MusicOMH stated that the song was "a track perfectly at home on drivetime radio" while saying it "showcases another side to the band's music and their staggering breadth of appeal." Leeds Music Scene reviewer Maria Pinto-Fernandes gave "Starlight" a glowing review, with a score of four and a half stars out of five. īellamy stated in an interview with The Sunday Mail that the band wanted to "create the idea of a band lost at sea because we see ourselves as being outside what's happening in the music scene." He also told the interviewer, Billy Sloan, that "it was an epic feeling playing on a huge platform with the sea all around us." Critical reception Band members are also carrying flares, in an attempt to get rescued, but in the end this fails, and they are abandoned. In the video, the band perform on the deck of the MS Ocean Chie, a handysize bulk carrier. Muse worked with Paul Minor on Starlight's music video, which was filmed in Los Angeles. It is set in the key of, B major with Bellamy's vocals ranging from G ♯ 3 to B 4. It is set in the time signature of common time and composed in a moderate tempo of 121.5 beats per minute with the bridge sped up to 122.5 beats per minute. Īccording to the music sheet published at by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, "Starlight" is an alternative rock song. He described "Starlight" as the hardest song on the album to record, and that it "was one of the songs we went around in circles with, and we recorded maybe six or seven different versions of it". The bassist, Chris Wolstenholme, said the song was about missing loved ones. Bellamy commented that he first wrote the song on a boat in bad weather. "Starlight" was written by Muse's vocalist, Matt Bellamy, and produced by Rich Costey. The song was first played live during the Radio 1's Big Weekend festival in summer 2006. The single reached number 13 on the UK Singles Chart and number two on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. It was released on 22 August 2006 as the second single from their fourth studio album, Black Holes and Revelations (2006). " Starlight" is a song by the English alternative rock band Muse.
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