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's " Knives Out",

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's "The Golden Age". In addition, the EP includes two original songs. The UK version was a normal CD single, which also featured some previously unreleased songs. ''Fight Test'' was nominated for Best Alternative Album at the

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Plagiarism settlement

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". Following a settlement with the Flaming Lips, Stevens receives 75 per cent of the royalties from ''Fight Test''. In an interview with '' The Guardian'', front man Wayne Coyne stated The opening of "Fight Test" ("The test begins...now") was sampled from one of the sync tests from the Flaming Lips' own Boombox Experiments. The song was also the theme song for the short-lived

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Track listing

Enhanced CD content

* "Fight Test" video * '' Christmas on Mars'' movie trailer

UK CD1

#"Fight Test" #"Thank You Jack White (for the Fiber-Optic Jesus That You Gave Me)" #"The Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response"

UK CD2

#"Fight Test" #"The Strange Design of Conscience" #"Fight Test" (primitive demo with helium voice)

UK DVD

#"Fight Test" (video) #"Fight Test" (audio) #"Knives Out" (from July 2002 XFM session) #"One More Robot" (from July 2002 XFM session)

Chart positions

EP

Single

References

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