Race for the Prize
| "Race for the Prize" | ||||
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| Single by The Flaming Lips | ||||
| from the album The Soft Bulletin | ||||
| Released | 1999 | |||
| Format | 7", CD, Maxi-CD, DVD | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Neo-psychedelia | |||
| Length | 4:09 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Writer(s) | The Flaming Lips | |||
| Producer(s) | The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann, Scott Booker | |||
| The Flaming Lips singles chronology | ||||
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"Race for the Prize" 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.[1]
Single release
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."[2]
Track listing
- UK CD 1
- "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
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 39 |
Oklahoma City Thunder fight song
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.[3]
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