Song · John Lennon
“Woman” by John Lennon
From the album Double Fantasy (1980)
“Woman” by John Lennon appears on 7 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1997 and 2024. It was first released in 1980 on the album Double Fantasy. Its best result is #59 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,012 alternative song of all time.
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John Lennon's "Woman" is the tender heart of Double Fantasy, his 1980 album, and it became the first single of his to appear after his murder on 8 December that year. It's a love letter to Yoko Ono that widens into a thank-you to women everywhere, an idea that came to him, he said, on a sunny afternoon in Bermuda, when it struck him how much he'd been taking for granted.
He opens with a whisper, a phrase borrowed from a Chinese proverb that Mao Zedong had once put to use, and then the melody glides in, as sweet and unguarded as anything he recorded. Jack Douglas produced it alongside Lennon and Ono, Lee DeCarlo engineered, and Ono's "Beautiful Boys" sat on the flip side.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 644 | 102.3 WBAB | WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) | 1023 |
| 2001 | 59 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2004 | 319 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
| 2005 | 191 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 320 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
| 2023 | 408 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2023) | 500 |
| 2024 | 410 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
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