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| Album =
| Album =
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|[[Newton Abbot demo (compilation)|Newton Abbot demo]] <small>(4)</small>
|[[Newton Abbot demo (demo) | Newton Abbot demo]] <small>(4)</small>
|[[Helping You Back to Work Vol 1 (compilation)|Helping You Back to Work volume 1]] <small>(21)</small>
|[[Helping You Back to Work volume 1 (compilation) | Helping You Back to Work volume 1]] <small>(21)</small>
|[[Cave (single)|Cave]]<small> CD1 (2)</small>
|[[Cave (single)|Cave]]<small> CD1 (2)</small>
}}
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| Length = 3:19<small> (Twin)</small>, 2:55 <small>(Balloonatic)</small>
| Length = 3:19 <small>(Twin)</small>, 2:55 <small>(Balloonatic)</small>
| AltTitles = Balloonatic
| AltTitles = [[Balloonatic (song) |Balloonatic]]
| First = [[Elysée Montmartre 2000 (gig)|Elysée Montmartre 2000]]
| First = [[Torquay New Railway Inn 1997-02 (gig) | 7th February 1997]]
| Latest = [[Leicester Princess Charlotte 2000 (gig) | 24th February 2000]]
| Recorded = Newton Abbot 1996 <small>(Balloonatic)</small>, 1999
| Recorded = Newton Abbot 1996 <small>(Balloonatic)</small>, 1999
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Chart position = -
| Chart position = -
}}
}}
<small>Twin</small><br/>
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<small>Balloonatic</small><br/>
<flashmp3>http://www.musewiki.org/images/Balloonatic.mp3|rightbg=0xDEF|leftbg=0xDEF|bg=0xFFF</flashmp3>
==Additional information==
First recorded as "Balloonatic", this was very first song Muse released, in 1997, on the ''[[Helping You Back to Work Vol 1 (compilation)|Helping You Back to Work Volume 1]]'' compilation. It was recorded in late 1996 and is included on the ''[[Newton Abbot demo (compilation)|Newton Abbot demo]]''. By the time "Twin" was released, Matthew Bellamy was unaware that it had ever been released under the name "Balloonatic".<ref name="sn19990920">{{cite/sonicnet19990920}}</ref>


The name "Balloonatic" came from a children's television programme at the time the music was written. Bellamy stated that after he wrote the lyrics, the song was renamed "Twin",<ref name="sn19990920"/> although complete versions of the song were in fact released under ''both'' titles, albeit with somewhat different lyrics in each.
'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFxdMEEqnjg Listen]'''


The bassline to this song bears similarity with [[Radiohead]]'s "My Iron Lung".
== Additional information ==
First recorded as "[[Balloonatic (song) |Balloonatic]]", this was very first song Muse released, in 1997, on the ''[[Helping You Back to Work volume 1 (compilation) | Helping You Back to Work Volume 1]]'' compilation. It was recorded in late 1996 and is included on the ''[[Newton Abbot demo (demo) | Newton Abbot demo]]''. By the time "Twin" was released, Matthew Bellamy claims he was unaware that it had ever been released under the name "Balloonatic".<ref name="sn19990920">{{cite/Sonicnet 1999-09-20}}</ref> Matt has addressed this version, alongside "[[Do We Need This (song) |Do We Need This]]" and the "[[Cave (song) |Cave]]" remix, as "crap".<ref>[https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/instantMUSEnger/conversations/topics/13303]</ref>


==Music trivia==
The name "Balloonatic" came from a children's television programme at the time the music was written. [[Matthew Bellamy]] stated that after he wrote the lyrics, the song was renamed "Twin",<ref name="sn19990920"/> although complete versions of the song were in fact released under ''both'' titles, albeit with somewhat different lyrics in each.
 
The bass-line to this song bears similarity with [[Radiohead]]'s "My Iron Lung" or [[Nirvana]]´s "Heart Shaped Box".
 
