"Megalomaniac" is a song by

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from the album commonly referred to as ''

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''. It was released in various forms in late 1997 and early 1998. The song peaked at #22 on Billboard's Bubbling Under 100 chart, the band's only appearance on the chart. The associated music video featured a then-unknown, and only 17 year old

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version was released in 2009. The song was also used in the film '' Mortal Kombat: Annihilation'' in the end credits and in the 1998 racing video game ''

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'', along with an instrumental version in the latter.

Track listings

All songs composed by KMFDM.

''Megalomaniac Remixes'' (1997)

This version was also split into two separate records, with two songs on each.

''MDFMK'' (1998)

7" reissue (2009)

References

{{authority control 1998 singles KMFDM songs TVT Records singles 1998 songs Wax Trax! Records singles Songs written by Sascha Konietzko Songs written by Günter Schulz Songs written by En Esch