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Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress
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"Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"
Cover of the 1972 French single
Single by The Hollies
from the album Distant Light
B-side
Cable Car" (UK)
"Look What We've Got" (US)
Released
17 April 1972[1]
Format
7"
Recorded
16–30 July 1971
AIR Studios, London[2]
Genre
Swamp rock
Length
3:15
Label
Parlophone (UK)
Epic (US)
Songwriter(s)
Allan Clarke
Roger Cook
Roger Greenaway
Producer(s)
The Hollies
Ron Richards
The Hollies singles chronology
"The Baby"
(1972) "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"
(1972) "Magic Woman Touch"
(1972)
"Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" (also titled "Long Cool Woman" or "Long Cool Woman (in a Black Dress)") is a song written by Allan Clarke, Roger Cook, and Roger Greenaway and performed by the British rock group The Hollies. Originally appearing on the album Distant Light, it was released as a single on 17 April 1972 (on Parlophone in the United Kingdom),[1] selling 1.5 million copies in the United States and two million worldwide.[3] It reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1972. Billboard ranked it as the No. 24 song for 1972.
Contents
1 Background and recording
2 Reception
3 Track listing
4 Personnel
5 Chart performance
5.1 Weekly singles charts
5.2 Year-end charts
6 In popular culture and cover versions
7 References
8 External links
Background and recording[edit]
On the day "Long Cool Woman" was recorded at AIR Studios, the group's producer, Ron Richards, was ill and, as a result, the song was produced by the group. The song is different from most other Hollies songs in that there are no three-part vocal harmonies, and the song features lead guitar and lead vocal work by Allan Clarke. Upon his return, Ron Richards mixed the recording.[2]
The song was written in the swamp rock[4][5] style of Creedence Clearwater Revival, in terms of the vocal, rhythm, and melodic style. It came out in the spring of 1972 (the same year Creedence split up). Clarke imitated John Fogerty's vocal style, which was based on the Creedence song "Green River". According to Clarke, the song was written "in about five minutes".[2]
Reception[edit]
In the Hollies' native United Kingdom, the song was only a modest success for the band, peaking at number 32 on the charts. However, it became a surprising smash hit in the United States, peaking at number 2 for two weeks behind Gilbert O'Sullivan’s "Alone Again (Naturally)". It was their highest charting single in America. It also got to number 2 in Australia. By this time, Clarke had already left the band, but he feels that "it wasn't unfortunate", since he had co-written the song.[2] Clarke rejoined the Hollies in the summer of 1973, partly due to the success of this song.
Track listing[edit]
UK version
No.
Title
Length
1. "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" 3:15
2. "Cable Car" 4:25
US version
No.
Title
Length
1. "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" 3:15
2. "Look What We've Got" 4:07
Personnel[edit]
Allan Clarke - vocals, lead guitar
Tony Hicks and Terry Sylvester - guitar
Bernie Calvert - bass
Bobby Elliott - drums
Chart performance[edit]
Weekly singles charts[edit]
Chart (1972)
Peak
position
Australia[6] 2
Canada (RPM100 Singles)[7] 1
Netherlands (Gfk Top 100 Singles)[8] 21
New Zealand (Listener)[9] 2
UK (UK Singles Chart)[10] 32
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[11] 2
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 [12] 1
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1972)
Rank
Australia[6] 16
Canada[13] 19
U.S. Billboard [14] 24
U.S. Cash Box [15] 20
In popular culture and cover versions[edit]
Phantom, Rocker & Slick released their version on their 1986 album Cover Girl.[16]
Country music singer Clint Black released his version of the song to country radio on 19 February 2008, under the title "Long Cool Woman". Black's version charted on the Hot Country Songs chart at #58.[17]
Another country music singer, T. G. Sheppard, covered the song on his 1997 album Nothin' on But the Radio.[18]
Heavy metal rocker Vince Neil released a heavier version of "Long Cool Woman", along with other covers and original material, on his third studio album, Tattoos & Tequila, on 22 June 2010.[19]
A cappella group Rockapella released a version on their 1995 album Primer.[20]
The energy corporation BP used it in radio and TV commercials in 2013.
"Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" was the first song played by the band Phish. They also played the song at their 15th and 20th anniversary concerts.[21]
"Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" was played by Widespread Panic on 29 October 2000, during the last of three shows on their Halloween Weekend in New Orleans.
