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* Cats on Fire, a Finnish band, covered the song in 2010 on their album ''Dealing in Antiques''.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://eardrumsmusic.com/2010/03/23/cats-on-fire-with-compilation-of-older-songs/ |title=Cats On Fire with compilation of older songs |publisher=Eardrumsmusic.com |date=2010-03-23 |accessdate=2012-03-16}}</ref>
* Cats on Fire, a Finnish band, covered the song in 2010 on their album ''Dealing in Antiques''.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://eardrumsmusic.com/2010/03/23/cats-on-fire-with-compilation-of-older-songs/ |title=Cats On Fire with compilation of older songs |publisher=Eardrumsmusic.com |date=2010-03-23 |accessdate=2012-03-16}}</ref>
* [[Darren Hayes]] performed an acoustic version of this song in a BBC 2 live session with Jo Whiley in November 2011<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b016x4h8</ref>
* [[Darren Hayes]] performed an acoustic version of this song in a BBC 2 live session with Jo Whiley in November 2011<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b016x4h8</ref>
* [[British India (band)]] performed a version live on [[Triple J]] [[Like a Version]] in October 2013 <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOUWYgpTgIY</ref>
* [[British India (band)|British India]] performed a version live on [[Triple J]] [[Like a Version]] in October 2013 <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOUWYgpTgIY</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 09:08, 2 October 2015

For the album by Sunshine Anderson, or its title track, see Your Woman (album).
"Your Woman"
Song

"Your Woman" is a song by British one-man band White Town. It was released on 13 January 1997 as the lead single from the album, Women in Technology. It features a muted trumpet line taken from "My Woman" by Al Bowlly and it peaked at number one in the UK Singles Chart. It also topped the charts in Spain, and peaked at number two in Australia, number four in Canada, Denmark and Finland and number 23 in the United States.[1]

The song was named the 158th best track of the 1990s by Pitchfork Media.[2]

Background and writing

White Town's sole band member and writer of "Your Woman", Jyoti Prakash Mishra, has stated that the lyrics could stem from or be related to multiple situations. He says "When I wrote it, I was trying to write a pop song that had more than one perspective. Although it’s written in the first person the character behind that viewpoint isn’t necessarily what the casual listener would expect".[3]

The lyrics could mean "Being a member of an orthodox Trotskyist / Marxist movement. Being a straight guy in love with a lesbian. Being a gay guy in love with a straight man. Being a straight girl in love with a lying, two-timing, fake-arse Marxist. The hypocrisy that results when love and lust get mixed up with highbrow ideals."[3]

The '>Abort, Retry, Fail?_' message that appeared on some inlay cards is explained by the artist thus: "Well, this cheerful message became a kind of shibboleth for me and sort-of characterizes what's been going on for me the last few years."

Content

The song is a reworking of the 1932 Bing Crosby song "My Woman," composed by Crosby (lyrics), Irving Wallman, and Max Wartell (music and lyrics). Al Bowlly, who was a vocalist in the Ray Noble Orchestra, recorded a version of "My Woman" on 29 November 1932 with the Lew Stone and the Monseigneur Band in London. The Bowlly version was featured in the Pennies from Heaven film and soundtrack, and it was this version that White Town sampled for "Your Woman."

It has often been commented online by listeners of "Your Woman" that the Bowley trumpet sample used in the song reminds them of the Imperial March from The Empire Strikes Back.[4]

Music video

The music video was produced in black-and-white silent film style. Most of the outdoor scenes were filmed in Derby.

In the video there are numerous elements of acting, cinematography, and editing that suggest an old-fashioned film style. The exaggerated gestures of the hat-wearing woman, helpless and fearful, and those of her quick-tempered lover hint at the acting style from 1920s expressionist films. The ostensive metaphors, such as the use of hypnosis on the woman by the man or the recurring shots of crossroad signs bearing names of romantic relationship-related attitudes, remind of the 1920s and 1930s efforts to express subjectivism in film.

