Country Girl (Primal Scream song)

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B-side
Released22 May 2006 (2006-05-22)
Length4:30
"Country Girl"
Single by Primal Scream
from the album Riot City Blues
B-side
Released22 May 2006 (2006-05-22)
Length4:30
LabelColumbia
SongwriterPrimal Scream
ProducerYouth
Primal Scream singles chronology
"Some Velvet Morning"
(2003)
"Country Girl"
(2006)
"Dolls (Sweet Rock and Roll)"
(2006)

"Country Girl" is a song by Scottish rock band Primal Scream. It was released as a single on 22 May 2006 and was the first single issued from the band's eighth album, Riot City Blues (2006). It became the band's highest-charting in the United Kingdom as well as their first UK top-five entry and their third top-10 single. In the band's native Scotland, the song reached number three on the Scottish Singles Chart, becoming their most successful single since "Kowalski" in 1997. "Country Girl" was released to American radio on 24 July 2006.

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. It also features as the theme tune of The Janice Long Review Show. "Country Girl" was covered by Irish actress Jessie Buckley for the 2019 country music drama film Wild Rose.

The cover is a photograph by William Eggleston.

The girl featured in the video (played by Helena Mattsson)[1] is inspired by Baby (played by Sheri Moon) from Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses / The Devil's Rejects. The music video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund.

Track listings

All songs were written by Primal Scream unless otherwise noted.

UK CD single[2]

  1. "Country Girl"
  2. "Stone Ya to the Bone"
  3. "Gimme Some Truth" (John Lennon)
  4. "Country Girl" (video)

UK 7-inch single[3]

A. "Country Girl" – 4:33
B. "Gimme Some Truth" (John Lennon)

European CD single[4]

  1. "Country Girl"
  2. "To Live Is to Fly" (Townes Van Zandt)

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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