and first number one on the chart, and spent 17 weeks at number one, becoming the second longest-running number one song ever on the chart at the time. As songs on the chart are retired for charting out of the top 10 beyond week 52, "Uprising" was removed for a week after logging its 52nd week for missing the top 10. However, the following week it gained enough points to return to the top 10, returning it to the chart for a 53rd week.
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After being released to radio in the United States, the single reached number one on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Alternative Songs]] chart on 9 September 2009,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.americasmusiccharts.com/index.cgi?fmt=R3|title=Mediabase – Account Login}}</ref> becoming Muse's sixth top 10 single and first number one on that chart, eventually spending 17 weeks at number one, becoming the second longest-running number one song ever on the chart (now third longest). It also became one of three songs at the time to almost concurrently break the 52-week record held by [[Thirty Seconds to Mars|30 Seconds to Mars]]' "[[The Kill]]", [[Red Jumpsuit Apparatus]]'s "[[Face Down (The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus song)|Face Down]]", and [[Finger Eleven]]'s "[[Paralyzer]]". As songs on the chart are retired for charting out of the top 10 beyond week 52, it was initially removed for a week after logging its 52nd week for missing the top 10. However, the following week it gained enough points to return to the top 10, returning it to the chart for a 53rd week, which would mark its final tally. In 2013, it was ranked the top song of all time in the magazine's 25th anniversary list of the top 100 songs to grace the chart;<ref name="bbalt100">{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/5687158/alternative-chart-25th-anniversary-top-100-songs|title=Alternative Chart 25th Anniversary: Top 100 Songs|work=Billboard Magazine|date=9 September 2013|access-date=6 January 2016}}</ref> an updated ranking for the chart's 35th anniversary in late 2023 saw "Uprising" drop to number three, after the success of [[All Time Low]]'s "[[Monsters (All Time Low song)|Monsters]]" and [[Lovelytheband]]'s "[[Broken (Lovelytheband song)|Broken]]" in the late 2010s and early 2020s.<ref name="Alt-35">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/alternative-airplay-chart-35th-anniversary-foo-fighters-all-time-low-rule-1235408126/|title=Alternative Airplay Chart’s 35th Anniversary: Foo Fighters Remain No. 1 Act, ‘Monsters’ New Top Song|last=Rutherford|first=Kevin|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=7 September 2023|access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="Greatest-Alt">{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006001750/https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-alternative-songs/|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-alternative-songs/|title=Greatest of All Time Alternative Songs|archive-date=6 October 2023|access-date=11 October 2023|url-status=live|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> It became Muse's first entry on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] (and first top 40 single), peaking at number 37 on the week ending 3 October 2009 and spent 20 weeks on the Hot 100. It remains the band's only top 40 single. It has sold 2,170,000 copies in the US {{as of|2013|04|lc=y}}.<ref name="yahoo2013">{{cite news |url= http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-march-31-2013-songs-thrift-shop-201312133.html |title=Week Ending March 31, 2013. Songs: "Thrift Shop" Sets First Quarter Record |author=Paul Grein |work=Yahoo Music (Chart Watch)|date=3 April 2013 |access-date=10 April 2013 }}</ref>


