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Woman (Wolfmother song)

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Released
  
17 June 2006

Label
  
Modular

Length
  
2:56

Format
  
7" vinyl CD 12" picture disc

Recorded
  
2005 at The Sound Factory, Hollywood, California, USA

Genre
  
Hard rock stoner rock heavy metal

"Woman" is a song by Australian rock band Wolfmother, featured on their 2005 debut studio album Wolfmother. It was released as the band's fourth single in Australia on 17 June 2006, and later in the United Kingdom on 17 July. It became a massive hit at rock radio during the summer of 2006 in the United States, peaking at number 7 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and number 10 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. "Woman" won the award for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in 2007.

Contents

In Australia, the original recording of the song was ranked number 45 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004 after appearing on their debut EP Wolfmother.

Track listings

All songs written by Andrew Stockdale, Chris Ross and Myles Heskett.

Australian CD (MODCDS031)
  1. "Woman"
  2. "Woman" (MSTRKRFT remix)
  3. "Woman" (Avalanches remix)
  4. "Dimension" (live at Big Day Out)
Australian 7" vinyl (MODVL033)
  1. "Woman
  2. "Colossal" (live at Big Day Out)
United Kingdom CD (CID 933)
  1. "Woman"
  2. "Dimension" (live at Big Day Out)
  3. "Vagabond" (acoustic version)
  4. "Woman" (music video)
United Kingdom 7" vinyl (IS 933)
  1. "Woman
  2. "Woman" (Avalanches remix)
United Kingdom 12" picture disc (ISX 933)
  1. "Woman"
  2. "Woman" (MSTRKRFT remix)

APRA Award

  • 2008 Most Played Australian Work Overseas APRA Award for "Woman", written by Stockdale, Ross and Heskett, was presented by Australasian Performing Right Association.

    • Uses

    "Woman" was featured in the soundtracks of The Game Plan, Major League Baseball 2K7, MotorStorm, Madden NFL 07, Tony Hawk's Project 8, Pure, and remix in Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights and is a playable song in Guitar Hero II and on Guitar Hero Smash Hits. and is available as downloadable content for the Rock Band series of video games as of 27 October 2009. The song was remixed by MSTRKRFT, The Avalanches and JD Twitch, all of which appeared on one or more of the single's formats. The song was also used in promotional trailers during the second season of Prison Break. The song was used as the team entrance music for the Columbus Blue Jackets during the NHL 2008-2009 season. It is featured in the video game Saints Row 2. The song was used in a scene in the 2009 film Lesbian Vampire Killers and for the theatrical trailer of The Hangover Part II as well as Green Lantern, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa and This Means War. It also appears in the TV shows Chuck, The Good Guys and The Vampire Diaries, as well as the film MacGruber.

    References

    Woman (Wolfmother song) Wikipedia
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