Race for the Prize
The first single from The Soft Bulletin, subtitled Sacrifice of the New Scientists.
The Flaming Lips, from The Soft Bulletin (1999)
- Written by
- Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd
- Released
- 1999
- Album
- The Soft Bulletin
The song was among those that did not work in the four-CD format of Zaireeka, so the band saved it for The Soft Bulletin. Released as that album's first single in June 1999, it reached 39 on the UK singles chart, the highest position of any single from the record. Its subtitle is Sacrifice of the New Scientists.
Pitchfork placed it at number 30 on its list of the top 200 tracks of the 1990s in 2010. The band plays it often, usually as the opening number of a show. In 2012 they rewrote some of the words as Thunder Up: Race for the Prize, a fight song for the Oklahoma City Thunder, who played in that year's NBA Finals.
More songs by The Flaming Lips
Do You Realize??, Waitin' for a Superman, She Don't Use Jelly, Fight Test
Sources
- Race for the Prize, Wikipedia
- Zaireeka, Wikipedia