Muscle Museum (single)

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Muse single
Name	Muscle Museum
Tracks	3 (GB CD1, GB CD2, re-release CD2), 2 (GB vinyl, re-release vinyl) » 4 (DE CD, re-release CD1) 6 (EPs) 1 (promo) 3 (remix promo)
Total length	13:27 (GB CD1), 13:53 (GB CD2) » 13:15 (re-release CD2) 24:37 (EP) 3:57 (promo) 12:51 (remix promo)
Recorded	1999
Writer/composer	Matthew Bellamy
Producer	Paul Reeve
Art work	Tanya Andrew, Matthew Bellamy, Steven Conner
Publisher	Taste Media, Mushroom » Naïve (FR) Motor (DE) PIAS (BX) Maverick (US)
Format(s)	CD, 7″ vinyl » CD-R (promo only) VHS (PAL, NTSC) (promo only) Cassette (cancelled)
Catalogue №	MUSH66CDS (CD1) MUSH66CDSX (CD2), MUSH66S (GB vinyl) » NV 3212-4 (FR CD1) NV 3212-5 (FR CD2) 481.2002.22 (BX CD) 561 360-2 (DE CD) MUSH84CDS (re-release CD1) MUSH84CDSX (re-release CD2) MUSH84S (re-release vinyl) MUSE 5 (promo) MUSE 10 (remix promo) NV 3217-2 (FR 2-track promo) PRO-CD-9841 (US promo) PRO-CD-9843 (US EP promo)
Release date	22nd November 1999 » 12th October 2000(re-release)
Chart position	43 (GB)
Album	Showbiz
single chronology
Cave ← Muscle Museum → Sunburn

Information

"Muscle Museum" was the third Muse single to be released in the UK and France, the first in the US and Benelux, and the second in Australia. Some of the original singles were hand signed by the band, on a few of them, Matthew Bellamy put Dominic Howard's phone number on the single so that fans could contact him if they dared. Howard has changed his phone number due to the increase in random people knowing it. Almost all of the vinyl singles from the original release were signed by the band, such that unsigned copies are in fact rarer.

"Muscle Museum" was re-released in the UK on both CD and vinyl in 2000.

Pre-release

Analogous promotional CDs were made for "Muscle Museum" as were later for "Cave" in the US. Two promos were circulated, one featuring the radio edit; another featuring other albums tracks and "Agitated" entitled Muscle Museum EP, although in no relation to the earlier Muscle Museum EP released in the UK. In addition a promotional CD-R was made.

Track list

CD1

1. Muscle Museum (Album Version) - 4:25
2. Do We Need This - 4:17
3. Muscle Museum (Live Acoustic) - 4:45

CD2

1. Muscle Museum (Full Length Version) - 5:29
2. Pink Ego Box - 3:32
3. Con-Science - 4:52

DE CD, DE promo

1. Muscle Museum (Radio Edit) - 3:17
2. Overdue - 2:28
3. Jimmy Kane - 3:29
4. Muscle Museum (Album Version) - 4:25

AU, BX CD

1. Muscle Museum - 4:25
2. Do We Need This - 4:17
3. Pink Ego Box - 3:32
4. Muscle Museum (Live Acoustic) - 4:45

Re-release CD1

1. Muscle Museum (US Mix) - 4:29
2. Agitated (Live) - 3:14
3. Sunburn (Timo Maas Sunstroke Mix) - 6:46
4. Muscle Museum (US Version Video) - 4:29

Re-release CD2

1. Muscle Museum (US Mix) - 4:29
2. Sober (Saint US Mix) - 4:06
3. Muscle Museum (Soulwax Mix) - 3:43

Vinyl

1. Muscle Museum - 4:25
2. Minimum - 2:44

Re-release vinyl

1. Muscle Museum (US Mix) - 4:29
2. Escape (live Oui FM) - 3:32

EP

1. Muscle Museum - 4:22
2. Muscle Museum (Live Acoustic) - 4:44
3. Do We Need This - 4:15
4. Pink Ego Box - 3:30
5. Con-Science - 4:51
6. Minimum - 2:44

Re-release EP

1. Muscle Museum (US Mix) - 4:29
2. Muscle Museum (Soulwax Remix) - 3:44
3. Sober (Saint US Mix) - 4:07
4. Agitated (Live) - 3:14
5. Sunburn (Timo Maas Sunstroke Mix) - 6:47
6. Escape (Live) - 3:34

GB promo, promo CD-R

1. Muscle Museum (Radio Edit) - 3:57

Remix promo

1. Muscle Museum (Radio Edit Remix) - 4:00
2. Sober (The Saint Remix) - 4:06
3. Sunburn (Timo Mass Sunstroke Remix) - 6:44

FR promo 1, US promo

1. Muscle Museum (Radio Edit) - 3:51
2. Muscle Museum (Album Version) - 4:23

FR promo 2

1. Muscle Museum - 4:23
2. Twin - 3:17
3. Jimmy Kane - 3:28
4. Forced In - 5:10

US EP promo

1. Muscle Museum - 4:25
2. Uno - 3:38
3. Cave - 4:48
4. Unintended - 3:57
5. Agitated - 2:23

Revised Radio Edit promo CD-R

1. Muscle Museum (Revised Radio Edit) - 3:12

Single Formats promo CD-R

1. Muscle Museum (Radio Edit Fade) - 3:21
2. Muscle Museum (Radio Edit) - 4:00
3. Muscle Museum (Single) - 4:26
4. Sober (Saint US Mix) - 4:04
5. Sunburn (Timo Mass Sunstroke Remix) - 6:44

VHS promos

1. Muscle Museum video - 4:25

Muscle Museum gallery

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