Wild Frontier (song)

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"Wild Frontier"
The Prodigy Wild Frontier.jpg
Single by The Prodigy
from the album The Day Is My Enemy
Released23 February 2015
Length4:28(album version)
3:44 (edit)
Label Take Me to the Hospital, Cooking Vinyl
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Liam Howlett
  • KillSonik
The Prodigy singles chronology
"The Day Is My Enemy"
(2015)
"Wild Frontier"
(2015)
"Wall of Death"
(2015)
Music video
"Wild Frontier" on YouTube

"Wild Frontier" is the twenty-third single released by the British electronic band The Prodigy. It was released on 23 February 2015, for their album The Day Is My Enemy . [1] [2] The cover art was designed by Austrian artist and designer Moritz Resl. [3]

Contents

The remix EP was released on 16 March.

Track listing

Single (Digital download) [4]
No.TitleLength
1."Wild Frontier"4:28
Remix EP (Digital download) [5] / (French Promo Maxi CD-R) [6]
No.TitleLength
1."Wild Frontier"4:28
2."Wild Frontier" (KillSonik Remix)5:27
3."Wild Frontier" (Jesse and the Wolf Remix)3:40
4."Wild Frontier" (Wilkinson Remix)4:16
Remix (Digital download) [7]
No.TitleLength
1."Wild Frontier" (Shadow Child VIP Remix)5:42
Promotional CD single [8]
No.TitleLength
1."Wild Frontier" (Edit)3:44
Official versions

Music video

The official music video was posted on the band's YouTube page on 23 February 2015. The video, a stop-motion animation was directed by the Dutch filmmaker Mascha Halberstad [11] and animator Elmer Kaan, [12] features two hunters hunting animals. They later get turned into two animals themselves after a moose that arrives to save the animals puts them into a trance-like state. It also features the fox that was present in the video for the band's earlier single, "Nasty".

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References

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  2. "The Prodigy share 'Wild Frontier' video". nme.com. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  3. "The Prodigy announce single Wild Frontier on their Facebook page". The Prodigy. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  4. The Prodigy – Wild Frontier (1-track DL) Qobuz
  5. The Prodigy – Wild Frontier (Remixes) - EP (DL) iTunes
  6. The Prodigy – Wild Frontier (French Promo Maxi CD-R) Discogs
  7. The Prodigy – Wild Frontier (Shadow Child VIP Remix) iTunes
  8. The Prodigy – Wild Frontier (Promotional CD single) Discogs
  9. "hmv to stock exclusive The Prodigy EP" . Retrieved 5 April 2015.
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  12. "Elmer Kaan" . Retrieved 18 March 2015.