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SINGLE · 1999

Race for the Prize

by The Flaming Lips · 14 Jun 1999 · Warner Bros. Records · 3 tracks · 16:09

  • avant-garde
  • electronic
  • experimental
  • neo-psychedelia

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Tracklist

  1. 1Race for the Prize4:23
  2. 2Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now) (Zaireeka disc 1 mix)6:57
  3. 3Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair (Zaireeka disc 1 mix)4:49

Running time 16:09

Tracklist of the first edition, from MusicBrainz.

The story

"Race for the Prize", 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. The song is also played live frequently, and is usually featured as a set opener for many of their concerts.

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The record

  • First released
    14 Jun 1999
  • Label
    Warner Bros. Records 9362-44718-2
  • Kind
    Single
  • Formats
    CD 3 editions
  • Editions
    3 releases in 2 countries
  • Running time
    16:09
  • Barcode
    093624471820

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