Cobrastyle

"Cobrastyle"
Single by Teddybears featuring Mad Cobra
from the album Fresh and Soft Machine
Released	2004
Format	CD/EP
Genre	Alternative rock, reggae fusion
Length	2:59
Writer(s)	Klas Åhlund, Joakim Åhlund, Patrick Arve, Eward Brown, Fabian Torsson, Troy Rami,Paul Rota, David Parker, Sylvia Robinson
Teddybears featuring Mad Cobra singles chronology
"Yours to Keep (2004) "Cobrastyle" (2004) "Hey Boy" (?)

"Cobrastyle" is a single performed by Teddybears featuring Mad Cobra from two of their albums, Fresh, and Soft Machine. Cobrastyle uses the piano riff from "Good Thing" by Fine Young Cannibals, and uses elements from Erick Sermon's "Bomdigi" and Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight". It also features a prominent musical line, reminiscent of the 5.6.7.8's cover of the Ikettes song "I'm Blue". Mad Cobra performs the same rap as on his own song "Press Trigger", released in 2001.

Music video

The video for Cobrastyle shows the deejay near the mountains, with the band playing somewhere else in the mountains. Two robots come out of the mountain and they end up attacking each other.

Track listing

1. "Cobrastyle" – 2:59
2. "One, Two, Three, Four"

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Swedish Singles Chart	10 (16 weeks)

Robyn version

"Cobrastyle"
Single by Robyn
from the album The Rakamonie EP & Robyn
Released	August, 2008
Format	CD
Genre	Electronica
Robyn singles chronology
"With Every Heartbeat (2007) "Cobrastyle" (2008) "Dream On" (2008)

The track was also covered by Robyn on her 2006 EP The Rakamonie EP, and is also featured on the international edition of her self-titled album Robyn. Her cover was number 61 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008.^[1] It incorporates a slightly modified version of the melody line from French synth-poppers Trans-X's 1983 hit "Living on Video".

Music video

A "viral video" was created in April 2008 and features people playing strip poker, among them Perez Hilton. An official video was released on October 10, 2008. It involves Robyn and the band dressed in white with a white background, playing with paint whilst performing.

Charts

Robyn's version entered the Swedish Singles Chart at number 18 on August 14, 2008 at peaked the following week at number 17.

Chart (2008)	Peak position[2]
Swedish Singles Chart	17
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[3]	7

In the media

• Cobrastyle has appeared on episodes of Entourage, Las Vegas, Grey's Anatomy, Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, The Black Donnellys, Chuck, Ten News, Primeval, Dancing With the Stars, "The Unusuals", So You Think You Can Dance, Teen Wolf and Friends.
• It is featured in the films Employee of the Month, Epic Movie, After the Sunset, The Honeymooners, Man of the Year, The Benchwarmers, Bee Movie, College Road Trip, Free Style, Date Night, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Megamind.
• It is featured in the video games FIFA 06 and Forza Motorsport 2.
• It is used in advertising for Heineken, Tab Energy, Secret deodorant, Nissan Rogue, Vodafone Ireland, and Microsoft Kinect
• It is played at New York Giants games at Giants Stadium and Cleveland Indians games at Jacobs Field.

References

1. ^ "The 100 Best Songs of 2008". Rolling Stone (December 25, 2008). Retrieved 2009-01-12
2. ^ "Robyn and Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat Billboard Charts". Billboard.com Retrieved May 5, 2008.
3. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Hot+Dance+Club+Play