Supermassive Black Hole (song)

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All tracks are written by Matthew Bellamy

"Supermassive Black Hole"
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Single by Muse
from the album Black Holes and Revelations
B-side "Crying Shame"
Released19 June 2006 (2006-06-19) [1]
Recorded2005
Studio
Genre
Length3:29
Label
Songwriter(s) Matt Bellamy
Producer(s)
Muse singles chronology
"Butterflies and Hurricanes"
(2004)		"Supermassive Black Hole"
(2006)		"Starlight"
(2006)
DVD single
Supermassiveblackholedvd.jpg
CD and 7-inch single (HEL3001CD; HEL3001) [16] [17]
No.TitleLength
1."Supermassive Black Hole"3:29
2."Crying Shame"2:38
Total length:6:07
DVD single (HEL3001DVD) [18]
No.TitleLength
1."Supermassive Black Hole" (video)3:29
2."Supermassive Black Hole" (audio)3:29
3."Supermassive Black Hole" ("Making Of" the video)12:04
4."Gallery" 
Total length:19:02

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [36] Gold40,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [37] Gold45,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [38] Gold25,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [39] 2× Platinum1,200,000‡
United States (RIAA) [11] Platinum1,000,000‡

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

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