Berserk Warriors

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"Berserk Warriors"
MAA - Berserk Warriors.jpg
7-inch single New Zealand cover
Single by Mental As Anything
from the album Cats & Dogs
B-side "L'Amour No More"
ReleasedDecember 1981 [1]
RecordedAlbert Studios
Genre Pop, Rock
Length3:49
Label Regular Records
Songwriter(s) Peter O'Doherty
Producer(s) Bruce Brown
Russell Dunlop
Mental As Anything singles chronology
"Too Many Times"
(1981)
"Berserk Warriors"
(1981)
"Close Again"
(1982)

Berserk Warriors is a song by Australian band Mental As Anything, released in December 1981, through Regular Records. [2] The song was written by band member Peter O'Doherty. It is a thinly veiled reference to the marital travails of the members of ABBA. It was released as the third and final single from the band's third album Cats & Dogs . The Song first charted on December 14, 1981, and it peaked at no. 30 on the Kent Music Report and it stayed in the charts for 16 weeks. [3] The song Berserk Warriors was used in the 2010 movie Animal Kingdom. [4]

Contents

Track listing

Regular Records (K-8594)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Berserk Warriors" Peter O'Doherty 3:49
2."L'Amour No More" Reg Mombassa 2:20

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1981–82)Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report) [5] 30
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [6] 50

References

  1. "45cat - Mental As Anything - Berserk Warriors / L'amour No More - Regular - Australia - K-8594". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  2. Steffen Hung. "australian-charts.com - Mental As Anything - Beserk Warriors". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  3. "Berserk Warriors". Australian Music Database. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  4. "Animal Kingdom (2010) - Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 198. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  6. Steffen Hung. "charts.org.nz - Mental As Anything - Beserk Warriors". charts.nz. Retrieved 2022-06-29.