Just Like a Woman
- This article is about the song; for the 1992 film, see Just Like a Woman (film).
- For the Kikki Danielsson album, see Just Like a Woman (Kikki Danielsson album).
| "Just Like a Woman" | |
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| Song | |
| B-side | "Obviously 5 Believers" |
Just Like a Woman is a 1966 song written by Bob Dylan and appearing on the second side of his classic 1966 album Blonde on Blonde.
On the American charts, "Just Like A Woman" peaked at #33.
Dylan wrote this ballad on Thanksgiving Day 1965 while touring in Kansas City. It was allegedly inspired by Warhol Factory girl Edie Sedgwick. Sedgwick died of a drug overdose in 1971.
"Just Like A Woman" has also been rumored to be written about Dylan's relationship with fellow folk singer Joan Baez.[citation needed]
Some women's groups criticized this because of its disparaging lyrics.[citation needed]
Dylan played the song at George Harrison and Ravi Shankar's Concert for Bangladesh in 1971.
This song was not released as a single in the UK. Manfred Mann's version hit #10 there in 1966.
In the news and media
- In a February 2000 interview with Rolling Stone magazine, presidential candidate Al Gore answered two questions by singing parts of "Just Like A Woman."
- In Woody Allen's 1978 Oscar-winning film Annie Hall, Allen's character goes on a date with a rock journalist who recites the chorus of "Just Like A Woman" when recalling a Dylan concert. The effect of her doing so comes off mockingly instead of flatteringly; she's illustrating Dylan's supposed lyrical genius with a chorus that isn't exactly full of social importance or poetic merit.
- In Stephen King's novel Carrie, a notebook is found that the title character had filled with the repeated lyrics, "Nobody has to guess/That Baby can't be blessed/Till she sees finally that she's like all the rest".
Cover Versions
Nina Simone, Joe Cocker, Van Morrison, Jeff Buckley, Manfred Mann, Rod Stewart, Richie Havens, and Andrew McMahon, amongst others, have all covered this song.
- Manfred Mann released their version on 29 July 1966 (b/w "I Wanna Be Rich"). It went to #10 in the english charts.
- Guitarist Bill Frisell covers this song on his album "Have a Little Faith".
- The Panics cover this song on their EP, Factory Girl, and on a bonus EP, Join The Dots, released with their album Cruel Guards.
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