Górecki (song)

"Gorecki"
Single by Lamb
from the album Lamb
Released 17 March 1997
Format CD, 12"
Recorded 1996
Genre Trip-hop, electronica
Length 6:30
Label Fontana
Writer(s) Lou Rhodes, Andrew Barlow
Lamb singles chronology
"God Bless"
(1996)
"Górecki"
(1997)
"B Line"
(1999)

"Górecki" is a 1997 single by Lamb from their debut album Lamb.

The song starts with a tenuous atmosphere and the lyrics "If I should die this very moment". The song samples the second movement of Henryk Górecki's Third Symphony, the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs.[1]

The song peaked at #30 on the UK singles chart.

Both tracks "Ear Parcel" and "Lullaby" would later appear on Fear Of Fours.

Contents

Track listing

CD1

  1. "Górecki" – 6:30
  2. "Górecki (instrumental)" – 6:00
  3. "Ear Parcel" – 7:49
  4. "Lullaby" – 3:35

CD2

  1. "Górecki" – 6:30
  2. "Górecki (edit)" – 3:39
  3. "Trans Fatty Acid (Kruder & Dorfmeister Session mix)" – 9:00
  4. "Merge (Jimster's Jam mix)" – 5:43

12"

  1. "Górecki" – 6:30
  2. "Ear Parcel" – 7:49
  3. "Trans Fatty Acid (Kruder & Dorfmeister Session mix)" – 9:00

References

  1. ^ Kozinn, Allan (November 12 2010). "Henryk Gorecki, Polish Composer, Is Dead at 76". New York Times (New York, N.Y.). http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/13/arts/music/13gorecki.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=gorecki&st=cse. Retrieved November 23 2010.