Uno (song)
| Muse song | |
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| Name | Uno |
| Album/single |
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| Length | 3:38, 3:01 (radio edit), 2:53 (2nd radio edit) |
| Alternative titles | - |
| First live performance | Unknown |
| Latest live performance | 11th November 2003 |
| Recorded | 1999 |
| Writer/composer | Matthew Bellamy |
| Producer | John Leckie |
| Chart position | 73 |
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Description
First single by muse, the title means "one" in Spanish. The song deals with throwing away your future or potential. Part of Chris's bass part is identical to a part of a Patti Page song "conquest".
Information
Muse's first single.
Originally featured on the Muscle Museum EP.
An alternate version featuring an acoustic guitar is available on the 7" single.
During recording this song for Showbiz an amp blew up. The same happened during the recording of Escape. This was revealed on the Gonzo interview in 2003.
A live favourite, the song was the stable opener during 1999-2000 gigs. It was commonly introduced with a "Whammy Jam" during this time period. After 1999, the bass outro was commonly played by Bellamy instead of the usual guitar outro. For the first half of 2001 the song was usually on rotation in the first three songs played, alongside New Born and Micro Cuts. In later gigs it was only played during the first few months of 2002 and just once in 2003.
Interpretation
Uno could be about the same person as Hyper Music and Hate This & I'll Love You; Someone who was associated with the band before they made it, whom Bellamy had reason to dislike. (On a similar theme Sunburn seems to be about a girl who was associated with them, who in contrast Bellamy regrets having to leave behind, because he sees her as a star).
Lyrics
This means nothing to me
'cause you are nothing to me And it means nothing to me That you blew this away
'cause you could've been number one If you only found the time And you could've ruled the whole world If you had the chance
You could've been number one And you could've ruled the whole world And we could've had so much fun But you blew it away
You're still nothing to me And this is nothing to me And you don't know what you've done But I'll give you a clue
You could've been number one If you only had the chance And you could've ruled the whole world If you had the time
You could've been number one And you could've ruled the whole world And we could've had so much fun But you blew it away
You could've been number one And you could've ruled the whole world And we could've had so much fun But you blew it away
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