Firestarter was way past the "second summer of love", m25 party circuit days that was pure gurning pillheads getting crazy to samples of 80s cartoons.
It's when the Prodigy had become mainstream and this was was dance/indie-rock crossover type track that they used to headline Glastonbury the following year. Pre-teens loved it - energetic and edgy... but really it wasn't subversive, just broadly available pop music that hit the top of the charts. If I went to a mid-90s techno or hard house event and they played this, I would have been as disappointed as if they played 2 Unlimited. Despite this, I still liked and went to Prodigy concerts and saw them at festivals.
It's when the Prodigy had become mainstream and this was was dance/indie-rock crossover type track that they used to headline Glastonbury the following year. Pre-teens loved it - energetic and edgy... but really it wasn't subversive, just broadly available pop music that hit the top of the charts. If I went to a mid-90s techno or hard house event and they played this, I would have been as disappointed as if they played 2 Unlimited. Despite this, I still liked and went to Prodigy concerts and saw them at festivals.