Cobrastyle

The music video for "Cobrastyle" features a stop-motion gorilla and cobra robot attacking each other in front of a mountain range, while Teddybears and Mad Cobra perform the song.{{cite web|title=Teddybears Sthlm;Mad Cobra - Cobrastyle|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMKsY4wzoxY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/LMKsY4wzoxY |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|work=YouTube|access-date=27 May 2012|author=teddybearssthlmVEVO|date=2 October 2009}}{{cbignore}}

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.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5SA6L722kI | title=Teddybears - Cobrastyle (Feat. Mad Cobra) [Official Video] | website=YouTube }}

The song has been featured in the pilot episodes of two American television programs, Chuck and Teen Wolf. It was featured in S1:E2 of the American television miniseries The Dropout. It was also used in the comedy films After 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 game FIFA 06, FIFA 23 and Forza Motorsport 2,{{Cite web |title=Forza Motorsport 2 soundtrack at RacingSoundtracks.com |url=https://racingsoundtracks.com/game/forza-motorsport-2 |access-date=24 February 2024 |website=racingsoundtracks.com}} the trailers for Epic Movie, G-Force and Megamind.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}} and was featured both in a KFC and Sky{{Citation |title=Sky Glass {{!}} Smarter than a Smart TV |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWh6V4P4deQ |access-date=2024-03-22 |language=en}} ad in the UK, 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 of Grey's Anatomy.

It was also used for the World Wrestling Entertainment PPV SummerSlam in 2006.

The song was also featured in the 2024 young adult romantic drama film Your Fault (Culpa Tuya) based on the trilogy book series by Mercedes Ron.

; CD single{{cite web|title=Cobrastyle - : Release Information, Reviews and Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/cobrastyle-mr0003134732|website=AllMusic|access-date=9 June 2013}}

1. "Cobrastyle" – 2:59
2. "Cobrastyle" {{small|(Instrumental)}} – 2:59
3. "Cobrastyle" {{small|(A capella)}} – 2:41

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{{Infobox song

| name = Cobrastyle

| cover = Robyn-Konichiwa-Bitches.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Cover of the Australian "Konichiwa Bitches" / "Cobrastyle" single

| type = single

| artist = Robyn

| album = The Rakamonie EP and Robyn (international edition)

| released = September 15, 2007

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{flatlist|

• Dancehall
• electropop

}}

| length = {{Duration|m=04|s=12}}

| label = Konichiwa

| writer = {{hlist|Klas Åhlund|Joakim Åhlund|Patrick Arve|Ewart Brown|Fabian Torsson|Troy Rami|Paul Rota|David Parker|Sylvia Robinson}}

| producer = Teddybears

| chronology = Robyn

| prev_title = Handle Me

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = Dream On

| next_year = 2008

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|1zVECruSI3k|"Cobrastyle"}}}}

}}

"Cobrastyle" was covered by Swedish singer and songwriter Robyn on her 2006 EP, The Rakamonie EP. The cover was included on the international edition of her self-titled album Robyn. The song was released as a single in Australia in September 2007, as a part of the double A-side single "Konichiwa Bitches" / "Cobrastyle".

Ahead of the October 2007 Australian release of Robyn through Modular Recordings, "Konichiwa Bitches" and "Cobrastyle" were released together as a double A-side single, a month before the album's release.{{cite web|title=Robyn says konichiwa Australia!|url=http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/robyn-says-konichiwa-australia/786762|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930085052/http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/robyn-says-konichiwa-australia/786762|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 30, 2017|publisher=Junkee|date=6 September 2007|access-date=30 September 2017}} To promote the album and single, Robyn performed two concerts in Australia in mid-September.

In May 2008, Robyn performed the song with the Teddybears on the Late Show with David Letterman and The View.{{cite news|title=Robyn - The Pop Candy Everyone Should Want|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matt-budd/robyn-the-pop-candy-every_b_101761.html|author=Matt Budd|work=The Huffington Post |date=25 May 2007|access-date=30 September 2017}}{{cite web|title=Robyn Brings Her "Cobrastyle" To The View|url=https://www.stereogum.com/9829/robyn_brings_her_cobrastyle_to_the_view/video/|author=Amrit Singh |publisher=Stereogum|date=May 15, 2008 |access-date=30 September 2017}}

