Race for the Prize
| "Race for the Prize" | ||||
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| Single by The Flaming Lips | ||||
| from the album The Soft Bulletin | ||||
| Released | June 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 4:09 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd | |||
| Producer(s) | The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann, Scott Booker | |||
| The Flaming Lips singles chronology | ||||
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"Race for the Prize" (subtitled "Sacrifice of the New Scientists"), is a song by The Flaming Lips, released as the first single taken from their 1999 album The Soft Bulletin, and reaching #39 in the UK Singles Chart as the highest-charting single from the album. In 2010 Pitchfork Media included the song at number 30 on their Top 200 Tracks of the 90s.[2] The song is also played live frequently, and is usually featured as a set opener for many of their concerts.
Single release
[edit]The single, released in 1999, was the album's highest-charting single, reaching the top 40 at #39.
The b-side of the UK release featured material previously featured in Flaming Lips U.S. releases.
The single's b-sides both featured in the Japanese and UK single releases, "Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)" and "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair" later appeared in CD5 of the U.S. release of the album's subsequent single "Waitin' for a Superman."[3]
Track listing
[edit]- UK CD1
- "Race for the Prize"
- "Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)" (From Zaireeka CD No.1)
- "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair" (From Zaireeka CD No.1)
- UK CD2
- "Race for the Prize"
- "Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)" (From Zaireeka CD No.2)
- "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair" (From Zaireeka CD No.2)
- Japan CD
- "Race for the Prize"
- "Race For the Prize" (Remix)
- "Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)" (Stereo remix)
- "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair" (Stereo remix)
- "The Big Ol' Bug Is the New Baby Now" (Stereo remix)
Chart positions
[edit]| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles Chart | 39[citation needed] |
Oklahoma City Thunder fight song
[edit]In 2012, the band rewrote some of the lyrics to the song to make a fight song for their hometown NBA team: the Oklahoma City Thunder. The new song is called "Thunder Up: Race for the Prize." The Thunder played in the NBA Finals that year.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Moon, Tom (28 August 2008). "The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin". 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die. Workman Publishing Company. pp. 281–282. ISBN 9-780761-139638.
- ^ "Pitchfork Top 200 Tracks of the 90s". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
- ^ "Race for the Prize" at The Flaming Lips' official website
- ^ The Flaming Lips Rewrite "Race For the Prize" for the Oklahoma City Thunder
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