Sunburn (song)
| Muse song | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sunburn |
| Album/single |
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| Length | 3:54 |
| Alternative titles | - |
| First live performance | Unknown |
| Latest live performance | 04/12/2009 |
| Recorded | 1999 |
| Writer/composer | Matthew Bellamy |
| Producer | John Leckie |
| Chart position | 22 |
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Description
A staple of the live set prior to the Black Holes and Revelations tour and has been performed on guitar and piano.
Additional information
It is possibly about the band struggling money wise before they were signed.
Lyrics could also suggest the possibility of it being about a stripper or prostitute, or a strip club.
Alternative meaning: seems to be about a girl who was associated with the band before they made it, who Bellamy regrets having to leave behind, due to him seeing her as a star.
Matthew Bellamy declared that while the band were recording, this song was one of his favourites, but found it a bit weak at first: "I wanted to make it sound good. So that was when John Leckie, our producer, had this idea to work out the guitar part on the piano. That was the first time I played piano in years it seems, and I had to spend two or three days just practicing Sunburn, which is a pretty simple part".[1]
According to Bellamy, Sunburn was composed whilst in the studio.
Sunburn was added to Radio 1's C playlist on, or shortly before, 31st January 2000.[2]
As of 18th July 2007, the piano and drums from the intro of Sunburn were used in the BBC's TV coverage of the Open golf championship
Alternate versions
An early demo recording of Sunburn features different lyrics and has an extended ending. The entire song is played on guitar, and is seemingly the original version, before John Leckie decided that a piano version would sound stonger. The lyrical focus of this early version appears to be the end of a relationship.
Three remixes were created entitled "Sunburn (Timo Maas Sunstroke Mix)", "Sunburn (Timo Maas Breakz Again Remix)" and "Sunburn (Steven McCreery Remix)".
Lyrics
Come waste your millions here Secretly she sneers Another corporate show, A guilty conscience grows And I'll feel a guilty conscience grow And I'll feel a guilty conscience grow She burns like the sun and I can't look away And she'll burn our horizons make no mistakes Come let the truth be shared No one ever dared To break these endless lies Secretly she cries She burns like the sun And I can't look away And she'll burn our horizons Make no mistakes And I'll hide from the world Behind a broken frame And I'll run forever I can't face the shame And I'll hide from the world Behind a broken frame And I'll run forever I can't face the shame
Alternative lyrics
Instead of
Another corporate show
It was changed to, on some live versions:
Just like a virgin blows
Whilst Showbiz was still being recorded it was:[3]
Just like an angel glows
Demo version
Let the truth be known Life just carries on When you're dead and gone I'll still feel your glow And I'll believe I'll still feel your glow And I'll believe I'll still feel your glow She burns like the sun And I can't look away And she'll burn our horizons Make no mistake Let the truth be heard True love is absurd And I'll believe Just to feel your glow She burns like the sun And I can't look away And she'll burn our horizons Make no mistake She burns like the sun And I can't look away And she'll burn our horizons Make no mistake She burns like the sun And I can't look away And she'll burn my horizons Make no mistake
References
- ↑ Innocence and Absolution keboardmag.com 200506
- ↑ Microcuts.net 20000131
- ↑ Muse. (2000). [Making of Showbiz]. Retrieved from youtube.com.