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Invaders Must Die

Invaders Must Die is the fifth studio album by English electronic dance music group The Prodigy. The album was released on 23 February 2009 on the band's new record label Take Me to the Hospital,[2] and was distributed by Cooking Vinyl. Although Liam Howlett, Maxim and Keith Flint all contributed material for The Fat of the Land, Invaders Must Die is the first Prodigy record where, given the departure of Leeroy Thornhill, all band members took part in the creative process. It is their first and currently only album to not contain any explicit songs.

Invaders Must Die
Studio album by
Released23 February 2009
RecordedFebruary 2006 – November 2008 in London, New York
Genre
Length46:01
Label
Producer
The Prodigy chronology
Their Law: The Singles 1990–2005
(2005)
Invaders Must Die
(2009)
World's on Fire
(2011)
Singles from Invaders Must Die
  1. "Invaders Must Die"
    Released: 26 November 2008
  2. "Omen"
    Released: 16 February 2009
  3. "Warrior's Dance"
    Released: 11 May 2009
  4. "Take Me to the Hospital"
    Released: 31 August 2009

The album was a commercial success, faring better than Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned. In contrast to the commercial performance, critical reaction to the album was mixed. It has spawned four singles, including the title track, "Omen", "Warrior's Dance" and "Take Me to the Hospital".

Recording

Recording began in February 2006, shortly after the release of Their Law: The Singles 1990–2005, and ended in November 2008. Some of the songs recorded for the album, such as the synthesizer-led "Colours" were written before the release of the group's fourth album, and early versions were showcased in live performances. Liam Howlett conceived the album musical direction as a mashup of their previous albums. The new album was set to be released in summer 2007, but when the album's release date was postponed to the "first quarter of next year [2008]," the band had conceived over 25 ideas while completing production on certain tracks and writing lyrics.[3]

Howlett revealed in an April 2008 interview that he had three more months of work left for the new album. He also said that he has a working album title and song titles, but was not ready to publicly announce them until these details were released through The Prodigy's official newsletter on 4 November.[4] This announcement stated that the album would be a return to their "old-school but cutting edge" roots,[5] and would feature collaborations with Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters, Them Crooked Vultures, and Nirvana, and James Rushent of Does It Offend You, Yeah?,[5] but would not feature any guest vocals.[6]

Composition

Invaders Must Die's title track is the album's opening track, and its lyrics include the name of the group on the line "We are The Prodigy." The song is featured in many films and game trailers such as the film Kick-Ass and the Duke Nukem Forever game trailer.[7] "Omen" has a similar tempo, and both tracks were co-produced by James Rushent. "Thunder" recreates elements from Trevor Joe's "Ethiopian Peace Song" (also known as "Rasta Peace Song"), while "Colours" is one of the first songs written by the entire band.[8][9]

"Take Me to the Hospital"'s music video was The Prodigy's first to be released on the Vidzone application. The promotional film was filmed onto VHS rather than digital recording equipment to obtain an old school 1990s look. The track samples "Salami Fever" by Pepe Deluxé and "Ragamuffin Duo Take Charge" by Asher D & Daddy Freddy, and the name of the song comes from the record label of the same name. "Warrior's Dance" is one of the most progressive tracks on the album; the song chorus is a sample of the True Faith song "Take Me Away", which was then sampled and edited by Major Players in "Come with Me", the song where the vocals for this track come from. The song also samples "Final Cut", a song featuring Bridget(te) Grace.[8][9] A festival of the same name was curated by the group, and took place at Milton Keynes.[10]

"Run With the Wolves", featuring Dave Grohl on drums, contains a sample of "So Refined" by Senser. This song was featured in the 2011 film Hall Pass. There was a contest to make a music video for the song, and the winning entry was posted on 15 February 2010. After a "reprise" of "Omen", "World's on Fire" follows. This song samples The Breeders' "I Just Wanna Get Along" and "Vamp" composed by Outlander. "Piranha" samples "Troubled Mind" by The Buff Medways and "Sara Zamana" by Kishore Kumar and Chorus, while "Stand Up", the only instrumental track on the album, samples "One Way Glass" from Manfred Mann Chapter Three. This song, along with "Omen", is featured heavily in the 2010 film Kick-Ass, and both are included on the soundtrack release of the album.[8][9]

