"Fresh Strawberries" is a song by Scottish
indie rock
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band
Franz Ferdinand. On 4 April 2014, it was released digitally as the fifth single from the band's fourth studio album ''
Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action
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''. A song titled "Erdbeer Mund" ("Strawberry Mouth" in English), sung in
German
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by
Nick McCarthy, was chosen as the single's B-side.
Music videos
A music video for "Fresh Strawberries" was released onto
YouTube
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on 12 March 2014.
The black-and-white video was directed by Margarita Louca.
On 4 March 2014, a music video for the B-side "Erdbeer Mund", shot in
Bavaria
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and directed by Nick McCarthy's sister Anna McCarthy, was also released.
Track listing
Personnel
Personnel adapted from the album's liner notes
;Franz Ferdinand
*
Alex Kapranos – lead vocals ("Fresh Strawberries"), guitar, composing, mixing, pre-production, and production
*
Nick McCarthy – lead vocals ("Erdbeer Mund"), rhythm guitar, and keyboards
*
Bob Hardy – bass guitar
*
Paul Thomson – drums
;Additional musicians
*Roxanne Clifford – backing vocals
*Manuel Gernedel - backing vocals
*Miriam Newman - backing vocals
;Production personnel
*Ch4in$ - pre-production
*Eskimo Peach - additional engineering
*Mark Ralph - engineering and mixing
Charts
Release history
References
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2013 songs
2014 singles
Franz Ferdinand (band) songs
Songs written by Alex Kapranos
Songs written by Nick McCarthy
Domino Recording Company singles
Black-and-white music videos