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United States of Eurasia (+Collateral Damage)

2009Released
5:47

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Interesting facts and trivia about United States of Eurasia (+Collateral Damage). By Songfacts®.

Muse unveiled this track as part of an international treasure hunt in which the band hid USB sticks containing portions of the song in seven cities. Following the conclusion of the treasure hunt on July 21, 2009, the song was made available as a free digital download online complete with the piano sonata "Collateral Damage," which is tagged on at the end.

In a pre-release interview, singer/guitarist Matt Bellamy revealed to Mojo magazine August 2009 that the inspiration for this song came from a book called The Grand Chessboard by Polish-born advisor to Jimmy Carter, Zbeigniew Brzezinski. Bellamy explained that "Brzezinski has the viewpoint that the Eurasian landmass, i.e. Europe, Asia and the Middle East, needs to be controlled by America to secure the oil supply. He talks very matter-of-factly about seeing the world as a chessboard. That, combined with the obvious Orwellian reference to the state of Europe from 1984, inspire the words on that song."

Bellamy told MTV News: "[That] was probably the first song anyone heard off our new album. It's a song about the grandiose, megalomaniacal geo-strategy of foreign-policy advisors who talk about Eurasia and the world as some kind of chessboard to play games on. So the track on the first part is really over-the-top, trying to capture that megalomaniac vibe." He added: "The track's got lots of different influences on there, Middle Eastern [music], '70s prog music, some big choir parts on there... it's one of my favorite songs on the album."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of United States of Eurasia (+Collateral Damage).
D♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
81BPM

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The record label that has released United States of Eurasia (+Collateral Damage).
Warner Records
© 2009 Warner Music UK Limited
℗ 2009 Warner Music UK Limited

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