Promotion

Invaders Must Die was chosen as the lead single from the album of the same name, and was released from the band's website as a free digital download on 26 November 2008. The download was announced in a newsletter sent to fans on 24 November, and first aired on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show as the 'Hottest Record in the World' of the same day it was released. Although it was not released as a commercial single, the song peaked at No. 49 in the UK Singles Chart,[11]

"Omen" debuted at No. 1 on the Canadian Singles Chart during the week of 25 February 2009, peaked at No. 4 in the UK.[12] In Australia, the song debuted at #83.[13]

The single that followed, "Warrior's Dance", was released on 11 May 2009. The digital version of the single was released on 17 April 2009 in Australia as an iTunes exclusive, while the "Edit" version with none of the remixes is also available. When released there, however, the song was titled incorrectly and the download was actually a song from the band Placebo; this issue was fixed shortly after its release.[citation needed] Three downloadable remixes of "Warrior's Dance" were sold via the group's website, while an extra remix was exclusive to iTunes. The song peaked at No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart.[14]

"Take Me to the Hospital", released on 31 August 2009, was the final commercially released single from the album. It was remixed six times, with the "Wreckage" mix being a collaboration with Josh Homme.[15] The song debuted at No. 38 in the UK Singles Chart and topped the UK Dance Chart.[16]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.1/10[17]
Metacritic60/100[18]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]
The Guardian     [19]
Mixmag     [20]
Mojo     [21]
The Observer     [22]
Pitchfork5.8/10[23]
Q     [24]
Rolling Stone     [25]
Spin     [26]
The Times     [27]

Invaders Must Die was released as a CD, CD/DVD set, double-vinyl, digital download and a luxury-like 7-inch vinyl box set that includes five 7-inches, CD/DVD, bonus CD, poster, stickers and stencils.[28] To coincide with the release of the album, the band embarked on a nine date UK arena tour, with support from Dizzee Rascal, Noisia, Herve and DJ Kissy Sell Out.[citation needed] The "Warrior's Dance" video aired on Channel 4 on 28 March at 12:00 am.[6]

As with Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned, initial critical response to Invaders Must Die was mixed. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 60, based on 20 reviews.[18] One example was AllMusic, who called it "a curious nu-rave record, as though the sound of 1991 (such as their Top Ten hit "Charly") has been filtered through the sound of 1996 (such as their number one, "Firestarter") to emerge as nothing more than a hodgepodge of uptempo dance music with extroverted beats and grimy basslines.[1]

However, it was a commercial success. The album debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart on 1 March 2009 with 97,254 copies sold, giving them their fourth consecutive number one album in the UK. The album performed well worldwide as well, entering the top five in Poland,[29] Ireland,[30] the Netherlands,[31] Australia,[32] Canada, Belgium and Germany.[33] The album debuted at No. 117 in the US but jumped to No. 58 in its second week. The album received Gold sales status in Australia and Germany,[34] while Switzerland classified it as "2× Gold" with 30,000 copies. As of 7 November 2009 the album has sold over 1,029,000 copies worldwide.[35]

The European edition includes an 11-track audio CD and a DVD with the videos for "Invaders Must Die," "Omen" and live performances of "World's on Fire" and "Warrior's Dance". The DVD has a computer-readable (HD data for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X) high definition version of the former music video.[citation needed] On 21 October 2009, the album was re-released as "Invaders Must Die Special Edition", which included remixes of the album itself, a different album cover, and a DVD containing music videos and live performances. One of the tracks on the edition was eventually released as a MP3 for download.[36] The song was later released as "Invaders".[37]

