Muse Songs Ranked

Muse is an English rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994. The band consists of Matt Bellamy (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Chris Wolstenholme (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Dominic Howard (drums). Muse signed to Maverick Records and released their debut album, Showbiz, in 1999, showcasing Bellamy’s falsetto and a melancholic alternative rock style. Muse has won numerous awards, including two Grammy Awards, two Brit Awards, five MTV Europe Music Awards, and eight NME Awards. In 2012 they received the Ivor Novello Award for International Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors. As of June 2016, they have sold over 20 million albums worldwide. Here are all Muse songs ranked.

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20. Feeling Good (Origin of Symmetry, 2001)

“Feeling good isn’t just a cover, it’s a BRILLIANT cover, the best cover done for this legendary song. The intro is soft and slow, typical Muse and then it gets proper rock-and-roll-y, and the first song I heard by Muse and ever since then I’ve been hooked…! It’s amazing go listen to it now!”

19. Reapers (Drones, 2015)

“Practically everything I love about a Muse song congealed into one item. “Drones” is top heavy, but this is at the forefront of their library for me.”

18. The Handler (Drones, 2015)

“This is a piece of a greater puzzle: the entire album Drones. One song after the other and a great true story is told and it should make us reflect about the world we are building… We should all rebel to what is happening and build a better world!”

17. Bliss (Origin of Symmetry, 2001)

“Bliss. It’s a really beautiful song. I love the piano intro (as much as the fade outro), and the bass riff is really catchy and fun to play. The joyful lyrics are perfectly coupled with music. In fact, I find very clever the change of tonality from C minor to C major in the chorus. I perceive a fantastic and magic atmosphere every time I listen to it. Simply the best…”

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16. Exo-Politics (Black Holes and Revelations, 2006)

“A classic riff, an amazing guitar solo, a drumbeat that is both catchy and complex, and lyrics that manage to be both powerful and mysterious. The bass and guitar parts go so well together in this song. It also has a really cool spaghetti-western space rock vibe I felt throughout Muse’s album Black Holes and Revelations. Exo-Politics captivates you from the start and has an astoundingly emotional and ambiguous ending. This song is very underrated, extremely catchy, definitely worth a listen, and undeniably deserves a spot in the top ten! Go, Muse! You guys rock the universe! And I do mean that literally”

15. Undisclosed Desires (The Resistance, 2009)

“Everything about this song is amazing; the vocals are sound, the lyrics are cleverly written and the beat is immaculately composed. There isn’t a single fault with this song. You really live for the chorus in this one, you anticipate it with a sense of excitement and then an exemplification of relief occurs when it begins. You don’t get that often.”

14. Butterflies and Hurricanes (Absolution, 2003)

“The best muse’s song in my opinion. I really hated this song at the first, I thought no easy listening part, ugly piano intro. But one day I got a heart break and I listened this song over and over, then I found the greatest thing in this song is its lyric. It bounced me up, raise me up, make me stand up again, and changed my personality as well. Thank Matt Bellamy for all the inspiration. You’re not a hero for me only, but for everyone else!”

13. Resistance (The Resistance, 2009)

“I loved this song from the first time I listened to it. I can’t believe I heard Must until now. This is the song that introduced me to their amazing music. I love the keyboard; that alone really sets the tone so well.”

12. Showbiz (Showbiz, 1999)

“Easily the best muse song, if you haven’t listened to it, go listen to it now! It has great vocals, Matt’s great singing it lives, the great build-up for the end, great high-hitting notes. Muse show their raw talent in this song. Brilliant guitar playing and solos, deep lyrics, meaning to lyrics, really good percussion, Dom’s drumming is extraordinary and Chris’ bass is amazing as always!”

11. Map of the Problematique (Black Holes and Revelations, 2006)

“If I say Matt Bellamy has got the sexiest voice I wouldn’t lie. He really turns me on! And especially in this song. The whole song is so sexy – the intro, the tempo, it’s got so strong energy and feeling, Matt is playing with the microphone like with his lover – he actually does it in most of their song – but here and in Resistance it’s most remarkable. I heard this song years ago but still listen to it often – at least once or twice a week – it just never bores me!”

