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[[File:WontStandDown.jpg | thumb | right | Cover art]]
| Name = Hysteria
{{Discobox |
| Album = {{drop
| Name = Won't Stand Down
|[[Absolution (album)|Absolution]] <small>(8)</small>, [[Hysteria (single)|Hysteria]] <small>CD (1), vinyl (1), DVD (1, 2)</small>
| Tracks = 1
|[[Absolution (album)|Absolution Sampler]] <small>(3)</small>,
| Length = 3:29
|[[Sing for Absolution (single)|Sing for Absolution]] <small>Dutch CD/DVD2 (3)</small>
| AltTitles = WON'T STAND DOWN
|[[Live 8 Paris DVD (compilation)|Live 8 Paris DVD]] <small>(5)</small>
| Recorded = 2020/2021
|[[Absolution Tour (DVD)|Absolution Tour]] <small>(1)</small>
|[[H.A.A.R.P. (live)|H.A.A.R.P.]] <small>CD, DVD (3)</small>
}}
| Length = 3:47
| AltTitles = Hysteria (I Want It Now), I Want You Now, New One
| First = [[Oslo Rockefeller Music Hall 2002 (gig)|10th April 2002]]
| Latest = -
| Recorded = 2002-2003
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Producer = [[Rich Costey]]
| Producer = Muse, [[Aleks Von Korff]]
| Chart position = 17
| Art =  
}}
| Publisher = [[Warner Music Group | Warner Music UK]] <ref>https://wontstanddown.muse.mu</ref>
 
| Format = Digital
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| Release = 13<sup>th</sup> January 2022
{{AlbumNav
| Album = [[Will of the People (album) | Will of the People]]
| Previous song = [[Interlude (song)|Interlude]]
| Type = single
| Current song = Hysteria
| Previous = Pressure
| Next song = [[Blackout (song)|Blackout]]
| PreviousLink = Pressure (single)
| Next = Compliance
| NextLink = Compliance (single)
| CatNumber =
| Chart = 56
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==Description==
== Information ==
[[Matthew Bellamy]]: ''Hysteria is a kinda fat bassline with a groovy straight beat on it. Its one of the tracks that has quite a heavy groove goin' on straight down the middle.''


==General information==
Announced on January 7th, 2022, on Muse's social media<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CYbuFCOKPfv/</ref>, after being streamed by Bellamy on Muse's Instagram on December 25th, 2021. The single was released on January 13th, at 3PM, GMT, on all streaming platforms (Spotify, Deezer, iTunes), together with it's [[Won't Stand Down (video)|music video]].<ref>https://www.muse.mu/news/wont-stand-down-322501</ref> This is the first single from the [[Ninth album|upcoming album]].
The bass part started out as the lead part in a sound check on the Origin of Symmetry tour,<ref name="riu20071203">{{cite/ripitup20071203}}</ref>either in 2001 or very early 2002. At first, the band played around the part as a lead guitar part,<ref name="riu20071203"/> sometime later the band thought that it would sound good on the bass guitar and subsequently moved it to the bass, leaving the lead guitar for a more melodic part.<ref name="riu20071203"/> When the band felt that the song was ready to perform,<ref name="riu20071203"/> they did so at the Rockefeller Music hall in April 2002. At that stage, what is now the mid section was at the end and the parts either side of said section were not separate. On the 2002 tour, Bellamy played the bass part on his guitar at the start of the song, instead of slowly moving down the fretboard as on the album recording. He occasionally still does this.


The song is about wanting something or someone that's out of reach so badly that this frustrates you till no end. It becomes an addiction.<ref name="nocite">{{nocite}}</ref>
The song reached number 1 at the Official Charts Company's rock and metal charts, 13 on Billboard's Rock & Alternative Airplay charts, and it reached the peak position of number 56 on the Official Charts Company's general singles charts.<ref>https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/won't-stand-down/</ref>


According to matt in a tweet, Futurism led to the idea for Hysteria bassline.
== Cover Art ==


In 2003, Hysteria was used as the intro music for the NHL hockey team Washington Capitals.
The creator of the cover art is still unknown, but the aesthetic is very reminiscent of English alternative metal band Sleep Token. The art contains, what appears to be, a mysterious monogram, speculated to be linked to the album name. The monogram logo also makes subtle appearances throughout the [[Won't Stand Down (video)|music video]], being on costumes and appearing as a car emblem.


