She's a Woman
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| Single by The Beatles | |||||
| A-side | "I Feel Fine" | ||||
| Released | 23 November 1964 (US) 27 November 1964 (UK) |
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| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | Abbey Road: 18 October 1964 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 3:03 | ||||
| Label | Parlophone R5160 (UK) Capitol 5222 (US) |
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| Writer(s) | Lennon/McCartney | ||||
| Producer | George Martin | ||||
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"She's a Woman" is a song by The Beatles. It was released as the B-side to "I Feel Fine" in 1964, their last single release that year. It reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 from frequent airplay.
[edit] Origins
The song, penned by McCartney, was his attempt at (vocally, at least) imitating Little Richard. This is why the song is in such a high register, even for McCartney. Some takes of the song (especially recordings of live concerts) feature an extended outro. The lyrics "turn me on,", were as John Lennon was quoted saying, "so excited to say 'turn me on' — you know, about marijuana and all that... using it as an expression." [1]
In the US, the song was released on their Capitol album Beatles '65, and is presented in a duophonic mix featuring a layer of reverb added by executive Dave Dexter, Jr. It was featured in an underground scene in the movie Help!.
[edit] Cover versions
Cover versions include Jeff Beck's instrumental jazz fusion version featuring a talk box from his 1975 album Blow by Blow, along with latin jazz version by Joe DeRenzo from his Core Beliefs album and ESC's Beatles compilation Step Inside LOVE. Also a pop-reggae reading by Scritti Politti featuring Shabba Ranks. José Feliciano also has a cover version of this song.
It was also performed by McCartney Unplugged in 1991, and by Chikezie Eze on the seventh season of American Idol during the Top 12 competition, receiving rave reviews from the judges.
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