Howlett later described the song as "too introverted", as it focuses on Flint's personal experiences with the drug. The band generated controversy by including references to the so-called "date rape" drug Rohypnol in the lyrics however, they explained that the song mentions only personal use and makes no statements on drugging others. "Baby's Got a Temper" briefly samples The Prodigy's earlier hit "Firestarter", while its tempo is set in 100 BPM. Liam Howlett, the song's producer, would later argue he disowned the single. Having thought that the band were in the industrial metal genre, Flint decided that the song would largely contrast with the band's style, and invited Jim Davies to be featured in the song. The band performed several gigs, with their first being a brief set at the Download Festival on 1 June 2003. The song was written by Keith Flint when he was in Flint, a side project of The Prodigy who co-wrote the song. The track was heavily edited by Radio One at their end so it would fit into their daytime schedules. Radio Mafia played the original radio edit and it was nicely censored but the group had not provided a radio edit of the song for the Radio One and have no intention of doing so. Some weeks later on May 16th the song was given its world premiere on BBC Radio One but it was edited to remove any reference to the drug. The song was little bit censored to the lyrical content. The studio version was first aired on Finnish Radio station Radio Mafia in April 2002. This baby's got a temper/You'll never tame her" and simply "Rohypnol! Rohypnol! Rohypnol!" Here are the lyrics sang by singer Keith Flint: "We love rohypnol/She got rohypnol/We take rohypnol/Just forget it all. The song is heavily censored or outright banned from more mainstream radio stations due to its recurring references to 'date rape' drug rohypnol. This version was harder than the original and more like the single version. There was a second live version which the band performed twice in April 2002 in US. The original live version was slower and the lyrics were in different order than in the single version. The song was originally meant to be for Keith's solo project but after Liam heard it he wanted to work on it and later it became a Prodigy song. This new song was played live first time for North American audiences at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio, California in May 2002.
Finally the commercial release was available on July 1st in CD format, backed by dub and instrumental mixes, and 12" vinyl format, backed by dub, instrumental and acapella mixes, while the DVD edition includes the song's music video. CD XL-Recordings / Playground Music XLS 145CDĪfter almost 5 years after the Fat of the Land XL-Recordings planned the release a new song for the beginning of March, but it was delayed once more to no one's surprise.