Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots pt 1

The track was recorded during sessions for Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots with Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd and Michael Ivins. The album was produced by the Flaming Lips with Dave Fridmann and recorded around the band Oklahoma City base and Fridmann Tarbox Road Studios. Released on Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots in 2002, it became one of the album defining songs and helped turn the record into the Flaming Lips commercial breakthrough. The song reached number 33 on the UK Singles Chart in 2003. It remains one of the Flaming Lips signature songs and a central work in their 2000s catalogue. Its title character and narrative became tied to the wider Yoshimi album mythology and later stage adaptations.