Hermann Loves Pauline

"Hermann ♥'s Pauline" is the sixth single by Super Furry Animals and the first to be released from their second album Radiator. It reached #26 on the UK Singles Chart on its release in May 1997.^[1]

Hermann and Pauline are the names of the parents of Albert Einstein, and the song refers to them and the young Albert. The song also mentions Marie Curie and Ernesto Guevera. The cover art for the single continues the theme.

The band had trouble playing the track live and stopped playing it altogether until the Phantom Power tour when they realised that trying to play along to a click track was the cause of the problem.^[2]

Release

"Hermann ♥'s Pauline" was released on CD, cassette and 7" on 12 May 1997 and reached number 26 on the UK Singles Chart.^[1] The cover art is the first in a series of five Pete Fowler paintings commissioned by the band for Radiator and its singles. Fowler's art was inspired by "Hermann ♥'s Pauline" and features the title characters with their baby, who looks like Albert Einstein.^[3] The packaging of the single features the Welsh language quote "Un i rannu, llall i ddewis", which roughly translates into English as "One to share, the other to choose".^[4] This quote is a principle taken from the Laws of Hywel Dda which also appears in the lyrics of the album track "Download" from Radiator. "Hermann ♥'s Pauline" was included on the band's 'greatest hits' compilation album Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1, issued in 2004.^[5]

Track listing

All songs by Super Furry Animals.

CD (CRESCD252)
1. "Hermann ♥'s Pauline" – 4:07
2. "Calimero" – 2:23
3. "Trôns Mr Urdd" – 4:36
MC (CRECS252), 7" (CRE252)
1. "Hermann ♥'s Pauline" – 4:07
2. "Calimero" – 2:23

Personnel

Singles chart positions

Chart	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	26^[1]

References

1 2 3 Roberts, David, ed. (2003). British Hit Singles (16th ed.). Guinness World Records Ltd. p. 452. ISBN 0-85112-190-X.
↑ "Bunf interview". BBC Wales. 2003. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
↑ Kane, Jack (June 1999), "Super Furry Animals", Record Collector (Diamond Publishing) 238: 46–51
↑ Hermann ♥'s Pauline (CD single). Super Furry Animals. Creation Records. 1997. p. [Inside cover].
↑ Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1 (CD). Super Furry Animals. New York: Epic Records. 2004. back cover.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Super Furry Animals

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Studio albums	Fuzzy Logic Radiator Guerrilla Mwng Rings Around the World Phantom Power Love Kraft Hey Venus! Dark Days/Light Years

Compilations and remix albums	Out Spaced Phantom Phorce Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1

EPs	Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (In Space) Moog Droog Ice Hockey Hair Slow Life

Singles	"Hometown Unicorn" "God! Show Me Magic" "Something 4 the Weekend" "If You Don't Want Me to Destroy You" "The Man Don't Give a Fuck" (first release) "Hermann ♥'s Pauline" "The International Language of Screaming" "Play It Cool" "Demons" "Northern Lites" "Fire in My Heart" "Do or Die" "Ysbeidiau Heulog" "Juxtapozed with U" "(Drawing) Rings Around the World" "It's Not the End of the World?" "Golden Retriever" "Hello Sunshine" "The Man Don't Give a Fuck" (second release) "Lazer Beam" "Show Your Hand" "Run-Away" "The Gift That Keeps Giving" "Mt."

DVDs	Rings Around the World Phantom Power Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1

Related articles	Discography Cardiff music scene Liverpool Sound Collage Ankst Creation Records Ffa Coffi Pawb Neon Neon The Peth Pete Fowler Keiichi Tanaami Placid Casual

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