The song was used in the films Remember the Titans,[22] Amores Perros,[23] The Longest Yard,[24] The Lovely Bones,[25] Trouble with the Curve,[26] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows[27] and Kong: Skull Island.[28] The song was also used in the first trailer for The Nice Guys.
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b ""Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" single release information". Hollies.co.uk. 2011. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
^ Jump up to: a b c d The Hollies – Epic Anthology: From the Original Master Tapes Epic Records EGK 46161 liner notes
Jump up ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2, illustrated ed.). Barrie & Jenkins. ISBN 0-214-20480-4.
Jump up ^ Horowitz, Hal (2014). "The Hollies: 50 At Fifty". American Songwriter. Retrieved 2015. to swamp rock (“Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)") Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
Jump up ^ Maury Dean (1 January 2003). Rock and Roll: Gold Rush. Algora Publishing. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-87586-227-9.
^ Jump up to: a b Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
Jump up ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
Jump up ^ Steffen Hung. "The Hollies - Long Cool Woman". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
Jump up ^ Flavour of New Zealand, 2 October 1972
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Jump up ^ "The Hollies - Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
Jump up ^ "Cash Box Top Singles - 1972". Cashboxmagazine.com. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
Jump up ^ "Best of 1972 songs and music, on". Musicandyears.com. 12 November 2010. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
Jump up ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1972/Top 100 Songs of 1972". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
Jump up ^ "Cash Box YE Pop Singles - 1972". 50.6.195.142. 30 December 1972. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
Jump up ^ "Cover Girl - Phantom, Rocker & Slick | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 50–51. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
Jump up ^ "Nothin on But the Radio - T.G. Sheppard | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. 18 November 1997. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
Jump up ^ Greg Prato (22 June 2010). "Tattoos & Tequila - Vince Neil | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
Jump up ^ "Primer - Rockapella | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
Jump up ^ "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress Every Time Played". Phish.net. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
Jump up ^ "Remember the Titans (2000) Soundtracks". IMDb.com. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
Jump up ^ Echevarría, Emilio; Bernal, Gael García; Toledo, Goya; Guerrero, Álvaro (2001-04-13), Amores Perros, retrieved 2017-03-24
Jump up ^ "The Longest Yard (2005) Soundtracks". IMDb.com. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
Jump up ^ "The Lovely Bones (2009 Soundtracks". IMDb.com. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
Jump up ^ "Trouble with the Curve (2012) Soundtracks". IMDb.com. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
Jump up ^ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016), retrieved 2018-01-20
Jump up ^ Hiddleston, Tom; Jackson, Samuel L.; Larson, Brie; Reilly, John C. (2017-03-10), Kong: Skull Island, retrieved 2017-03-24
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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1963
"Stay" / "Now's the Time"
1964
"Just One Look" / "Keep Off That Friend of Mine"
"Here I Go Again" / "Baby That's All" (UK) - "Lucille" (US)
"We're Through" / "Come On Back"
1965
"Yes I Will" / "Nobody"
"I'm Alive" / "You Know He Did"
"Look Through Any Window" / "So Lonely"
1966
"I Can't Let Go" / "Running Through the Night (UK) - "I've Got a Way of my Own" (US)
"Bus Stop" / "Don't Run and Hide"
"After the Fox (with Peter Sellers)" / "The Fox Trot (Gold, Gold, Who's Got the Gold)" (Burt Bacharach)
