Song written by Kim and Ricky Wilde.
It was recorded during sessions for the album Here Come the Aliens and was released as a music video on 14 May 2020. The song starts with a quote from Christopher Hitchens (spoken by Hal Fowler) and at the end samples the melody of the song Stay Awhile.
Parts of the song can be heard in the intro of the song 1969.
Kim about ‘Numinous’
I was phoning up Sean, when they were literally putting [‘Pop Don’t Stop’, the greatest hits album] to bed, I said ‘Numinous is on there, isn’t it?’ and he said ‘Er, don’t think so’. I said ‘well, I want it on there’. (…) I literally snuck ‘Numinous’ on, because I thought ‘I’m not gonna tell Rick!’ (1)
Ricky about ‘Numinous’
I didn’t really hear it as a Kim Wilde track. I programmed it all and wrote it as a, maybe a remix or something. It had a Basement Jaxx kindof vibe to it, I suppose, and that was the main influence behind it and I didn’t really hear it as a song. As a track, it’s more of a remix I think. (2)
Credits
All instruments: Ricky Wilde
Mixed by Ricky Wilde
Mastered by Sean Vincent
Interview source
(1) Unsung Heroes podcast, 23 July 2021
(2) Unsung Heroes podcast, 23 July 2021
Lyrics
“The sense that there’s something beyond the material, or if not beyond it, not entirely consistent materially with it, is, I think, a very important matter.
What you could call the numinous or the transcendant, or at its best, I suppose, the ecstatic.”
Unbelievable
Supernatural
There’s a real phenomenon beyond our comprehension
A super energy in a mystic third dimension
Whatever faith, belief, religion that you hold
There’s so much more to life on this world than we’re told
Unbelievable
Supernatural
Now I feel connected to the world and the universe all around me
I’m elevated with the truth and the revelation astounds me
Whatever faith, belief, religion that you hold
There’s so much more to life on this world than we’re told
Numinous, numinous, numinous, numinous
Numinous, numinous, numinous, numinous
This surreal phenomenon will blow your mind away
This surreal phenomenon will blow your mind away
Unbelievable
Supernatural
“The sense that there’s something beyond the material, or if not beyond it, not entirely consistent materially with it, is, I think, a very important matter.
What you could call the numinous or the transcendant, or at its best, I suppose, the ecstatic.”
Unbelievable
Supernatural
Unbelievable
Supernatural