"Woman" | ||||
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Single by Cat Power featuring Lana Del Rey | ||||
from the album Wanderer | ||||
Released | August 15, 2018 | |||
Recorded | 2016–2018 | |||
Length | 4:50 | |||
Label | Domino Recording Company | |||
Songwriter(s) | Chan Marshall | |||
Producer(s) | Cat Power | |||
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"Woman" on YouTube |
"Woman" is a song by American musician Cat Power,featuring guest vocals from singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey. The track was released on August 15,2018 as a single from Power's 2018 album, Wanderer (2018). [1]
In an interview with The Current,Cat Power said:"[Woman] was the first song I started recording and it was the last song I finished and it was never included on the album for my ex-label when I delivered the album to them —and they rejected it,so there was a year of time where I needed to find what I was going to do with my life... During that time,Lana Del Rey reached out to me personally... Right before I was supposed to master the record,Lana asked me to go on tour with her,so I waited on the mastering. When I got home from that tour I realized I should ask Domino Records if they would allow me to attach this song called 'Woman,' because of exactly what's going on. Don't you feel a lot better standing in the street with your protest sign with someone else standing there next to you than standing there by yourself? Then it's just a sad Cat Power song about my perspective. So that's why I asked Lana. When we're together things look better. They're different,they can push a feeling harder. It sort of creates an abstract illusion of multi-dimensionalism,which we are. We are all over the world and we are brave and strong and kind and resilient and compassionate,multi-dimensional! We're just coming to get this communion together." [2]
Sasha Geffen of Pitchfork praised the song,claiming it "positions these two singers as a natural pair" and praised the fierce lyrics. [3] The New York Times described the song as "a middle finger to her ex-label". [4] Gil Kaufamn of Billboard called the song "a classic Cat Power mid-tempo sizzler,opening with a gentle acoustic guitar strum and funky keyboard vamp under the lines." [5]
Cat Power promoted the song through various outlets,including a solo appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert . [6] She then embarked on a promotional tour for the album,which featured the song in its set list. [7]
An official video for the song was released on YouTube on August 15,2018. [8] The video was directed by Greg Hunt,and does not feature Del Rey. [9] Jon Blistein of Rolling Stone described the video as "the simple clip captures Cat Power and her band performing the simmering track on a rooftop at sunset and in a studio where the light moves dramatically between blue and pink." [10]
Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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US Triple A Songs [11] | 20 |
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