| 词条 | Woman (John Lennon song) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Woman | cover = John Lennon - Woman.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = John Lennon | album = Double Fantasy | B-side = "Beautiful Boys" (Yoko Ono) | released = 12 January 1981 (US) 16 January 1981 (UK) | format = 7", Cassette | recorded = 5 August, 27 August, 8 September, 22 September 1980 | studio = | venue = | genre = Soft rock | length = 3:32 | label = Geffen | writer = John Lennon | producer = John Lennon, Yoko Ono & Jack Douglas | prev_title = (Just Like) Starting Over | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = Watching the Wheels | next_year = 1981 | misc = {{Extra track listing | album = Double Fantasy | type = studio | tracks = {{Double Fantasy tracks}} }} }} "Woman" is a song written and performed by John Lennon from his 1980 album Double Fantasy. The track was chosen by Lennon to be the second single released from the Double Fantasy album, and it was the first Lennon single issued after his death on 8 December 1980.[1] The B-side of the single is Ono's song "Beautiful Boys".[1] Lennon wrote "Woman" as an ode to his wife Yoko Ono, and to all women.[2] The track begins with Lennon whispering, "For the other half of the sky ...", a paraphrase of a Chinese proverb, once used by Mao Zedong. BackgroundIn an interview for Rolling Stone magazine on 5 December 1980, Lennon said that "Woman" was a "grown-up version" of his song "Girl".[3] On 5 June 1981, Geffen re-released "Woman" as a single as part of their "Back to Back Hits" series, with the B-side "(Just Like) Starting Over".[1] Chart performanceThe single debuted at number 3 in the UK, then moving to number 2 and finally reaching number 1, where it spent two weeks, knocking off the top spot his own re-released "Imagine". In the US the single peaked at number 2 on Billboard Hot 100 (kept out of the top spot by REO Speedwagon's hit "Keep On Loving You" and Blondie's hit "Rapture") while reaching number 1 on the Cashbox Top 100.[4] {{col-begin}}{{col-2}}Weekly charts
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Cover versionsThe Shadows did an instrumental version as a medley with "Imagine" in 1981. Pop group Brotherhood of Man recorded a version in 1981, which was featured on their album 20 Love Songs. Ozzy Osbourne recorded this song on his 2005 Under Cover album. In 2007, Ben Jelen's version appeared on The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur as an iTunes exclusive bonus track. In popular cultureThe 2008 video game by Nintendo Wii Music features this song as playable song. See also
References1. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=Blaney|first=John|title=John Lennon: Listen to This Book|year=2005|publisher=Paper Jukebox|location=[S.l.]|isbn=978-0-9544528-1-0|edition=illustrated|page=196}} 2. ^Playboy Interview, Sheff, 1980 3. ^{{cite web | title=1980 Rolling Stone Interview with John Lennon by Jonathan Cott | url=http://www.john-lennon.com/1980rollingstoneinterview.htm | accessdate=October 27, 2006}} 4. ^{{cite book|last=Blaney|first=John|title=John Lennon: Listen to This Book|year=2005|publisher=Paper Jukebox|location=[S.l.]|isbn=978-0-9544528-1-0|edition=illustrated|page=326}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=SA Charts 1965–March 1989|url=http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(L).html|accessdate=5 September 2018}} 6. ^Billboard 7. ^Cash Box Top 100 Singles 8. ^Australian-charts.com 9. ^Nztop40.co.nz 10. ^"Pop Singles" Billboard December 26, 1981: YE-9 External links
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