On Saturday 23 February 2019, in celebration of the 10 year anniversary of Invaders Must Die's original release in 2009, the album was repressed on clear vinyl and limited to 1,000 copies to be sold on The Prodigy's official merchandise web store[38] for release on 17 May 2019.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Invaders Must Die"Liam Howlett, Nick Halkes4:55
2."Omen"Howlett, Tim Hutton, Maxim3:36
3."Thunder"Howlett, Hutton, Trevor Joe4:08
4."Colours"Howlett, Keith Flint, John Fortis3:27
5."Take Me to the Hospital"Howlett, Flint, Jari Salo, Paul Malmström3:39
6."Warrior's Dance"Howlett, Bridget[te] Grace, Jeff Mills, Anthony Srock5:12
7."Run With the Wolves"Howlett, Flint4:24
8."Omen (Reprise)"Howlett, Hutton2:14
9."World's on Fire"Howlett, Maxim, Marcos Vicente Salon, Kim Deal4:50
10."Piranha"Howlett, Scrapper, Maxim, Billy Childish, Rajesh Roshan, Sameer Anjaan4:05
11."Stand Up"Howlett, Manfred Mann, Peter Thomas5:30
Special Edition Disc 1 bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."The Big Gundown[4]"4:20
13."Wild West"4:15
14."Omen" (Live at Rock am Ring 2009)4:13
Special Edition Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."Invaders Must Die" (Liam H Re-Amped Version)2:59
2."Invaders Must Die" (Chase & Status Remix)5:10
3."Omen" (Noisia Remix)6:20
4."Omen" (Hervé's End of the World Remix)5:24
5."Warrior's Dance" (Future Funk Squad's 'Rave Soldier' Mix)5:33
6."Warrior's Dance" (Benga Remix)4:45
7."Warrior's Dance" (South Central Remix)5:42
8."Take Me to the Hospital" (Rusko Remix)4:24
9."Take Me to the Hospital" (Sub Focus Remix)4:33
10."Take Me to the Hospital" (Josh Homme & Liam H's Wreckage Mix)4:10
11."Take Me to the Hospital" (Loser's Middlesex A&E Remix)5:47
12."Invaders Must Die" (Yuksek Remix)5:03
13."Thunder" (Bang Gang Remix)5:48
Special Edition DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Invaders Must Die" (video) 
2."Omen" (video) 
3."Warrior's Dance" (video) 
4."Take Me to the Hospital" (video) 
5."World's on Fire" (live video) 
6."Warrior's Dance" (live video) 
7."Run" (live video) 
8."Take Me to the Hospital" (Big Day Out Australia 2009) 
iTunes bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Invaders Must Die" (Chase & Status remix)5:09
2."Omen" (edit)3:14
3."Track by Track Talk Through"16:44
Lost Beats EP (bonus disc)
No.TitleLength
1."The Big Gundown"4:21
2."Black Smoke"3:26
3."Wild West"4:15
4."Fighter Beat"3:32
Bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
1."Invaders Must Die" (video) 
2."Omen" (video) 
3."World's on Fire" (live video) 
4."Warrior's Dance" (live video) 
Japanese Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Black Smoke"3:26
13."Fighter Beat"3:32
Warrior's Dance Fest edition (Japanese only) Disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."Invaders Must Die" (Chase & Status remix)5:10
2."Omen" (edit)3:14
3."Omen" (Noisia remix)6:20
4."Omen" (Hervé's End of the World remix)5:24
5."Warrior's Dance" (Kicks Like a Mule remix)5:09
6."Warrior's Dance" (Future Funk Squad's "Rave Soldier" mix)5:33
7."Warrior's Dance" (Benga remix)4:45
8."Warrior's Dance" (South Central remix)5:42
9."Take Me to the Hospital" (Rusko remix)4:24
10."Take Me to the Hospital" (Sub Focus remix)4:33
11."Take Me to the Hospital" (Adam F & Horx remix)5:33
12."Take Me to the Hospital" (Josh Homme & Liam H's Wreckage mix)4:10
13."Take Me to the Hospital" (Loser's Middlesex A&E remix)5:47
14."Wild West"4:15

Notes

  • ^A Lost Beats[39] EP is available with the deluxe box set edition[40] and was also released on iTunes some time after.[6]
  • ^B "The Big Gundown" is a renamed, studio version of "Comanche," a track played live by the band.

