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!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)MAGAZINE, Eurochart Hot 100 Singles, Music & Media, 13, 48, 13, 30 November 1996, |32{{single chart|Ireland2|23|song=Govinda|rowheader=true|access-date=19 April 2022}}{{single chart|Scotland|4|date=19961123|rowheader=true|access-date=19 April 2022}}{{single chart|UK|7|date=19961123|rowheader=true|access-date=19 April 2022}}
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name Govinda| cover = Govinda Kula Shaker CD cover.jpg| alt =| type = single| artist = Kula Shaker



K (album)>K| B-side =
    | recorded = January–May 1996| studio = Various| genre =     		Columbia Records>Columbia| writer = Hey Dude (song)>Hey Dude| prev_year = 1996Hush (Billy Joe Royal song)#Other versions>Hush| next_year = 1997}}"Govinda" is a song by British rock band Kula Shaker, released on their debut album, K (1996).WEB,weblink Kula Shaker: K, Erlewine, Stephen Thomas, AllMusic, 3 March 2017, Sung entirely in Sanskrit,WEB,weblink Week Ending November 23rd 1996, Masterton, James, James Masterton, Chart Watch UK, 17 November 1996, 19 April 2022, the song includes Indian influences and tambura and tabla instrumentation. "Govinda" was issued as a single on 11 November 1996 and peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart.Kula Shaker made a music video for the song, directed by Michael Geoghegan. The cover artwork for the single featured a Longines Conquest watch, with the band logo and song title in place of the Longines branding. An alternative version of the track, called "Govinda '97, Hari & ST. George", appeared on Kula Shaker's Summer Sun EP, released in July 1997.

    Background

    {{Unreferenced section|date=April 2022}}Lead singer and guitarist Crispian Mills said that the song was born out of an improvisation and based on a Hindu prayer to Krishna. The words Govinda jaya jaya literally mean "Krishna (the Divine Cowherd), Glory, Glory". The text is taken from a Sanskrit devotional chant, titled "Govinda Jaya Jaya". The latter was previously recorded in 1970 by devotees from the London Radha Krishna Temple and released as the B-side of their single "Govinda" (a different song), produced by George Harrison.

    Track listings

    {{col-begin}}{{col-2}}UK CD1AV MEDIA NOTES, Govinda, Kula Shaker, 1996, UK CD1 disc notes, Columbia Records, KULA CD5,
    1. "Govinda" (radio mix) – 3:46
    2. "Gokula" – 2:56
    3. "Hey Dude" (live at The Astoria) – 5:30
    4. "The Leek" – 3:40
    UK CD2AV MEDIA NOTES, Govinda, Kula Shaker, 1996, UK CD2 disc notes, Columbia Records, KULA CD5K,
    1. "Govinda, Hari & St. George" – 3:59
    2. "Gokula" – 2:56
    3. "Govinda" (Monkey Mafia Pigsy's vision) – 6:56
    4. "Govinda" (Monkey Mafia Ten to Ten) – 4:31
    UK 7-inch singleAV MEDIA NOTES, Govinda, Kula Shaker, 1996, UK 7-inch single sleeve, Columbia Records, KULA 75,
    A1. "Govinda" (radio mix) – 3:46 B1. "Gokula" – 2:56 B2. "Temple of Everlasting Light" – 2:33
    {{col-2}}UK cassette singleAV MEDIA NOTES, Govinda, Kula Shaker, 1996, UK cassette single sleeve, Columbia Records, KULA MC 5,
    A. "Govinda" (radio mix) – 3:46 B. "Gokula" – 2:56
    European and Australian CD singleAV MEDIA NOTES, Govinda, Kula Shaker, 1996, European & Australian CD single liner notes, Columbia Records, 664 129-2,
    1. "Govinda" (radio mix)
    2. "Gokula"
    3. "Hey Dude" (live at The Astoria)
    4. "Drop in the Ocean"
    5. "Govinda" (Monkey Mafia Pigsy's vision)
    6. "Govinda" (Monkey Mafia Ten to Ten)
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    Credits and personnel

    Credits are taken from the UK CD1 liner notes and the K album booklet.AV MEDIA NOTES, K, K (album), Kula Shaker, 1996, UK CD album booklet, Columbia Records, SHAKER 1CD, Studios
    • Recorded between January and May 1996 at various studios
    Personnel{{col-begin}}{{col-2}} {{col-2}}
    • Himangshu Goswami – tabla
    • John Leckie – production, mixing engineering
    • John Davis – mastering
    • Stylorouge – image creation and Graphic Precision
    • Trevor Rogers – photography
    • Zefa – photography
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    Charts{|class"wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style"text-align:center"

    !Chart (1996)!Peakposition

    References

    {{Reflist}}{{Kula Shaker discography}}{{Authority control}}

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