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Muse have revealed that their official Olympics theme was originally planned to be a duet with Elton John, but that when he pulled out of the event, they eventually wrote 'Survival'.
According to Matt Bellamy, Elton was in charge of all the music at the Games at one point before he fell out with organisers and turned his back on the event.
Revealing how Elton had approached him about recording with Muse, Bellamy told KROQ: "Believe it or not, Elton John gave us a call and wanted to write a song for the Olympics,"
Adding: "At one time Elton John was actually the director of the music for the Olympics. He contacted us and we thought, 'This is far out! We're going to do a song for the Olympics with Elton John?!'
"So that's how the ball started rolling way back over a year ago. But then he pulled out of the Olympics. He didn't want to be involved anymore cause he fell out with the organisers so that left us with a half-baked idea. At that point we just let it go and carried on with making the album."
It is widely believed that Muse will perform at the closing ceremony of the Games on August 12th. Meanwhile, the band have delayed the release of new album 'The 2nd Law' until October.
Photos: Muse live at Wembley Stadium
