"Race for the Prize"
Single byThe Flaming Lips
from the albumThe Soft Bulletin
Released	June 1999
Recorded	1999
Genre	Neo-psychedelia symphonic pop[1]
Length	4:09
Label	Warner Bros.
Songwriters	Wayne Coyne,Michael Ivins,Steven Drozd
Producers	The Flaming Lips,Dave Fridmann, Scott Booker
The Flaming Lips singles chronology
"Brainville" (1996) "Race for the Prize" (1999) "Waitin' for a Superman" (1999)

"Race for the Prize" (subtitled"Sacrifice of the New Scientists"), is a song byThe Flaming Lips, released as the first single taken from their 1999 albumThe Soft Bulletin, and reaching #39 in theUK Singles Chart as the highest-charting single from the album. In 2010Pitchfork Media included the song at number 30 on theirTop 200 Tracks of the 90s.^[2] The song is also played live frequently, and is usually featured as a set opener for many of their concerts.

The single, released in 1999, was the album's highest-charting single, reaching the top 40 at #39.

The b-side of the UK release featured material previously featured in Flaming Lips U.S. releases.

The single's b-sides both featured in the Japanese and UK single releases, "Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)" and "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair" later appeared in CD5 of the U.S. release of the album's subsequent single "Waitin' for a Superman."^[3]

UK CD1

1. "Race for the Prize"
2. "Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)" (FromZaireeka CD No.1)
3. "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair" (FromZaireeka CD No.1)

UK CD2

1. "Race for the Prize"
2. "Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)" (FromZaireeka CD No.2)
3. "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair" (FromZaireeka CD No.2)

Japan CD

1. "Race for the Prize"
2. "Race For the Prize" (Remix)
3. "Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)" (Stereo remix)
4. "Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Despair" (Stereo remix)
5. "The Big Ol' Bug Is the New Baby Now" (Stereo remix)

In 2012, the band rewrote some of the lyrics to the song to make a fight song for their hometownNBA team: theOklahoma City Thunder. The new song is called "Thunder Up: Race for the Prize." The Thunder played in theNBA Finals that year.^[4]

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