Da Strike
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"Da Strike" is a song by the Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 band Millencolin
Millencolin
Millencolin is a punk rock band that was formed in October 1992 by Nikola Šarčević, Mathias Färm, and Erik Ohlsson in Örebro, Sweden. In early 1993, drummer Fredrik Larzon joined the band...

 from the album Tiny Tunes
Same Old Tunes
Same Old Tunes is the debut album by the Swedish punk rock group Millencolin, released on October 28, 1994 in Sweden by Burning Heart Records under the original title Tiny Tunes....

(later re-released as Same Old Tunes). It was released as a single on December 16, 1994 by Burning Heart Records
Burning Heart Records
Burning Heart Records is an independent record label formed in 1993 and based in Örebro, Sweden. It has a close affiliation with Californian label Epitaph Records, who own the rights to distribute Burning Heart's output in North America...

, including two b-sides
B-Sides
B-Sides is an iTunes-exclusive album from the Coventry Trio The Enemy, consisting of ten songs that were B-sides to the single releases from their debut album We'll Live and Die in These Towns.-Track list:#Fear Killed the Youth of Our Nation...

 from the album's recording sessions, "Softworld" and "Niap", along with a live recording of "Shake Me". "Niap" is a re-recording of the song "Pain" from the band's first EP
Extended play
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 Use Your Nose
Use Your Nose
Use Your Nose is the first EP by the Swedish punk rock group Millencolin, released on December 4, 1993 by Burning Heart Records. All of the songs from the EP were re-released on the 1999 compilation album The Melancholy Collection. The phrase "use your nose" refers to a skateboarding trick in...

. "Softworld" reappeared on the band's next album Life on a Plate
Life on a Plate
Life on a Plate is the second album by the Swedish punk rock band Millencolin, released on October 11, 1995 by Burning Heart Records. It reached #4 on the Swedish music charts upon its release and was certified gold in sales in 2002 after selling over 50,000 copies in Sweden...

, while "Niap" and the live version of "Shake Me" were re-released in 1999 on the compilation album
Compilation album
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 The Melancholy Collection
The Melancholy Collection
The Melancholy Collection is a compilation album by the Swedish punk rock band Millencolin, released on July 29, 1999 by Burning Heart Records. The album combines the band's first two EPs, b-sides from their singles, and other rare and unreleased tracks...

. An accompanying music video
Music video
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 for "Da Strike" was also filmed and released.

Track listing

CD single
  1. "Da Strike"
  2. "Softworld"
  3. "Shake Me" (live)
  4. "Niap"


7" vinyl
  • Side A:
  1. "Da Strike"
  2. "Softworld"
    • Side B:
  3. "Shake Me" (live)
  4. "Niap"

Millencolin

  • Nikola Sarcevic
    Nikola Sarcevic
    Nikola Šarčević is the bassist, vocalist, and primary songwriter in the punk rock band Millencolin. He lives in Gothenburg, Sweden with his wife Lisa, and three daughters....

     - lead vocals, bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Erik Ohlsson
    Erik Ohlsson (musician)
    Erik Ohlsson is the lead and rhythm guitarist of Swedish punk rock band Millencolin. He currently resides in Örebro, Sweden. He designs most all of the band's artwork, including their t-shirts, logos, cover artwork, and their official . Ohlsson edited and designed Millencolin's 1998 video...

     - guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

  • Mathias Färm
    Mathias Färm
    Mathias Färm is a guitar player, best known as a member of the Swedish skate punk band Millencolin. He is also the frontman of a punk band named Franky Lee, a side-project of Millencolin....

     - guitar
  • Fredrik Larzon
    Fredrik Larzon
    Fredrik Larzon is the drummer of the Swedish skate-punk band Millencolin. He currently lives in Örebro, Sweden.He runs another project named Kvoteringen....

     - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

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