January 16, 1981
The second single released from the Double Fantasy album, and it was the first Lennon single issued after his murder on 8 December 1980. The B-side of the single is Ono’s song “Beautiful Boys”.
The single debuted at number 3 in Lennon’s native UK, then moving to number 2 and finally reaching number 1, where it spent two weeks, knocking off the top spot his own re-released “Imagine”. In the US the single peaked at number 2 on Billboard Hot 100 (kept out of the top spot by REO Speedwagon’s hit “Keep On Loving You” and Blondie’s hit “Rapture”) while reaching number 1 on the Cashbox Top 100.
In an interview for Rolling Stone magazine on 5 December 1980, Lennon said that “Woman” was a “grown-up version” of his Beatles song “Girl”.
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