Released: June 17, 2006
Songwriter: Matt Bellamy
Producer: Muse Rich Costey
"Supermassive Black Hole" is the first single from Black Holes and Revelations, released on 19 June 2006. Its B-side is Crying Shame. The song has been available online since 9 May following a radio premiere the previous day. The single reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart, making it the highest charting single by the band to date. The track was mixed at Townhouse Studios, London. It was released as the third U.S. single on April 23, 2007. Influences Read more on Last.fm.
Length: 3:28
[Verse 1]
Ooh, baby, don't you know I suffer?
Ooh, baby, can't you hear me moan?
You caught me under false pretenses
How long before you let me go?
[Pre-Chorus]
Oooooooooooooh, you set my soul alight
Oooooooooooooh, you set my soul alight
[Chorus]
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstar's sucked into the supermassive
(Ooooooooooooh, you set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstar's sucked into the...
(Ooooooooooooh, you set my soul...)
Into the supermassive
[Verse 2]
I thought I was a fool for no one
But ooh, baby, I'm a fool for you
You're the queen of the superficial
And how long before you tell the truth?
[Pre-Chorus]
Oooooooooooooh, you set my soul alight
Oooooooooooooh, you set my soul alight
[Chorus]
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstar's sucked into the supermassive
(Ooooooooooooh, you set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstar's sucked into the...
(Ooooooooooooh, you set my soul...)
Into the supermassive
[Bridge]
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstar's sucked into the supermassive
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstar's sucked into the...
Into the supermassive
[Chorus]
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstar's sucked into the supermassive
(Ooooooooooooh, you set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstar's sucked into the...
(Ooooooooooooh, you set my soul...)
Into the supermassive
[Outro]
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Ooh, baby, don't you know I suffer?
Ooh, baby, can't you hear me moan?
You caught me under false pretenses
How long before you let me go?
[Pre-Chorus]
Oooooooooooooh, you set my soul alight
Oooooooooooooh, you set my soul alight
[Chorus]
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstar's sucked into the supermassive
(Ooooooooooooh, you set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstar's sucked into the...
(Ooooooooooooh, you set my soul...)
Into the supermassive
[Verse 2]
I thought I was a fool for no one
But ooh, baby, I'm a fool for you
You're the queen of the superficial
And how long before you tell the truth?
[Pre-Chorus]
Oooooooooooooh, you set my soul alight
Oooooooooooooh, you set my soul alight
[Chorus]
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstar's sucked into the supermassive
(Ooooooooooooh, you set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstar's sucked into the...
(Ooooooooooooh, you set my soul...)
Into the supermassive
[Bridge]
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstar's sucked into the supermassive
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstar's sucked into the...
Into the supermassive
[Chorus]
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstar's sucked into the supermassive
(Ooooooooooooh, you set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstar's sucked into the...
(Ooooooooooooh, you set my soul...)
Into the supermassive
[Outro]
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
- Supermassive Black Hole (2006)
- Black Holes and Revelations (2006)
- FIFA 07 Soundtrack (2006)
- Twilight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2008)
- Uprising
- Pressure
- Madness
- Feeling Good
- Mercy
- Psycho
- Starlight
- Supermassive Black Hole
- Plug In Baby
- Knights of Cydonia
- Dead Inside
- The Dark Side
- Hysteria
- Reapers
- Resistance
- Time Is Running Out
- Thought Contagion
- Algorithm
- New Born
- Undisclosed Desires
- Something Human
- The Globalist
- Stockholm Syndrome
- The Handler