Warrior's Dance

"Warrior's Dance" is the 20th single released by the British electronic band the Prodigy^[1] on 11 May 2009,^[2] and it is the second commercial single from the album Invaders Must Die after "Omen" and the free promotional single "Invaders Must Die".

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"Warrior's Dance"
Single by the Prodigy
from the album Invaders Must Die
Released	11 May 2009 (2009-05-11)
Genre	Big beat, electronic
Length	5:12 (album version) 2:55 (edit)
Label	Take Me to the Hospital, Cooking Vinyl
Songwriter(s)	Liam Howlett, Jeff Mills, Bridgett Grace, Anthony Srock
Producer(s)	Liam Howlett
The Prodigy singles chronology
"Omen" (2009) "Warrior's Dance" (2009) "Take Me to the Hospital" (2009)
Music video
"Warrior's Dance" on YouTube

The track's chorus is a sample of "Take Me Away" by the Final Cut with True Faith. It also contains beat samples from "Let The Warriors Dance" by Addis Posse.^{[citation needed]}

The digital single was released on 17 April in Australia, exclusively on iTunes, although only the "Edit" version with none of the remixes is also available. When released on iTunes Australia, the song was titled incorrectly and the download was actually a song from Placebo. However, this was later corrected.^{[citation needed]}

The song peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart.^[3]

The song was used in the soundtrack of the game Colin McRae: DiRT 2.^{[citation needed]}

Remixes

Three remix versions of "Warrior's Dance" are being sold on the Prodigy's store, as digital downloads in MP3 format. An extra remix is exclusive to iTunes.

Track list

CD single

1. "Warrior's Dance" (edit) – 2:55
2. "Warrior's Dance" (South Central remix) – 5:40

12" vinyl

1. "Warrior's Dance" (Benga remix) – 4:45
2. "Warrior's Dance" (South Central remix) – 5:40

Downloads

1. "Warrior's Dance" (edit) – 2:55
2. "Warrior's Dance" (Album Version) – 5:13
3. "Warrior's Dance" (South Central remix) – 5:40
4. "Warrior's Dance" (Benga remix) – 4:45
5. "Warrior's Dance" (Kicks Like A Mule remix) – 5:09

iTunes downloads

1. "Warrior's Dance" (edit) – 2:56
2. "Warrior's Dance" (album version) – 5:14
3. "Warrior's Dance" (South Central remix) – 5:41
4. "Warrior's Dance" (Benga remix) – 4:46
5. "Warrior's Dance" (Future Funk Squad's 'Rave Soldier' mix) – 5:33
6. "Warrior's Dance" (Kicks Like A Mule remix) – 5:10

Music video

The music video was posted on the band's Myspace and YouTube pages on 3 April 2009,^[4] after being postponed from an exclusive broadcast on Channel 4 the week before.^[5] It was directed by Corin Hardy.^{[citation needed]}

It uses a mix of puppetry and stop-frame animation, with three humanoid cigarette packets branded with various Prodigy logos (representing the three members of the band^[6]) starting a miniature rave within a pub with other cigarette packages, eventually causing a fire on top of a table. The three Prodigy cigarette boxes then leave, leaving the rest of the dancing cigarette packages to continue burning. A man enters the pub to open up the next morning, puzzled to find all the burnt cardboard remains. Cigarette boxes contain the message "Smoking is harmful to your health" in Ukrainian language ("Куріння шкодить вашому здоров'ю").

The video won an award at the 2009 Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival for best music video.^[7]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2009) Peak position Austrian Singles Chart[3] 54 Germany (GfK)[8] 64 Irish Singles Chart[3] 44 UK Dance (OCC)[9] 1 UK Singles (OCC)[10] 9 US Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales[11] 7

Year-end charts Chart (2009) Position UK Singles (OCC)[12] 87

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[13]	Gold	400,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Prodigy Interview". Nekosite. 22 March 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
2. "Warrior's Dance". The Prodigy. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
3. "Warriors Dance". Acharts. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
4. "Video The Prodigy - Warrior's Dance van The Prodigy". Myspace. 3 April 2009. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
5. "Warrior's Dance video". The Prodigy. Archived from the original on 30 March 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
6. "Warrior's Dance Electronic Press Kit". nofatclips.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2009.
7. "Corin's Prodigy video wins best video at Rushes Soho Shorts '09 awards". Promo News. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
8. "The Prodigy – Warrior's Dance" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
9. "Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
10. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
11. "Club Music, Hot Dance Songs, Club Songs, Dance Club Music Charts". Billboard. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
12. "Official Singles Chart 2009" (PDF). UK Charts Plus. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
13. "British single certifications – Prodigy – Warrior's Dance". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 February 2022.