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词条 Evil Woman (Electric Light Orchestra song)
释义

  1. Background

  2. Chart performance

     Weekly charts  Year-end charts 

  3. Jeff Lynne version

  4. Other uses/cover versions

  5. References

  6. External links

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| artist = Electric Light Orchestra
| album = Face the Music
| B-side = 10538 Overture (Live)
| released = {{unbulleted list|October 1975 (US)|10 January 1976 (UK)}}
| format = 7"
| recorded = 1975 at Musicland Studios
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| length = {{unbulleted list|4:35 (Album version)|4:12 (UK single edit)|3:15 (US single edit)|5:17 (Full-length version)|5:00 (Stripped down mix)}}
| label = {{unbulleted list|Jet (UK)|United Artists (US)}}
| writer = Jeff Lynne
| producer = Jeff Lynne
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| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = Strange Magic
| next_year = 1976
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"Evil Woman" is a song written by lead vocalist Jeff Lynne and recorded by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It was first released on the band's fifth album, 1975's Face the Music.

Background

When released as a single in late 1975, the song became the band's first worldwide hit. According to Lynne, this song was the quickest he had ever written, in thirty minutes, originally as 'filler' for the group's Face the Music album. The song placed in the top 10 on both sides of the Atlantic in early 1976. The song became a hit again in the UK in 1978 when it featured on The ELO EP. The lyric "There's a hole in my head where the rain comes in" in the song is a tribute to The Beatles' song "Fixing a Hole".

Chart performance

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1975–1976)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1]23
US Billboard Hot 100[2]10
US Cash Box[3]9
US Record World[4]9
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Year-end charts

Chart (1976)Rank
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[5]81
US Billboard Hot 100[6]70
US Cash Box[7]54
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Jeff Lynne version

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| album = The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra
| released = {{unbulleted list|8 October 2012 (UK)|9 October 2012 (US)}}
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| tracks = {{Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra tracks}}
}}Jeff Lynne re-recorded the song in his own home studio. It was released in a compilation album, The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra, with other re-recorded ELO songs, under the ELO name.[8]

Other uses/cover versions

  • Patty Pravo covered it on her 1976 "Tanto" album in Italian as "E lo Cammino."
  • The 1987 TV special DTV Monster Hits! also featured a short music video of the song, set to clips of all the female villains featured in Disney cartoons up to that point.
  • In 1995, Michael Stipe imitated Jeff Lynne at an R.E.M. concert at Madison Square Garden on their Monster Tour, he wore a frizzy wig and sang "Evil Woman" before the show with Luscious Jackson playing the music.
  • In 2002, the song was used in the film Austin Powers in Goldmember during the jail scene with Dr. Evil receiving a visit from Mindy Sterling's character Frau Farbissina, the movie's soundtrack album featured a version sung by Diana King.
  • The band moe. covered the song three times in 2005.
  • In 2006, a part of the song was sampled in the Pussycat Dolls single "Beep".
  • The song is being performed as part of the 2007 Broadway musical Xanadu.
  • The song appeared in the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV on the fictional radio station Liberty Rock Radio 97.8.
  • In 2008, singer/songwriter Mike Posner included a remix of the song on his mixtape, "A Matter of Time."
  • The song appeared in a 2008 episode of the TV series My Name Is Earl.
  • The song was also featured in a 2009 episode of the TV series Community.
  • A cover version of the song was performed by Oh Mercy on Triple J's Like a Version segment in April 2011.[9]
  • The song was used as Danny's ringtone in the season 3 premiere of Hawaii Five-0 in 2012-2013.
  • The song appeared in a TV commercial for the Hyundai Elantra that aired during Fox's coverage of Super Bowl XLVIII on 2 February 2014, featuring Johnny Galecki, who is most famous for his portrayal of Leonard Hofstadter on The Big Bang Theory.

References

1. ^{{cite book|first= David |last= Kent |authorlink= David Kent (historian) |title= Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |publisher= Australian Chart Book |location= St Ives, N.S.W. |year= 1993 |isbn= 0-646-11917-6}}
2. ^{{cite web|title= Electric Light Orchestra – Awards |publisher= AllMusic. All Media Network |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/electric-light-orchestra-mn0000163229/awards |accessdate= 5 March 2013}}
3. ^{{cite web|url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19760214.html |title= Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending February 14, 1976 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120902181335/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19760214.html |archivedate= 2 September 2012}}. Cash Box.
4. ^{{cite magazine|title= The Singles Chart |magazine= Record World |date= 31 January 1976 |accessdate= 1 December 2016 |url= http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/70s/76/RW-1976-01-31.pdf}}
5. ^{{cite magazine|title= Top 200 singles of '76 |magazine= RPM |volume= 26 |issue= 14 & 15 |date= 8 January 1977 |url= http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5173a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5173a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5173a |accessdate= 15 May 2016}}
6. ^{{cite journal|title= Singles |magazine= Billboard |date= 25 December 1976 |volume= 88 |issue= 52 |issn= 0006-2510 |url= https://books.google.com/?id=xCQEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&pg=PT43}}
7. ^{{cite web|url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1976YESP.html |title= The Cash Box Year-End Charts: 1976 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20121228113105/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/1976YESP.html |archivedate= 28 December 2012}}. Cash Box.
8. ^{{cite web|url= http://jefflynneselo.com/releases/elo/mr_blue_sky_the_very_best_of_electric_light_orchestra |title= Mr. Blue Sky – The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20151027110436/http://jefflynneselo.com/releases/elo/mr_blue_sky_the_very_best_of_electric_light_orchestra |archivedate= 27 October 2015}}. Jefflynneselo.com.
9. ^{{cite web|title= Like A Version: Oh Mercy – Evil Woman |url= http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/media/s3189563.htm |publisher= ABC Online |accessdate= 12 September 2015}}

External links

  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVd4XhtpRBc Full audio of the song] on YouTube
  • In-depth Song Analysis at the Jeff Lynne Song Database (Jefflynnesongs.com)
  • {{MetroLyrics song|electric-light-orchestra|evil-woman}}
{{Electric Light Orchestra singles}}

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