# The best Muse songs

From Showbiz to Black Holes and Revelations: the Muse songs fans and critics rank highest, with Hysteria on top.

- 58 votes · 15 items
- May 7, 2024 · Rosie Atkinson
- https://even.best/en/l/3476/the-best-muse-songs

## Top 15

1. **Hysteria** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 2003. That bassline; voted their best song by NME readers in 2012.
2. **Knights of Cydonia** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 2006. A space western with galloping guitars.
3. **Madness** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 2012. A minimal ballad with a Queen-style solo.
4. **Starlight** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 2006. Stadium pop-rock from Black Holes and Revelations.
5. **Supermassive Black Hole** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 2006. Funk and falsetto; the Twilight song.
6. **Feeling Good** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 2001. Named the best cover ever by NME in 2010.
7. **Plug In Baby** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 2001. The riff that made them big.
8. **Uprising** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 2009. A glam-rock call to revolt.
9. **Time Is Running Out** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 2003. Their first UK top ten.
10. **Map of the Problematique** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 2006. Dark synths and paranoia.
11. **New Born** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 2001. The epic opener of Origin of Symmetry.
12. **Citizen Erased** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 2001. Seven minutes of heavy, sad rock.
13. **Unintended** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 1999. The tender ballad from Showbiz.
14. **Butterflies and Hurricanes** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — 2003. Rock with a Rachmaninoff-style piano interlude.
15. **Stockholm Syndrome** (-2 · ▲1 ▼3) — 2003. Pure riff fury.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.