| "Race for the Prize" | ||||
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| Single by The Flaming Lips | ||||
| from the album The Soft Bulletin | ||||
| Released | June 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
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| Length | 4:09 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Wayne Coyne, Michael Ivins, Steven Drozd | |||
| Producer(s) | The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann, Scott Booker | |||
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"Race for the Prize" (subtitled "Sacrifice of the New Scientists"), 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.[2] The song is also played live frequently, and is usually featured as a set opener for many of their concerts.
- ^ Moon, Tom (28 August 2008). "The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin". 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die. Workman Publishing Company. pp. 281–282. ISBN 9-780761-139638.
- ^ "Pitchfork Top 200 Tracks of the 90s". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2010-09-03.