Kowalski (song)

"Kowalski"
Single by Primal Scream
from the album Vanishing Point
B-side	"96 Tears" "Know Your Rights"
Released	5 May 1997 (1997-05-05)
Length	5:58 (album version) 4:19 (radio edit)
Label	Creation Reprise
Songwriter(s)	Martin Duffy Bobby Gillespie Andrew Innes Robert Young Gary Mounfield
Producer(s)	Brendan Lynch Primal Scream
Primal Scream singles chronology
"(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 this 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.