Omen

Album: Invaders Must Die (2009)
Charted: 4
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Songfacts®:

  • Liam Howlett told the NME January 24, 2009: "People haven't heard Maxim and Keith do anything as melodic before. We want it to be a band record that says, 'This is who we are,' instead of it just being a sample record or a DJ record."
  • Both this song and the title track of Invaders Must Die were co-produced with Does It Offend You, Yeah? frontman James Rushent.
  • This won Best Single at the 2009 Kerrang!Awards.

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