Muse: 10 Essential Tracks ALL Fans Should Listen To
9. Knights Of Cydonia
What do you get when you cross a space opera, a Queen inspired rock anthem and an ode to Close Encounters of the Third Kind? You get Knights of Cydonia.
The closing track from their fourth studio album, Black Holes & Revelations, Knights of Cydonia is the perfect combination of Muse's greater interest in science fiction and space rock. It's the kind of song you just want to sing to at the top of your lungs, whether through the opening guitar solo or the rousing lyrics in-between, with the rather obvious moment where an entire stadium jumps in unison for the grand finale.
Its music video was also one of their most extravagant at the time, filmed across three locations and featuring a sci-fi western aesthetic through a six minute story of the rise of a new hero, with a little humour for good measure.
Knights of Cydonia would also be voted #1 on Triple J's Hottest 100 for 2007 in Australia, on the back of being one of the hardest yet most played tracks in Activision's plastic musical toy release, Guitar Hero 3.