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Encyclopedia > Country Girl
"Country Girl"
"Country Girl" cover
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 Records
Producer(s) Youth
Chart positions
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 to be released from the band's eighth album Riot City Blues. After a successful debut on the downloads chart, the single was propelled to number 5 in its first full week of release, becoming the band's highest charting in their career. Image File history File links Countrygirlps. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Primal Scream (temporarily abbreviated to PRML SCRM for the XTRMNTR album) are a rock group formed in Glasgow, Scotland, headed by former Jesus & Mary Chain drummer Bobby Gillespie. ... Riot City Blues is the eighth studio album by Primal Scream, set to be released on June 5, 2006. ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes . ... Martin Youth Glover (born December 23, 1960) is an influential record producer and a founding member and bassist of the UK band Killing Joke. ... A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... Primal Scream (temporarily abbreviated to PRML SCRM for the XTRMNTR album) are a rock group formed in Glasgow, Scotland, headed by former Jesus & Mary Chain drummer Bobby Gillespie. ... Some Velvet Morning is a psychedelic pop song written by Lee Hazlewood and originally recorded by Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra in late 1967. ... Dolls (Sweet Rock and Roll) (sometimes referred to as Dolls or Dolls (Sweet Rock n Roll)) is a song by the band Primal Scream. ... Primal Scream (temporarily abbreviated to PRML SCRM for the XTRMNTR album) are a rock group formed in Glasgow, Scotland, headed by former Jesus & Mary Chain drummer Bobby Gillespie. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Riot City Blues is the eighth studio album by Primal Scream, set to be released on June 5, 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". ITV (Independent Television) is the name popularly given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. In England, Wales and southern Scotland, the network has been rebranded to ITV1 by ITV plc, the owners of... Qualifying countries Italian team celebrating the cup July. ... Kasabian could refer to any of the following: Kasabian - A British rock band. ... David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer whose work spans more than four decades. ... Redirect page ...

Contents

Single track listings

7"

  1. "Country Girl"
  2. "Gimme Some Truth" (Written by John Lennon)

John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ...

CD1

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

Townes Van Zandt Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997) was a folk music singer-songwriter, performer, and poet. ...

CD2

  1. "Country Girl"
  2. "Stone Ya To The Bone"
  3. "Gimme Some Truth"
  4. "Country Girl" (Video)

Video

The full, uncensored video for "Country Girl" is available online in QuickTime format. [1]


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The irony is that in her other film that was released that same year, "The Country Girl", she won a Best Actress Academy Award by playing the only role of her short but illustrious career that was decidedly against type.
"The Country Girl" is one of the finest films in Paramount's illustrious catalogue of library titles; a poignantly tragic love story with a show biz background, it stars Bing Crosby in a decided departure from his usual light-hearted form.
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