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| Name = Unintended
| Name = Unintended
| Album = {{drop
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|[[Showbiz (album)|Showbiz]] <small>(7)</small>, [[Unintended (single)|Unintended]] <small>CD1, CD2, vinyl (1)</small>
|[[Showbiz (album)|Showbiz]] <small>(7)</small>
|[[Showbiz_(album)#Promo_EP|Showbiz Promo EP]] <small>(3)</small>
|[[Showbiz_(album)#JP_Promotion_Sample|Showbiz JP Promo]] <small>(8)</small>
|[[Showbiz_(album)#UK_sampler_CD-R|Showbiz UK Sampler CD]] <small>(3)</small>
|[[Showbiz_(album)#US_4_track_promo_CD-R|Showbiz US Sampler CD]] <small>(4)</small>
|[[Unintended (single)|Unintended]] <small>(1)</small>
|[[Muscle Museum (EP)|Muscle Museum EP]] <small>(4)</small>
|[[Muscle Museum (EP)|Muscle Museum EP]] <small>(4)</small>
|[[Hullabaloo Soundtrack (live)|Hullabaloo Soundtrack]] <small>CD, JP CD (14)
|[[Hullabaloo (live)|Hullabaloo]] <small>(18), JP DVD (19)</small>
|</small>[[Hullabaloo (live)|Hullabaloo DVD]] <small>(18), JP DVD (19)</small>
|[[H.A.A.R.P. (live)|H.A.A.R.P.]] <small>CD (11), DVD (16), iTunes Pre-Order (11)</small>
|[[H.A.A.R.P. (live)|H.A.A.R.P.]] <small>CD (11), DVD (16)<small>
|[[Origin_of_Muse_(box_set)#CD_3_.28Showbiz_Remastered.29 |Origin of Muse]] <small>CD2 (8), CD3, Vinyl (Remaster) (7)</small>
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| Length = 3:56
| Length = 3:56
| AltTitles = -
| AltTitles = -
| First = ''Unknown''
| First = ''Unknown''
| Latest = -
| Latest = [[Oslo Telenor Arena 2013 (gig)|24{{supo|th}} July 2013]]
| Recorded = 1999
| Recorded = 1998
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Producer = [[Paul Reeve]], Jirob <small>(MG remix)</small>
| Producer = [[Paul Reeve]], Jirob <small>(MG remix)</small>
| Chart position = 20
| Chart position = 20
}}
}}
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp4Lj0hG5DI Listen]'''
==Description==
==Description==
Played heavily during the 1999/2000 tours as a lighter anthem and occasionally during 2001. It returned to the set list with recent 2007 gigs (played in the key of D insted of E). When it was played from 1999 through 2001, both [[Matthew Bellamy|Bellamy]] and [[Christopher Wolstenholme|Wolstenholme]] would play guitar. Matthew's was electric and Chris' would either be acoustic or electric. Chris would also play the bass with a foot pedal controller. From 2007 onwards, Matthew has been playing guitar, Chris has been playing bass and [[Morgan_Nicholls|Nicholls]] plays keyboards occasionally.
Acoustic fingerpicking. Unintended was written sometime around 1998, although possibly being written in 1997. It was written on a keyboard, and it was not played live much in 1998 because of the fact that the band needed a keyboard player in order to do the song. By December 1998, however, it was re-written on guitar, appearing in the only complete 1998 setlist. By 1999 the song was still performed rarely, only making about thirty estimated appearances throughout the course of the year.
 
==Information==
Played heavily during the 2000 tour as a lighter anthem and occasionally during 2001. It returned to the set list in 2007 (played in the key of D insted of E). When it was played from 1999 through 2001, both [[Matthew Bellamy|Bellamy]] and [[Christopher Wolstenholme|Wolstenholme]] would play guitar. Matt's was electric and Chris' would either be acoustic or electric. Chris would also play the bass with a foot pedal controller. From 2007 onwards, Matthew has been playing guitar, Chris has been playing bass and [[Morgan_Nicholls|Nicholls]] plays keyboards occasionally. When the song returned for The 2nd Law stadium tour, Matt only sang and Chris played electric guitar.
 
