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Punkrocker (song)

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"Punkrocker"
Single by Teddybears featuring Iggy Pop
from the album Soft Machine
Released2006
GenreIndie rock, alternative dance
Songwriter(s)Joakim Åhlund/Patrik Arve/Klas Åhlund
"Hiphopper"
Single by Thomas Rusiak
from the album Magic Villa
Length4:48
Songwriter(s)Joakim Åhlund/Patrik Arve/Klas Åhlund

"Punkrocker" is a song written and originally performed by the Swedish electronic/alternative group Teddybears. The song first appeared on their 2000 album Rock’n’Roll Highschool, and was covered later that year by Caesar's Palace (later known as Caesars), a band which also includes Teddybears member Joakim Åhlund.

The song has been covered multiple times, with the best known version of the song internationally being a 2006 re-recording by Teddybears with featured American singer Iggy Pop on lead vocals. This version of the song was a minor hit in the United States, and appeared in a Cadillac ad campaign in 2007.

Notable covers

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It has been performed by

In the media

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The Teddybears' single, "Punkrocker" (featuring Iggy Pop), is featured in a Cadillac television commercial directed by Daniel Askill, titled 'Roll' and features a time-line of Cadillac automobiles, from the original 1902 Cadillac to the 2007 Cadillac XLR sports convertible. The song also appeared in the background of a scene of NBC's Bionic Woman.

Thomas Rusiak's version "Hiphopper" can be heard in Kevin Smith's 2001 film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

Music video

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The music video portrays parts of New York's skyline at nighttime. Everyone's (except Iggy Pop who is seen in a car) head is replaced with a bear (so is the Statue of Liberty seen at the end.)

References

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  1. ^ "Dansander" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Dansander" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 2006. Retrieved 14 November 2014.