This pissed off Liam Howlett who responded by burning a copy of the issue in the video for ‘Fire’. As we mentioned earlier in this list, the year after the track’s release in 1992 this very magazine ran one of its most controversial covers, questioning ‘Did Charly kill rave?’ in light of the abundance of copycat kiddy-sample rave tracks that followed. It merges a juvenile voice sample and cartoon cat meowing with ‘Mentasm’-esque rave synths to raw and disorientating effect. The Prodigy’s debut single ‘Charly’ still holds up as one of their very best.
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