FCC Won't Let 'Em Be

Prodigy's new single, "Baby's Got a Temper", looks set to be denied mainstream radio play because of its constant references to the date rape drug, Rhypnol. In a scarcely coincidental echo of the controversy stirred up by the band's infamous 1997 single "Smack My Bitch Up", which was largely banned from the radio and its ultra-violent video only shown on late night TV, the original version of "Baby's Got A Temper" looks likely to be avoided on the daytime playlists of any major radio stations. The single, released on July 1, is Prodigy's first new material in five years. Described by mainman Liam Howlett as, "a wall of fucking noise", "Baby's Got A Temper" is a heavy, brutal clash of hard beats, electronic rhythms, guitar riffs and Keith Flint's trademark dirty vocals, and, despite its subject matter and radio ban, is likely to follow "Firestarter", which it samples, to big time Billboard highs... Pun, anyone?