Talk:Survival (Muse song)

A fact from Survival (Muse song) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 July 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that "Survival", a single by the English rock band Muse, is the official song of the 2012 Summer Olympics?

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What does:

According to him, the project then "went away," though a song was written regardless.

mean? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:47, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The BBC article isn't very clear. It says,

Speaking on Radio 1's Zane Lowe show on Wednesday, Bellamy said he had been approached to write a song about the Olympics a year ago, but the project "went away". "Then when we were asked to play the ending ceremony, the song had developed so we got the Olympic people in to hear it and they said they'd love to use it as the official tune," he said.

--Ruby 2010/2013 14:32, 30 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds non-significant; I suggest we remove it. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:03, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I think it's definitely significant for the article, considering they're discussing the background behind writing the song. Hopefully more interviews turn up soon to shine some more clarity. Ruby 2010/2013 15:29, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

How is it significant? How does that impact on our understanding or enjoyment of the song? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:19, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]