Danny ClinchMuse frontman Matt Bellamy says that the band's new song “Survival,” which has been chosen as the main official song of the London 2012 Olympics, was originally going to be a duet with another artist.
“I got approached about a year ago to write this song for the Olympics and we were going to work on it with someone, I can't say who, a good pianist though,” Bellamy tells BBC Radio 1. “So I wrote this song with that in mind, that's why it's got a lot of guitar and piano at the same time, which normally I don't do.” Bellamy added that "Survival" is about “being completely determined to win, doing it against all the odds.”
According to a message on the band’s website, the track “will be played throughout the Games, including when athletes enter the stadium, in the lead-up to the medal ceremony, and also as the theme for all international TV coverage.”
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