Time Is Running Out

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“Time Is Running Out”
“Time Is Running Out” cover
Single by Muse
from the album Absolution
B-side "The Groove"
Released 2003-09-08
Format 7", CD, DVD
Genre Alternative rock
Progressive Rock
Length 3:56
Label East West Records
Producer Rich Costey, Muse
Muse singles chronology
"Stockholm Syndrome"
(July 2003)
"Time Is Running Out"
(September 2003)
"Hysteria"
(December 2003)
Absolution track listing
"Apocalypse Please"
(2)
"Time Is Running Out"
(3)
"Sing for Absolution"
(4)

"Time Is Running Out" is a song by English rock band Muse, and is the third track on their third album, Absolution. It was also released as the lead single from that album on September 8, 2003 in the United Kingdom and other various countries. The single proved to be the band's breakthrough hit in the United States - hitting #9 on the US Modern Rock chart. It was also the band's first Top 10 hit in the UK, their previous best being #11 attained by "Plug In Baby".

Contents

[edit] Track listings

  • UK 7", UK / Japanese / French CD
  1. "Time Is Running Out" - 3:56
  2. "The Groove" - 2:38
  3. "Stockholm Syndrome" (video) - 4:59 (CD versions only)
  • UK DVD
  1. "Time Is Running Out" - 3:56
  2. "Time Is Running Out" (video) - 3:58
  3. "Time Is Running Out" (making of video) - 2:00
  • Australian CD
  1. "Time Is Running Out" - 3:56
  2. "The Groove" - 2:38
  3. "Time Is Running Out" (video) - 3:58
  4. "Time Is Running Out" (making of video) - 2:00
Time Is Running Out promotional CD
Time Is Running Out promotional CD

[edit] Release details

Country Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 2003-09-08 East West Records 7" EW272 / 5050466854872
CD EW272CD / 5050466854926
DVD EW272DVD / 5050466855053
Australia Taste Media CD 5050466896926
France Taste Media, Naive CD NV50121 / 3298490501214
Japan Taste Media CD CTCM-65044 / 4945817650443

[edit] Music video

The video depicts a number of military officials seated at a round table performing actions simultaneously, moving to the beat of the song, as Muse plays the song on the table, with the officials apparently oblivious to Muse's presence. Eventually, the officers begin to start dancing on the table, seeming to go insane. They eventually end up crawling. It is partially based on Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

[edit] Trivia

The song has been featured in an episode of Entourage entitled "The Boys Are Back in Town"

In 2006, the song was featured in the trailer for the film Running Scared and was also used in promotional spots of the Turner Classic Movies channel.

In 2005 The Feeling covered the song for Jo Whiley's Live Lounge on Radio One. They apparently didn't know what the song was called or who it was by when they covered it.

In 2008, the song was featured on Torchwood Declassified, to represent the deaths of two main characters.

The song has been featured in the book Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz.

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