Open Your Box
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- For the 2007 remix album, see Open Your Box (album).
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| Single by Yoko Ono from the album Fly |
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| Released | 2001 (original song 1971) | ||||
| Format | CD, 12" | ||||
| Recorded | 1971, remixed 2001 | ||||
| Genre | Rock, Dance | ||||
| Label | Parlophone Records (original Apple) | ||||
| Producer | Yoko Ono | ||||
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"Open Your Box" is a song by Yoko Ono, originally released in 1971 on the B-side to John Lennon's single "Power to the People", and remixed by Orange Factory in 2001. Upon original release, the song was met with some controversy by many who interpreted the lyrics as highly risque ("box" is slang for vagina). Ono sings "Open your box, open your legs, open your world, open, open, open". It was banned from airplay in the UK, and only released after echo was added to blur the lyrics. Capitol Records initially refused to issue the recording, and it was replaced as the B-side by another Ono track, "Touch Me".
[edit] Availibility on albums
Open Your Box eventually appeared on Ono's Fly album, under the title "Hirake" ("ひらけ" means "opening" in Japanese.) The song also appears as a bonus cut on a CD reissue of Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band.
In 2001, Orange Factory approached Ono for permission to remix "Open Your Box", an idea to which she was indifferently receptive. However she was later very pleased with the results, apparently so much so that she was moved to tears. The Orange Factory remixed version was an underground hit and brought about renewed interest in Ono's career, inspiring Ono to create her Blueprint for a Sunrise album and further the remix project to much success. A compilation of these remixes entitled Open Your Box will be released by Astralwerks in April 2007.
