Woman Is the Nigger of the World

"Woman Is the Nigger of the World"
Front cover of the song
Single by John Lennon and Yoko Ono as Plastic Ono Band
from the album Some Time in New York City
B-side"Sisters, O Sisters" (Yoko Ono)
Released24 April 1972 (1972-04-24)
RecordedNovember 1971 – March 1972
StudioRecord Plant East, New York City
Genre
Length5:15
LabelApple
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Some Time in New York City track listing
16 tracks
Side one
  1. "Woman Is the Nigger of the World"
  2. "Sisters, O Sisters"
  3. "Attica State"
  4. "Born in a Prison"
  5. "New York City"
Side two
  2. "Sunday Bloody Sunday"
  3. "The Luck of the Irish"
  4. "John Sinclair"
  5. "Angela"
  6. "We're All Water"
Side three
  2. "Cold Turkey"
  3. "Don't Worry Kyoko"
Side four
  2. "Well (Baby Please Don't Go)"
  3. "Jamrag"
  4. "Scumbag"
  5. "Au"

"Woman Is the Nigger of the World" is a song by John Lennon and Yoko Ono with Elephant's Memory from their 1972 album Some Time in New York City. The song was produced by Lennon, Ono and Phil Spector. Released as the only single from the album in the United States, the song sparked controversy at the time due to the use of the word nigger in the title, and many radio stations refused to play the song as a result.

  1. ^ Fricke, David (10 December 2010). "20 Underappreciated John Lennon Solo Songs". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2024. Lennon set his soapbox vocal and underground-wire-service lyrics to a hearty retro blast of American Fifties R&B.
  2. ^ Blaney, John (2005). John Lennon: Listen to This Book. John Blaney. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-9544528-1-0. Archived from the original on 2 April 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024. Lennon's feminist anthem was inspired by something she [Ono] said in a Nova magazine interview in 1969.