Punkrocker

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

12-inch vinyl

1. "Punkrocker" (album version)
2. "Punkrocker" (instrumental)
3. "Punkrocker" (acapella)
4. "Punkrocker" (Squeak E. Clean remix)
5. "Punkrocker" (Squeak E. Clean instrumental)

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Soft Machine.^[1]

• Joakim Åhlund – producer, songwriter, mixing
• Klas Åhlund – producer, songwriter, mixing
• Patrik Arve – producer, songwriter, mixing
• Iggy Pop – songwriter, lead vocals (2006 version only)
• MixInc – mixing
• Andreas Kleerup – drums
• Chris Athens – mastering

It has been performed by:

• Caesar's Palace on the album Cherry Kicks (2000)
• Thomas Rusiak featuring Teddybears STHLM as "Hiphopper" on the album Magic Villa (2000)
• Slagsmålsklubben as "Synthpopper" on the album Fest i valen - Edition (2001)
• Torgny Melins as "Dansbander" on the album Dansbander (2006),^[2] also released as a single the same year^[3]
• Teddybears featuring Iggy Pop on the album Soft Machine (2006)
• Träd, Gräs och Stenar on the album Homeless Cats (2009)
• Snutjävel as "Punksvin" CDS (2010)
• Crazy & the Brains on the single Punk Rocker (2021)
• Slamgubbe by Dom Viktiga Skorna, from the album Är det så fel (2021)

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.

The 2016 video game Mark McMorris Infinite Air includes this song as a part of its tracklist.

The song is featured in the end credits of the 2025 DC Universe film Superman.^[4] The song serves as a callback to an earlier scene in the film, in which Lois Lane (portrayed by Rachel Brosnahan) describes herself as "punk rock" due to her cynicism, while describing her boyfriend Clark Kent (portrayed by David Corenswet), as more kind and trusting, to which Clark replies "maybe [kindness and trust are] the real punk rock." The song saw a huge increase in streaming numbers following its inclusion in the film, going from 1,572 streams as of July 4 to nearly 190,500 by July 12, the day after Superman released. Iggy Pop expressed his approval of the song's inclusion to The Hollywood Reporter, saying "I always thought the track had soul. Superman is the best friend you could have.”^[5]