Red Blooded Woman

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"Red Blooded Woman"

Single by Kylie Minogue
from the album Body Language
Released	March 2004: Worldwide
Format	CD single: Worldwide Vinyl single: Europe
Recorded	El Cortijo Studios, Spain
Genre	Pop–R&B
Length	4:18
Label	Parlophone/Mushroom Records/Capitol Records
Writer(s)	Karen Poole Johnny Douglas
Producer(s)	Johnny Douglas
Chart positions
#1 (South Africa) #4 (Australia) #5 (UK) #9 (Ireland)
Kylie Minogue singles chronology
"Secret (Take You Home)" (2004)	"Red Blooded Woman" (2004)	"Chocolate" (2004)

"Red Blooded Woman" is a pop–R&B song released as the second single from Kylie Minogue's ninth studio album, Body Language (2003). The song was written by British songwriters Karen Poole and Johnny Douglas and was produced by Douglas. It received a mixed reception from music critics when released in the first quarter of 2004. The song reached the top five in Australia and the United Kingdom, where it became Minogue's twenty-third top five single. In the United States, "Red Blooded Woman" was released to success on the Billboard magazine dance charts, where it reached the top position on the Hot Dance Airplay chart.

The music video for the song was directed by Jake Nava, who has directed videos for Beyoncé, Kelis, and the Spice Girls. The video was filmed in Los Angeles, United States in 2003.

The single also featured two previously unreleased songs as B-sides. These songs were "Almost a Lover" and "Cruise Control" that featured a rap by Sean Paul who was not credited as it was taken from another one of his tracks and placed onto this one for them to see what the song would be like with a rap, and this version was accidentally placed onto the single, which then meant it was different from the song that appeared as a North American bonus track on the album, which was shorter.^{[citation needed]}

1 Chart performance
2 Formats and track listings
3 Charts
4 References

[edit] Chart performance

On March 1, 2004, "Red Blooded Woman" was released in the United Kingdom. The song became Minogue's twenty-third top five single when it debuted at number five on the singles chart, beaten to number one by American pop-singer Britney Spears, who debuted in the top spot with "Toxic", and George Michael's comeback single "Amazing", which debuted at number four. "Red Blooded Woman" spent a total of nine weeks in the top seventy-five in the UK. Outside of the United Kingdom, the song was also successful. It reached number one in five countries including South Africa, where it became Minogue's seventh number one on the singles chart.

Due to favourable reception of Minogue's previous releases, "Red Blooded Woman" was released in the United States. Minogue had previously found success in the dance clubs with "Can't Get You Out of My Head" (2001) and "Slow" (2003), "Red Blooded Woman" became her sixth consecuative release to reach the top forty on the Billboard Dance Chart, where it peaked at number twenty-four. It also performed well on the Hot Dance Airplay chart, where it reached the top spot. The song however was not a success of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, failing to make an impact outside of the dance market.

[edit] Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Red Blooded Woman".

CD single

"Red Blooded Woman" — 4:18
"Cruise Control" (Single version) — 4:55
"Slow" (Chemical Brothers remix) — 7:03
"Red Blooded Woman" music video

Australian CD single

"Red Blooded Woman" — 4:18
"Cruise Control" (Single version) — 4:55
"Almost a Lover" — 3:40
"Slow" (Chemical Brothers remix) — 7:03
"Red Blooded Woman" (Whitey mix) — 5:20
"Red Blooded Woman" music video

Vinyl single

"Red Blooded Woman" (Whitey mix) — 5:20
"Slow" (Chemical Brothers remix) — 7:03
"Red Blooded Woman" (Narcotic Thrust mix) — 7:10

[edit] Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Estonia Singles Chart	1
Hong Kong Singles Chart	1
Macedonian Singles Chart	1
South African Singles Chart	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Airplay Chart	1
Argentina Singles Chart	3
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	4
UK Singles Chart	5
United World Chart	7
Eurochart Hot 100	8
Spanish Singles Chart	8
Irish Singles Chart	9
Italian Singles Chart	10
Finnish Singles Chart	12
Mexican Singles Chart	18
Swiss Singles Chart	15
German Singles Chart	16
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play chart	24