Warrior's Dance
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"Warrior's Dance" is the twentieth single released by the British electronic
band The Prodigy
on 11 May 2009, and it is the second commercial single from the album Invaders Must Die
after "Omen
" and the free "promo" single "Invaders Must Die".
The track's chorus is a sample of "Take Me Away" by Final Cut
with True Faith. It also contains beat samples from "Let The Warriors Dance" by Addis Posse.
The digital single was released on 17 April in Australia, exclusively on iTunes, although only the "Edit" version with none of the remixes is also available. When released on iTunes Australia the song was titled incorrectly and the download was actually a song from Placebo, this issue was fixed later on.
The song peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart
.
The song was also featured in the soundtrack of the game Colin McRae: Dirt 2
and Youtube
page on 3 April 2009, after being postponed from an exclusive broadcast on Channel 4 the week before. It was directed by Corin Hardy.
It features a mix of puppetry (www.darkvast.com) and stop-frame animation, featuring three humanoid
cigarette packets branded with various Prodigy logos (representing the three members of the band) starting a miniature rave
within a pub with other cigarette packages, eventually causing a fire on top of a table. The three Prodigy cigarette boxes then exit the house, leaving the rest of the dancing cigarette packages to continue burning. A man enters the pub to 'open up' the next morning, puzzled to find all the burnt cardboard remains.
Cigarette boxes contain the message "Smoking is harmful to your health" on Ukrainian language
("Куріння шкодить вашому здоров'ю").
The video won an award at the 2009 Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival for best music video.
Single "Warrior's Dance" sold in UK over 206 000 copies in 2009.
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!Chart (2009)
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Electronic dance music
Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...
band The Prodigy
The Prodigy
The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s...
on 11 May 2009, and it is the second commercial single from the album Invaders Must Die
Invaders Must Die
Invaders Must Die is the fifth studio album by English electronica group The Prodigy. The album was released on 18 February 2009 on the band's new label Take Me to the Hospital, and was distributed by Cooking Vinyl....
after "Omen
Omen (song)
"Omen" is the nineteenth single released by the British electronic band The Prodigy. It was released on 16 February 2009, and it is the first commercial single from the album Invaders Must Die....
" and the free "promo" single "Invaders Must Die".
The track's chorus is a sample of "Take Me Away" by Final Cut
The Final Cut (band)
The Final Cut is an industrial music group, consisting mainly of Detroit's Tony Srock.-Bio:The Final Cut has been an international underground electronic music enigma since emerging from the late 80's Detroit underground. Final Cut began when Anthony "Asrock" Srock, then a radio and club DJ, began...
with True Faith. It also contains beat samples from "Let The Warriors Dance" by Addis Posse.
The digital single was released on 17 April in Australia, exclusively on iTunes, although only the "Edit" version with none of the remixes is also available. When released on iTunes Australia the song was titled incorrectly and the download was actually a song from Placebo, this issue was fixed later on.
The song peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
.
The song was also featured in the soundtrack of the game Colin McRae: Dirt 2
Colin McRae: Dirt 2
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 is a racing game released in September 2009, and is the sequel to Colin McRae: Dirt. This is the first game in the McRae series since McRae's death in 2007. It was announced on 19 November 2008 and features Ken Block, Travis Pastrana, Tanner Foust, and Dave Mirra...
Remixes
Three remix versions of Warrior's Dance are being sold on the Prodigy's own store, as digital downloads in MP3 format. An extra remix is exclusive to iTunes.12' vinyl
- "Warrior's Dance" (Benga Remix) - 4:45
- "Warrior's Dance" (South Central Remix) - 5:40
Downloads
- "Warrior's Dance" (Edit) - 2:55
- "Warrior's Dance" (Album Version) - 5:13
- "Warrior's Dance" (South Central Remix) - 5:40
- "Warrior's Dance" (Benga Remix) - 4:45
- "Warrior's Dance" (Kicks Like A Mule Remix) - 5:09
iTunes downloads
- "Warrior's Dance" (Edit) - 2:56
- "Warrior's Dance" (Album Version) - 5:14
- "Warrior's Dance" (South Central Remix) - 5:41
- "Warrior's Dance" (Benga Remix) - 4:46
- "Warrior's Dance" (Future Funk Squad's 'Rave Soldier' Mix) - 5:33
- "Warrior's Dance" (Kicks Like A Mule Remix) - 5:10
Music video
The music video was posted on the band's MyspaceMyspace
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and Youtube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
page on 3 April 2009, after being postponed from an exclusive broadcast on Channel 4 the week before. It was directed by Corin Hardy.
It features a mix of puppetry (www.darkvast.com) and stop-frame animation, featuring three humanoid
Humanoid
A humanoid is something that has an appearance resembling a human being. The term first appeared in 1912 to refer to fossils which were morphologically similar to, but not identical with, those of the human skeleton. Although this usage was common in the sciences for much of the 20th century, it...
cigarette packets branded with various Prodigy logos (representing the three members of the band) starting a miniature rave
Rave
Rave, rave dance, and rave party are parties that originated mostly from acid house parties, which featured fast-paced electronic music and light shows. At these parties people dance and socialize to dance music played by disc jockeys and occasionally live performers...
within a pub with other cigarette packages, eventually causing a fire on top of a table. The three Prodigy cigarette boxes then exit the house, leaving the rest of the dancing cigarette packages to continue burning. A man enters the pub to 'open up' the next morning, puzzled to find all the burnt cardboard remains.
Cigarette boxes contain the message "Smoking is harmful to your health" on Ukrainian language
Ukrainian language
Ukrainian is a language of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages. It is the official state language of Ukraine. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic alphabet....
("Куріння шкодить вашому здоров'ю").
The video won an award at the 2009 Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival for best music video.
Charts
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Singles Chart Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
54 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 44 |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
9 |
| UK Dance Chart UK Dance Chart The UK Dance Chart is a chart compiled by The Official Charts Company from sales in record stores and digital downloads. Although the chart does not currently receive any airplay on the radio or television, the chart can be viewed on the BBC Radio 1 and The Official Charts Company website.Digital... |
1 |
| US Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes... |
7 |
Single "Warrior's Dance" sold in UK over 206 000 copies in 2009.
End-of-year charts
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!Chart (2009)
!Position
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|UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
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