Woman (John Lennon song)

Infobox Single
Name = Woman


Artist = John Lennon
from Album = Double Fantasy
Released = January 16 1981
Format =
Recorded = August 5, August 27, September 8, September 22 1980| Genre = Rock
Length = 3:32
Label = Geffen Records
Writer = John Lennon
Producer = John Lennon, Yoko Ono & Jack Douglas
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Last single = "(Just Like) Starting Over" (1980)
This single = "Woman" (1981)
Next single = "Watching the Wheels" (1981)"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 Zedong.

In an interview for "Rolling Stone" magazine on December 5, 1980, Lennon said that "Woman" was a "grown-up version" of the song "Girl". [cite web | title=1980 Rolling Stone Interview with John Lennon by Jonathan Cott | url=http://www.john-lennon.com/1980rollingstoneinterview.htm | accessdate=October 27 | accessyear=2006]

"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 two weeks, knocking off the top spot his own re- released "Imagine". In the US the single spent three weeks at #2. The single experienced its most success in New Zealand where it spent 5 weeks at #1.

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

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