Warrior's Dance

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title: "Warrior's Dance" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["the-prodigy-songs", "2009-singles", "songs-written-by-liam-howlett", "music-videos-directed-by-corin-hardy", "electronic-rock-songs", "2009-songs", "stop-motion-animated-music-videos", "cooking-vinyl-singles"] description: "2009 single by the Prodigy" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrior's_Dance" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 2009 single by the Prodigy ::

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Field	Value
name	Warrior's Dance
cover	Warrior'sDance.jpg
type	single
artist	the Prodigy
album	Invaders Must Die
released
genre	Big beat, electronic
label	Take Me to the Hospital, Cooking Vinyl
writer	Liam Howlett, Jeff Mills, Bridgett Grace, Anthony Srock
producer	Liam Howlett
prev_title	Omen
prev_year	2009
next_title	Take Me to the Hospital
next_year	2009
misc
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| name = Warrior's Dance | cover = Warrior'sDance.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = the Prodigy | album = Invaders Must Die | released = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Big beat, electronic | length =

• 5:12 (album version)
• 2:55 (edit) | label = Take Me to the Hospital, Cooking Vinyl | writer = Liam Howlett, Jeff Mills, Bridgett Grace, Anthony Srock | producer = Liam Howlett | prev_title = Omen | prev_year = 2009 | next_title = Take Me to the Hospital | next_year = 2009 | misc = "Warrior's Dance" is the 20th single released by the British electronic band the Prodigy on 11 May 2009, and it is the second commercial single from the album Invaders Must Die after "Omen" and the free promotional single "Invaders Must Die".

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.

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.

The song peaked at number 9 on the UK Singles Chart.

The song was used in the soundtrack of the game Colin McRae: DiRT 2.

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, after being postponed from an exclusive broadcast on Channel 4 the week before. It was directed by Corin Hardy.

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) 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.

Charts

Weekly charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (2009) | Peak position | |---|---| | Austrian Singles Chart | 54 | | Irish Singles Chart | 44 | | US Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales | 7 | ::

Year-end charts

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Chart (2009)	Position
UK Singles (OCC)	87
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Certifications

References

References

1. (22 March 2009). "Prodigy Interview".
2. "Warrior's Dance". The Prodigy.
3. "Warriors Dance".
4. (3 April 2009). "Video The Prodigy - Warrior's Dance van The Prodigy".
5. "Warrior's Dance video". The Prodigy.
6. "Warrior's Dance Electronic Press Kit". nofatclips.com.
7. "Corin's Prodigy video wins best video at Rushes Soho Shorts '09 awards".
8. "Club Music, Hot Dance Songs, Club Songs, Dance Club Music Charts".
9. "Official Singles Chart 2009".

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