Knights of Cydonia

E756899

"Knights of Cydonia" is a bombastic, genre-blending rock epic by Muse, known for its cinematic Western sci-fi style, galloping rhythm, and anthemic, crowd-chanting finale.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Knights of Cydonia canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
albumSequenceNumber 11 ⓘ
artist Muse ⓘ
chartPositionUKSingles 10 ⓘ
chartPositionUSAlternativeSongs 10 ⓘ
composer Matthew Bellamy ⓘ
linked to: Matt Bellamy
containsMotif Morricone-inspired Western guitar ⓘ
crowd chant "No one’s gonna take me alive" ⓘ
falsetto vocals ⓘ
horse-gallop drum pattern ⓘ
trumpet fanfare ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
genre Western rock ⓘ
alternative rock ⓘ
progressive rock ⓘ
space rock ⓘ
surf rock ⓘ
hasLiveFavoriteStatus yes ⓘ
hasMusicVideo yes ⓘ
includedOnTour Black Holes and Revelations Tour ⓘ
Drones World Tour ⓘ
Simulation Theory World Tour ⓘ
linked to: Simulation Theory

The 2nd Law Tour ⓘ
The Resistance Tour ⓘ
label Helium 3 ⓘ
linked to: helium-3

Warner Bros. Records ⓘ
length 6:06 ⓘ
lyricalTheme defiance ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
rebellion ⓘ
lyricist Matthew Bellamy ⓘ
linked to: Matt Bellamy
musicVideoDirector Joseph Kahn ⓘ
musicVideoStyle science fiction ⓘ
spaghetti Western parody ⓘ
notableFeature anthemic crowd-chanting finale ⓘ
extended instrumental introduction ⓘ
galloping rhythm ⓘ
partOfAlbum Black Holes and Revelations ⓘ
performer Muse ⓘ
producer Muse ⓘ
Rich Costey ⓘ
recordingPeriod 2005–2006 ⓘ
releaseDate 2006-06-19 ⓘ
singleReleaseYear 2006 ⓘ
style cinematic ⓘ
sci-fi Western ⓘ
typicalLiveSetCloser yes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Muse → hasHitSong → Knights of Cydonia ⓘ
Black Holes and Revelations → hasPart → Knights of Cydonia ⓘ