The First Note Is Silent

"The First Note Is Silent"
Single by High Contrast featuring Tiësto and Underworld
from the album The Agony and the Ecstasy
B-side"Fearful Symmetry"
Released28 October 2011
GenreDrum and bass
Length
  • 3:37 (Radio Edit)
  • 5:57 (Original Mix)
LabelHospital
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
High Contrast singles chronology
"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" / "Forever and a Day"
(2010)
"The First Note Is Silent"
(2011)
"The Agony and the Ecstasy"
(2012)
Tiësto singles chronology
"Maximal Crazy"
(2011)
"The First Note Is Silent"
(2011)
"What Can We Do (A Deeper Love)"
(2011)
Underworld singles chronology
"Diamond Jigsaw"
(2011)
"The First Note Is Silent"
(2011)
"Caliban's Dream"
(2012)

"The First Note Is Silent" is a song by Welsh disc jockey and producer High Contrast in collaboration with Dutch disc jockey and producer Tiësto and Welsh electronic music band Underworld. It was released as digital download and 12" vinyl on 28 October 2011 by Hospital Records in the United Kingdom as the first single from High Contrast's fifth studio album The Agony and the Ecstasy.