Firestarter (The Prodigy song) Firestarter (The Prodigy song) "Firestarter" is a song by the British band The Prodigy, released on 18 March 1996. It was the first single from their third album "The Fat of the Land", and their tenth single overall. It was also the group's first number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, staying on top for three weeks, and their first big international hit, also reaching number one in Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary and Norway. It featured Flint's punk rock-style vocals which showcased him as the group's frontman. The title and lyrics were subject of controversy in the UK because of
Firestarter (The Prodigy song) and Paul Morley also receive songwriting credits. The "Empirion Mix," which does not include these samples, is credited solely to Howlett and Flint. In October 2011, "NME" placed it at number 52 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". Writing for pitchfork.com in 2005, Jess Harvell said, "'Firestarter' sounds like Trent Reznor in one of his all-too-rare moments of self-aware humor, like the Bomb Squad at +5 with a pink-haired British bulldog bellowing about how tuff he is." "Weird Al" Yankovic created a loose parody of "Firestarter", titled "Lousy Haircut", for an episode of "The Weird