During a preview of The 2nd Law on French site Jeuxactu, the song was said to resemble Depeche Mode and described as "calm, languid and sweet". According to NME, "Madness" draws influences from Queen's "I Want to Break Free", George Michael's " Faith" and some instrumental elements of his other hit "I Want Your Sex". "Madness" is an electronic rock, synth-pop, soft rock, and R&B song. The song earned a nomination in the Best Rock Song category at the 2013 Grammy Awards.
"Madness" spent 19 weeks at number one on Billboards Alternative Songs chart, becoming the second-longest-running number-one song on the chart. The music video premiered on 5 September 2012. It was written by singer and guitarist Matthew Bellamy and produced by the band.
It is the second track and second single from Muse's sixth studio album, The 2nd Law (2012), released as a download on 20 August 2012. " Madness" is a song by the English rock band Muse.
We are happy to share with you its sheet music, along with the promise that more Muse songs will follow.īellamy, the lead singer and pianist of Muse, actually admitted that "it’s the song he is probably most proud of on the album for sure" and, being a song influenced by unique acts like Queen, George Michael and the softness of Depeche Mode’s style, it will remain as one of Muse’s greats.Ĭoldplay’s Chris Martin called the song "Muse’s best song yet", while Rolling Stone Magazine ranked it the 37th best song of 2012 and the soul and R&B influences admitted even by Bellamy earns this song a place among the best alternative rock songs of the last decade.The word "madness" displayed in blue text on a dark background with the Muse logo to the top of the image. Having been nominated for Best Rock Song at the 2013 Grammy Awards ceremony, the song is pretty well recognized world wide. The song "Madness" has been released after premiering on BBC Radio 1 in August 2012.īeing a part of Muse’s sixth album, "The Second Law", released in 2012, it has had the time to make its mark on the public and it has done so, being, alongside "Survival", "Follow Me" or "Supremacy", one of the band’s greatest songs ever created.
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