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In 2013, ''Billboard'' named "Uprising" number one in its 25th-anniversary list of the top 100 songs to enter the chart.<ref name="bbalt100">{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/5687158/alternative-chart-25th-anniversary-top-100-songs|title=Alternative Chart 25th Anniversary: Top 100 Songs|work=Billboard Magazine|date=9 September 2013|access-date=6 January 2016}}</ref> It was ranked number three on an updated version of the list in 2023, after the success of [[All Time Low]]'s "[[Monsters (All Time Low song)|Monsters]]" and [[Lovelytheband]]'s "[[Broken (Lovelytheband song)|Broken]]" in the late 2010s and early 2020s.<ref name="Alt-35">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/alternative-airplay-chart-35th-anniversary-foo-fighters-all-time-low-rule-1235408126/|title=Alternative Airplay Chart's 35th Anniversary: Foo Fighters Remain No. 1 Act, 'Monsters' New Top Song|last=Rutherford|first=Kevin|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=7 September 2023|access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="Greatest-Alt">{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006001750/https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-alternative-songs/|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-alternative-songs/|title=Greatest of All Time Alternative Songs|archive-date=6 October 2023|access-date=11 October 2023|url-status=live|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
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==Music video==
The [[music video]], directed by American collective Hydra (Sam Stephens, John Hobbs and others), appeared on 4 August 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2009/08/booked-muse-hydra-directors.html |title=Video Static: Music Video News: BOOKED: Muse - Hydra, directors |website=VideoStatic |access-date=17 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903115612/http://www.videostatic.com/vs/2009/08/booked-muse-hydra-directors.html |archive-date=3 September 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The band performs through a miniature city in the bed of an old, small truck, with a lit [[Fuse (explosives)|fuse]] following behind. At times, they are also seen performing inside a miniature airstream trailer, which seems to be exploding. Through the window of a store, the band at one point looks at TVs with teddy bears (with reptilian eyes, sharp claws, and fangs) on the screens; Matt smashes the window and TVs with his guitar. At the end of the video, a group of [[teddy bear]]s, similarly looking to the teddy bears seen on the TVs, rise up from the ground and start destroying the miniature city, only to all fall down at the end of the video. This is said to pay homage to the climactic scene in ''[[Ghostbusters]]'', with one shot even mirroring the [[Stay Puft Marshmallow Man|Stay Puft Marshmallow Man's introduction]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090923235955/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/09/17/muse-nod-to-ghostbusters-in-explosive-uprising-video/ Muse Nod to "Ghostbusters" in Explosive "Uprising" Video]</ref>


Bellamy expressed discomfort that "Uprising" was used in [[YouTube]] videos advocating for [[Conspiracy theory|conspiracy theories]], saying "the conspiracy theory subculture has been hijacked by the right to try to take down people like [[Obama]] and put forward [[rightwing libertarianism]]".<ref name=":3">{{cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |date=29 September 2012 |title=Muse: 'We like pushing it as far as we can' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/sep/30/muse-2nd-law-tour-interview |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> Muse refused requests from American politicians to use "Uprising" in their rallies.<ref name=":3" />
The video won "Best Special Effects" in the [[2010 MTV Video Music Awards]], but lost "Best Rock Video" to [[Thirty Seconds to Mars]]' "[[Kings and Queens (Thirty Seconds to Mars song)|Kings and Queens]]."


== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
;Muse
;Muse
* [[Matthew Bellamy]] – [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]], [[Electric guitar|guitars]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[record producer|production]]
* [[Matthew Bellamy]] – [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]], [[Electric guitar|guitars]], [[synthesisers]], [[record producer|production]]
* [[Chris Wolstenholme]] – [[bass guitar]], [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]], production
* [[Chris Wolstenholme]] – [[bass guitar]], [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]], production
* [[Dominic Howard]] – [[Drum kit|drums]], [[Percussion instrument|percussion]], production
* [[Dominic Howard]] – [[Drum kit|drums]], [[Percussion instrument|percussion]], production
;Additional Personnel
;Additional personnel
* Tom Kirk – handclaps, backing vocals
* Tom Kirk – handclaps, backing vocals
* Adrian Bushby – [[audio engineer|engineering]], handclaps, backing vocals
* Adrian Bushby – [[audio engineer|engineering]], handclaps, backing vocals
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==External links==
==External links==
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'''Official'''
'''Official'''
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSF81yjVbJE "Uprising" (sound track)], licensed by [[SpaceX]] for [[SpaceX reusable rocket launching system|Reusable Launch System]] concept video, 3:58, 29 September 2011.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSF81yjVbJE "Uprising" (sound track)], licensed by [[SpaceX]] for [[SpaceX reusable rocket launching system|Reusable Launch System]] concept video, 3:58, 29 September 2011.

Latest revision as of 20:56, 16 November 2024

This article is about the Muse song. For the Sabaton song, see Coat of Arms (album).

"Uprising"
Single by Muse
from the album The Resistance
B-side
Released4 August 2009 (2009-08-04)
Recorded2008–09
StudioStudio Bellini (Lake Como, Italy)
Genre
Length
  • 5:03 (album version)
  • 4:08 (international radio edit)
  • 3:35 (US radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)Matt Bellamy
Producer(s)Muse
Muse singles chronology
"Map of the Problematique"
(2007) 		"Uprising"
(2009) 		"Undisclosed Desires"
(2009)
7-inch single cover art

"Uprising" is a song by the English rock band Muse, released on 4 August 2009 as the lead single from their fifth studio album, The Resistance (2009). It was written by Matt Bellamy, produced by Muse and mixed by Spike Stent.

