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| "Gorecki" | ||||
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| Single byLamb | ||||
| from the albumLamb | ||||
| Released | 17 March 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
| Genre | Trip hop | |||
| Length | 6:30 | |||
| Label | Fontana | |||
| Songwriters | Lou Rhodes, Andrew Barlow | |||
| Lamb singles chronology | ||||
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"Górecki" is a 1997 single byLamb from their debut albumLamb.
The song samples the second movement ofHenryk Górecki'sThird Symphony, theSymphony of Sorrowful Songs.[1]
The song has been featured in numerous TV shows, movies and video games, including the 2006Torchwood episode "They Keep Killing Suzie" and the 1998slasher filmI Still Know What You Did Last Summer. The opening lines were sung byNicole Kidman's character Satine in the 2001 movieMoulin Rouge! It was also used for the launch trailer forCrystal Dynamics' gameTomb Raider: Underworld in 2008, and featured prominently in a daydream sequence of the first episode ofNight and Day, a 2001 ITV serial drama. The song was also mentioned and featured in an episode ofsoap operaHollyoaks, transmitted on 10 November 2010.
The song peaked at No. 30 on theUK singles chart.
Both tracks "Ear Parcel" and "Lullaby" would later appear onFear of Fours.
A cover of the song byChicane was released on 24 November 2017, followed by remixes on 22 December 2017.
Both "Górecki (Global Communication Remix)" and "Trans Fatty Acid (Kruder & Dorfmeister Session mix)" were later included on the "Lamb Remixed" compilation (2005).
