| "Four Women" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Nina Simone | |
| from the album Wild Is the Wind | |
| B-side | "What More Can I Say" |
| Released | April 1966 |
| Recorded | 1965 |
| Genre | Soul, jazz |
| Label | Philips |
| Songwriter(s) | Nina Simone |
| Producer(s) | Hal Mooney |
"Four Women" is a song written by jazz singer, composer, pianist and arranger Nina Simone, released on the 1966 album Wild Is the Wind. It tells the story of four African American women. Each of the four characters represents an African-American stereotype in society. Thulani Davis of The Village Voice called the song "an instantly accessible analysis of the damning legacy of slavery, that made iconographic the real women we knew and would become."[1]