When Worlds Collide (Powerman 5000 song)
| "When Worlds Collide" | ||||
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| Single by Powerman 5000 | ||||
| from the album Tonight the Stars Revolt! | ||||
| Released | July 1999 | |||
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| Length | 2:58 | |||
| Label | DreamWorks | |||
| Songwriter | Powerman 5000 | |||
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| "When Worlds Collide" on YouTube | ||||
"When Worlds Collide" is a song by American rock band Powerman 5000 from their album Tonight the Stars Revolt! It is one of the band's-best known songs and has been used in the video games Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2, WWE Smackdown! vs. Raw, WWE 2K26, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 in addition to the 2000 film Little Nicky. The song was nominated by the Boston Music Awards in 2000 for "Single of the Year". Spider One has stated that the song is about social classes. In 2016, the band accused Square Enix of stealing the song for use in their popular MMO Final Fantasy XIV.
In 2017, Annie Zaleski of Spin named it the ninth-best nu metal track of all time.
In 2020, Powerman 5000 re-recorded the song. It was initially exclusively available on the CD version of their album The Noble Rot. On October 15, 2020, it was released as a digital single and on streaming platforms.