Daniel Rivera of PopMatters called Robyn's version "a damn near perfect Teddy Bears cover (easily surpassing the original)",{{cite magazine|title=Robyn |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/robyn-robyn/ |author=Allan Stackhouse|magazine=PopMatters|date=23 April 2008|access-date=30 September 2017}} while LA Music Blog thought the song was "futuristic and brilliant".{{cite web|title=ALBUM REVIEW: ROBYN – BODY TALK PT. 2|url=http://lamusicblog.com/2010/09/review/album-review-robyn-body-talk-pt-2/ |author=Allan Stackhouse|publisher=LA Music Blog|date=7 September 2010|access-date=30 September 2017}} Robyn's cover version was listed as number 61 on Rolling Stone{{'}}s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008, who praised the song's "blast of freezy-cool electro that oozes sass."{{cite web|title=100 Best Songs of 2008|date=19 January 2009 |url=http://rollingstoneindia.com/100-best-songs-of-2008/|access-date=9 June 2013}}

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".{{cite magazine|title=Robyn says konichiwa Australia!|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/07/05/dancehall-dream|author=Sasha Frere-Jones|magazine=The New Yorker|date=5 July 2010|access-date=30 September 2017}} Stephen M. Deusner of Pitchfork felt her delivery was Robyn "playfully [turning] Mad Cobra's Jamaican patois into a dance nursery rhyme".{{cite web|title=Robyn The Rakamonie EP|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9682-the-rakamonie-ep/|author=Stephen M. Deusner|website=Pitchfork|date=1 December 2006|access-date=30 September 2017}} Prefix Magazine felt that the lyrics of "Cobrastyle" and Robyn 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.{{cite web|title=Robyn |url=http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/robyn/18942/ |author=Nick|publisher=Prefix Magazine|date=5 June 2008|access-date=30 September 2017}}

In a mixed review by for GayCalgary Magazine, Rob Diaz-Marino found "Cobrastyle" melodically likable, but "felt like something was being held back".{{cite web|title=Music Review |url=http://www.gaycalgary.com/Magazine.aspx?id=52&article=249 |author=Rob Diaz-Marino|publisher=GayCalgary® Magazine|date=February 2008|access-date=30 September 2017}}

Two music videos were produced for "Cobrastyle". The first was released on 25 April 2008 as a viral video, and features Robyn and Perez Hilton (among others) playing strip poker.{{cite web|title=New Robyn!|url=http://perezhilton.com/2008-04-25-new-robyn-4#.UbQt7ty1HKU|publisher=PerezHilton.com|access-date=9 June 2013}} 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.{{cite web|title=New Robyn Video - "Cobrastyle"|date=10 October 2008 |url=http://www.stereogum.com/27171/new_robyn_video_cobrastyle/video/|publisher=Stereogum|access-date=9 June 2013}}

In 2023, Charli XCX used an interpolation of "Cobrastyle" in her song "Speed Drive" for Barbie the Album.{{cite web |last1=Travis |first1=Emlyn |title=Charli XCX used to behead her Barbies |url=https://ew.com/music/charli-xcx-speed-drive-barbie-song-used-to-behead-her-barbies/ |website=Entertainment Weekly |date=1 July 2023}}

• "Konichiwa Bitches" / "Cobrastyle"{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/konichiwa-bitches-cobrastyle/id263968678|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111184252/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/konichiwa-bitches-cobrastyle/id263968678|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 11, 2012|title=Konichiwa Bitches / Cobrastyle by Robyn|work=iTunes Store|publisher=Apple, Inc|access-date=2011-02-12}}

1. "Konichiwa Bitches" – 2:38
2. "Cobrastyle" – 4:12
3. "Konichiwa Bitches" (Trentemøller remix) – 6:25
4. "Cobrastyle" (Muscles remix) – 3:52

• "Cobrastyle Remixes" (US promo){{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Robyn-Cobrastyle-Remixes/release/1512287 |title=Robyn – Cobrastyle Remixes |work=Discogs|access-date=30 September 2017}}

1. "Cobrastyle" (Mason remix) – 5:30
2. "Cobrastyle" (Adam K & Soha remix) – 6:42
3. "Cobrastyle" (The Touch remix) – 6:08
4. "Cobrastyle" (Samim remix) – 6:10
5. "Cobrastyle" (The Bloody Beetroots remix) – 4:01
6. "Cobrastyle" (Mason dub) – 5:29
7. "Cobrastyle" (The Bloody Beetroots instrumental) – 4:02

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