The lead single from the band’s fifth album, 2009’s The Resistance, charted at Number 9 and finishes in second place on Muse's top hits, with 526,000 combined sales. Despite being the band's third most successful single, it didn’t quite rise to the Official Singles Chart Top 10 at time of release, peaking at Number 13.

This simple love song is memorable for its upbeat piano riff and killer high notes from Bellamy, as well as Muse's signature hard guitar passages. It reached Number 24 in the UK in 2001 and ranks as their fourth biggest single with 377,000 combined sales, including 10.5 million streams. MORE: See Muse's full Official UK Chart history hereĬovering of one of the world’s best known songs isn't an easy feat, but Feeling Good has often been voted the best cover song of all time. One theory is that it is about the end of a relationship, another is that it's a general muse (sorry) on the fleeting nature of time itself, and some fans think - thanks to the music video - it's about an impending nuclear holocaust. Matt Bellamy said at time of release that the song's subject matter is open to interpretation, so of course a few suggestions have cropped up over the years. Kicking off with a cutting bass riff before the chorus blows your socks off, Time Is Running Out from their third album Absolution peaked at Number 8, and to date has 292,000 combined UK sales. With the imminent release of their eighth studio album, Simulation Theory, we've dug into the numbers for a closer look at Muse's top hits. Their albums have fared even better, with the last five studio releases debuting at Number 1. Since 1999 Muse have scored 22 hits on the UK's Official Singles Chart Top 40, four of which went Top 10.

Thanks to their unique sound and singer Matt Bellamy's distinct falsetto, their songs are unmistakable to even a casual listener. Internationally known for their breed of melancholic alternative rock, Muse have carved themselves a place as one of British music's biggest bands of all time.

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