"Time Is Running Out" is a song by English 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".