{{Infobox song | name = The First Note Is Silent | cover = High Contrast feat. Tiësto & Underworld - The First Note Is Silent.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[High Contrast]] featuring [[Tiësto]] and [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] | album = [[The Agony and the Ecstasy (album)|The Agony and the Ecstasy]] | B-side = Fearful Symmetry | released = 28 October 2011 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = [[Drum and bass]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.beatport.com/release/the-first-note-is-silent-feat-tiesto-underworld/3106379|title=The First Note Is Silent by High Contrast feat. Tiësto & Underworld|publisher=[[Beatport]]|date=28 October 2011|access-date=18 September 2021}}</ref> | length = * 3:37 <small>(Radio Edit)</small> * 5:57 <small>(Original Mix)</small> | label = [[Hospital Records|Hospital]] | writer = {{hlist|[[High Contrast|Lincoln Barrett]]|[[Tijs Verwest]]|[[Karl Hyde]]|[[Rick Smith (musician)|Rick Smith]]}} | producer = {{hlist|[[High Contrast]]|[[Tiësto]]}} | chronology = [[High Contrast]] | prev_title = In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" / "Forever and a Day | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = The Agony and the Ecstasy | next_year = 2012 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Tiësto]] | type = single | prev_title = [[Maximal Crazy]] | prev_year = 2011 | title = The First Note Is Silent | year = 2011 | next_title = [[What Can We Do (A Deeper Love)]] | next_year = 2011 }}{{Extra chronology | artist = [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] | type = single | prev_title = Diamond Jigsaw | prev_year = 2011 | title = The First Note Is Silent | year = 2011 | next_title = Caliban's Dream | next_year = 2012 }} }}
"'''The First Note Is Silent'''" is a [[song]] by [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[disc jockey]] and [[Music Producer|producer]] [[High Contrast]] in collaboration with [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[disc jockey]] and [[Music Producer|producer]] [[Tiësto]] and [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[electronic music]] band [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]]. It was released as [[Digital download (music)|digital download]] and [[12" vinyl]] on 28 October 2011 by [[Hospital Records]] in the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] as the first single from [[High Contrast]]'s fifth studio album ''[[The Agony and the Ecstasy (album)|The Agony and the Ecstasy]]''.
== Music video == The music video was premiered on [[High Contrast]]'s official [[YouTube]] channel on 7 October 2011. It was directed by [[High Contrast]] himself.<ref>{{YouTube|MWOJyegyRbM|High Contrast (feat. Tiësto & Underworld) - The First Note Is Silent - OFFICIAL VIDEO}}</ref>
== Track listing == ; Digital Download <small>(NHS195DD)</small> # "The First Note Is Silent" (Radio Edit) - 3:37 # "The First Note Is Silent" - 5:57 # "The First Note Is Silent" (Instrumental) - 5:38 # "Fearful Symmetry" - 6:00
; 12" <small>(NHS195)</small> # "The First Note Is Silent" - 5:57 # "Fearful Symmetry" - 6:00
; Digital download - [[Tiësto]] Remix # "The First Note Is Silent" ([[Tiësto]] Remix) - 8:10
== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2011) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{single chart|UK|48|artist=High Contrast feat. Tiësto & Underworld|song=The First Note Is Silent|rowheader=true|date=2011-11-12|access-date=18 September 2021}} |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{High Contrast}} {{Tiësto}} {{Underworld}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:First Note Is Silent}} [[Category:2011 songs]] [[Category:2011 singles]] [[Category:Tiësto songs]] [[Category:Songs written by Tiësto]] [[Category:Underworld (band) songs]] [[Category:Drum and bass songs]] [[Category:Songs written by Karl Hyde]] [[Category:Songs written by Rick Smith (musician)]]