Singles

Date of release Title UK chart position
26 November 2008 "Invaders Must Die" 49
16 February 2009 "Omen" 4
11 May 2009 "Warrior's Dance" 9
31 August 2009 "Take Me to the Hospital" 38

Personnel

The Prodigy[2]
  • Liam Howlettsynthesizers, sampling, programming, production, engineering, mixing
  • Keith Flint – vocals ("Omen", "Colours", "Take Me to the Hospital", "Run with the Wolves", "World's on Fire")
  • Maxim – vocals ("Omen", "Colours", "Take Me to the Hospital", "Omen Reprise", "World's on Fire", "Piranha")
Additional musicians and co-production
  • Brother Culture – vocals on "Thunder"
  • Amanda Ghost – backing vocals on "Colours"
  • Tim Hutton – additional guitars on "Colours", horns on "Piranha"
  • Dave Grohl – live drums on "Run with the Wolves" and "Stand Up"
  • James Rushentco-producer on "Invaders Must Die" and "Omen"
  • Damian Taylor – additional pre-production on all tracks
Engineers
  • Neil McLellan – mixing (all tracks, except "Omen Reprise" and "Stand Up")
  • Damian Taylor – mixing ("Omen Reprise" and "Stand Up")
  • John Davis – mastering (at Metropolis Mastering)

Charts and certifications

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[71] Gold 35,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[72] Gold 10,000*
Germany (BVMI)[73] Gold 100,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[74] Gold 30,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[75] Gold 10,000*
Russia (NFPF)[76] Gold 10,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[77] Gold 15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[78] 2× Platinum 600,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Commercial performance

In 2010. It was awarded a double platinum certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 1,000,000 copies throughout Europe.[79]

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External links

  • InvadersMustDie.com − Invaders Must Die Microsite
  • Invaders Must Die Review at Metacritic

