Length 3.14 | ||
Released 16 February 2009 (2009-02-16) Label Take Me to the Hospital
Cooking Vinyl Writer(s) Liam Howlett
Keith Palmer
Tim Hutton Producer(s) Liam Howlett
James Rushent "Omen"
(2009) "Warrior's Dance"
(2009) | ||
"Omen" is the nineteenth single released by the British electronic band The Prodigy. It was released on 16 February 2009, and it is the first commercial single from the album Invaders Must Die.
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The release was announced on 9 January, in a newsletter sent to fans. The single is accompanied by a video that features live footage from the band. It was first played on Radio 1 on 12 January. The single was co-produced by Does It Offend You, Yeah? singer James Rushent and features a remix from the Dutch drum and bass group Noisia. The track was The Prodigy's tenth top ten hit on the UK Singles Chart. The single has yet to receive a physical release outside Europe. The song won the Kerrang! Award for Best Single. It came in at #68 in the 2009 Triple J Hottest 100: the fifth track by The Prodigy to chart in the annual countdown, following "Voodoo People" in 1994, "Breathe" and "Firestarter" in 1996, and "Funky Shit" in 1997. The song itself is featured in the movie Kick-Ass and also on the soundtrack respectively.
Music video
The official music video was uploaded to YouTube on 19 January 2009. The video depicts The Prodigy performing at a rave, interspersed with clips of a mysterious girl playing a xylophone.
Chart performance
In its second week on the charts, the single moved up the charts to break into the top five, at number four making it their highest charting single since Breathe reached number 1 in 1996.
Track list
CD single
- Omen (Edit) – 3:14
- Omen (Noisia remix) – 6:18
12" vinyl
- Omen (Noisia remix) – 6:18
- Invaders Must Die (Chase & Status remix) – 5:09
Digital Bundle
- Omen (edit) – 3:14
- Omen (Hervé's End Of The World remix) – 5:22 (exclusive to iTunes)
- Omen (Noisia remix) – 6:18
- Omen (Extended mix) – 3:41
- Omen (instrumental) – 3:36
Chart performance
Note: In Germany, the song is known as 'O'.
Notable cover versions
It was also released as a single by Japanese Metalcore band Crossfaith, and this version was included on the Japanese version of Punk Goes Pop 3.
The Welsh Rock Band Lostprophets covered the song for their tour.