Firestarter (The Prodigy song) Al Show"; he could not do a full parody of the song as the network CBS did not want to pay royalties to The Prodigy. The music video was directed by Walter Stern and was filmed in an abandoned London Underground tunnel at Aldwych. 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
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