Track Description Available in: "Time Is Running Out" is a song by the English alternative rock band Muse, and is the third track on their third album, Absolution. It was released as the lead single from the album on 8 September 2003 in the United Kingdom and other countries. The single proved to be the band's breakthrough hit on alternative rock radio in the United States - hitting number nine on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. It was also the band's first Top 10 hit in the UK, peaking at number eight, besting the number eleven peak of "Plug In Baby".