- Country Girl (Primal Scream song)
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"Country Girl" Single by Primal Scream from the album Riot City Blues Released May 22, 2006 Format Vinyl record (7"), 2 CDs Recorded 2005 Genre Indie rock Length 4:30 Label Columbia Producer Youth Primal Scream singles chronology "Some Velvet Morning"
(2003)"Country Girl"
(2006)"Dolls (Sweet Rock and Roll)"
(2006)"Country Girl" is a song by the band Primal Scream. It was released as a single on May 22, 2006 and is the first released from the band's eighth album Riot City Blues. After a successful debut on the downloads chart, the single was propelled to #5[1] in its first full week of release, becoming the band's highest charting in their career as well as their first UK Top 5 entry and their third Top 10 single.
The song was frequently used by ITV during their coverage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, alongside the Kasabian cover version of David Bowie's "Heroes" and Valerie by The Zutons.
Contents
Track listing
7"
- "Country Girl"
- "Gimme Some Truth" (written by John Lennon)
CD1
- "Country Girl"
- "To Live Is To Fly" (written by Townes Van Zandt)
CD2
- "Country Girl"
- "Stone Ya To The Bone"
- "Gimme Some Truth"
- "Country Girl" (video)
Video
The girl featured in the video (played by Helena Mattsson) is inspired by Baby (played by Sheri Moon) from Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses / The Devil's Rejects.
Charts
Chart (2006) Peak
positionIrish Singles Chart 18 UK Singles Chart [1] 5 References
- ^ a b "Chart Stats - Primal Scream". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=946. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
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- Primal Scream songs
- Music videos directed by Jonas Åkerlund
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