"Obstacle 1" is a song by American

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. It was released as the second single from their debut studio album, ''

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'', on November 11, 2002. It was eventually remixed by producer Arthur Baker and reissued as a single on September 15, 2003. The music video for "Obstacle 1" was directed by

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. The song peaked at number 41 on the

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and was also ranked at number 64 on ''

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''s 'Top 500 Tracks of the Decade' list. "Obstacle 1" is featured as a playable track on ''

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''. Singer

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has a rendition of "Obstacle 1" on her album, '' Reproductions''. The song was also used to highlight

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for Best Comedic Performance at the 2003 MTV Movie Awards for his work in ''

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''.

Music video

The promotional

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for the song was directed by

. It shows several shots of the band playing in an aisle, there are many wires moving up and down. Then, a woman (Sigismondi herself) appears dancing the song on another aisle. In a shot, a glass of water fall down and breaks, the water begins to move through the aisles and arrives to the aisle where the woman is dancing. The woman falls down and is electrocuted as a result of the electrical wires in the water.

Track listing

2002 single

CD (OLE570-2): # "Obstacle 1" – 4:11 # "

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) – 3:10 7" vinyl (OLE570-7): # "Obstacle 1" – 4:11 # "Obstacle 2" (Live

) – 3:50

2003 single

Remix CD (OLE594-2): # "Obstacle 1" (Arthur Baker Remix Edit) – 4:17 # "Obstacle 1" (Arthur Baker Remix Long Version) – 5:55 # "Obstacle 1" (Radio Edit) – 3:36 7" vinyl (OLE594-7): # "Obstacle 1" (Arthur Baker Remix Edit) – 4:17 # "Obstacle 1" (Live Black Session) – 4:18 DVD (OLE594-9): # "Obstacle 1" (video) – 3:47 # "Specialist" (Live Black Session) (audio) – 6:34 # "Leif Erikson" (Live Black Session) (audio) – 3:55

Chart performance

References

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