Evil Woman (Crow song)

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"Evil Woman"
Single by Crow
from the album Crow Music
B-side"Gonna Leave a Mark"
ReleasedAugust 1969
GenreHard rock
Length3:14
LabelAmaret
Songwriter(s)
  • Dave Wagner
  • Dick Wiegand
  • Larry Wiegand
Crow singles chronology
"Time to Make a Turn"
(1969) 		"Evil Woman"
(1969) 		"Cottage Cheese"
(1970)

"Evil Woman", sometimes titled "Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Games with Me)", is a song by Minneapolis–St. Paul–based band Crow, on their 1969 album Crow Music. It reached number 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100 pop chart and number 65 in Australia.[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1969-70) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 65
Canada (RPM)[2] 15
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 17

Black Sabbath version

"Evil Woman"
Single by Black Sabbath
from the album Black Sabbath
B-side"Wicked World"
Released9 January 1970[4]
GenreHeavy metal
Length3:25
LabelFontana/Vertigo[5]
Songwriter(s)
  • Dave Wagner
  • Dick Wiegand
  • Larry Wiegand
Producer(s)Rodger Bain
Black Sabbath singles chronology
"Evil Woman"
(1970) 		"The Wizard"
(1970)

The song was covered in 1969 by

B-side, "Wicked World", on the American
version of the album.

The song was not officially released in North America until 2002, when it was included on the compilation album Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978. It was later included on another compilation album, "Black Sabbath: The Ultimate Collection", released in 2016.

References

  1. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
    .
  2. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - January 10, 1970" (PDF).
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 205.
  4. ISBN 9781452949741
    .
  5. ^ Evil Woman/Wicked World at Discogs (list of releases)
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