====Live====
Similar to the blacked-out eyes during the Drones promotional being turned into a filter for Snapchat, the mask of the cult leader, which appears on the cover has been made into an Instagram filter, released on January 9th.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Muse/comments/rzos32/30_second_audio_of_wont_stand_down_if_you_try_out/</ref>
Hysteria was first played live in April 2002. From then on, it was usually played intermittently with Apocalypse Please and The Small Print, the latter two being played during other concerts. On the Absolution tour, Hysteria was usually played toward the beginning of the setlist and either Hysteria or Apocalypse Please was usually the first song. Later, Hysteria was played during most Black Holes and Revelations concerts. During The Resistance Tour, it is often preceded by [[Interlude (song)|Interlude]], as on the album. During the 2002 [[Origin of Symmetry]] tour, the lyric "Last chance to lose control" was instead "Give me complete control". Matt also copied the bass riff instead of sliding the plectrum through the strings at the beginning of the song.


====Trivia====
== Track List ==
At 1:34, a scratching can be heard. When the guitar track is isolated, it is clear that the sound was produced by Matt playing the bassline on guitar, but instead of playing the strings, simply scratching along the strings with a plectrum.
===Download===
 
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The artwork for the 7" cover was chosen by competition, and the winner was Adam Falkus.  The runner-up images are included in the DVD version of the single.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysteria_(Muse_song) Wikipedia article]</ref>
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===Hysteria===
Hysteria was originally a now-defunct psychoanalytical diagnosis particularly afflicted to females, akin to sexual frustration. The treatment consisted of a massage of the genitals leading to "hysterical paroxysm", or what is now known as the female orgasm. It later came to mean overwhelming fear, panic or emotional excess, or alternatively, a mental disorder that is without an organic cause.<ref>[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hysteria thefreedictionary.com definition of hysteria]</ref>
Hysteria is sometimes referred to as "the slyest reference to a female orgasm in a rock song"<ref>[http://www.musebootlegs.com/blog/?p=337 Muse Bootlegs; cover of Mark Beaumont's book which contains the quote]</ref>
 
Hysteria is still used, along with many remnants of the Freudian psychoanalytical line of thought, in day to day language and descriptions.
 
 
Hysteria is part of the European/PAL Territory release of the videogame Rock Band but will also be released as a download on the American version.
 
==Lyrics==
<pre>It's bugging me, grating me
And twisting me around
Yeah I'm endlessly caving in
And turning inside out
 
'cause I want it now
I want it now
Give me your heart and your soul
And I'm breaking out
I'm breaking out
Last chance to lose control
 
It's holding me, morphing me
And forcing me to strive
To be endlessly cold within
And dreaming I'm alive
 
'cause I want it now
I want it now
Give me your heart and your soul
I'm not breaking down
I'm breaking out
Last chance to lose control
 
And I want you now
I want you now
I'll feel my heart implode
I'm breaking out
Escaping now
Feeling my faith erode</pre>


==References==
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Revision as of 14:14, 14 March 2022

Cover art
Muse single
Name Won't Stand Down
Tracks 1
Total length 3:29
Recorded 2020/2021
Writer/composer Matthew Bellamy
Producer Muse, Aleks Von Korff
Art work
Publisher Warner Music UK [1]
Format(s) Digital
Catalogue №
Release date 13th January 2022
Chart position 56
Album Will of the People
single chronology
Pressure
Won't Stand Down
Compliance


Information

Announced on January 7th, 2022, on Muse's social media[2], after being streamed by Bellamy on Muse's Instagram on December 25th, 2021. The single was released on January 13th, at 3PM, GMT, on all streaming platforms (Spotify, Deezer, iTunes), together with it's music video.[3] This is the first single from the upcoming album.

The song reached number 1 at the Official Charts Company's rock and metal charts, 13 on Billboard's Rock & Alternative Airplay charts, and it reached the peak position of number 56 on the Official Charts Company's general singles charts.[4]

Cover Art

The creator of the cover art is still unknown, but the aesthetic is very reminiscent of English alternative metal band Sleep Token. The art contains, what appears to be, a mysterious monogram, speculated to be linked to the album name. The monogram logo also makes subtle appearances throughout the music video, being on costumes and appearing as a car emblem.

Similar to the blacked-out eyes during the Drones promotional being turned into a filter for Snapchat, the mask of the cult leader, which appears on the cover has been made into an Instagram filter, released on January 9th.[5]

Track List

Download

References


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