| "Firestarter" | ||||
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| Single by the Prodigy | ||||
| from the album The Fat of the Land | ||||
| B-side | "Molotov Bitch" | |||
| Released | 18 March 1996 | |||
| Recorded | Essex, United Kingdom | |||
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| Label | XL | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Liam Howlett | |||
| The Prodigy singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Firestarter" on YouTube | ||||
"Firestarter" is a song by British electronic dance music band the Prodigy, released on 18 March 1996 by XL Recordings as the first single from their third album, The Fat of the Land (1997). It was co-written and produced by Liam Howlett and features vocals by Keith Flint. It also was the group's first number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, staying on top for three weeks, and their first big international hit, topping the charts in the Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, and Norway. The music video was directed by Walter Stern and filmed in the London Underground, in black-and-white. Melody Maker ranked the song number two in their list of "Singles of the Year" in 1996.[3] 24 years later, The Guardian ranked it number eight in their list of "The 100 Greatest UK No 1 Singles".[4]
- ^ Weiss, Dan (27 April 2015). "Q&A: The Prodigy Look Back on the Most Aggressive Career in Electronic History". Spin. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ Pattison, Louis (2008). "The Prodigy Fat Of The Land Review". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ "Singles Of The Year". Melody Maker. 21 December 1996. p. 68. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben; Petridis, Alexis; Snapes, Laura (5 June 2020). "The 100 Greatest UK No 1s: 100–1". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 December 2022.