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This article is about the album For the song see Invaders Must Die song This article contains weasel words vague phrasing that often accompanies biased or unverifiable information Such statements should be clarified or removed August 2011 Invaders Must Die is the fifth studio album by English electronic dance music group The Prodigy The album was released on 23 February 2009 on the band s new record label Take Me to the Hospital 2 and was distributed by Cooking Vinyl Although Liam Howlett Maxim and Keith Flint all contributed material for The Fat of the Land Invaders Must Die is the first Prodigy record where given the departure of Leeroy Thornhill all band members took part in the creative process It is their first and currently only album to not contain any explicit songs Invaders Must DieStudio album by The ProdigyReleased23 February 2009RecordedFebruary 2006 November 2008 in London New YorkGenreBig beat new rave 1 electronicaLength46 01LabelTake Me to the Hospital Cooking Vinyl REDProducerLiam Howlett James RushentThe Prodigy chronologyTheir Law The Singles 1990 2005 2005 Invaders Must Die 2009 World s on Fire 2011 Singles from Invaders Must Die Invaders Must Die Released 26 November 2008 Omen Released 16 February 2009 Warrior s Dance Released 11 May 2009 Take Me to the Hospital Released 31 August 2009The album was a commercial success faring better than Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned In contrast to the commercial performance critical reaction to the album was mixed It has spawned four singles including the title track Omen Warrior s Dance and Take Me to the Hospital Contents 1 Recording 2 Composition 3 Promotion 4 Release and reception 5 Track listing 5 1 Notes 6 Singles 7 Personnel 8 Charts and certifications 8 1 Weekly charts 8 2 Year end charts 9 Certifications 10 Commercial performance 11 References 12 External linksRecording EditRecording began in February 2006 shortly after the release of Their Law The Singles 1990 2005 and ended in November 2008 Some of the songs recorded for the album such as the synthesizer led Colours were written before the release of the group s fourth album and early versions were showcased in live performances Liam Howlett conceived the album musical direction as a mashup of their previous albums The new album was set to be released in summer 2007 but when the album s release date was postponed to the first quarter of next year 2008 the band had conceived over 25 ideas while completing production on certain tracks and writing lyrics 3 Howlett revealed in an April 2008 interview that he had three more months of work left for the new album He also said that he has a working album title and song titles but was not ready to publicly announce them until these details were released through The Prodigy s official newsletter on 4 November 4 This announcement stated that the album would be a return to their old school but cutting edge roots 5 and would feature collaborations with Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters Them Crooked Vultures and Nirvana and James Rushent of Does It Offend You Yeah 5 but would not feature any guest vocals 6 Composition EditInvaders Must Die s title track is the album s opening track and its lyrics include the name of the group on the line We are The Prodigy The song is featured in many films and game trailers such as the film Kick Ass and the Duke Nukem Forever game trailer 7 Omen has a similar tempo and both tracks were co produced by James Rushent Thunder recreates elements from Trevor Joe s Ethiopian Peace Song also known as Rasta Peace Song while Colours is one of the first songs written by the entire band 8 9 Take Me to the Hospital s music video was The Prodigy s first to be released on the Vidzone application The promotional film was filmed onto VHS rather than digital recording equipment to obtain an old school 1990s look The track samples Salami Fever by Pepe Deluxe and Ragamuffin Duo Take Charge by Asher D amp Daddy Freddy and the name of the song comes from the record label of the same name Warrior s Dance is one of the most progressive tracks on the album the song chorus is a sample of the True Faith song Take Me Away which was then sampled and edited by Major Players in Come with Me the song where the vocals for this track come from The song also samples Final Cut a song featuring Bridget te Grace 8 9 A festival of the same name was curated by the group and took place at Milton Keynes 10 Run With the Wolves featuring Dave Grohl on drums contains a sample of So Refined by Senser This song was featured in the 2011 film Hall Pass There was a contest to make a music video for the song and the winning entry was posted on 15 February 2010 After a reprise of Omen World s on Fire follows This song samples The Breeders I Just Wanna Get Along and Vamp composed by Outlander Piranha samples Troubled Mind by The Buff Medways and Sara Zamana by Kishore Kumar and Chorus while Stand Up the only instrumental track on the album samples One Way Glass from Manfred Mann Chapter Three