"Stripsearch" is a song from Faith No More

Faith No More

Faith No More is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed originally as Faith No Man in 1981 by bassist Billy Gould, keyboardist Wade Worthington, vocalist Michael Morris and drummer Mike Bordin. A year later when Worthington was replaced by keyboardist Roddy Bottum, and Mike...

's final studio album, Album of the Year, and was released as a single towards the end of 1997. It was the last single to be released prior to the band splitting up, although their last official single would be a cover of "I Started A Joke

I Started a Joke

"I Started a Joke" is a 1968 song by the Bee Gees from their album Idea, which was released in September of that year.Curiously, it was not released as a single in the UK, where buyers who could not afford the album had to content themselves with a Polydor version by Heath...

" by the Bee Gees

Bee Gees

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, released after the band split.

Music video

The video for "Stripsearch" was filmed in Berlin

Berlin

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. It was directed by Philip Stolzt, based on a screenplay written by Billy Gould

Billy Gould

Billy Gould is an American musician and producer. He is noted for playing bass in the band Faith No More.- Faith No More :...

. In the video, Mike Patton

Mike Patton

Michael Allan "Mike" Patton is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor, best known as the lead singer of the metal/experimental rock band Faith No More. He has also sung for Mr...

 walks through parts of the city. At about half way through he arrives at a military checkpoint and stands at the back of a queue also containing the other members of the band. When he reaches the front, he hands over his passport for inspection. The man inspecting it finds something wrong with the papers and calls the guards on Patton, who tries to get away and is pinned to the floor at gunpoint and arrested. The video then shows still images set earlier in the day, highlighting previously unseen details that point to Patton being a criminal.

Track list

1. "Stripsearch"
2. "Collision" (Live from Night Town, Rotterdam
   Rotterdam
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    on August 27, 1997)
3. "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies" (Live from Night Town, Rotterdam
   Rotterdam
   Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
   
    on August 27, 1997)
4. "Ashes to Ashes" (Live at Phoenix Festival '97 on July 27, 1997)

Charts

Chart	Peak
Australian Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	#83