"Cave" is a song by English

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band

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, released as the second single from their 1999 debut album '' Showbiz''.

Content

Bellamy has given two statements about what "Cave" is about. Once he said it was about "an old friend of mine" in a strangely warbled voice before a live performance of the song and on a different occasion he stated "The idea for Cave came from that rubbish American book, '' Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus''. There's this bit about how men go into a cave when they get stressed and I think that's probably true, although, personally, I tend to let it out. I did have a bit of a tantrum in my hotel bathroom last night – but I managed to repair the toilet, so that's OK."

Release

"Cave" was released on 6 September 1999 on

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—backed with an

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of the song—and

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—backed with a remix of the song alongside "Twin", "Host" and "Coma";—on 6 September 1999. It reached number 52 in the

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—an improvement of 21 positions on "

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". In the United States a five-track

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was also released by

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. "Cave" also appears on the soundtrack for the film ''Little Nicky''.

Performances

A piano version of this song was played during the Resistance Tour live performances, which marks the first time since 2001 the song had been performed live.

Matt Bellamy Matthew James Bellamy (born 9 June 1978) is an English singer, musician, producer, and songwriter. He is primarily known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist, and primary songwriter for English rock band Muse. He is recognised for his ecce ...

has stated he dislikes performing this song because of the extended word "Cave" during the chorus.

Track listing

References

External links

* {{authority control Muse (band) songs 1999 singles Songs written by Matt Bellamy Song recordings produced by John Leckie 1997 songs Mushroom Records singles