Open Your Box

For the 2007 remix album, see Open Your Box (album).

"Open Your Box"
Single by Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band
from the album Fly
Released	12 March 1971 (remixed in 2001)
Format	6", CD, 12"
Recorded	1971, remixed 2001
Genre	Rock
Length	3:31
Label	Apple (remix Parlophone)
Writer(s)	Yoko Ono
Producer	John Lennon, Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band singles chronology
"Open Your Box" (1971) "Mrs. Lennon" (1971)
"Cape Clear" (1985) "Open Your Box" (2001) "Kiss Kiss Kiss" (2002) 2001 remix single cover

Open Your Box is a song by Yoko Ono, released on 12 March 1971 as the B-side of John Lennon's single Power to the People. It was remixed and re-released by Orange Factory in 2001.

In 1971, Ono's risqué lyrics were received in controversy ("box" is slang for vagina). She sings, "Open your box, open your trousers, open your sex, open your legs, open open open open open". The record was banned from radio in Britain, and was played on-air only when echo was added to blur the lyrics.^[1] Capitol Records, which distributed music by Apple Records in the United States, initially refused to issue the recording, and it was replaced as the B-side by another Ono track, Touch Me.

Availability on albums

Open Your Box eventually appeared in 1971 on Ono's Fly album, under the title Hirake ("ひらけ" means "opening" in Japanese.) It also appears as a bonus track on a compact disc reissue of Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band.

In 2001, Orange Factory approached Ono for permission to remix Open Your Box, an idea to which she was indifferently receptive. However, she was later very pleased with the results, apparently so much so that she was moved to tears.^{[citation needed]} The Orange Factory remixed version was an underground hit and brought about renewed interest in Ono's career, inspiring her to create her album, Blueprint for a Sunrise, and further the remix project to much success. A compilation of these remixes entitled Open Your Box was released in April 2007.

Track listing

iTunes EP^[2]

1. "Open Your Box" (The Club)
2. "Open Your Box" (The Dub The Voice)
3. "Open Your Box" (Radio Edit)

Credits and personnel

• Vocals – Yoko Ono
• Songwriting – Yoko Ono
• Production – John Lennon, Yoko Ono
• Guitar – John Lennon
• Bass – Klaus Voorman
• Drums – Jim Gordon

Charts

Chart (2001-02)	Peak position
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[3]	144
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[4]	25

References

1. ^ Guyer, Lauree. "Yoko Ono: Open Your Box ( The Remixes) - Glide Magazine". Glide Magazine. Glide Publishing LLC. http://www.glidemagazine.com/articles/52779/yoko-ono.html. Retrieved 9 August 2011. 
2. ^ "Open Your Box – EP by Yoko Ono". iTunes Store US. Apple Inc.. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/open-your-box-ep/id301538046. Retrieved 8 August 2011. 
3. ^ "Chart Log UK : 1994–2010 : The O – Ozric Tentacles". zobbel.de. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_O.HTM. Retrieved 8 August 2011. 
4. ^ "Yoko Ono - Charts & Awards - Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/yoko-ono-p19685/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 8 August 2011.