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Fresh Strawberries

single by Franz Ferdinand

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ18160474
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"Fresh Strawberries" is a song by Scottish indie rock 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. A song titled "Erdbeer Mund" ("Strawberry Mouth" in English), sung in German by Nick McCarthy, was chosen as the single's B-side.

Music videos

A music video for "Fresh Strawberries" was released onto YouTube 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 and directed by Nick McCarthy's sister Anna McCarthy, was also released.

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“Fresh Strawberries” enters the record as single by Franz Ferdinand. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Fresh, Strawberries and single can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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