"Uprising" reached number 37 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and the top 10 in seven countries. It was certified platinum in the UK, gold in four countries, platinum in five other countries, and double platinum in the United States, making it Muse's best-selling single.

Composition

[edit]

"Uprising" was described as an alternative rock,[1] space rock,[2] and glam rock song,[3] with elements of industrial.[4] It is composed in the key of D minor with a tempo of 132 beats per minute.[5] Several critics likened it to the theme music from the science fiction TV series Doctor Who.[6] Uncut said "Uprising" combines a "Goldfrapp-style" schaffel beat, the riff from the 1980 Blondie song "Call Me" and "leftist sloganeering".[7] The songwriter, Matt Bellamy, said it "sums up how a lot of people feel and it's that we need change".[8]

Music video

[edit]

The music video was released in September 2009.[9] It features a giant teddy bear destroying buildings, which Rolling Stone interpreted as a homage to the 1984 film Ghostbusters.[10] The video won "Best Special Effects" in the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards and was nominated for "Best Rock Video".[citation needed]

Release

[edit]

In July 2009, Muse performed "Uprising" for the first time at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.[11] "Uprising" won Best Single at the 2010 Music Producers Guild Awards.[12] Accepting the award, Bellamy thanked John Leckie, the producer of their first two albums, for "teaching us how to produce".[12] He also thanked the producer Rick Rubin "for teaching us how not to produce", which some sources took to mean Muse had fired Rubin after a failed collaboration.[13] Bellamy later said his comment had been misconstrued and that Muse had never worked with Rubin; instead, he said Muse had been inspired by stories of his "hands-off" production style.[14]

"Uprising" reached the top 10 in Belgium (Wallonia), Denmark, Finland, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. It was certified silver in the United Kingdom, gold in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Italy and New Zealand, and platinum in France and Switzerland and double-platinum in the United States.[citation needed]

"Uprising" was Muse's first entry on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 37 on the week ending 3 October, and spent 20 weeks on the Hot 100. It had sold 2,170,000 copies in the US as of April 2013.[15]

"Uprising" reached number one on the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart on 9 September 2009.[16] It was Muse's sixth top-10 single and first number one on the chart, and spent 17 weeks at number one, becoming the second longest-running number one song ever on the chart at the time. As songs on the chart are retired for charting out of the top 10 beyond week 52, "Uprising" was removed for a week after logging its 52nd week for missing the top 10. However, the following week it gained enough points to return to the top 10, returning it to the chart for a 53rd week.

In 2013, Billboard named "Uprising" number one in its 25th-anniversary list of the top 100 songs to enter the chart.[17] It was ranked number three on an updated version of the list in 2023, after the success of All Time Low's "Monsters" and Lovelytheband's "Broken" in the late 2010s and early 2020s.[18][19]

Bellamy expressed discomfort that "Uprising" was used in YouTube videos advocating for conspiracy theories, saying "the conspiracy theory subculture has been hijacked by the right to try to take down people like Obama and put forward rightwing libertarianism".[20] Muse refused requests from American politicians to use "Uprising" in their rallies.[20]

Personnel

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Muse
Additional personnel
  • Tom Kirk – handclaps, backing vocals
  • Adrian Bushby – engineering, handclaps, backing vocals
  • Paul Reeve – additional vocal production, handclaps, backing vocals

Track listing

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7-inch

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No.TitleLength
1."Uprising"5:04
2."Who Knows Who" (with Mike Skinner)3:24

CD

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No.TitleLength
1."Uprising"5:04
2."Uprising" (Does It Offend You, Yeah? Mix)4:00

Download

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iTunes release[21]
No.TitleLength
1."Uprising"5:04
2."Uprising" (Does It Offend You, Yeah? Mix)4:00
3."Uprising" (Live from Teignmouth)5:37

Charts

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Certifications and sales

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[57] Gold 35,000^
Belgium (BEA)[58] Gold 15,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[59] Gold 40,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[60] Platinum 90,000‡
France (SNEP)[61] Diamond 333,333‡
Italy (FIMI)[62] Platinum 50,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[63] Gold 7,500*
Portugal (AFP)[64] Platinum 20,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[65] Platinum 60,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[66] Platinum 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[67] Platinum 600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[68] 2× Platinum 2,170,000[15]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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