Supremacy (song)

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"Supremacy"
Muse - "Supremacy".jpg
Single by Muse
from the album The 2nd Law
Released20 February 2013 (2013-02-20)
RecordedOctober 2011 July 2012
Studio Capitol Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length4:51(Album version)
3:40 (Radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s) Matthew Bellamy
Producer(s) Muse
Muse singles chronology
"Follow Me"
(2012)
"Supremacy"
(2013)
"Panic Station"
(2013)
Music video
"Supremacy" on YouTube
"Supremacy" (Lyric Video) on YouTube

"Supremacy" is a song by English rock band Muse. It was released on 20 February 2013 as the fourth single from their sixth studio album, The 2nd Law . "Supremacy" peaked at number 58 on the UK Singles Chart.

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Composition

According to frontman Matthew Bellamy, "Supremacy" sees the band going to "absurd levels", [2] while according to the French magazine Jeuxactu the song has elements of "Kashmir" from Led Zeppelin in its guitar riff and orchestration. [3] The track has been compared to many James Bond theme songs. [4]

Release

The song was first announced as the next single after "Follow Me", with a released date programmed for February 25, 2013. [5] However, the song itself was not released with the album version, but with a live version, featuring a full orchestra and choir taken from the 2013 BRIT Awards performance on February 20, 2013, [6] was released instead on iTunes the same night. [7] [8]

Music video

The music video was released on February 2, 2013 through the NME website. [5] It features people with black metal corpse paint doing extreme sports like BMX and surfing while Muse plays the song.

Track listing

Digital download [7] [8]
No.TitleLength
1."Supremacy" (Live from the BRITs 2013)4:47
Promotional single [9]
No.TitleLength
1."Supremacy" (Radio Edit)3:40
2."Supremacy" (Album Version)4:55

Charts

Chart (2012–13)Peak
position
France (SNEP) [10] 84
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [11] 58
UK Singles (OCC) [12] 58
UK Rock & Metal (OCC) [13] 2
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [14] 39

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
Australia20 February 2013 Digital download Warner Music
United Kingdom
United States
United Kingdom [9] 25 February 2013 CD-R (Contemporary hit radio)

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