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1997 single by Primal Scream
"Kowalski"
B-side
Released 5 May 1997 (1997-05-05 ) Length
5 :58 (album version)
4:19 (radio edit)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
"(I'm Gonna) Cry Myself Blind" (1994)
"Kowalski " (1997)
"
Star " (1997)
"Kowalski " is a song by Scottish
rock band
Primal Scream , released on 5 May 1997 as the lead
single from their fifth
studio album
Vanishing Point . The song contains a drum sample from "
Halleluhwah " by
Can and an interpolation of the bassline from "
Get Off Your Ass and Jam " by
Funkadelic , and is named after the main character of the 1971 film
Vanishing Point , played by
Barry Newman ; it also features various dialogue samples from said film.
The song peaked at number eight on the
UK Singles Chart and became the band's highest-charting single in Scotland, reaching number two. In Australia, the song was a minor hit on the
ARIA Singles Chart , peaking at number 79.
Music video
Scripted by
Irvine Welsh and directed by
Steven Hanft , the video features
Kate Moss and
Devon Aoki stealing a
Dodge Challenger before then tracking down and assaulting the band. The band's lead singer,
Bobby Gillespie , described the video as "a cross between
Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! and
The Sweeney ."
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Track listings
7-inch single and Europe 2-track CD single Title Writer(s) 1. "Kowalski" Gillespie, Innes, Young, Duffy, Mounfield 5:58 2. "
96 Tears " (
? and the Mysterians cover) Rudy Martínez 2:57
Europe 12-inch single Title Writer(s) 1. "Kowalski" Gillespie, Innes, Young, Duffy, Mounfield 5:58 2. "96 Tears" (? and the Mysterians cover) Martínez 2:57 3. "Kowalski" (
Automator mix) Gillespie, Innes, Young, Duffy, Mounfield 5:11 4. "
Know Your Rights " (
The Clash cover)
Joe Strummer ,
Mick Jones 4:19
European and Australian CD single Title Writer(s) 1. "Kowalski" Gillespie, Innes, Young, Duffy, Mounfield 5:58 2. "96 Tears" (? and the Mysterians cover) Martínez 2:57 3. "Know Your Rights" (The Clash cover) Strummer, Jones 4:19 4. "Kowalski" (Automator mix) Gillespie, Innes, Young, Duffy, Mounfield 5:11
US CD maxi-single Title Writer(s) 1. "Kowalski" (radio edit) Gillespie, Innes, Young, Duffy, Mounfield 4:18 2. "Kowalski" Gillespie, Innes, Young, Duffy, Mounfield 5:58 3. "96 Tears" (? and the Mysterians cover) Martínez 2:57 4. "Know Your Rights" (The Clash cover) Strummer, Jones 4:19 5. "Kowalski" (
Adrian Sherwood dub) Gillespie, Innes, Young, Duffy, Mounfield 5:01
Japan CD maxi-single Title Writer(s) 1. "Kowalski" Gillespie, Innes, Young, Duffy, Mounfield 5:58 2. "
Star " Gillespie, Innes, Young, Duffy, Mounfield 4:25 3. "96 Tears" (? and the Mysterians cover) Martínez 2:57 4. "Kowalski" (radio edit) Gillespie, Innes, Young, Duffy, Mounfield 4:18 5. "Kowalski" (Automator mix) Gillespie, Innes, Young, Duffy, Mounfield 5:11
Charts
Release history
References
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