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1999 single by Powerman 5000
"When Worlds Collide"
Single by Powerman 5000
from the album Tonight the Stars Revolt!
ReleasedJuly 1999
Genre
Length2:58
LabelDreamWorks
Songwriter(s)Powerman 5000
Producer(s)
Powerman 5000 singles chronology
"Organized"
(1998) 		"When Worlds Collide"
(1999) 		"Nobody's Real"
(1999)
Music video
"When Worlds Collide" on YouTube

"When Worlds Collide" is a song by the band Powerman 5000 from their album Tonight the Stars Revolt!. It is one of the band's most well-known songs and has been used in the video games Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 in addition to the 2000 film Little Nicky. The song had been nominated by the Boston Music Awards in 2000 for "Single Of The Year". Spider One has stated that the song is about social classes. In 2016, the band accused Square Enix of stealing the song for use in their popular MMO Final Fantasy XIV.

In 2020, Powerman 5000 re-recorded the song. It was initially exclusively available on the CD version of their album The Noble Rot. On October 15, 2020 it was released as a digital single and on streaming platforms.

Music and lyrics

The song talks about social classes according to frontman Spider One. The song begins and concludes with heavier segments with screamed vocals, while its middle section is more atmospheric and melodic. The song’s title shares the name of the 1951 science-fiction film, When Worlds Collide, and the 1933 novel upon which the film was based.

The sample "You are a robot" comes from the 1962 film The Creation of the Humanoids.

Track listing

CD single
No.TitleLength
1."When Worlds Collide"2:57
2."They Know Who You Are" 
Cassette single
No.TitleLength
1."When Worlds Collide" 
2."The Son of X-51" 

Charts

Chart (1999) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 16
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 18

References

  1. "POWERMAN 5000 FAN ALLIANCE NEWSLETTER". Archived from the original on 2000-12-10.
  2. "Archived copy". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-01-08. Retrieved 2022-01-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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