Dinosaur Laser Fight

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"Dinosaur Laser Fight"
NSP Dinosaur Laser Fight.jpg
Single by Ninja Sex Party
from the album NSFW
ReleasedAugust 17, 2011 (2011-08-17)
Recorded2010–11
Genre
Length1:59
Label Self-released
Songwriter(s) Dan Avidan, Brian Wecht
Producer(s) Dan Avidan, Brian Wecht
Ninja Sex Party singles chronology
"Dinosaur Laser Fight"
(2011)
"FYI I Wanna F Your A"
(2011)

"Dinosaur Laser Fight" is the debut single by American comedy rock duo Ninja Sex Party, released on August 17, 2011. [1] The song is included as a track on the band's debut studio album NSFW .

Contents

Music video

The music video for "Dinosaur Laser Fight" premiered on YouTube on August 17, 2011. The video was the ninth music video to be uploaded to the official Ninja Sex Party YouTube channel. [2] The video, which depicts the fictitious characters of Danny Sexbang and Ninja Brian attempting to teach a science class, was directed by Eric Smith and Jim Turner. [2] [3] Arin Hanson, an animator also known as Egoraptor, provided the video's animated sequences. [4] [5] Avidan would later be integrated into Hanson's Let's Play webseries Game Grumps . [6]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Dinosaur Laser Fight"Dan Avidan, Brian WechtAvidan, Wecht1:59

Reception

The song has received positive reception. Sam Proof of CraveOnline wrote that it is a "hilarious song" and jokingly called it a "real history lesson". [7] John Eckes of the website One of Us listed "Dinosaur Laser Fight" as the best Ninja Sex Party song, calling it "every boyhood fantasy I ever had mashed into one concentrated song of awesome". [8]

Personnel

Ninja Sex Party
Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
US Comedy Digital Tracks ( Billboard ) [9] 55

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
Australia [10] September 29, 2011 Digital download Micro, Inc.
United Kingdom [11]
United States [12]

Level Up version

"Dinosaur Laser Fight (Level Up)"
Single by Ninja Sex Party
from the album Level Up
ReleasedOctober 16, 2021 (2021-10-16)
Recorded2021
Genre
Length2:59
Label Self-released
Songwriter(s) Dan Avidan, Brian Wecht
Producer(s) Dan Avidan, Brian Wecht
Ninja Sex Party singles chronology
"6969 (Level Up)"
(2021)
"Dinosaur Laser Fight (Level Up)"
(2021)

A re-recorded version of "Dinosaur Laser Fight", from their 2021 album Level Up which contains new versions of previously released songs, was released as the album's second single.

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