== Live ==
Twin has only been played at three confirmed gigs, on [[Torquay New Railway Inn 1997-02 (gig)|February 7 1997]], on [[Paris Elysée Montmartre 2000 (gig) |January 11th 2000]] and [[Leicester Princess Charlotte 2000 (gig) | February 24th 2000]]. As several gigs with unknown setlists were only a few days apart from the 2000 gigs, there is a chance that Twin was played more than twice in 2000, and given how few setlists from 1996 and 1997 are preserved, it's very likely Twin was played more than one during these years.
 
[[Twin (live) | More here]]
 
== Music trivia ==
At 0:08, Bellamy can be heard giggling.
At 0:08, Bellamy can be heard giggling.


==Lyrics==
== Lyrics ==
<pre>Your warmth
{{lyrics
|Your warmth
Your warmth is so deep,  
Your warmth is so deep,  
Your gaze beams a hole into me  
Your gaze beams a hole into me  
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Come gentle, slowly,  
Come gentle, slowly,  
Down tonight</pre>
Down tonight
}}


===Balloonatic===
=== Balloonatic ===
<pre>You came,
{{lyrics
|You came,
You came, you scorched her
You came, you scorched her
You came, unstained you adore her
You came, unstained you adore her
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Come gentle, slowly,  
Come gentle, slowly,  
Down tonight</pre>
Down tonight
}}


==References==
== References ==
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[[Category:B Sides]]
[[Category:B Sides]]
Click here to listen to it on YouTube:
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwYP5WBpQvM Twin] and
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-boZDGfvmEM Balloonatic]

Latest revision as of 00:00, 24 June 2022

Muse song
Name Twin
Album/single
Length 3:19 (Twin), 2:55 (Balloonatic)
Alternative titles Balloonatic
First live performance 7th February 1997
Latest live performance 24th February 2000
Recorded Newton Abbot 1996 (Balloonatic), 1999
Writer/composer Matthew Bellamy
Producer Unknown

Listen

Additional information

First recorded as "Balloonatic", this was very first song Muse released, in 1997, on the Helping You Back to Work Volume 1 compilation. It was recorded in late 1996 and is included on the Newton Abbot demo. By the time "Twin" was released, Matthew Bellamy claims he was unaware that it had ever been released under the name "Balloonatic".[1] Matt has addressed this version, alongside "Do We Need This" and the "Cave" remix, as "crap".[2]

The name "Balloonatic" came from a children's television programme at the time the music was written. Matthew Bellamy stated that after he wrote the lyrics, the song was renamed "Twin",[1] although complete versions of the song were in fact released under both titles, albeit with somewhat different lyrics in each.

The bass-line to this song bears similarity with Radiohead's "My Iron Lung" or Nirvana´s "Heart Shaped Box".

Live

Twin has only been played at three confirmed gigs, on February 7 1997, on January 11th 2000 and February 24th 2000. As several gigs with unknown setlists were only a few days apart from the 2000 gigs, there is a chance that Twin was played more than twice in 2000, and given how few setlists from 1996 and 1997 are preserved, it's very likely Twin was played more than one during these years.

More here

Music trivia

At 0:08, Bellamy can be heard giggling.

Lyrics

Your warmth

Your warmth is so deep, Your gaze beams a hole into me

Controlling again Unseparated twins Controlling again

You've sucked All the breath out of me You'll squeeze all the life out of me

Controlling again Unseparated twins Controlling again

Controlling again Unseparated twins You might've been...

Come gentle, slowly, Down tonight

Balloonatic

You came,

You came, you scorched her You came, unstained you adore her

United again Like separated twins United again

You You will remember She knows, she knows you want her

United again Like separated twins United again

United again Like separated twins You can be...

Come gentle, slowly, Down tonight

References

  1. ↑ a b (1999-09-20). [Webchat]. Sonicnet. Retrieved 2008-04-23 from rocketbabydolls.com. [verify]
  2. ↑ [1]


Go back to Cave single

Click here to listen to it on YouTube: Twin and Balloonatic

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