Splitting the Atom

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{{Infobox album

| name = Splitting the Atom

| type = EP

| artist = Massive Attack

| cover = Massive Attack - Splitting the Atom.jpg

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| released = 4 October 2009{{cite web |url=http://www.7digital.com/artists/massive-attack/splitting-the-atom/ |title=Massive Attack - Splitting The Atom - MP3 Downloads |publisher=7digital |accessdate=8 October 2009}}

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| genre = Electronica

| length = 22:24

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| prev_title = Collected

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = Heligoland

| next_year = 2010

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{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Pitchfork Media

|rev1score = (4.4/10)[http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13574-splitting-the-atom Pitchfork Media review]

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Splitting the Atom is an EP by Massive Attack. It was released as a download on 4 October 2009, and on vinyl (limited to 1,000 copies worldwide) on 19 October 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.thevinylfactory.com/shop/index.php/massive-attack.html |title=Massive Attack 'Splitting the Atom' |publisher=The Vinyl Factory |date= |accessdate=26 October 2009}} The EP contains four new songs, two of which are remixes and all of which contain guest vocalists.

The title track features guest vocals by Horace Andy and keyboards by Damon Albarn and was premiered on BBC Radio 1 on 25 August 2009.[http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=18475 Splitting The Atom Songfacts] The song is featured on the band's fifth album Heligoland, the soundtrack to FIFA 2011, and as the opening theme to the 2011 HBO series Luck, starring Dustin Hoffman. The EP's track, "Bulletproof Love" also appears on the album under the name "Flat of the Blade".