Released May 5, 1997 Length 6:12 | Recorded 1997 | |
Format Vinyl record (7", 12"), CD Genre Electronic rock, experimental rock, trip hop Label Creation Records
Sire US | ||
"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.
The song contains samples of "Halleluhwah" by Can and "Get Off Your Ass and Jam" by Funkadelic.
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."
Track listing
- "Kowalski"
- "Kowalski" (Automator Mix)
- "Kowalski"
- "Know Your Rights" (Written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones)
- "96 Tears" (Question Mark & the Mysterians)
- "Kowalski" (Automator Mix)
- "Kowalski" (Edit)
- "Kowalski"
- "Know Your Rights"
- "96 Tears"
- "Kowalski" (Adrian Sherwood Dub)