Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress

"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)
Released17 April 1972[1]
Recorded16–30 July 1971[2]
StudioAIR, London[2]
GenreSwamp rock
Length3:15
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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. In an interview with Johnnie Walker on BBC Radio 2 on Sounds of the 70s in April 2023, Clarke said it had been written by himself and Cook. Cook had a long-standing agreement with Greenaway that any songs written by one of them should be credited to both.

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 2 million copies worldwide, including 1.5 million in the United States.[3] It reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1972 for two weeks, behind Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Alone Again (Naturally)". Billboard ranked it as the No. 24 song for 1972.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b The Hollies – Epic Anthology: From the Original Master Tapes, Epic Records EGK 46161, liner notes
  3. ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2, illustrated ed.). Barrie & Jenkins. ISBN 0-214-20480-4. Hot Butter Popcorn single sold million copies 1972.