“Time Is Running Out”
Single by Muse from the album Absolution
B-side	"The Groove"
Released	2003-09-08
Format	7", CD, DVD
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:56
Label	East West Records
Producer	Rich Costey, Muse
Muse singles chronology
"Stockholm Syndrome" (July 2003) "Time Is Running Out" (September 2003) "Hysteria" (December 2003)
Absolution track listing
"Apocalypse Please" (2) "Time Is Running Out" (3) "Sing for Absolution" (4)

"Time Is Running Out" is a song by English Alternative rock band Muse, and is the third track on their third album, Absolution. It was also released as the lead single from that album on September 8, 2003 in the United Kingdom and other various countries. The single proved to be the band's breakthrough hit in the United States - hitting #9 on the US Modern Rock chart. It was also the band's first Top 10 hit in the UK, their previous best being #11 attained by "Plug In Baby".

Track listings

• UK 7", UK / Japanese / French CD

1. "Time Is Running Out" - 3:56
2. "The Groove" - 2:38
3. "Stockholm Syndrome" (video) - 4:59 (CD versions only)

• UK DVD

1. "Time Is Running Out" - 3:56
2. "Time Is Running Out" (video) - 3:58
3. "Time Is Running Out" (making of video) - 2:00

• Australian CD

1. "Time Is Running Out" - 3:56
2. "The Groove" - 2:38
3. "Time Is Running Out" (video) - 3:58
4. "Time Is Running Out" (making of video) - 2:00

Time Is Running Out promotional CD

Release details

Music video

The video depicts a number of military officials seated at a round table performing actions simultaneously, moving to the beat of the song, as Muse plays the song on the table, with the officials apparently oblivious to Muse's presence. Eventually, the officers begin to start dancing on the table, seeming to go insane. They eventually end up crawling. It is partially based on Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

In pop culture

• The song has been featured in an episode of Entourage entitled "The Boys Are Back in Town" and in 2008, the song was featured on Torchwood Declassified, to represent the deaths of two main characters.
• In 2006, the song was featured in the trailer for the film Running Scared and was also used in promotional spots of the Turner Classic Movies channel.
• In 2005 The Feeling covered the song for Jo Whiley's Live Lounge on Radio One. They apparently didn't know what the song was called or who it was by when they covered it.
• The song has been featured in the book Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz.
• This song was one of the ten songs that made it to the second round in a theme song competition to represent the book Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, on www.twilightguy.com.

External links

• Official Muse website
• Time Is Running Out lyrics - Official Muse website.