This song along with Omen is featured heavily in the 2010 film Kick Ass and both are included on the soundtrack release of the album 8 9 Promotion EditInvaders Must Die was chosen as the lead single from the album of the same name and was released from the band s website as a free digital download on 26 November 2008 The download was announced in a newsletter sent to fans on 24 November and first aired on Zane Lowe s Radio 1 show as the Hottest Record in the World of the same day it was released Although it was not released as a commercial single the song peaked at No 49 in the UK Singles Chart 11 Omen debuted at No 1 on the Canadian Singles Chart during the week of 25 February 2009 peaked at No 4 in the UK 12 In Australia the song debuted at 83 13 The single that followed Warrior s Dance was released on 11 May 2009 The digital version of the single was released on 17 April 2009 in Australia as an iTunes exclusive while the Edit version with none of the remixes is also available When released there however the song was titled incorrectly and the download was actually a song from the band Placebo this issue was fixed shortly after its release citation needed Three downloadable remixes of Warrior s Dance were sold via the group s website while an extra remix was exclusive to iTunes The song peaked at No 9 on the UK Singles Chart 14 Take Me to the Hospital released on 31 August 2009 was the final commercially released single from the album It was remixed six times with the Wreckage mix being a collaboration with Josh Homme 15 The song debuted at No 38 in the UK Singles Chart and topped the UK Dance Chart 16 Release and reception EditProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingAnyDecentMusic 6 1 10 17 Metacritic60 100 18 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 The Guardian 19 Mixmag 20 Mojo 21 The Observer 22 Pitchfork5 8 10 23 Q 24 Rolling Stone 25 Spin 26 The Times 27 Invaders Must Die was released as a CD CD DVD set double vinyl digital download and a luxury like 7 inch vinyl box set that includes five 7 inches CD DVD bonus CD poster stickers and stencils 28 To coincide with the release of the album the band embarked on a nine date UK arena tour with support from Dizzee Rascal Noisia Herve and DJ Kissy Sell Out citation needed The Warrior s Dance video aired on Channel 4 on 28 March at 12 00 am 6 As with Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned initial critical response to Invaders Must Die was mixed At Metacritic which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics the album received an average score of 60 based on 20 reviews 18 One example was AllMusic who called it a curious nu rave record as though the sound of 1991 such as their Top Ten hit Charly has been filtered through the sound of 1996 such as their number one Firestarter to emerge as nothing more than a hodgepodge of uptempo dance music with extroverted beats and grimy basslines 1 However it was a commercial success The album debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart on 1 March 2009 with 97 254 copies sold giving them their fourth consecutive number one album in the UK The album performed well worldwide as well entering the top five in Poland 29 Ireland 30 the Netherlands 31 Australia 32 Canada Belgium and Germany 33 The album debuted at No 117 in the US but jumped to No 58 in its second week The album received Gold sales status in Australia and Germany 34 while Switzerland classified it as 2 Gold with 30 000 copies As of 7 November 2009 the album has sold over 1 029 000 copies worldwide 35 The European edition includes an 11 track audio CD and a DVD with the videos for Invaders Must Die Omen and live performances of World s on Fire and Warrior s Dance The DVD has a computer readable HD data for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X high definition version of the former music video citation needed On 21 October 2009 the album was re released as Invaders Must Die Special Edition which included remixes of the album itself a different album cover and a DVD containing music videos and live performances One of the tracks on the edition was eventually released as a MP3 for download 36 The song was later released as Invaders 37 On Saturday 23 February 2019 in celebration of the 10 year anniversary of Invaders Must Die s original release in 2009 the album was repressed on clear vinyl and limited to 1 000 copies to be sold on The Prodigy s official merchandise web store 38 for release on 17 May 2019 Track listing EditNo TitleWriter s Length1 Invaders Must Die Liam Howlett Nick Halkes4 552 Omen Howlett Tim Hutton Maxim3 363 Thunder Howlett Hutton Trevor Joe4 084 Colours Howlett Keith Flint John Fortis3 275 Take Me to the Hospital Howlett Flint Jari Salo Paul Malmstrom3 396 Warrior s Dance Howlett Bridget te Grace Jeff Mills Anthony Srock5 127 Run With the Wolves Howlett Flint4 248 Omen Reprise Howlett Hutton2 149 World s on Fire Howlett Maxim Marcos Vicente Salon Kim Deal4 5010 Piranha Howlett Scrapper Maxim Billy Childish Rajesh Roshan Sameer Anjaan4 0511 Stand Up Howlett Manfred Mann Peter