The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)

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"The W.A.N.D."
Single by The Flaming Lips
from the album At War with the Mystics
Released	January 10, 2006 (U.S.) July 17, 2006 (UK)
Format	7", CD, Maxi-CD
Recorded	2004-2006
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:42
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer(s)	The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann, Scott Booker
Chart positions
#43 (UK Singles Chart)
The Flaming Lips singles chronology
"The Golden Path" (2003)	"The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)" (2006)	It Overtakes Me EP (2006)
Flaming Lips UK release chronology
"The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (With All Your Power)" (2006)	"The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)" (2006)	It Overtakes Me EP (2006)

"The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)" (usually shortened to "The W.A.N.D.") is a song by The Flaming Lips, featured on their 2006 album At War with the Mystics.

The song's riff bears a slight resemblance to the U2 song "Dirty Day" from their 1993 album Zooropa.

[edit] Release information

"The W.A.N.D." was initially released on online stores such as the iTunes Music Store on January 10, 2006.

On March 7th that year, a CD single for the track was released in the United States, featuring two unreleased B-sides: a new studio version of "You Got to Hold On" (which would later appear in an online advertisement for Coca-Cola) and "Time Travel... Yes!!" featuring a digitally-altered Steve Burns delivering a spoken monologue about time travel.

Again in 2006, it was released as a commercial single in the United Kingdom on July 17, but failed to enter the top 40, peaking at #43.

"The W.A.N.D." was first performed live at the Langerado Music Festival in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on March 11, 2006.

[edit] US track listing

CD

1. "The W.A.N.D."
2. "You Got to Hold On"
3. "Time Travel... Yes!!"

[edit] UK Track Listing

Seven Inch Picture Disc

1. "The W.A.N.D. (Album Version)"
2. "You Got To Hold On"

CD one

1. "The W.A.N.D. (Album Version)"
2. "The W.A.N.D. (Supernaturalistic - Goldfrapp Remix)"

CD two

1. "The W.A.N.D."
2. "You Got to Hold On"
3. "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song (In Anatropous Reflex)"
4. "The W.A.N.D." [Video]

The Flaming Lips
Wayne Coyne | Michael Ivins | Steven Drozd
Inactive members: Mark Coyne | Dave Kostka | Richard English | Jonathan Donahue | Nathan Roberts | Ronald Jones
Discography
Studio albums: Hear It Is | Oh My Gawd!!! | Telepathic Surgery | In a Priest Driven Ambulance | Hit to Death in the Future Head | Transmissions from the Satellite Heart | Clouds Taste Metallic | Zaireeka | The Soft Bulletin | Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots | At War with the Mystics
Extended plays: The Flaming Lips | Wastin' Pigs | Due to High Expectations... | The Southern Oklahoma Cosmic Trigger Contest | Fight Test | Ego Tripping at the Gates of Hell | It Overtakes Me
Compilations: A Collection of Songs... | Punk Rockers | Jesus Egg | Shambolic Birth | Late Night Tales | 20 Years of Weird
Singles: "She Don't Use Jelly" | "Do You Realize??" | "Fight Test" | "The Golden Path" | "The W.A.N.D." | "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song"
Films and Videos: Fearless Freaks | Christmas on Mars | VOID
See also
Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen | Dave Fridmann | Kliph Scurlock | WikiProject This box: view • talk • edit