Drill Instructor (song)

Released11 March 1996 (1996-03-11)^[1]

GenreEurodance

Length4:12

Label

• CDL – Cologne Dance Label
• EMI Electrola

"Drill Instructor"
Single by Captain Jack
from the album The Mission
Released	11 March 1996 (1996-03-11)[1]
Genre	Eurodance
Length	4:12
Label	CDL – Cologne Dance Label EMI Electrola
Songwriters	Franky Gee Liza da Costa Richard Witte Udo Niebergall[2]
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 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.

Like Captain Jack's debut hit, "Captain Jack", "Drill Instructor" was 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.^[3]