Drill Instructor (song)

"Drill Instructor"
Single by Captain Jack
from the album The Mission
Released11 March 1996 (1996-03-11)
StudioBeatdisaster Studios
GenreEurodance
Length4:12
Label
Songwriters
Producers
  • Udo Niebergall
  • Richard Witte
Captain Jack singles chronology
"Captain Jack"
(1995)
"Drill Instructor"
(1996)
"Soldier, Soldier"
(1996)
Music video
"Drill Instructor" on YouTube

"Drill Instructor" is a song by the German Eurodance group Captain Jack, consisting of rapper Franky Gee and singer Liza da Costa. It was released in March 1996, by CDL and EMI Electrola, as the second single from their debut album, The Mission (1996). Gee and da Costa co-wrote the song with its producers Udo Niebergall and Richard Witte. It was the follow-up to their 1995 hit "Captain Jack" and commercially successful, particularly in the Netherlands, where it topped the Dutch Top 40 and Single Top 100 charts. The song also reached the top 10 in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany and Latvia. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Drill Instructor" peaked at number 14. The accompanying music video was directed by Mark Glaeser for Neue Sentimental Film and filmed in California, the US.