April Fools’ Day #1 • List of fakes!
Over the last 30-odd years, there have been many myths, fake tracks pretending to be the band’s work, and other fan confusions around the band’s production. Today, in honor of April Fools’ Day, we have decided to debunk some of them. But before, watch dis! 😀
To begin, we have compiled a list of fake tracks that pretend to be the band’s work but have nothing to do with it, even though in some places they may seem to be of high quality. This list consists of fictional tracks that have been passed off as the band’s work (not reworks, remakes, or attempts to recreate real existing tracks).
DEMONS FAKE TRACK WITH REAL TITLE
- Original source: Unknown! Sounds like a special self made track.
- Note: There were rumours that Liam actually had a demo tape in 89-90 with a track by that title, but it was never published anywhere. When exactly this fake was posted is unknown.
DRUMSCAPE FAKE TRACK WITH REAL TITLE
- Original source: Special self made track form original source loops of ‘Everybody In The Place’ and ‘Charly’.
- Note: There were rumours that Liam actually had a demo tape in 89-90 with a track by that title, but it was never published anywhere. This fake was uploaded to Youtube on 24th July 2020.
WELCOME INTRO ’92
- Original source: Unknown!
- Note: Fake live intro for bootleg cassette with a fake live recording from the gig @ Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, England (21.11.1992). More info »
IN THE BEGGINING +SALVATIONED ARMY
- Original source: Unknown! Sounds like a special self made track.
- Note: Fake track by Tobi Wood for his bootleg album ‘Inflicted’. Album also contains another fake track ‘Salvationed Army’. More info »
NAKED AND ASHAMED
- Original source: ‘Dylan Rhymes – Naked & Ashamed’
- Note: The track was added to the real Prodigy tracks on a bootleg compilation from 1998. In addition to ‘Naked & Ashamed’, there are 3 other fake tracks on cassette: ‘Big Johnson’, ‘I’m Disco Dancer (Fatboy Slim Remix)’, ‘Keoki Me (Wizard Of Oh Hardhop Remix)’. Release info »
CASTBREEDER FAKE ALBUM
- Original source: Different tracks by ‘Lunatic Calm’ and ‘Junkie XL’.
- Note: The most famous classic of all ‘The Prodigy’ fakes. More info »
NO SOUVENIR (INTRO) FAKE TRACK WITH REAL TITLE
- Original source: ‘Aphex Twin — Girl/Boy Song (£18 Snarerush Mix)’
- Note: Fake intro for bootleg cassette compilation. Release info »
DANGER (FEAT. KEITH FLINT) BY OLIVER LIAB
- Original source: ‘Oliver Lieb – Danger (House Of The Dead)’
- Note: There is no Keith’s vocals in the track. Oliver comment: “Some idiot made up this story to sell some self-copied CDs on Ebay”. More info »
LUNAR PROGRAM
- Original source: Program 2 – Una
- Note: Fake track from POST-FAT/AONO times.
CAN’T COMPREHEND MYSELF (FT. MASSIVE ATTACK)
- Original source: Skelf – I Can’t Comprehend
- Note: Fake track from POST-AONO times. Also occasionally passed off as ‘No Souvenirs’ before the actual remix from UNKLE was made public.
DUST YOSELF FAKE TRACK WITH REAL TITLE
- Original source: Special self made track containing various Prodigy website loops.
- Note: Uploaded to Youtube on 21st April 2014.
VENOM
- Original source: Unknown! Sounds like a special self made track.
- Note: Was published in 2007.
HELICOPTER NOT ‘HELICOPTER TECHNO’
- Original source: Unknown
- Note: Uploaded to Youtube in 2010-2011.
UNKNOWN TRACK (2010) FROM ‘RESTART’
- Original source: ‘Paktofonika – Mechaniczna Pomarancza’
- Note: Uploaded to Youtube on 20th August 2010.
NEMESIS
- Original source: ‘The Oracle – Nemesis’
- Note: Uploaded to Youtube on 17th January 2011.
NEW SONG (2012)
- Original source: Unknown! Sounds like a special self made track.
- Note: Uploaded to Youtube on 27th December 2011.
TROUBLE
NEW SONG (2016) WINNER OF FAKES COMPETITION!
- Original source: Unknown! But sounds perfect!
- Note: Uploaded to Youtube on 28th October 2016.
CHARLY NEWAR (FT. DIRTCANDY) BEST TRACK! SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR TO ‘IMD’ STYLE!
- Original Source: Special self made mash-up of ‘Charly Newar’ – ‘2018 Demo’ and ‘Dirtcandy’ – ‘Hardnoise’.
- Note: Was published in 2018.
GREEN SPIKES
- Original source: Unknown! Sounds like a special self made track.
- Note: Uploaded to Youtube on 8th February 2021.
CODE AGENT
- Original source: Special self made track containing various Prodigy website loops.
- Note: Uploaded to Youtube on 3rd June 2022.
Aside from those tracks where the authors of the tracks themselves or the authors of publications in the network deliberately misled the public, there are also real recordings of various tracks from actual live gigs of the band that have nothing to do with the band’s works. These are simply short fillers aka ‘fills’: loops and cuts of other artist’s tracks that were played by Liam, and which people often confuse and pass off as unreleased Prodigy tracks.