Thomas5 30 Special Edition Disc 1 bonus tracksNo TitleLength12 The Big Gundown 4 4 2013 Wild West 4 1514 Omen Live at Rock am Ring 2009 4 13 Special Edition Disc 2No TitleLength1 Invaders Must Die Liam H Re Amped Version 2 592 Invaders Must Die Chase amp Status Remix 5 103 Omen Noisia Remix 6 204 Omen Herve s End of the World Remix 5 245 Warrior s Dance Future Funk Squad s Rave Soldier Mix 5 336 Warrior s Dance Benga Remix 4 457 Warrior s Dance South Central Remix 5 428 Take Me to the Hospital Rusko Remix 4 249 Take Me to the Hospital Sub Focus Remix 4 3310 Take Me to the Hospital Josh Homme amp Liam H s Wreckage Mix 4 1011 Take Me to the Hospital Loser s Middlesex A amp E Remix 5 4712 Invaders Must Die Yuksek Remix 5 0313 Thunder Bang Gang Remix 5 48 Special Edition DVDNo TitleLength1 Invaders Must Die video 2 Omen video 3 Warrior s Dance video 4 Take Me to the Hospital video 5 World s on Fire live video 6 Warrior s Dance live video 7 Run live video 8 Take Me to the Hospital Big Day Out Australia 2009 iTunes bonus tracksNo TitleLength1 Invaders Must Die Chase amp Status remix 5 092 Omen edit 3 143 Track by Track Talk Through 16 44 Lost Beats EP bonus disc No TitleLength1 The Big Gundown 4 212 Black Smoke 3 263 Wild West 4 154 Fighter Beat 3 32 Bonus DVDNo TitleLength1 Invaders Must Die video 2 Omen video 3 World s on Fire live video 4 Warrior s Dance live video Japanese Edition bonus tracksNo TitleLength12 Black Smoke 3 2613 Fighter Beat 3 32 Warrior s Dance Fest edition Japanese only Disc 2No TitleLength1 Invaders Must Die Chase amp Status remix 5 102 Omen edit 3 143 Omen Noisia remix 6 204 Omen Herve s End of the World remix 5 245 Warrior s Dance Kicks Like a Mule remix 5 096 Warrior s Dance Future Funk Squad s Rave Soldier mix 5 337 Warrior s Dance Benga remix 4 458 Warrior s Dance South Central remix 5 429 Take Me to the Hospital Rusko remix 4 2410 Take Me to the Hospital Sub Focus remix 4 3311 Take Me to the Hospital Adam F amp Horx remix 5 3312 Take Me to the Hospital Josh Homme amp Liam H s Wreckage mix 4 1013 Take Me to the Hospital Loser s Middlesex A amp E remix 5 4714 Wild West 4 15 Notes Edit A Lost Beats 39 EP is available with the deluxe box set edition 40 and was also released on iTunes some time after 6 B The Big Gundown is a renamed studio version of Comanche a track played live by the band Singles EditDate of release Title UK chart position26 November 2008 Invaders Must Die 4916 February 2009 Omen 411 May 2009 Warrior s Dance 931 August 2009 Take Me to the Hospital 38Personnel EditThe Prodigy 2 Liam Howlett synthesizers sampling programming production engineering mixing Keith Flint vocals Omen Colours Take Me to the Hospital Run with the Wolves World s on Fire Maxim vocals Omen Colours Take Me to the Hospital Omen Reprise World s on Fire Piranha Additional musicians and co productionBrother Culture vocals on Thunder Amanda Ghost backing vocals on Colours Tim Hutton additional guitars on Colours horns on Piranha Dave Grohl live drums on Run with the Wolves and Stand Up James Rushent co producer on Invaders Must Die and Omen Damian Taylor additional pre production on all tracksEngineersNeil McLellan mixing all tracks except Omen Reprise and Stand Up Damian Taylor mixing Omen Reprise and Stand Up John Davis mastering at Metropolis Mastering Charts and certifications EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 2009 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 41 3Austrian Albums O3 Austria 42 5Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 43 4Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 44 12Canadian Albums Billboard 45 25Danish Albums Hitlisten 46 17Dutch Albums Album Top 100 47 3Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 48 9French Albums SNEP 49 22German Albums Offizielle Top 100 50 3Italian Albums FIMI 51 32New Zealand Albums RMNZ 52 4Norwegian Albums VG lista 53 10Portuguese Albums AFP 54 19Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 55 44Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 56 23Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 57 1UK Albums OCC 58 1UK Dance Albums OCC 59 1US Billboard 200 60 58US Top Dance Electronic Albums Billboard 61 3 Year end charts Edit Chart 2009 PositionAustralian Albums ARIA 62 65Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 63 76Dutch Albums Album Top 100 64 40French Albums SNEP 65 190German Albums Offizielle Top 100 66 60Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 67 37UK Albums OCC 68 16US Top Dance Electronic Albums Billboard 69 18Chart 2010 PositionUK Albums OCC 70 159Certifications EditRegion Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 71 Gold 35 000 Austria IFPI Austria 72 Gold 10 000 Germany BVMI 73 Gold 100 000 Netherlands NVPI 74 Gold 30 000 Poland ZPAV 75 Gold 10 000 Russia NFPF 76 Gold 10 000 Switzerland IFPI Switzerland 77 Gold 15 000 United Kingdom BPI 78 2 Platinum 600 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Commercial performance EditIn 2010 It was awarded a double platinum certification from the 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