Omen (The Prodigy song) 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 respectively. The official music video was uploaded to YouTube on 19 January 2009. The video
Firestarter (The Prodigy song) their violent nature. The music video further boosted these controversies. In 2004, the song was covered by Gene Simmons of KISS and in 2012 by De Staat. The songwriting credits include Kim Deal of alt-rock group The Breeders. The looped wah-wah guitar riff in "Firestarter" was sampled from The Breeders' track "S.O.S." from the album "Last Splash". The drums are sampled from a remix of the song "Devotion" of the group Ten City. The ""Hey Hey Hey"" sample came from 1984 single "Close (to the Edit)" by Art of Noise. Then-members: Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, J. J. Jeczalik, Gary Langan