Race for the Prize

The Flaming Lips * Track #1 On The Soft Bulletin

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Album The Soft Bulletin

ALBUM

The Flaming Lips

1999

Race for the Prize by The Flaming Lips

Release Date

Mon May 17 1999

Performed by

The Flaming Lips

Produced by

The Flaming Lips & Scott Booker & Dave Fridmann

Writed by

Wayne Coyne & Steven Drozd & Michael Ivins

About

“Race For The Prize (Sacrifice Of The New Scientists)” is the first single taken from The Soft Bulletin, reaching #39 in the UK Singles Chart as the highest charting single from the album. In 2010 Pitchfork Media included the song at number 30 on their Top 200 Tracks of the 90s.

Race for the Prize Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Two scientists are racing
For the cure of all mankind
Both of them side by side
So determined
Locked in heated battle
For the cure that is their prize
But it's so dangerous
But they're determined

[Chorus]
Theirs is to win
If it kills them
They're just humans
With wives and children

[Verse 2]
Upwards to the vanguard
Where the pressure is so high
Under the microscope
Hope against hope
Forging for the future
But to sacrifice their lives
Both of them side by side
So determined

[Chorus]
Theirs is to win
If it kills them
They're just humans
With wives and children
Theirs is to win
If it kills them
They're just humans
With wives and children

Race for the Prize Q&A

Who wrote Race for the Prize's ?

Race for the Prize was written by Wayne Coyne & Steven Drozd & Michael Ivins.

Who produced Race for the Prize's ?

Race for the Prize was produced by The Flaming Lips & Scott Booker & Dave Fridmann.