Hermann ♥'s Pauline

Infobox Single
Name = Hermann ♥'s Pauline


Artist = Super Furry Animals
from Album = Radiator
Released = 12 May, 1997
Format = CD (CRESCD252), MC (CRECS252), 7" (CRE252)
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 11:18
Label = Creation Records
Writer = Super Furry Animals
Producer = Gorwel Owen, Super Furry Animals
[ Certification = ]
Chart position =
* #26 (UK)
Last single = "The Man Don't Give a Fuck"
(1996)
This single = "Hermann ♥'s Pauline"
(1997)
Next single = "The International Language of Screaming"
(1997)

"Hermann ♥'s Pauline" is the sixth single by Super Furry Animals and the first to be released from their second album "Radiator". It reached #26 on the UK Singles Chart on its release in May 1997.cite web|last=|first=|title=Search Results -- Singles|work=everyHit.com|date=2008-07-25|url=http://www.everyhit.com|accessdate=2008-07-25]

The packaging of the single features a quote in Welsh, 'Un i rannu, llall i ddewis', which roughly translates into English as 'One to share, the other to choose', a principle taken from the Laws of Hywel Dda which also appears in the lyrics of the album track "Download" from "Radiator".

Hermann and Pauline are the names of the parents of Albert Einstein, and the song refers to them and the young Albert. The cover art for the single continues the theme.

The band had trouble playing the track live and stopped playing it altogether until the "Phantom Power" tour when they realised that trying to play along to a click track was the cause of the problem.cite web|last=|first=|title=Bunf interview|work=BBC Wales|date=2003|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/superfurryanimals/pages/bunf_int2003.shtml|accessdate=2008-08-07]

Tracklisting

All songs by Super Furry Animals.
*CD (CRESCD252)
*#"Hermann ♥'s Pauline" – 4:07
*#"Calimero" – 2:23
*#"Trôns Mr Urdd" – 4:36

ingles chart positions

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