Acording to Matt, the words came in first place, instead of the music in first. It's one of the [[Falling Down (song)|Two Songs]] in where the words came first, instead of the music in first place.<ref>CDNOW Interview, 29th Sept 1999.</ref>


==Additional information==
Bellamy's explanation: "There are a few unintended love songs as well. The song I wrote about the girl was written in the studio after a phone conversation with her. We called it 'Unintended' because it came out of nowhere, and I didn't mean it to happen, all of these feelings for this girl".
Bellamy's explanation: "There are a few unintended love songs as well. The song I wrote about the girl was written in the studio after a phone conversation with her. We called it 'Unintended' because it came out of nowhere, and I didn't mean it to happen, all of these feelings for this girl".


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===Remixes===
===Remixes===
A remix exists, entitled "MG remix", by "Jirob". "Jirob"'s first name appears to be Matt, judging his url, and Jirob stands for "J in Red on Blue". The track begins with an oldie worldy effect, followed by a sped up dance section.
A remix exists, entitled "MG remix", by "Jirob". "Jirob"'s first name appears to be Matt, judging his url, and Jirob stands for "J in Red on Blue". The track begins with an oldie worldy effect, followed by a sped up dance section.
===Acoustic, Lullaby and Obeebo A.I. Versions===
[[File:UnintendedAcousticCover.jpg ‎ | thumb | right | Official artwork of the acoustic version]]
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| Album = [[Cryosleep (Matthew Bellamy EP)|Cryosleep]]
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| Recorded = 2019
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Producer = [[Matthew Bellamy]], [[Rich Costey]], [[Aleks Von Korff]]
| Chart position = -
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'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXc-TjOUBPo Listen]'''
In 2020, Bellamy announced he would be releasing an official stripped back acoustic version of the song, recorded on piano and vocals. The song was released on June 26th as his solo work. Part of this piano version was teased before by Bellamy, in an Instagram post from December 2019, when he wore a reindeer onesie while driving on a hoverboard, which makes it likely it was recorded in December of 2019, if not earlier.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/B6jpZ07DMoc/</ref> It was produced by [[Rich Costey]] and engineered, mixed and mastered by [[Aleks Von Korff]]. Unintended's acoustic version makes an appearance on Matt's solo EP, [[Cryosleep (Matthew Bellamy EP)|Cryosleep]].
Together with the acoustic one, two more versions were released; The "Piano Lullaby Version", which is just an instrumental of the acoustic version and the Obeebo A.I. version, an artificial intelligence remaking of the piano version.<ref>https://twitter.com/MattBellamy/status/1276238232473210881</ref> That version analyzed the harmonic structure of the acoustic  and created a series of new compositions which imitates the feel of the original but deviate from it. Matt chose variation 3, as variation 1 and 2 were too simplistic with no modulation. The A.I. was taught to understand the music theory behind circle of fifths relationships. He stumbled across the circle of fifths pattern by accident as a teenager by simply putting together the most common open chords on the guitar (E, A, D, G, C using B as a turnaround) which led to the original song. He used the same pattern in the chorus of the song [[New Born (song)|New Born]].<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CCET0zLDtVI/</ref>
==Live==
Unintended was written and debuted sometime in 1998. Matt was very apprehensive towards playing the song originally, as he originally envisioned it being performed using a keyboard, though he could not afford someone to play one. Thus, the band held off on playing Unintended for quite some time. Unintended remained a rare song all throughout 1999 before finally being played on regular rotation starting in January 2000. Unintended was performed at the majority of gigs in 2000.
[[Unintended (live) | More here]]


==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
<pre>You could be my unintended
{{lyrics
|You could be my unintended
Choice to live my life extended
Choice to live my life extended
You could be the one I’ll always love
You could be the one I’ll always love
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Pieces of the life I had before
Pieces of the life I had before


Before you</pre>
Before you
}}
 
Some early live versions had a different chorus:<ref>[https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/instantMUSEnger/conversations/messages/754]</ref>
 
{{lyrics
|I'll be there as soon as I can
Burnt and busy mending broken
Pieces of the life I had before
}}


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 02:14, 24 April 2022

Muse song
Name Unintended
Album/single
Length 3:56
Alternative titles -
First live performance Unknown
Latest live performance 24th July 2013
Recorded 1998
Writer/composer Matthew Bellamy
Producer Paul Reeve, Jirob (MG remix)
Chart position 20


Listen

Description

Acoustic fingerpicking. Unintended was written sometime around 1998, although possibly being written in 1997. It was written on a keyboard, and it was not played live much in 1998 because of the fact that the band needed a keyboard player in order to do the song. By December 1998, however, it was re-written on guitar, appearing in the only complete 1998 setlist. By 1999 the song was still performed rarely, only making about thirty estimated appearances throughout the course of the year.

