"Extreme Ways" is a song by American electronica

Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

 musician Moby

Moby

Richard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his outspoken liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.Moby gained attention in the early...

. Released on , it was the second single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 from his studio album 18. It is also included on disc one of the American release of Go – The Very Best of Moby.

The track is notably used at the conclusion of the first three Bourne films; a new version of the song was recorded for use on the closing credits of the third, The Bourne Ultimatum

The Bourne Ultimatum (film)

The Bourne Ultimatum is a 2007 American spy film directed by Paul Greengrass and loosely based on the Robert Ludlum novel of the same title. This film is the third in the Bourne film series, being preceded by The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy...

, and released on the film's soundtrack

The Bourne Ultimatum: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

The Bourne Ultimatum: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 2007 film The Bourne Ultimatum.Composer John Powell returned as the Bourne composer, having created the scores for the two previous films. Also included is a brand-new version of Moby's Extreme Ways, titled Extreme...

. "Extreme Ways (Bourne's Ultimatum)" was also released as a one-track CD single on . It samples the drum break from Melvin Bliss's "Synthetic Substitution", one of the most popularly sampled drum breaks in the history of music. It also samples the strings

Strings (music)

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 from the beginning of Hugo Winterhalter's

Hugo Winterhalter

Hugo Winterhalter was an American musician.An easy listening arranger and composer, Winterhalter was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Mount St. Mary's near Emmitsburg, Maryland in 1931, where he played saxophone for the orchestra and sang in two of the choirs...

 cover of "Everybody's Talkin'

Everybody's Talkin'

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".

Track listing

MUTE270 (UK)

1. "Extreme Ways" – 3:32
2. "Love of Strings" – 6:11
3. "Life's So Sweet" – 6:31
4. "Extreme Ways" (video)

LCD MUTE270 (UK)

1. "Extreme Ways" – 3:32
2. Album excerpts – 1:55
   1. "Signs of Love"
   2. "Sunday (The Day Before My Birthday)"
   3. "In My Heart"
   4. "Jam for the Ladies"

V2CP 131 (Japan)

1. "Extreme Ways" – 3:32
2. "Love of Strings" – 6:11
3. "Life's So Sweet" – 6:31
4. "Extreme Ways (DJ Tiësto's Vocal Remix)" – 7:11
5. "Extreme Ways (Junior Jack
   Junior Jack
   Junior Jack is an Italian-Belgian house music producer and DJ.-Biography:...
   
   's Club Mix)" – 11:37

XCD MUTE270 (UK)

1. "Extreme Ways (Bourne's Ultimatum)"

• released .

Mute CD / CD-R promo (UK)

1. "Extreme Ways (John Creamer + Stephane K Remix)" – 9:25
2. "Extreme Ways (DJ Tiësto's Instrumental Mix)" – 6:27
3. "Extreme Ways (Junior Jack's Club Mix)" – 11:37
4. "Extreme Ways (Junior Jack's Compressed Dub Mix)" – 6:15
5. "Extreme Ways (Junior Jack's After Electro Anthem)" – 9:02
6. "Extreme Ways (Lee Coombs Remix)" – 8:36

• UK CD-R promo. No catalogue number.

Mute 12" vinyl / 12 MUTE270 (UK)

1. "Extreme Ways (DJ Tiësto's Vocal Remix)" – 7:11
2. "Extreme Ways (Junior Jack's Club Mix)" – 11:37

• released

Mute 12" / L12 MUTE270 (UK)

1. "Extreme Ways (John Creamer + Stephane K Remix)" – 9:25
2. "Extreme Ways (Lee Coombs Remix)" – 8:36

Mute 2x12" / P12 MUTE 270 (UK)

1. "Extreme Ways (DJ Tiësto's Vocal Remix)" – 7:11
2. "Extreme Ways (Junior Jack's Club Mix)" – 11:37
3. "Extreme Ways (John Creamer + Stephane K Remix)" – 9:25
4. "Extreme Ways (DJ Tiësto's Instrumental Remix)" – 6:27

• UK promo.

Mute 2x12" / PL12 MUTE 270 (UK)

1. "Extreme Ways" (Lee Coombs Remix) – 8:36
2. "Extreme Ways" (Junior Jack's After Electro Anthem) – 9:02
3. "Extreme Ways" (Junior Jack's Club Mix) – 11:37
4. "Extreme Ways" (DJ Tiësto's Vocal Remix) – 7:11

• UK promo.

Music video

A video was made for the song in early 2003, and can be seen on the 18 B Sides + DVD

18 B Sides + DVD

18 B Sides + DVD is a two-disc CD and DVD compilation album by American electronica musician Moby, released in 2003. The first disc is a CD featuring nine B-sides from his previous album, 18, and four new songs...

and the Bourne Identity "Explosive Extended Edition" DVD.

Original version

Chart (2002)	Peak position
French Singles Chart	53
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	39
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...	12

"Extreme Ways (Bourne's Ultimatum)"

Chart (2007)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	53

Uses in popular culture

• This song was used in world's first DSLR Full-HD movie "Reverie" by Vincent Laforet.
• "Extreme Ways" serves as the background track for popular promotional commercials for the American public television science program Nova
  NOVA (TV series)
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  .
• The song is played during the end credits in all three of the Bourne Trilogy
  Bourne Trilogy
  The Bourne Trilogy is a series of novels by Robert Ludlum, which have been adapted to film in a series starring Matt Damon.The original three Jason Bourne novels are:* The Bourne Identity * The Bourne Supremacy...
  
   films.
• The song is used in an ABC Sports story on Jean Van de Velde's 1999 Open Championship collapse
• MMA fighter Keith Jardine
  Keith Jardine
  Keith Hector Jardine is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division and is best known for his time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...
  
  uses the song as his entrance music.