CHILL ROB G – RIDE THE RHYTHM
- Sample: beat & vocals (‘feel it, ride the rhythm’)
- Sample source: Chill Rob G – Ride The Rhythm [Ride The Rhythm, 1989]
- Note: Played occasionally from late 1997 to 1998.
FERNANDO VELAZQUEZ – DEVIL a.k.a. FILLER DISCONTENT
- Sample: orchestra loop
- Sample source: Fernando Velazquez – Devil [Devil (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 2011]
- Note: Played as a filler from 2012 to 2014.
- Sample: vocals (‘now is the winter of our discontent’)
- Sample source: Laurence Olivier, William Shakespeare – Richard III – Now Is The Winter Of Our Discontent (Act 1, Scene 1)
- Note: This vocal sample has not been played every time.
FLOORMASTER SQUEEZE – KICK OUT THE JAMES a.k.a. FUNKY LINK
- Sample: vocals (‘everything I do gonh be funky’) & beat & melody
- Sample source: Floormaster Squeeze – Kick Out The James [Hot Plate 1, 1987]
- Note: Played regularly before ‘Funky Shit’ in 1997. Featured on the tracklists and listed as ‘Funky Link’.
J.C. LODGE – TELEPHONE VERSION
- Sample: melody & beat
- Sample source: J.C. Lodge – Telephone Version [Telephone Love, 1988]
- Note: Played after ‘Roadblox’ in 2018.
JOHN BARRY – HIP’S TRIP
- Sample: orchestra loop
- Sample source: John Barry – Hip’s Trip [The Man With The Golden Gun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1974]
- Note: Played regularly after ‘Smack My Bitch Up’ from 1996 to 1997.
MC SHAN – LIVING IN THE WORLD OF HIP HOP a.k.a. HIP HOP STYLE FILL
- Sample: vocals (‘I am the creator of my hip-hop style’) & beat
- Sample source: Psychedelic Skratch Bastards – Side A: Flow Beats & Long Noises [Battle Breaks, 1992]
- Original source: MC Shan – Living In The World Of Hip Hop [Down By Law, 1987]
- Note: Played after ‘Voodoo Beats’ in December 1997.
MARC MOULIN – BALEK a.k.a. NEW LINK (2005)
- Sample: bass & beat
- Sample source: Marc Moulin – Balek [Placebo Sessions 1971-1974, 1999]
- Note: Played a couple of times in 2005. Featured on the tracklists and listed as ‘New Link’.
PINK FLOYD – A NEW MACHINE a.k.a. WOMAN’S VOICE FILL
- Sample: vocals (‘feels like more than a lifetime, feels like more than a lifetime’)
- Sample source: Pink Floyd – A New Machine (Part 1) [A Momentary Lapse Of Reason, 1987]
- Note: Played as a filler from 1992 to 1994 and a couple of times in 1996.
SUPER BEAGLE – DUST A SOUND BOY a.k.a. NIGHT FILL
- Sample: vocals (‘night’) & beat & bassline
- Sample source: Super Beagle – Dust A Sound Boy [Dust A Sound Boy, 1988]
- Note: Played after ‘The Day Is My Enemy D&B’ in 2016 and 2017.
TURKEY IN THE STRAW a.k.a. DUGDALE MELODY
- Sample: melody
- Sample source: Pink Panther Pops = Awesome
- Original source: Turkey In The Straw
- Note: On June 26th, 2006, in the WFMU’s Beware of the Blog several mp3s of ice cream van melodies were posted. Among these was a file called ‘Pink Panther Pops = Awesome’ which is an interpretation of the folk song ‘Turkey In The Straw’. It’s unknown who has chosen it and where it’s been found, but this melody can be heard at the end of every single video produced by Dugdale. Sometimes it would be played as an outro at gigs in 2009, for example, at Rock am Ring ’09 festival.
Purposely or mistakenly made up titles of tracks, that have been mentioned in articles or fan sources.
COLLABORATION WITH ‘CORKY’
NOTE: Mistake by an Icelandic journalist who misunderstood Liam’s words about his collaboration with Kool Keith.
BARREL OF A GUN (THE PRODIGY REMIX) DEPECHE MODE
NOTE: Fictitious title or mistake from non-official The Prodigy book.
NO SOUVENIRS (LEEROY THORNHILL REMIX)
NOTE: Fictitious remix. Leeroy confirmed that he had never worked on this track and had no idea where the rumours came from.
TO THE END
NOTE: Fictitious unreleased track from AONO times, which was allegedly mentioned by Liam in a 2004 interview for KORG: “Also, it has this cool noise like a Human League noise that came out on To The End and Spitfire.”
Apparently, this interview was recorded to audio and then transcribed into text for the printed version. And someone who was responsible for the transfer from audio format to written text – just fucked up and didn’t understand Liam’s speech about how he’s using microKORG at the very end of Spitfire track: “Also, it has this cool noise like a Human League noise that came out into the end in Spitfire.”
Apparently, this interview was recorded to audio and then transcribed into text for the printed version. And someone who was responsible for the transfer from audio format to written text – just fucked up and didn’t understand Liam’s speech about how he’s using microKORG at the very end of Spitfire track: “Also, it has this cool noise like a Human League noise that came out into the end in Spitfire.”
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Хоть и трек “Demons” поддельный, но для начала 90-х годов звучит неплохо.