| Fight Test | ||||
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| Released | April 22, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 32:47 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | The Flaming Lips, Dave Fridmann, Scott Booker | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork |    [2] |
| Stylus Magazine | C+[3] |
Fight Test is an extended play (EP) released by the Flaming Lips released on Warner Bros. Records in 2003. The single version of "Fight Test" was released on June 23, 2003, peaking at number 28 on the UK Singles Chart. It is the third single to be picked from the album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.
It is an enhanced CD, containing covers of Radiohead's "Knives Out", Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out of My Head", and Beck's "The Golden Age". In addition, the EP includes two original songs. The UK version was a normal CD single, which also featured some previously unreleased songs. Fight Test was nominated for Best Alternative Album at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards.
The opening of "Fight Test" ("The test begins...now") was sampled from one of the sync tests from the Flaming Lips' own Boombox Experiments. The song was also the theme song for the short-lived MTV cartoon 3-South. It was furthermore used in a season 2 episode of the long-running TV series Smallville.[4]
- ^ "Fight Test Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ^ "Fight Test Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 24 March 2008. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
- ^ Howard, Ed (September 1, 2003). "The Flaming Lips – Fight Test EP". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
- ^ "KryptonSite's Smallville Music Guide: Season 2". Kryptonsite.com. Retrieved 2015-06-01.