Górecki (song)

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"Gorecki"
Gorecki (Lamb single - cover art).jpg
Single by Lamb
from the album Lamb
Released17 March 1997
Recorded1996
Genre Trip hop
Length6:30
Label Fontana
Songwriter(s) Lou Rhodes, Andrew Barlow
Lamb singles chronology
"God Bless"
(1996)
"Gorecki"
(1997)
"B Line"
(1999)

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

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The song samples the second movement of Henryk Górecki's Third Symphony, the Symphony of Sorrowful Songs. [1]

The song has been featured in numerous TV shows, movies and video games, including the 2006 Torchwood episode "They Keep Killing Suzie" and the 1998 slasher film I Still Know What You Did Last Summer . The opening lines were sung by Nicole Kidman's character Satine in the 2001 movie Moulin Rouge! It was also used for the launch trailer for Crystal Dynamics' game Tomb Raider: Underworld in 2008, and featured prominently in a daydream sequence of the first episode of Night and Day , a 2001 ITV serial drama. The song was also mentioned and featured in an episode of soap opera Hollyoaks , transmitted on 10th November 2010.

The song peaked at No. 30 on the UK Singles Chart.

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

A cover of the song by Chicane was released on 24 November 2017, followed by remixes on 22 December 2017.

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 (Jimpster'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

12" single-sided promo

  1. "Górecki (Global Communication Remix)" – 9:46

Both "Górecki (Global Communication Remix)" and "Trans Fatty Acid (Kruder & Dorfmeister Session mix)" were later included on the "Lamb Remixed" compilation (2005).

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References

  1. Kozinn, Allan (12 November 2010). "Henryk Gorecki, Polish Composer, Is Dead at 76". New York Times. New York, N.Y. Retrieved 23 November 2010.