The Prodigy’s ‘Breathe’ turns 30 with a remix 12″ from Glitch Mob and Mefjus
XL Recordings puts out a special edition vinyl on November 13, and the band start a European arena run the next day.
The Prodigy marked 30 years of ‘Breathe’ on November 11 with a short Instagram clip and a caption noting the single came out 30 years ago that day.
The anniversary release lands this Friday, November 13. XL Recordings is issuing a special edition 12″ vinyl with remixes from The Glitch Mob and Mefjus & Camo & Krooked. The band’s European arena tour begins a day later. They have also confirmed a return to South America in 2027, and full dates and tickets are at theprodigy.com.
‘Breathe’ is credited to Liam Howlett, Keith Flint and Maxim, with Flint and Maxim sharing vocals and former live guitarist Jim Davies on guitar. The drum break is sampled from Thin Lizzy’s ‘Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed’, and the opening sword swoosh comes from Wu-Tang Clan’s ‘Da Mystery of Chessboxin”.
Walter Stern directed the video, which features bugs, cockroaches and a crocodile. It won Viewer’s Choice at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards and the International Viewer’s Choice award at the MTV Europe Music Awards. It was also Leeroy Thornhill’s last appearance in a Prodigy video.
‘Breathe’ was the second single from ‘The Fat of the Land’, which debuted at number one around the world in 1997 and has sold more than 10 million copies.
