Plug In Baby (single)

CD1, EU CDs and vinyl cover art

CD2 cover art

Muse single
Name	Plug In Baby
Tracks	4 (CD1), 3 (CD2), 2 (vinyl, cassette) » 2 (FR CD) 5 (DE, AU CDs, EPs, GB 5 Track promo CD-R) 4 (JP EP) 1 (promo)
Total length	9:51 (CD1), 11:04 (CD2) » 17:02 (DE, AU CDs, EPs, GB 5 Track promo CD-R) 3:20 (promo)
Recorded	1999-2001
Writer/composer	Matthew Bellamy
Producer	David Bottrill, Paul Reeve
Art work	Tanya Andrew
Publisher	Taste Media, Mushroom » Naïve (FR) Motor (DE) PIAS (BX) Columbia (GR EP) Avex (JP)
Format(s)	CD, 7" vinyl, cassette » CD-R (promo only) VHS (promo only)
Catalogue №	MUSH89CDS (CD1), MUSH89CDSX (CD2), MUSH89S (vinyl), MUSH89MC (cassette) » NV 3852-1 (FR card-sleeve CD) NV 3854-1 (FR CD1) NV 3854-2 (FR CD2) 481.2006.179 (BX CD) 481.2006.124 (BX card-sleeve CD) 587 644-2 (DE CD) MUSH89CDM,720.0089.179 (EU CD) COL 670917 2 (GR EP) FMR 020232 (AU CD) AVCM-65063 (JP EP) MUSE 11 (promo) NV 3857-1 (FR promo)
Release date	5th March 2001^[1]
Chart position	Unknown
Album	Origin of Symmetry
single chronology
Unintended ← Plug In Baby → New Born

Information

The first single from Origin of Symmetry, contributing the album's respectable chart position at 3. It was the first Muse single to be released in Japan. "Plug In Baby" was released as a 5-track EP exclusively in Greece and Cyprus under Sony's Columbia Records.

The track information beneath B-sides "Execution Commentary" and "Bedroom Acoustics" in the UK CD sleeves differs to the rest of the tracks; the former says 'produced badly by a nasty piece of work' and the latter says 'goodbye cruel world'. The Benelux Maxi single and the European CD contain a misprint on the interior: Instead of "Spiral Static" it says "Spiritual Static".

The B-sides were originally intended to be "Futurism" (under the title "Tesseract") and "Darkshines" (under the title "Policing the Jackson Funk").^[2] "Darkshines" was later released on the album Origin of Symmetry and "Futurism" on the "Dead Star/In Your World" single and Japanese edition of Origin of Symmetry.