Devil Woman (Cliff Richard song)

"Devil Woman"
Cover of 1982 UK re-release
Single by Cliff Richard
from the album I'm Nearly Famous
B-side"Love On (Shine On)"
Released23 April 1976
Recorded8–9 September 1975
StudioEMI Studios, London
Genre
Length3:41
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Bruce Welch
Cliff Richard singles chronology
"Miss You Nights"
(1975)
"Devil Woman"
(1976)
"I Can't Ask for Anymore Than You"
(1976)
Music video
"Devil Woman" on YouTube

"Devil Woman" is a 1976 single by British singer Cliff Richard from his album I'm Nearly Famous.

A worldwide hit on its original release, the song saw a resurgence in popularity after appearing in the film I, Tonya (2017), as the theme for the character of LaVona Golden, played by Allison Janney.

The song was written by Terry Britten and Christine Authors (who was the singer of the Family Dogg under the name Christine Holmes). The song is told from the point of view of a man jinxed from an encounter with a stray cat with evil eyes, and his discovery that the psychic medium whose help he sought to break the curse was the one responsible for the curse in the first place. However, the nature of the curse is not made clear.

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