![]() It was also ranked at number four on Colombian radio station Radiónica's 2006 top 100. It also charted in at number nine on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2006. "Starlight" has also peaked at number two on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, Muse's second highest charting single to date on any major chart in the US. The next week, "Starlight" had fallen out of the Top 75. ![]() Since then, the single's chart position steadily declined, and it remained in the Top 75 after fifteen weeks, during the week of December 11, 2006. The following week, and with the physical release in the United Kingdom, the single peaked at number 13. "Starlight" entered the UK Singles Chart the week of September 3 at number 38 via digital downloads. In her review, she commented that "the band's musical arrangements on the track do not come into being just by accident." She also stated that the song was just as passionate when performed live as when heard on CD. Meanwhile, Leeds Music Scene reviewer Maria Pinto-Fernandes gave "Starlight" a glowing review, with a score of 4.5 stars out of 5. MusicOMH stated that the song was "a track perfectly at home on drivetime radio" while saying it "showcases another side to the band's music and their staggering breadth of appeal." NME's review was harshly critical of the song, with the reviewer stating that the song "is a tune so chart-hungry it's virtually dry-humping JK and Joel's legs." ![]() "Starlight" received mixed critical reviews, from various publishers. Matthew Bellamy stated in an interview with The Sunday Mail that the band wanted to "create the idea of a band lost at sea because we see ourselves as being outside what's happening in the music scene." He also told the interviewer, Billy Sloan, that "it was an epic feeling playing on a huge platform with the sea all around us." Watch the music video for 'Resistance' nowWILL OF THE PEOPLE - The new album released 26th August 2022 Pre-order here. This relates to the song's lyrics, which mentions ships and abandonment. Band members are also carrying flares, in an attempt to "get rescued," but in the end this fails and they are abandoned. In the video, the band perform on the deck of the MS Ocean Chie, a handysize bulk carrier. Muse worked with Paul Minor on Starlight's music video, which was filmed in Los Angeles. This version was presumably created to give the song a sound more suitable for radio broadcast. In a separate interview with Tom Wilson and Lara Mathews, posted on MuseLive Forums, Wolstenholme was asked what he thought "was the hardest song on the album to record?" His response was "Starlight," stating it "was one of the songs we went around in circles with, and we recorded maybe six or seven different versions of it."Īn alternative mix of "Starlight", known as the "New Mix, "Radio Mix" or "Radio Version" was distributed on promotional media only. Bassist Chris Wolstenholme said that it is "a love song about missing someone, friends, family, someone you love." Lead singer Matt Bellamy commented that he first wrote the song on a boat in bad weather. "Starlight" was first written in the band's practice studio in late 2004. In live performances "Starlight" is usually played half a step down from the key of B used on Black Holes & Revelations. ![]() The song was first played live during the Radio 1's Big Weekend festival in summer 2006. It was also the second single released in the United States, reaching number two on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song peaked at #13 on the UK Singles Chart. It was released on 4 September 2006 in the United Kingdom as the second single from Black Holes and Revelations. The European promotional single features an image from the Black Holes and Revelations booklet, originally a Hubble telescope image of the elliptical galaxy M87, that emits a jet of matter due to the supermassive black hole at its centre."Starlight" is a song by British alternative rock band Muse and is the second track on their 2006 album Black Holes and Revelations. The hidden track can be found on the DVD by navigating to title 4. "Starlight" entered the UK charts at 38 a day before its release. The 'New Mix' promo contains an alternative mix of the song (also known as 'Radio Version' or 'Guitar Down Radio Version'), presumably one of the many versions left over from the recording process but not used on the album (which Wolstenholme had previously said were deleted). The standard promo came in both grey and silver covers, whilst the New Mix promo came in a white cover. The UK promos came in three different varients. ![]() It was released in the US later in the year, achieving success by peaking at 2 in the Billboard Modern Rock charts. Despite Wolstenholme's indication that " Starlight" would not be released as a single, it was released on the 4th September, 2006. ![]()
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