Your Woman
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"Your Woman" is a 1997 music single released by British one-man band White Town, also known as Jyoti Mishra.[1] It features a trumpet line taken from "My Woman" by Al Bowlly and it reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1997. It also hit number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song is often known by the title of the EP on which it originally appeared — "Abort, Retry, Fail?". The song later also appeared on White Town's full-length album Women in Technology.
The artist has reported 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".[2] The lyrics could mean "Being a member of an orthodox Trotskyist / Marxist movement (as I was for three years in the 80s). Being a straight guy in love with a lesbian (ditto). Being a gay guy in love with a straight man (not tried this one yet). Being a straight girl in love with a lying, two-timing, fake-ass Marxist. The hypocrisy that results when love and lust get mixed up with highbrow ideals."[2] Many listeners also likened the song to a breakup letter, where the man reading the breakup letter imitates the woman's voice. [2]
Music video
The music video was produced in black-and-white silent film style. Most of the outdoor scenes were filmed in Derby City Centre (UK). There is one scene in the videoclip where the female actor closes the door on the male actor'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.
Remixes
Aside from the 'Fitch Brothers Down-town Dance Mix', most promo 12" vinyl singles for "Your Woman" feature remixes wherein "Your Woman" is rendered nearly unrecognizable in comparison to its album counterpart. For example, the 11-minute 'Fitch Brothers Dub House Mix' features little more than hypnotic bass looping.
Cover versions
- The song was covered by Tyler James in July 2005.
- Production duo Dolby Anol covered the song.
See also
References
- ^ Interview with Jyoti Mishra at Wired magazine, issue 5.06, June 1997.
- ^ a b c http://www.whitetown.co.uk/faq/
External links
- White Town at the Keeping it Peel BBC site
- Music video for "Your Woman"
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