![]() Anchored by the hook from Max Romeo’s Lee Perry-produced ‘Chase the Devil’, its collage of haywire synths and batshit samples cranks open your skull and sprinkles in the magic powder. Since its 1992 release, ‘Out of Space’ has soundtracked enough campfire piss-ups, living room raves and nostalgic headphone sessions to be the definitive heads’ anthem. That it hit Number 1 (and became the 14th best-selling single of ‘96) is testament to its distillation of depravity. Another song, YouTube randomly suggested this song one day and has been. The Prodigy’s signature tune takes their manic aggression and intensifies it tenfold, making Liam Howlett’s enthusiasm for arson sound mildly less sociopathic than his proclivity for musical anarchy. The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up This one can be described as a mild guilty. If its velocity isn’t enough to induce a heart attack, check the strobing, squirm-inducing video, complete with its very own crocodile cameo. ![]() ![]() Hot on the heels of ‘Firestarter’, this 1996 single blazes into sharp peaks and sudden drops like a carnival rollercoaster whose operator fell asleep at the controls. Williamson yells righteous barbs against the pseudo-riche – “Private jet, personal flyer/ All Danny, all fucking Dyer” – with enough fire in his belly to set the White Island ablaze in a breath.Īn unlikely Top 3 hit for the Essex boys, their debut single stands among their most deranged dancefloor experiments, intercutting helter-skelter synths with a gurny vocal that sounds like either a cat convinced it’s a man or vice-versa. Whoever saw the potential here deserves the heartiest of pints, for this Prodigy-Sleaford Mods pair-up finds the perfect equilibrium between breakbeats and bile. A precursor to the (even more) furious aggression of ‘The Day is my Enemy’, ‘Omen’ is the highlight of 2009’s ‘Invaders Must Die’, the kind of incendiary firecracker you suspect might transpire if Hudson Mohawke hopped in a spaceship with Calvin Harris and set sights on the pop charts.
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