About this song
- This song is the first track on John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1972 album Some Time in New York City. The song sparked controversy at the time due to its title and subject matter. The title of the song owes much to influential African-American female author Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. In a 1971 interview on The Dick Cavett Show, Lennon stated that Irish revolutionary James Connolly was an inspiration for the song. John cited Connolly’s statement in his 1915 pamphlet The Re-Conquest of Ireland, “The worker is the slave of capitalist society, the female worker is the slave of that slave” in explaining the pro-feminist inspiration behind the song. The song describes women’s oppression by men and male chauvinism across all cultures. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. — lastfm
- "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 lyrics, and many radio stations refused to play the song as a result. — wikipedia
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