Gypsy Woman (Hilary Duff song)

Song infobox
Name = Gypsy Woman


Caption =
Type =
Artist = Hilary Duff
alt Artist =
Album = Dignity
Published =
Released = Start date|2007|3|20
(see "Dignity" (album))
track_no = 5
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Genre = Dance-pop, electronic, urban pop
Length = 3:14
Writer = Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Ryan Tedder
Composer =
Label = Hollywood
Producer = Ryan Tedder
Chart position =
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prev = "Danger"
prev_no = 4
next = "Never Stop"
next_no = 6
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"Gypsy Woman" is a song written by Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff and Ryan Tedder, and produced by Tedder for Hilary Duff's third studio album, "Dignity" (2007). It features an excerpt from Winston Churchill's "This was their finest hour" speech in 1940, after the Battle of France and before the Battle of Britain; the line sampled is "the battle of France is over".Fact|date=August 2008

Background and publicity

According to Duff, the subject of "Gypsy Woman" is a woman who had a relationship with Duff's father, who was married to Duff's mother Susan Duff at the time; Duff said the woman "broke up a big part of my family", which included her sister Haylie, who co-wrote the song.Charaipotra, Sona. [http://www.teenpeople.com/teenpeople/article/0,22196,1603835,00.shtml "Dignified Ms. Duff"] . "Teen People". March 30 2007. Retrieved April 9 2007.] She said she had not discussed it before because it was "hard to talk about" and she "was embarrassed that my family wasn't perfect and that some woman had broken it up." Another track on "Dignity", "Stranger", is also about the situation.Gardner, Elysa. [http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2007-04-02-hilary-duff-inisde_N.htm "The focus is on Hilary"] . "USA Today". April 2 2007. Retrieved April 3 2007.]

The song garnered media attention independent of the album when it was rumored to be about Nicole Richie, who was dating Duff's ex-boyfriend Joel Madden. This speculation, which was reported in sources such as MSNBC and "Radar" magazine, also involved another song on the album, "Dignity". [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17507820/ "Hilary Duff takes aim at Nicole Richie?"] . MSNBC. March 7 2007. Retrieved April 9 2007.] [ [http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/Hilary+Duff+s+Richie+rant-14373.html "Hilary Duff's Richie rant"] . FemaleFirst.co.uk. March 8 2007. Retrieved April 9 2007.] Bercovici, Jeff. [http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2007/03/post-3.php "Hilary Duff Settles Score — In Song!"] . "Radar". March 7 2007. Retrieved April 9 2007.] "Radar" suggested that a line in the song, "Enjoy the fame, bringing down the family name", refers to Richie's famous father Lionel. Duff said none of the songs on the album, including "Gypsy Woman", were about Madden and Richie's relationship, and that she didn't know Richie, but she said "she seems like a nice person. There's no bad blood there. I hope that they are happy together."

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