Kozmic Blues
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| name = Kozmic Blues
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| type = single
| artist = Janis Joplin
| album = I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
| released = {{Start date|1969}}
| recorded = June 25, 1969
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| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=24}} (album version)
| label = Columbia
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| producer = Gabriel Mekler
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"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.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eO8oChHYDhMC&pg=PA148 |title=Woodstock: Three Days that Rocked the World |page=148 |first=Mike |last=Evans |author2=Kingsbury, Paul |year=2009 |publisher=Sterling Publishing Company |isbn=978-1402766237}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://allmusic.com/album/18-essential-songs-r210814/review |title=Janis Joplin: 18 Essential Songs – Album Review |last = Ruhlmann |first = William |website=AllMusic}}
Chart performance
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!Chart (1969-70) !Peak |
US Billboard Hot 100{{cite book |title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=447}}
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