"Hysteria" is a song by English rock band Muse and is featured on their third studio album, Absolution. It was also released as a single from that album on 2003-12-01 in the United Kingdom, peaking at #17 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2003 in British music).
The artwork for the 7" cover was chosen by competition, and the winner was Adam Falkus. The runner-up images are included in the DVD version of the single. The song was performed regularly during the tour in support of Absolution and remains a staple of the band's live show. The song also appears on the Absolution Tour DVD.
The song's video, starring actor Justin Theroux, is based on the hotel-trashing scene from the movie Pink Floyd: The Wall. It takes the form of a short narrative depicting a man (the protagonist) awakening inside of a hotel room and, through non-linear chronological elements, discovering that he both stalked and eventually met with a woman who he felt attracted to. This encounter, however, ends unpleasantly. The video has several interpretations and can be seen to have several ambiguous elements, including the fit of rage which induces the man to trash the hotel room, and several chronologically non-linear sequences describing elements of plot.
An alternative video was also created for the release of the single in the U.S. which features the band playing in front of a green screen; with white blood vessels, a female's face, red, grey and black circles overlapping, and lightning. The video has a black, red, white and grey theme.
"Hysteria" is the 1987 title track by British hard rock band Def Leppard from their multi-platinum album Hysteria. The song peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.
