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Matt Mullen

"I was probably off my head... it wasn't meant to be a novelty record, it was meant to be an underground record": The story of The Prodigy’s cartoon-sampling rave hit Charly

Plastering a sample of a kid's voice and a cat's miaow over the top of a breakbeat and a screaming synth line doesn't sound all too controversial in 2024, but it's fair to say that The Prodigy's Charly blew the collective minds of the British public when it unexpectedly surged up the charts in 1991.

While Liam Howlett and co's mutinous brand of electronic punk has gone on to become world-renowned, it wasn't until the group released this iconic, cartoon-sampling banger that the public took notice.

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