| "Women" | ||||
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| Single by Amanda Lear | ||||
| B-side | "Women Wow Wow" | |||
| Released | 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 4:08 | |||
| Label | Merak Music | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Amanda Lear, Silvano Fossati | |||
| Producer(s) | Roberto Gasparini, Silvano Fossati | |||
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"Women" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1985 by Merak Music.
"Women" is an uptempo pop song written by Amanda Lear and Silvano Fossati, arranged by Fossati and Pinuccio Pirazzoli, and produced by Fossati and Roberto Gasparini. Its feminist lyrics point out how women's rights have progressed through the ages, and tell about diverse career paths that women can choose to follow in today's society.
The song was released by Merak Music as a standalone single in 1985, with its instrumental version "Women Wow Wow" as the B-side. "Women" replaced "Ritmo Salsa" as the theme song of Italian TV show W le donne which Amanda hosted at that time on Canale 5. It played during end credits in the last season of the show, aired from 1985 to 1986.
The song's music video consists of short clips in which Amanda channels women working in various professions, loosely following the song's lyrics. The video begins with the singer as a Paleolithic woman from the Stone Age, and then pictures her as a busy professional in a modern office, a politician, a boxer, a housewife with kids, an aviator, a painter, and a prostitute, among others.
Incognito is the fifth studio album by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 1981 by West German label Ariola Records. The album was a moderate chart success.
"Red Tape" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1981 by Ariola Records as the single from her album Incognito.
"Égal" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1981 by Ariola Records as the single from her album Incognito.
"Queen of Chinatown" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 1977 by Ariola Records. It met with a big chart success and remains one of Lear's biggest hits to date. The song's lyrics were written by Lear herself and the music was composed by Anthony Monn, her musical partner at that time. It's an uptempo disco composition with characteristic oriental elements. The song was released in late 1977 as the sixth and final single from Lear's debut album, I Am a Photograph (1977), however, was included only on the album's re-issue, replacing "La Bagarre". The B-side of the single was "Alphabet", which had earlier received a separate A-side single release in the Netherlands. In Japan, "The Lady in Black" was released on the side B.
"Follow Me" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1978 by Ariola Records as the lead single from her second album, Sweet Revenge. The song went on to become a multi-million-selling chart success in Continental Europe and remains one of Amanda Lear's trademark hits.
"Diamonds" is a song by the French singer Amanda Lear, released in 1979 by Ariola Records as the second single from her album Diamonds for Breakfast.
"Blood and Honey" is a song performed by French singer Amanda Lear, released as a single in 1976 by Ariola Records and later included on her debut album I Am a Photograph. The song was a chart success in Europe and now remains one of Lear's trademark hits.
"Assassino" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1984 by WEA.
"Someone Else's Eyes" is a 2009 song by French singer Amanda Lear and Italian singer Deadstar. It was released by the independent label Just Good Music for Your Ears as the lead single from Lear's album Brief Encounters.
"Incredibilmente donna" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1982 by Ariola Records.
"Love Your Body" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1983 by Ariola Records.
"Ritmo Salsa" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1984 by Five Record.
"No Credit Card" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear released in 1985 by Merak Music.
"Chinese Walk" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear, released in 2011 by Little Boom Records as the first single from her album I Don't Like Disco.
"Tomorrow" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear from her 1977 album I Am a Photograph, released as a single the same year. The song was a commercial success and remains one of Lear's biggest hits.
"Alphabet" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear, released as a single from her debut album I Am a Photograph in 1977 by Ariola Records.
"From Here to Eternity" is a song by Italian singer, songwriter, and producer Giorgio Moroder, released in 1977 as a single from an album of the same name.
"Run Baby Run" is a song performed by French singer Amanda Lear from her second album Sweet Revenge, released as a single in 1978 by Ariola Records.
"Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)" is a song by French singer Amanda Lear from her second album Sweet Revenge, released as a single in 1978. It was a chart success upon its original release and enjoyed a resurgence of popularity in 2004 after exposure in the Kinder Bueno TV advertisement.
"Solomon Gundie" is a song by Jamaican ska singer Eric "Monty" Morris released in 1964 by Black Swan Records. It was produced by Leslie Kong with lyrics based on the nursery rhyme "Solomon Grundy". The song was later recorded by a number of artists, most notably by French singer Amanda Lear. Her version was released as the single by Ariola Records in 1980 and was a minor chart hit in Germany. Australian band Allniters released a cover of the song on their 1999 album Another Fine Mess.