Kozmic Blues

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"Kozmic Blues"
Single by Janis Joplin
from the album I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
Released1969 (1969)
RecordedJune 25, 1969
Genre
Length4:24 (album version)
Label Columbia
Songwriters
Producer Gabriel Mekler

"Kozmic Blues" is a song from American singer-songwriter Janis Joplin's I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! album, her first after departing Big Brother and the Holding Company. It was a part of Joplin's set at the Woodstock Festival in 1969. [1]

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Background

Although the concert as a whole is not regarded as Joplin at her best, that specific performance became very popular and was released on The Essential Janis Joplin. [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1969–70)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 41

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Mike; Kingsbury, Paul (2009). Woodstock: Three Days that Rocked the World. Sterling Publishing Company. p. 148. ISBN   978-1402766237.
  2. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "Janis Joplin: 18 Essential Songs – Album Review". AllMusic .
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 447.
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