Kozmic Blues
1969 single by Janis Joplin
"Kozmic Blues" | |
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Single by Janis Joplin | |
from the album I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! | |
Released | 1969 (1969) |
Recorded | June 25, 1969 |
Genre | Blues rock, psychedelic rock |
Length | 4:24 (album version) |
Label | Columbia |
Songwriter(s) | Janis Joplin, Gabriel Mekler |
Producer(s) | 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]
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 |
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US Billboard Hot 100[3] | 41 |
References
- ^ Evans, Mike; Kingsbury, Paul (2009). Woodstock: Three Days that Rocked the World. Sterling Publishing Company. p. 148. ISBN 978-1402766237.
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Janis Joplin: 18 Essential Songs – Album Review". AllMusic.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 447.
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Janis Joplin
- Big Brother and the Holding Company
- Kozmic Blues Band
- Full Tilt Boogie Band
- Big Brother & the Holding Company (1967)
- Cheap Thrills (1968)
- I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)
- Pearl (1971)
- In Concert (1972)
- Live at Winterland '68 (1998)
- The Woodstock Experience (2009)
- Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968 (2012)
- Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits (1973)
- Janis (1975)
- Wicked Woman (1976)
- Farewell Song (1982)
- Janis (1993)
- This Is Janis Joplin (1995)
- 18 Essential Songs (1995)
- Love, Janis (2001)
- The Lost Tapes (2008)
- Move Over! (2011)
- Blow All My Blues Away (2012)
- The Pearl Sessions (2012)
- "Ball and Chain"
- "Careless Love"
- "Cry Baby"
- "Down on Me"
- "Flower in the Sun"
- "Hesitation Blues"
- "Kozmic Blues"
- "Mary Jane"
- "Me and Bobby McGee"
- "Mercedes Benz"
- "Move Over"
- "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"
- "Piece of My Heart"
- "See See Rider"
- "Silver Threads and Golden Needles"
- "Summertime"
- "Tell Mama"
- "To Love Somebody"
- "Trouble in Mind"
- "What Good Can Drinkin' Do"
- "Work Me, Lord"
- Janis (1974 documentary)
- Love, Janis (2001 musical)
- Nine Hundred Nights (2001 documentary)
- Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015 documentary)
- Sam Andrew
- Jorma Kaukonen
- Gabriel Mekler
- Michael Monarch