10. Supermassive Black Hole (Black Holes and Revelations, 2006)

“God, that song is just so impressively dark, strange, seducive. Seriously, you feel each of your cells moving and vibrating listening to this. It makes you want to dance, to cry, to shout, to fly…”

9. Starlight (Black Holes and Revelations, 2006)

“This is just a great song in general. I love the message and it has a lot of meaning to me. I can never stop singing along to this song, as it has some of my favorite Muse vocals. This is one of Muse’s best songs and you absolutely have to listen to it and can’t refuse not to love.”

8. New Born (Origin of Symmetry, 2001)

“I’ve been a Muse fan ever since I first heard them and although I love all of their songs, this one is by far their best creation. For those if you who don’t know, this song started off as just a jam riff that they played during the showbiz tour that they would play from time to time. Towards the end if the tour when they were writing songs for origin of symmetry they decided to take this riff, which is the main riff if the song, and turn it into this heavy rock song. I think it’s the best guitar riff of all time. New born is even better live especially the solo which is K.I.L.L.E. R I must say!”

7. Plug in Baby (Origin of Symmetry, 2001)

“The riff in this song is one of the best, most epic riffs of all time. The lyrics of the song are also stupendous. There is just so much emotion in this song, too, you can tell the anger and the pain that went into this song. (Which is actually funny, as Matt admitted to have been on shrooms while writing this song. )”

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6. Time is Running Out (Absolution, 2003)

“Plain awesome. From the very beginning you cannot hate but love this song. Chorus is epic, vocals are extraordinary and the lyrics are very well-crafted. The suspense in this song leads to such a powerful chorus. I am a huge Muse fan and I have many favorites but this song is so clever and brilliant I had to choose it!”

5. Stockholm Syndrome (Absolution, 2003)

“The best way to describe this song is the meeting of chaos and beauty in a track charged with metal riffs but backed by synth arpeggios and a hauntingly pretty chorus, there is no Muse song that blows me away more than this one every time I listen to it.”

4. Citizen Erased (Origin of Symmetry, 2001)

“Citizen erased is a true masterpiece in my opinion. The very underrated piece was yet truly astounding. I consider it as the ”Bohemian Rhapsody” of this generation. Three brilliant songs combined in such beautiful harmony, it is indeed unbelievable to think that this amazing melody was created when Muse was only in their early twenties! The heavy riff is awesome, the softer rock-esque verses are chilling and the piano outro is just mesmerizing. This gem can satisfy both the hard rock fans and the more alternative-progressive ones!”

3. Uprising (The Resistance, 2009)

“The guitar at the intro reminded me of Doctor who’s the title sequence, and the tuning of the guitar overall. The drumming was amazing. If you’ve listened to this song and thought the drumming was slow and easy, you’re wrong. Look at a live show, Dom’s doing some fast and steady drumming in the background to build up the structure of the song. Great lyrics, good giant drums, great normal drums, and fantastic tune!”

2. Hysteria (Absolution, 2003)

“Just edges out citizen erased in my opinion, because its incredibly catchy and the solo is incredibly melodic despite the song being mostly chromatic, it has the best bassline I’ve ever heard, which overshadows the underrated awesomeness of the guitar riff, the harmonies from the vocal overdubs are genius as well.”

1. Knights of Cydonia (Black Holes and Revelations, 2006)

“Knights of Cydonia might not be my favorite song by Muse because I don’t really have one, but for me this is definitely the best. But this is more an objective comment than a subjective one, I already said that it’s not my favorite, but you can’t deny that it’s simply epic. It has everything: a good intro, an epic end, a catchy guitar riff, a cool video…, and what about its amazing live performance? Knights of Cydonia is a masterpiece. Clearly the best song by Muse.”