Evil Woman (Electric Light Orchestra song)
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| "Evil Woman" | ||
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| Single by Electric Light Orchestra | ||
| from the album Face the Music | ||
| B-side(s) | "10538 Overture(Live)" | |
| Released | 1976 | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Recorded | 1975 Musicland Studios | |
| Genre | Classic rock | |
| Length | 4:21 | |
| Label | Jet Records, United Artists | |
| Writer(s) | Jeff Lynne | |
| Producer(s) | Jeff Lynne | |
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| Electric Light Orchestra singles chronology | ||
| "Boy Blue" (1975) |
"Evil Woman" (1976) |
"Nightrider" (1976) |
| Flashback track listing | ||
| "Tightrope" (1) (CD II) |
"Evil Woman" (2) |
"Livin' Thing" (3) |
Evil Woman is a song written and recorded by Electric Light Orchestra.
First released on the band's fifth album, 1975's Face the Music. Released as a single in 1976 the song became the band's first worldwide hit. According to Jeff Lynne this song was the quickest he had ever written, in thirty minutes, originally as 'filler' for his Face the Music album. The song placed in the top ten on both sides of the Atlantic. The song became a hit again in the UK in 1978 when it featured on the ELO EP.
[edit] Trivia
- In 2002, The song was used in the film Austin Powers in Goldmember during the jail scene with Doctor Evil getting a visit from Mindy Sterling's character Frau Farbissina.
- A part of the song has also been used in the Pussycat Dolls single "Beep".
- The lyric "There's a hole in my head where the rain comes in" is a tribute to The Beatles' song "Fixing a Hole".
- In 1995, Michael Stipe imitated Lynne at an R.E.M. concert at Madison Square Garden on their Monster Tour, he wore a frizzy wig and sang Evil Woman" before the show with Luscious Jackson playing the music.
- Sampled and heavily edited into the base track for Daft Punk's "Face to Face" (2001)
| Electric Light Orchestra |
| Founding members: Jeff Lynne | Roy Wood | Bev Bevan Other members in Electric Light Orchestra |
| Electric Light Orchestra discography |
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| Studio albums: The Electric Light Orchestra/No Answer | ELO 2 | On the Third Day | Eldorado, A Symphony | Face the Music | A New World Record | Out of the Blue | Discovery | Xanadu | Time | Secret Messages | Balance of Power | Zoom |
| Live albums: The Night the Light Went On (In Long Beach) | Live at Winterland '76 | Live at Wembley '78 |
| Compilation albums: Showdown | Olé ELO | The Light Shines On | The Light Shines On Vol 2 | ELO's Greatest Hits | A Box of their Best | Afterglow | ELO's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | Strange Magic | Flashback | The Essential Electric Light Orchestra | All Over the World |
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