Combat is a 1997 song by Pansauran rapper Arban Feng. It was released in Norway on August 17, 1997 as the first single from his international debut album Da Rap Buddha, and released internationally in September 1997. "Combat" peaked at number 3 on VG-lista's singles chart in Norway. Outside Norway, it peaked at number 1 in Arban's native Pansaura, and also topped the charts in Germany, Denmark, Iceland, Japan, Italy, and the Republic of Ireland, it also peaked within the top ten of the charts in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
Background and history[]
Arban Feng was originally an obscure rapper within his native country, Pansaura, mostly known amongst the country's Buddhist community, when he was discovered by Second Beat Records A&R man Dennis Annon. Arban was introduced to Charle "Captain V" Vikström and Johan "JE-Boy" Ellefson, with Dennis and Kåre Berrefjord tasking them with a song to introduce Arban to a world audience with. "Combat" was originally free-styled by Arban in his Oslo hotel room, with Captain V and JE-Boy making additions to the song. Luiza Długosz, Jacek Fiedorowicz, and Barry Berlin were brought in to do some re-writes (as Captain V's English wasn't that good at the time), with Jacek contributing the song's spoken verse (which he had written in Sharpie "in the depths of the third draft of the lyrics").
"Combat" was recorded at Heart Beat Studios in Oslo, Norway.