Kowalski (song)

"Kowalski"
Single by Primal Scream
from the album Vanishing Point
Released	May 5, 1997
Format	Vinyl record (7", 12"), CD
Recorded	1997
Genre	Electronic rock, industrial metal, trip rock
Length	6:12
Label	Creation Records Sire US
Producer(s)	Brendan Lynch and Primal Scream
Primal Scream singles chronology
"The Big Man and the Scream Team Meet the Barmy Army Uptown (1996) "Kowalski" (1997) "Star" (1997)

"Kowalski" is a song by the Scottish band Primal Scream. It was released as a single on May 5, 1997, and is the first to be released from the band's fifth album Vanishing Point. The single went to number 8 on the UK Singles Chart.^[1]

The song contains samples of "Halleluhwah" by Can and "Get Off Your Ass and Jam" by Funkadelic.^[2]

The song is featured in Olivier Assayas's 2014 film Clouds of Sils Maria.

Irvine Welsh scripted the video for the album's first single, "Kowalski" and was directed by Steve Hanft. The video features a Dodge Challenger being stolen by Kate Moss and Devon Aoki who then track down and beat up the band. The band's lead singer, Bobby Gillespie described the video as "a cross between Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! and The Sweeney."^[3]

Track listing

12"

1. "Kowalski"
2. "Kowalski" (Automator Mix)

CD

1. "Kowalski"
2. "Know Your Rights" (Written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones)
3. "96 Tears" (Question Mark & the Mysterians)
4. "Kowalski" (Automator Mix)

CD5

1. "Kowalski" (Edit)
2. "Kowalski"
3. "Know Your Rights"
4. "96 Tears"
5. "Kowalski" (Adrian Sherwood Dub)

Charts

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