Information

Played heavily during the 2000 tour as a lighter anthem and occasionally during 2001. It returned to the set list in 2007 (played in the key of D insted of E). When it was played from 1999 through 2001, both Bellamy and Wolstenholme would play guitar. Matt's was electric and Chris' would either be acoustic or electric. Chris would also play the bass with a foot pedal controller. From 2007 onwards, Matthew has been playing guitar, Chris has been playing bass and Nicholls plays keyboards occasionally. When the song returned for The 2nd Law stadium tour, Matt only sang and Chris played electric guitar.

Acording to Matt, the words came in first place, instead of the music in first. It's one of the Two Songs in where the words came first, instead of the music in first place.[1]

Bellamy's explanation: "There are a few unintended love songs as well. The song I wrote about the girl was written in the studio after a phone conversation with her. We called it 'Unintended' because it came out of nowhere, and I didn't mean it to happen, all of these feelings for this girl".

On the Muscle Museum EP version, Paul Reeve provided backing vocals.[2]

Remixes

A remix exists, entitled "MG remix", by "Jirob". "Jirob"'s first name appears to be Matt, judging his url, and Jirob stands for "J in Red on Blue". The track begins with an oldie worldy effect, followed by a sped up dance section.

Acoustic, Lullaby and Obeebo A.I. Versions

Official artwork of the acoustic version
Matthew Bellamy Song
Name Unintended (Acoustic Version)
Album/single Cryosleep
Length 4:02
Alternative titles -
First live performance -
Latest live performance -
Recorded 2019
Writer/composer Matthew Bellamy
Producer Matthew Bellamy, Rich Costey, Aleks Von Korff

Listen

In 2020, Bellamy announced he would be releasing an official stripped back acoustic version of the song, recorded on piano and vocals. The song was released on June 26th as his solo work. Part of this piano version was teased before by Bellamy, in an Instagram post from December 2019, when he wore a reindeer onesie while driving on a hoverboard, which makes it likely it was recorded in December of 2019, if not earlier.[3] It was produced by Rich Costey and engineered, mixed and mastered by Aleks Von Korff. Unintended's acoustic version makes an appearance on Matt's solo EP, Cryosleep.

Together with the acoustic one, two more versions were released; The "Piano Lullaby Version", which is just an instrumental of the acoustic version and the Obeebo A.I. version, an artificial intelligence remaking of the piano version.[4] That version analyzed the harmonic structure of the acoustic and created a series of new compositions which imitates the feel of the original but deviate from it. Matt chose variation 3, as variation 1 and 2 were too simplistic with no modulation. The A.I. was taught to understand the music theory behind circle of fifths relationships. He stumbled across the circle of fifths pattern by accident as a teenager by simply putting together the most common open chords on the guitar (E, A, D, G, C using B as a turnaround) which led to the original song. He used the same pattern in the chorus of the song New Born.[5]

Live

Unintended was written and debuted sometime in 1998. Matt was very apprehensive towards playing the song originally, as he originally envisioned it being performed using a keyboard, though he could not afford someone to play one. Thus, the band held off on playing Unintended for quite some time. Unintended remained a rare song all throughout 1999 before finally being played on regular rotation starting in January 2000. Unintended was performed at the majority of gigs in 2000.

More here

Lyrics

You could be my unintended

Choice to live my life extended You could be the one I’ll always love

You could be the one who listens To my deepest inquisitions You could be the one I’ll always love

I’ll be there as soon as I can But I’m busy mending broken Pieces of the life I had before

First there was the one who challenged All my dreams and all my balance She could never be as good as you

You could be my unintended Choice to live my life extended You should be the one I’ll always love

I’ll be there as soon as I can But I’m busy mending broken Pieces of the life I had before

I’ll be there as soon as I can But I’m busy mending broken Pieces of the life I had before

Before you

Some early live versions had a different chorus:[6]

I'll be there as soon as I can

Burnt and busy mending broken Pieces of the life I had before

References

  1. ↑ CDNOW Interview, 29th Sept 1999.
  2. ↑ Muscle Museum EP insert
  3. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B6jpZ07DMoc/
  4. ↑ https://twitter.com/MattBellamy/status/1276238232473210881
  5. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CCET0zLDtVI/
  6. ↑ [1]

See also


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