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"Woman"
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"Woman" cover
Single by John Lennon
from the album Double Fantasy
ReleasedJanuary 16 1981
RecordedAugust 5, August 27, September 8, September 22 1980
GenreRock
Length3:32
LabelGeffen Records
Producer(s)John Lennon, Yoko Ono & Jack Douglas
Peak chart positions
John Lennon singles chronology


"(Just Like) Starting Over" (1980)"Woman" (1981)"Watching the Wheels" (1981)


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"Woman" is a song by John Lennon: it is an ode to his wife Yoko Ono, which is introduced by Lennon whispering, "For the other half of the sky ...", an expression coined by Mao.

In an interview for Rolling Stone magazine on December 5 1980, Lennon said that "Woman" was a "grown-up version" of the song "Girl".[1]

"Woman" was the second single released from the Double Fantasy album, and the first Lennon single issued after his death on December 8 1980. The B-side of the single is Ono's song "Beautiful Boys". The single debuted at #3 in the UK, then moving to #2 and finally reaching #1, where it spent 2 weeks, knocking-off the top spot Phil Collins's debut single In the Air Tonight. In the US the single spent 3 impressive weeks at #2.

The chord progression at the start of the song was used by Michael Jackson in his 1991's worldwide #1 hit Black or White.

Ozzy Osbourne recorded this song on his 2005 Under Cover compilation album.

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Preceded by
"Imagine" by John Lennon		UK number one single
February 1 1981		Succeeded by
"Shaddap You Face" by Joe Dolce Music Theatre
Preceded by
"I Love a Rainy Night" by Eddie Rabbitt		ARC Weekly Top 40 number one single
March 7, 1981		Succeeded by
"Keep On Loving You" by REO Speedwagon
In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats.
  • Vinyl singles consist of one or more tracks on a traditional gramophone record.

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Double Fantasy
(1980) The John Lennon Collection
(1982)

Yoko Ono chronology

A Story
(1974) Double Fantasy
(1980) Season of Glass
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Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.

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For the song by Die Ärzte, see "Yoko Ono (song)"


Yoko Ono Lennon (小野 洋子 Ono Yōko), born February 18 1933) is a Japanese-American artist and musician.
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Jack Douglas is an influential American record producer. He was born in New York City. Starting out as folk musician and performer, he worked on Robert Kennedy's senatorial campaign as a song-writer.
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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" [2]   (French)
"God and my right"
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"God Save the Queen" [3]
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The ARC Weekly Top 40 is an American mainstream music chart. The chart was founded in 1980 and measures popular songs based on radio airplay and singles sales. The chart lists the most popular songs in ranking from number one to number forty.
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"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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(Royal) "För Sverige - I tiden" 1
"For Sweden – With the Times" ²
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Du gamla, Du fria
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Released October 9 1980
Recorded 1980
Genre Rock
Length 3:56
Label Geffen Records
Producer(s) John Lennon, Yoko Ono & Jack Douglas
Peak chart positions
  • #1 (UK Singles Chart)
  • #1 (U.S.

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Released 1981
Genre Rock
Label Geffen Records
Producer(s) John Lennon, Yoko Ono & Jack Douglas
Peak chart positions
  • #30 (UK)
  • #10 (US)


John Lennon singles chronology
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Released 2006
Recorded 2005
Genre Hard rock
Length 2:56
Label Universal
Producer(s) Dave Sardy
Peak chart positions
  • #7 (US Mainstream Rock)
  • #10 (US Modern Rock)
  • #31 (UK)
  • #34 (Australia)

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For the song by Die Ärzte, see "Yoko Ono (song)"


Yoko Ono Lennon (小野 洋子 Ono Yōko), born February 18 1933) is a Japanese-American artist and musician.
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Mao Zedong pronunciation   (help info ) (Simplified Chinese: 毛泽东; Traditional Chinese: 毛澤東; Pinyin: Máo Zédōng; Wade-giles:
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Type Music magazine
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Owner Jann Wenner
Publisher Wenner Publishing
Editor Jann Wenner
Will Dana
Founded 1967
Language English
Headquarters New York City, NY
Circulation 1.2 to 1.
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Released December 3, 1965
Recorded November 11, 1965
Genre Rock
Length 2:33
Label Parlophone, Capitol, EMI
Writer(s) John Lennon (Lennon-McCartney)
Producer(s) George Martin

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