Poison (The Prodigy song)

Infobox Single
Name = Poison


Artist = The Prodigy
from Album = Music for the Jilted Generation
Released = 6 March 1995
Format = 12 inch vinyl record
CD single
Recorded = Essex, England, 1994
Genre = Electronica Industrial
Length = 4:05 (95 EQ)
Label = XL Recordings
Writer = Liam Howlett
Producer = Liam Howlett
Video director = Walter Stern
Certification = "None"
Chart position =

• #5 (Norway)
• #15 (UK)

Reviews = "N/A"
Last single = "Voodoo People"
(1994)
This single = "Poison"
(1995)
Next single = "Firestarter"
(1996)

"Poison" is a song by The Prodigy, released as the group's ninth single on March 6 1995. It was the fourth single from the album "Music for the Jilted Generation". For the first time, the contents on the 12" vinyl record and CD single releases were identical. Maxim Reality provides the vocals for this track.

The music video was directed by Walter Stern. The band perform the track in a basement-like location. By the end of the video, the floor has turned into a mud-bath where Keith Flint is wrestling with other band members.

The CD singles art follows a theme similar to the song: rat poison. The front cover features a box of said poison, the back shows a picture of a dead and decomposing rodent, and the CD itself has a rat superimposed onto it. [ [http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=7750 "Poison" CD single] ]

Track listing

#"Poison" (95 EQ) – 4:05
#"Rat Poison" – 5:34
#"Scienide" – 5:54
#"Poison" (Environmental Science Dub Mix) – 6:18

* Tracks 1-2 and 4 written by Liam Howlett and Keith Palmer. Track 2 remixed by Liam Howlett. Track 4 remix and additional production by Environmental Science
* Track 3 written by Liam Howlett

Appearances in popular culture

*The song was used in the soundtrack to the 1999 film "End of Days" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
*The song was used in an episode of Big Brothers Big Mouth in a VT for Grace Adams-Short (Series 7)

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2i_pkJZbCv4 The Prodigy-Poison video YouTube]

References