Drill Instructor (song)

"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, by CDL and EMI Electrola, as the second single from their album, The Mission . 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 and Germany. 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]

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1996) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [4] 6 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [5] 2 Czech Republic (IFPI CR) [6] 4 Denmark (IFPI) [7] 14 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [8] 14 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [9] 7 Germany (GfK) [1] 3 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [10] 1 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [11] 1 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [12] 59 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [13] 13

Year-end charts Chart (1996) Position Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [14] 54 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [15] 77 Germany (Media Control) [16] 34 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [17] 19 Netherlands (Single Top 100) [18] 19

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Germany (BVMI) [19]	Gold	250,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
2. "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
3. "Captain Jack - Drill Instructor music video 1996". Eurokdj.com. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
4. "Captain Jack – Drill Instructor" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
5. "Captain Jack – Drill Instructor" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
6. "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 13, no. 16. 20 April 1996. p. 20. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
7. Danish Singles Chart. 26 April 1996.
8. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 13, no. 20. 18 May 1996. p. 24. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
9. "Captain Jack: Drill Instructor" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
10. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 20, 1996" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
11. "Captain Jack – Drill Instructor" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
12. "Captain Jack – Drill Instructor". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
13. "Captain Jack – Drill Instructor". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
14. "Jaaroverzichten 1996" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
15. "1996 Year-End Sales Charts: Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 13, no. 51/52. p. 12. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
16. "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1996" (in German). GfK Entertainment . Retrieved 7 August 2015.
17. "Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1996" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
18. "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1996". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 March 2020.
19. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Captain Jack; 'Drill Instructor')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 10 May 2025.