"Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him" is a song by

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from the album ''

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'' with

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. Other versions were released, including one released as a single where Ono's voice was removed, leaving what had been Lennon's backing vocal as the primary vocal.

Yoko Ono original version

Music lecturers Ben Urish and Ken Bielen described Ono's original version on ''Double Fantasy'' as having a "

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feel." They regard the theme of the song to be the "preordained nature of soul mates" although the lyrics acknowledge that one might not find their soul mate in this lifetime. They point to the line "Why do I run, when I know you're the one" as recognizing that people may be hesitant to accept the inevitability their soul mate. Beatle biographer John Blaney feels that the theme restates much of what Ono had already sung on the album in " Beautiful Boys." According to Ono, the song is "about love." ''Ultimate Classic Rock'' critic Michael Gallucci rated this version to be Ono's 5th best song, preferring it to the version with only Lennon's vocals.

John Lennon version

A new version of the song was created for the compilation album ''

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''. It stripped away Ono's lead vocal, while bringing Lennon's backing vocal up in the mix thus making it effectively a John Lennon song. Ono can still be heard singing effectively backup in parts of the

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. Besides eliminating Ono's lead vocal, this version also eliminates a short instrumental part. Urish and Bielen speculate that Lennon created this mix before he died in anticipation of putting together an album of other artists performing Ono's songs as a birthday present to her. It was released as a single with

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featuring "It's Alright" by Ono and

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. The last "new" John Lennon song to be released as a single, it failed to chart in the United Kingdom but charted at #52 on the

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chart in the United States. This version was included on the 1990 Lennon

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''. It was also released as a bonus track on the CD reissue of '' Milk and Honey''. In 2007, the song was re-released as a UK-only 12" single on the Mynx record label where it was coupled with

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's cover version of

's song "Walking on Thin Ice". Blaney criticized this version for using Lennon's harmony vocal as a lead vocal, which, according to Blaney "it is not."

Personnel

This is the personnel according to the John Lennon Website. *

– vocals, guitar, keyboards *

– vocals *

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– guitar *

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– guitar *

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– bass guitar * George Small – keyboards * Ed Walsh – Oberheim *

Andy Newmark Andrew Newmark (born July 14, 1950)

– drums * Arthur Jenkins – percussion * George "Young" Opalisky – saxophone

Track listing

*;UK 7" single :A. "Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him" (by John Lennon) – 3:32 :AA. "It's Alright" (by

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"Everyman... Everywoman..."

"Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him" was later released as a single by Yoko Ono in 2004 under the title "Everyman... Everywoman...". The lyrics were altered for this version to allow for same-sex relationships. A remix version by

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was later included on Ono's 2007 remix album ''

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''.

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circa 1965.

Track listing

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Radio Edit) – 3:51 # "Everyman... Everywoman..." (

Radio Edit) – 3:57 # "Everyman... Everywoman..." (Basement Jaxx Night Dub) – 5:45 # "Everyman... Everywoman..." (

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Mix) – 8:05 # "Everyman... Everywoman..." (Passengerz Ono Mixshow) – 6:24 # "Everyman... Everywoman..." (Dave Audé Dub) – 8:27 # "Everyman... Everywoman..." (Basement Jaxx Club Mix 2) – 7:11 # "Everyman... Everywoman..." (Blow Up Plastic Mix) – 5:42 # "Everyman... Everywoman..." (Basement Jaxx Classix Mix) – 4:00

Charts

References

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Yoko Ono original version

John Lennon version

Personnel

Track listing

"Everyman... Everywoman..."

Track listing

Charts

See also

References