Country Girl (Primal Scream song)

"Country Girl" is a song by the band Primal Scream. It was released as a single on 22 May 2006 and was the first released from the band's eighth album, Riot City Blues. 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 25 July 2006.[2]

"Country Girl"
Single by Primal Scream
from the album Riot City Blues
B-side"Gimme Some Truth"
Released22 May 2006 (2006-05-22)[1]
Recorded2005
Genre
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

The girl featured in the video (played by Helena Mattsson)[3] 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

UK enhanced CD single[4]

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

European 7-inch single[1]

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

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[11] Silver 200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. "Swedishcharts.com – Primal Scream – Country Girl". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  2. "FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock". Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated. Archived from the original on 22 March 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  3. Hammarlund, Pontus (10 July 2006). "Svenska Helena röjer i Primal Scream-video". Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  4. Country Girl (UK enhanced CD single liner notes). Primal Scream. Columbia Records. 2006. 82876834282.CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. Country Girl (European CD single liner notes). Primal Scream. Columbia Records. 2006. 82876834272.CS1 maint: others (link)
  6. "Primal Scream: Country Girl" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  7. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Country Girl". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  8. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  9. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  10. "The Official UK Singles Chart 2006" (PDF). UKChartsPlus. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  11. "British single certifications – Primal Scream – Country Girl". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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