Country Girl (Primal Scream song)

"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-10 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.

"Country Girl"
Single by Primal Scream
from the album Riot City Blues
B-side	"Stone Ya to the Bone" "Gimme Some Truth" "To Live Is to Fly"
Released	22 May 2006 (2006-05-22)
Length	4:30
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Martin Duffy Bobby Gillespie Andrew Innes Gary Mounfield
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)^[1] 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 CD single^[2]

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

UK 7-inch single^[3][4]

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

Weekly charts Chart (2006) Peak position Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[6] 16 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[7] 17 Ireland (IRMA)[8] 18 Scotland (OCC)[9] 3 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[3] 47 UK Singles (OCC)[10] 5

Year-end charts Chart (2006) Position UK Singles (OCC)[11] 106

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[12]	Silver	200,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United Kingdom	22 May 2006	CD	Columbia	[13]
United States	24 July 2006	Modern rock radio		[14]