About The Dark Side

Matt said The Dark Side is a song that contains 'angry lyrics' and has the common Muse themes of frustration and loneliness. According to Matt, this song and Algorithm deal with the struggle to get away of a dystopian world and the anxieties about technology, trying to escape of your anxieties or from a some kind of matrix. The song has also been compared to artists like Prince and is very reminiscent to the Scarface theme, "Push it to the Limit," and to Laura Branigan's hit "Self-Control." With the 80s influence being very strong in this one, it also contains a very "I Want to Break Free"-like guitar solo. Moreover, it is similar to their own Sunburn, in that both prominently feature arpeggios in an Em progression.

First mentioned by Matt during KROQ's interview on The Kevin & Bean Show on February 15th, 2018. Matt said that it is one of the band's favourites. The title first appeared in the Something Human music video, during the closing shot, on a car licence plate falling on the ground. The same shot was also used as the opening in the music video for The Dark Side. Bellamy described the song as "Rock-electro-synth-map-ish-ish". He said this about the song on a Kerrang interview "Some people will listen to Dark Side and think it's a story about battling with mental illness". Dom's favourite track from the album, he said this in an interview about the song "One of my favourites is Dark Side, because it reminds of some classic sound of the band, but also quite futuristic at the same time".