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{{Songbox
| Name = Unnatural Selection
| Album = [[The Resistance (album)|The Resistance]] <small>(6)</small><ref name="mw20090703">
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title=6.UNNATURAL SELECTION | desc=Musewire post | pub=Twitter | date=2009-07-03 | fetch=2009-07-03 | url=http://twitter.com/muse/status/2456907117 | dom=twitter.com | type=ext
}}</ref>
| Length = 6:54, 7:20 <small>(5.1 DVD Version)</small>
| AltTitles = Billions of Digits Carved Into Tablets of Crystal<ref>{{cite/Q 2009-07}}</ref>
| First = [[Teignmouth Den 2009 - 4th (gig)|4{{supo|th}} September 2009]]
| Latest = [[Wales_Newport_Centre_2015_(gig) | 19{{supo|th}} March 2015]]
| Recorded = [[Studio Bellini]], [[Moltrasio|Lake Como]] and Milan, Italy, 2009
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]], [[Dominic Howard]], [[Christopher Wolstenholme]]
| Producer = Muse
| Chart position = -
}}


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| Previous = [[Black Holes and Revelations (album) | Black Holes and Revelations ''(2006)'']]
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'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T23AY5gYhpE |Listen]]'''
== Description ==
"Unnatural Selection" opens with a church organ, giving way to a fast, heavy guitar riff backed up by steady drumming. During the verses, this guitar riff is mirrored by the bass. A calmer section with a slow tempo kicks in later, before the song ends with a heavy riff outro.<ref name="le200907">{{cite/l'express200907}}</ref> NME described Unnatural Selection as one of the more guitar-driven songs on ''[[The Resistance (album)|The Resistance]].''<ref>{{cite/nme20090707}}</ref> It is notable for it's fast-paced, energetic sound, which is particularly effective when heard by a live crowd.
[[Christopher Wolstenholme]] thinks that the song might address the idea of the British royal family being descendants of giant lizards, as proposed by David Icke among others.<ref>{{cite/Q 2009-08-21}}</ref> Wolstenholme also stated in an interview with FHM that it was influenced by [[Queens of the Stone Age]] in places, and that it was the most 'rock' track on the album. <ref> FHM - "Muse: The Resistance - Album number five and Muse have lost the plot in the best possible way." </ref>
[[Matthew Bellamy]] said, "This song is influenced by the book 'Black Swan' which is basically a whinge about how we live in a 'winner takes all' world i.e. those who do well take more and more and the losers have to settle for less and less. Amongst other things, the song is saying 'If you can't beat them, then join them.'"<ref>iTunes LP - The Resistance</ref>
On My Taratata, a French TV program Matt said, "The song Unnatural Selection is about luck, and how much luck has a big impact on people's lives, depending on where you're born, where you are." A video of this program can be seen [http://www.mytaratata.com/Pages/VIDEO_page_video.aspx?sig=iLyROoafI9T9 here].
[[Dominic Howard]] described the outro riff as "clean Iron Maiden" in an interview.
The bridge of the song bears a resemblance to "Lay All Your Love On Me" by ABBA, and also Chopin's Polonaises Op. 71 Allegro moderato. The bridge's chord progression also resembles the beginning progression of Mozart's Symphony No. 25 In G Minor, K. 183: I. Allegro Con Brio.
During the final pre-chorus, Matt sings "Ocean" in a vocal style similar to that of Serj Tankian of [[System of a Down]], who have influenced Muse in the past.
== Information ==
On the 5.1 Surround Sound edition of the album, the track features a short Queen-esque guitar solo after the organ intro and before the main riff begins.
Matt can be clearly heard making a "whoo!" sound at 2:02 and a more faint "phwoa!" sound at 6:27 which is better heard on good speakers or the 5.1 version.
The song has been used as filler music by the Australian TV channel 9's coverage of the 2010/2011 Ashes series.
==Live==
Unnatural Selection appeared very often on The Resistance tour, especially in 2009. This would be short-lived, however, as the song was excluded from 2011 and 2012 setlists. It wouldn't be until the end of the 2013 tour that it would be performed live again. It continued to be performed live far more frequently than other revived songs from around the same time. For the Psycho UK Tour, Muse prepared Unnatural Selection to be performed, deeming it a fan favourite enough to bring it back to setlists. Unnatural Selection was performed at two out of the first three gigs in 2015, at both of which fans yelled for Assassin to be played instead. Muse listened, and replaced Unnatural Selection from that point onwards with Assassin.
[[Unnatural Selection (live) | More here]]
== Lyrics ==
{{lyrics
|They'll laugh as they watch us fall
The lucky don't care at all
No chance for fate
It's unnatural selection
I want the truth
I'm hungry for some unrest
I wanna push it beyond a peaceful protest
I wanna speak in a language that they will understand
Dedication to a new age
Is this the end of destruction and rampage?
Another chance to erase then repeat it again
Counter balance this commotion
We're not droplets in the ocean
Ocean
They'll laugh as they watch us fall
The lucky don't care at all
No (hey)
Chance (hey)
For fate (hey)
It's unnatural selection
I want the truth!
No religion or mind virus
Is there a hope that the facts would ever find us
Just make sure that you are looking out for number one
I'm hungry for some unrest
Well let's push it beyond a peaceful protest
I wanna speak in a language that you will understand
Counter balance this commotion
We're not droplets in the ocean
Ocean
They'll laugh as they watch us crawl
The lucky don't share at all
No (hey)
Hope (hey)
For fate (hey)
It's a random chance selection
I want the truth!
Try to ride out the storm
Whilst they'll make you believe
They are the special ones
(We have not been chosen)
Injustice is the norm
You won't be the first
And you know you won't be the last
Counter balance this commotion
We're not droplets in the ocean
Ocean, ocean, ocean!
They'll laugh as they watch us fall
And the lucky, they don't care at all
No (hey)
Chance (hey)
For fate (hey)
It's unnatural selection,
I want the truth! I want the truth!
I want the truth! I want the truth!
}}
== References ==
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== See also ==
* [[Unnatural Selection (tablature) | Unnatural Selection tablature]]
{{Backto | The Resistance (album) | The Resistance}}

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