"Stop Stop Stop" / "It's You"
1967
"On a Carousel" / "All the World Is Love"
"Carrie Anne" / "Signs That Will Never Change"
"King Midas in Reverse" / "Everything Is Sunshine" (UK) - "Water on the Brain" (US)
1968
"Jennifer Eccles" / "Open Up Your Eyes" (UK) - "Try It" (US)
"Listen to Me" / "Do the Best You Can" (UK) - "Everything is Sunshine" (US)
1969
"Sorry Suzanne" / "Not That Way At All"
"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" / "Cos You Like to Love Me"
1970
"I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top" / "Mad Professor Blyth"
"Gasoline Alley Bred" / "Dandelion Wine"
1971
"Hey Willy" / "Row the Boat Together"
1972
"The Baby" / "Oh Granny"
"Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" / "Cable Car" (UK) - "Look What We've Got" (US)
"Magic Woman Touch" / "Indian Girl" (UK) - "Blue in the Morning" (US)
1973
"The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee" / "Born a Man"
1974
"The Air That I Breathe" / "No More Riders"
"I'm Down" / "Hello Lady Goodbye" (UK) - "Look Out Johnny (There's a Monkey on Your Back)" (US-1975)
"Sandy (4th July, Asbury Park)" / "Second Hand Hang-Ups"
1983
"Stop! In the Name of Love" / "Musical Pictures"
UK only
(Parlophone)
(Polydor)
(EMI)
1963
"(Ain't That) Just Like Me" / "Hey What's Wrong With Me"
"Searchin'" / "Whole World Over"
1965
"If I Needed Someone" / "I've Got a Way of My Own"
1974
"Son of a Rotten Gambler" / "Layin' to the Music"
1976
"Boulder to Birmingham" / "Crocodile Woman (She Bites)"
"Star" / "Love is the Thing"
"Daddy Don't Mind" / "C'Mon"
"Wiggle That Whotsit" / "Corrine"
1977
"Hello to Romance" / "48 Hour Parole"
"Amnesty" / "Crossfire"
1979
"Something to Live For" / "Song of the Sun"
1980
"Soldier's Song" / "Draggin' My Heels"
"Heartbeat" / "Take Your Time (new version)"
1981
"Holliedaze (A Medley)" / "Holliepops (A Medley)"
"Take My Love and Run" / "Driver"
1985
"Too Many Hearts Get Broken" / "You're All Woman"
1987
"This Is It" / "You Gave Me Strength"
"Reunion of the Heart" / "Too Many Hearts Get Broken"
1989
"Find Me a Family" / "No Rules"
1993
"The Woman I Love" / "Purple Rain (Live Version)"
2005
"Hope" / "Shine On Me"
US only
(Imperial)
(Epic)
(Atlantic)
1967
"Pay You Back With Interest" / "Whatcha Gonna Do 'Bout It"
"Just One Look" / "Running Through the Night"
"Dear Eloise" / "When Your Light's Turned On"
"If I Needed Someone" / "Yes I Will"
1968
"Do the Best You Can" / "Elevated Observations"
1971
"Survival of the Fittest" / "Man Without a Heart"
1972
"Long Dark Road" / "Indian Girl"
1973
"Jesus Was a Crossmaker" / "I Had a Dream"
"Slow Down" / "Won't We Feel Good"
1974
"Don't Let Me Down" / "Layin' to the Music"
1975
"Another Night" / "Time Machine Jive"
1976
"Write On" / "Crocodile Woman (She Bites)"
1977
"Draggin' My Heels" / "I Won't Move Over"
1978
"Writing on the Wall" / "Burn Out"
1983
"If the Lights Go Out" / "Someone Else's Eyes"
"Casualty" / "Someone Else's Eyes"
Italy only
(Parlophon)
1967
"Non Prego Per Me" / "Devi Avere Fiducia in Me"
"Kill Me Quick" / "We're Alive"
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Killin' Time
"A Better Man"
"Killin' Time"
"Nobody's Home"
"Walkin' Away"
"Nothing's News"
Put Yourself in My Shoes
"Put Yourself in My Shoes"
"Loving Blind"
"One More Payment"
"Where Are You Now"
The Hard Way
"We Tell Ourselves"
"Burn One Down"
"When My Ship Comes In"
No Time to Kill
"A Bad Goodbye" (with Wynonna Judd)
"No Time to Kill"
"State of Mind"
"A Good Run of Bad Luck"
"Half the Man"
One Emotion
"Untanglin' My Mind"
"Wherever You Go"
"Summer's Comin'"
"One Emotion"
"Life Gets Away"
Greatest Hits
"Like the Rain"
"Half Way Up"
Nothin' but the Taillights
"Still Holding On" (with Martina McBride)
"Something That We Do"
"Nothin' but the Taillights"
"The Shoes You're Wearing"
"Loosen Up My Strings"
"You Don't Need Me Now"
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"When I Said I Do" (with Lisa Hartman Black)
"Been There" (with Steve Wariner)
"Love She Can't Live Without"
Spend My Time
"Spend My Time"
Other songs
"Desperado"
"Hey, Good Lookin'" (with Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith and George Strait)
"Long Cool Woman"
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