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| Single byTeddybears featuringMad Cobra | ||||
| from the albumFresh andSoft Machine | ||||
| Released | 2004 | |||
| Genre | Ragga,alternative dance,dance-rock,indietronica[1][2][3] | |||
| Length | 2:59 | |||
| Label | Big Beat | |||
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"Cobrastyle" is a song performed by Swedish bandTeddybears, featuring Jamaican singerMad Cobra. The song usesMad Cobra’s earlier song “Press Trigger”, released in 2001. The song was released on their 2004 albumFresh, and reissued on their 2006 albumSoft Machine. It was released as a single on 6 June 2006.
The music video for "Cobrastyle" features astop-motiongorilla andcobra robot attacking each other in front of a mountain range, while Teddybears and Mad Cobra perform the song.[4]
The official music video for "Cobrastyle" features a mixture of retro footage and footage of the band in costume made to look like older recordings.[5]
The song has been featured in the pilot episodes of two American television programs,Chuck andTeen Wolf. It was featured in S1:E2 of the American television miniseriesThe Dropout. It was also used in the comedy filmsAfter the Sunset,Date Night,The Benchwarmers,Employee of the Month,College Road Trip,Don't Hang Up,Diary of a Wimpy Kid,Man of the Year,Rise, Shamlet, the video gameFIFA 06,FIFA 23 andForza Motorsport 2,[6] the trailers forEpic Movie,G-Force andMegamind.[citation needed] and was featured both in aKFC andSky[7] ad in theUK, as well as an ad for the Volvo FMX and separately another ad featuring the Volvo XC40 Recharge. It was also featured in S3:E6 ofGrey's Anatomy.
It was also used for the World Wrestling Entertainment PPVSummerSlam in 2006.
The song was also featured in the 2024 young adult romantic drama filmYour Fault (Culpa Tuya) based on the trilogy book series byMercedes Ron.
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 Cover of the Australian "Konichiwa Bitches" / "Cobrastyle" single | ||||
| Single byRobyn | ||||
| from the albumThe Rakamonie EP andRobyn (international edition) | ||||
| Released | September 15, 2007 | |||
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| Length | 4:12 | |||
| Label | Konichiwa | |||
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| Producer(s) | Teddybears | |||
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"Cobrastyle" was covered by Swedish singer and songwriterRobyn on her 2006 EP,The Rakamonie EP. The cover was included on the international edition of her self-titled albumRobyn. The song was released as a single in Australia in September 2007, as a part of thedouble A-side single "Konichiwa Bitches" / "Cobrastyle".
Ahead of the October 2007 Australian release ofRobyn throughModular Recordings, "Konichiwa Bitches" and "Cobrastyle" were released together as a double A-side single, a month before the album's release.[14] To promote the album and single, Robyn performed two concerts in Australia in mid-September.[14]
In May 2008, Robyn performed the song with the Teddybears on theLate Show with David Letterman andThe View.[15][16]
Daniel Rivera ofPopMatters called Robyn's version "a damn near perfect Teddy Bears cover (easily surpassing the original)",[17] whileLA Music Blog thought the song was "futuristic and brilliant".[18] Robyn's cover version was listed as number 61 onRolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008, who praised the song's "blast of freezy-cool electro that oozes sass."[12]
The New Yorker described "Cobrastyle" as a "fast, chattering electronic track that runs at a punk tempo, except for the moments when it drops in fragments of dancehall rhythms", feeling that Robyn's lyrical delivery was "a mash of language from everywhere and nowhere, and sound decidedly un-Swedish".[13] Stephen M. Deusner ofPitchfork felt her delivery was Robyn "playfully [turning] Mad Cobra's Jamaican patois into a dance nursery rhyme".[19]Prefix Magazine felt that the lyrics of "Cobrastyle" andRobyn in general were "wonderfully dumb throughout...Robyn clearly has a fondness for big empty pop that sounds good but says little", feeling that "it takes a hardened soul to withstand the charms of an album" with lyrics such as "Cobrastyle"'s.[20]
In a mixed review by forGayCalgary Magazine, Rob Diaz-Marino found "Cobrastyle" melodically likable, but "felt like something was being held back".[21]
Two music videos were produced for "Cobrastyle". The first was released on 25 April 2008 as aviral video, and features Robyn andPerez Hilton (among others) playingstrip poker.[22] The second was released on 10 October 2008. The video shows Robyn and other musicians dressed in white and set against a white background. As the band performs, graffiti artists cover the scene in paint.[23]
In 2023,Charli XCX used an interpolation of "Cobrastyle" in her song "Speed Drive" forBarbie the Album.[24]
| Chart (2007–2008) | Peak position |
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| Australia (ARIA)[27] As "Konichiwa Bitches" / "Cobrastyle" | 67 |
| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[28] | 17 |
| USDance Club Songs (Billboard)[29] | 7 |
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| Australia | 15 September 2007 | Digital EP, CD single | [30] | |
| United States | October 2008 | Promotional single |
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