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Country Girl (Primal Scream song)
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Wikipedia article
"'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-ten 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'.
Music 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. The music video was directed by Jonas kerlund.
Track listings
'UK CD single'
# "Country Girl"
# "Stone Ya to the Bone"
# "Gimme Some Truth"
# "Country Girl" (video)
'UK 7-inch single'
:A. "Country Girl" 4:33
:B. "Gimme Some Truth" (written by John Lennon)
'European CD single'
# "Country Girl"
# "To Live Is to Fly" (written by Townes Van Zandt)
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
Category:2006 singles
Category:2006 songs
Category:Columbia Records singles
Category:Music videos directed by Jonas kerlund
Category:Primal Scream songs
Category:Songs written by Andrew Innes
Category:Songs written by Bobby Gillespie
Category:Songs written by Mani (musician)
Category:Songs written by Martin Duffy (musician)
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