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Country Girl (Primal Scream song)

"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.

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

Music video

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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

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UK CD single[2]

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

UK 7-inch single[3][4]

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

European CD single[5]

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

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[12] Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 22 May 2006 CD Columbia [13]
United States 24 July 2006 Modern rock radio [14]

References

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  1. ^ Hammarlund, Pontus (10 July 2006). "Svenska Helena röjer i Primal Scream-video". Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  2. ^ Country Girl (UK CD single liner notes). Primal Scream. Columbia Records. 2006. 82876834282.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ a b "Primal Scream – Country Girl". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  4. ^ Country Girl (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Primal Scream. Columbia Records. 2006. 82876 8342777.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ Country Girl (European CD single liner notes). Primal Scream. Columbia Records. 2006. 82876834272.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ "The ARIA Report: European Top 20 Charts – Week Commencing 5th June 2006" (PDF). ARIA. 5 June 2006. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Primal Scream: Country Girl" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  8. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Country Girl". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  11. ^ "The Official UK Singles Chart 2006" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  12. ^ "British single certifications – Primal Scream – Country Girl". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  13. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 20 May 2006. p. 51.
  14. ^ "FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock". FMQB. Archived from the original on 22 March 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
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