The use of circular masks, as to emphasize focal points or for a mere elegant look, also belongs to the aforementioned period. At the point where the woman first enters the man's bedroom and in the final rope scene, match cuts are used in a manner resemblant of that from silent experimental films. Mishra can be seen for brief moments on television screens in the background.

There is also a scene where the woman closes the door on the man's arm, as she tries to escape from his advances. This is a direct reference to a very similar scene from Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel's 1928 surrealist film Un chien andalou.

Charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[5] 2
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 23
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 20
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[8] 7
Canada Alternative 30 (RPM)[9] 2
Canadian Dance (RPM)[10] 5
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[11] 4
Denmark (IFPI)[12] 4
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[13] 4
France (SNEP)[14] 5
songid field is MANDATORY FOR GERMAN CHARTS 24
Ireland (IRMA)[15] 5
Italy (FIMI)[16] 3
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[17] 21
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[18] 5
Norway (VG-lista)[19] 5
Spain (AFYVE)[20] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 10
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 19
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 23
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 26
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks 5
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks 16
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 5

Year-end charts

End of year chart (1997) Position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart[23] 22
Canadian RPM Alternative 30[24] 19
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[25] 65
Australian ARIA Charts[26] 35

Tyler James version

"Your Woman"
Song

British singer–songwriter Tyler James released a cover of the song. It was released as the third and final single from his debut album studio album The Unlikely Lad (2005). It was released as a Digital download in the United Kingdom on 22 August 2005. The song peaked to number 60 on the UK Singles Chart.

Track listings

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Your Woman"3:45
2."Temptation"3:15

Chart performance

Chart (2005) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[27] 60

Release history

Region Date Format Label
United Kingdom 22 August 2005 Digital download[28] Island Records
CD[29]

Princess Chelsea version

"Your Woman"
Song

New Zealand musician Princess Chelsea released a cover of the song in 2009. It was released as her first single and was a non-album single. It was released as a digital download.[30]

Track listings

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Your Woman"4:39

Other covers

See also

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 279.
  2. ^ http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7854-the-top-200-tracks-of-the-1990s-200-151/5/
  3. ^ a b "White Town – Your Questions Answered!". Whitetown.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  4. ^ http://radio.com/2014/07/01/single-again-white-town-your-woman/
  5. ^ "White Town – Your Woman". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  6. ^ "White Town – Your Woman" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  7. ^ "White Town – Your Woman" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  8. ^ "White Town – Your Woman" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  9. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  10. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  11. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  12. ^ "Billboard - Google Books". Books.google.ca. 1997-04-12. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
  13. ^ "White Town: Your Woman" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat.
  14. ^ "White Town – Your Woman" (in French). Les classement single.
  15. ^ "Irish Singles Chart – Search for song". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  16. ^ "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: W". Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
  17. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – White Town" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
  18. ^ "White Town – Your Woman". Top 40 Singles.
  19. ^ "White Town – Your Woman". VG-lista.
  20. ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  21. ^ "White Town – Your Woman". Singles Top 100.
  22. ^ "White Town – Your Woman". Swiss Singles Chart.
  23. ^ "Top Singles - Volume 66, No. 15, December 15, 1997". RPM. Retrieved 2011-02-20. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  24. ^ "Rock/Alternative - Volume 66, No. 15, December 15, 1997". RPM. Retrieved 2011-02-20. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  25. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1997". Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  26. ^ "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 1997". Aria.com.au. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
  27. ^ ""Your Woman" - search results". Theofficialcharts.com\Accessdate=2014-03-31.
  28. ^ "iTunes - Music - Your Woman - Single by Tyler James". Itunes.apple.com. 2005-08-22. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
  29. ^ "Amazon.de - Tyler James - Your Woman". Amazon.de. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  30. ^ "Your Woman by Princess Chelsea". Princesschelsea.lilchiefrecords.com. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
  31. ^ "Cats On Fire with compilation of older songs". Eardrumsmusic.com. 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  32. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b016x4h8
  33. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOUWYgpTgIY
Preceded by UK Singles Chart number-one single
19 January 1997 – 25 January 1997 		Succeeded by
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