"Take Me to the Hospital" is the twenty-first single released by the

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band

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. released on 31 August 2009, the CD single includes the Sub Focus remix and the 12" single also includes a Rusko remix. Liam also collaborated with Josh Homme to create the "Wreckage" mix of the song. It is the third commercial single from their fifth studio album ''

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'', after "

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" and "

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", as well and the free promotional single "

". It was the band's last UK top 40 hit, reaching number 38. The song shares its name with the band's record label. The track features samples from "Salami Fever" by

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and "Ragamuffin Duo Take Charge" by Asher D and Daddy Freddy.

Music video

The music video became available to view exclusively on the

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application for

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on 4 August 2009; it was posted on the official website and

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channel on 5 August. It was filmed onto VHS rather than digital recording equipment to obtain an old school 90s look. It starts with shots of

in a derelict building (according to the Prodigy it is an abandoned mental hospital), followed by dancing and walking towards an

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. After climbing inside the ambulance they continue singing while trashing it from the inside. After exiting they watch a group of people, who are dressed in black and wearing bear masks, spray paint and further vandalise the vehicle. The video ends with additional clips of the band dancing and singing the lyrics, closing with the camera moving away from the now unrecognisable ambulance.

Track listing

CD single

#"Take Me to the Hospital" (09 EQ) – 3:42 #"Take Me to the Hospital" (

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remix) – 4:33

12" vinyl

#"Take Me to the Hospital" (

remix) – 4:33 #"Take Me to the Hospital" (

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remix) – 4:23

CD single promo

#"Take Me to the Hospital" (09 EQ) – 3:40 #"Take Me to the Hospital" (

remix) – 4:33 #"Take Me to the Hospital" (

remix) – 4:23 #"Take Me to the Hospital" (

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and Horx remix) – 5:33 #"Take Me to the Hospital" ( Losers Middlesex A and E remix) – 5:48 #"Take Me to the Hospital" (

Josh Homme Joshua Michael Homme ( ; born May 17, 1973) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the founder, primary songwriter, and only continuous member of the rock band Queens of the Stone Age, which he form ...

and Liam H's "Wreckage" mix) – 4:09

Digital download

#"Take Me to the Hospital" (09 EQ edit) – 3:15 #"Take Me to the Hospital" (09 EQ) – 3:42 #"Take Me to the Hospital" (instrumental 09 EQ) – 3:40 #"Take Me to the Hospital" (

remix) – 4:33 #"Take Me to the Hospital" (

remix) – 4:23 #"Take Me to the Hospital" (

and Horx remix) – 5:33 #"Take Me to the Hospital" ( Losers Middlesex A and E remix) – 5:48 #"Take Me to the Hospital" (

and Liam H's "Wreckage" mix) – 4:09 #"Take Me to the Hospital" (album version) – 3:42

Charts

References

{{Authority control The Prodigy songs 2009 singles Songs written by Liam Howlett 2009 songs Cooking Vinyl singles Music videos directed by Walter Stern