"Battery Check" is a song by the Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 band Millencolin

Millencolin

Millencolin is a punk rock band that was formed in October 1992 by Nikola Šarčević, Mathias Färm, and Erik Ohlsson in Örebro, Sweden. In early 1993, drummer Fredrik Larzon joined the band...

 from the album Home from Home

Home from Home

Home from Home is the fifth album by the Swedish punk band Millencolin, released on March 12, 2002 by Epitaph Records. The songs "Kemp", "Man or Mouse", and "Battery Check" were each released as singles with accompanying music videos.-Track listing:...

. It was released as a single

Single (music)

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 on July 3, 2003 by Burning Heart Records

Burning Heart Records

Burning Heart Records is an independent record label formed in 1993 and based in Örebro, Sweden. It has a close affiliation with Californian label Epitaph Records, who own the rights to distribute Burning Heart's output in North America...

 in two versions: One with the album version of "Battery Check", sung in English

English language

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, as the lead track, and the other with a Swedish language

Swedish language

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 version entitled "E20 Norr" as the lead track. This version was named after E20 Norr, a northern part of the European route E20

European route E20

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 which runs through the band's home country of Sweden. Both versions of the single include the alternate language version as the second track, and both also include the b-side song "Bowmore" from the album's recording sessions. An accompanying music video

Music video

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 was also filmed and released in both languages, with the English version titled "Battery Check" and the Swedish version titled "E20 Norr". Both versions of the song and the music video are identical except for the language used.

Track listing

1. "Battery Check"
2. "E20 Norr"
3. "Bowmore"
   • "Battery Check" and "E20 Norr" are reversed on the "E20 Norr" version of the single.

Millencolin

• Nikola Sarcevic
  Nikola Sarcevic
  Nikola Šarčević is the bassist, vocalist, and primary songwriter in the punk rock band Millencolin. He lives in Gothenburg, Sweden with his wife Lisa, and three daughters....
  
   - lead vocals, bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Erik Ohlsson
  Erik Ohlsson (musician)
  Erik Ohlsson is the lead and rhythm guitarist of Swedish punk rock band Millencolin. He currently resides in Örebro, Sweden. He designs most all of the band's artwork, including their t-shirts, logos, cover artwork, and their official . Ohlsson edited and designed Millencolin's 1998 video...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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• Mathias Färm
  Mathias Färm
  Mathias Färm is a guitar player, best known as a member of the Swedish skate punk band Millencolin. He is also the frontman of a punk band named Franky Lee, a side-project of Millencolin....
  
   - guitar
• Fredrik Larzon
  Fredrik Larzon
  Fredrik Larzon is the drummer of the Swedish skate-punk band Millencolin. He currently lives in Örebro, Sweden.He runs another project named Kvoteringen....
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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