What is Plug In Baby by Muse actually about?

18 June 2021, 15:52


Radio X has uncovered something of a mystery - a ROCK mystery. Muse released Plug In Baby as a single on 5 March 2001, the first single from their second album Origin Of Symmetry, which followed later that year on 18 June.


My plug in baby / Crucifies my enemies
When I'm tired of giving / My plug in baby
In unbroken virgin realities / Is tired of living


Here’s the mystery: in March 2018, Chris Moyles interviewed Matt Bellamy and Dom Howard up at AIR Studios in London and were asked the question about Plug In Baby’s title. What does it mean?


Muse in August 2001: Dominic Howard, Chris Wolstenholme, Matt Bellamy
Muse in August 2001: Dominic Howard, Chris Wolstenholme, Matt Bellamy. Picture: Rob Verhorst/Redferns/Getty Images

Which is fascinating! Except…

Muse came into Radio X back in August 2017 and the question was asked then: what is Plug In Baby actually about?




What's the real answer? Are Muse just pulling our leg? Are they having fun with interviewers by coming up with a different answer every time they're asked the same old question? We must be told!


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