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"Only Women Bleed" is a song by Alice Cooper, released on his debut solo album Welcome to My Nightmare in 1975. It was written by Cooper and Dick Wagner, and was the second single from the album to be released.[1]

"Only Women Bleed"
Single by Alice Cooper
from the album Welcome to My Nightmare
B-side	"Cold Ethyl"
Released	April 1975
Genre	Soft rock
Length	5:50 (album version)
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner
Producer(s)	Bob Ezrin
Alice Cooper singles chronology
"Muscle of Love" (1974) "Only Women Bleed" (1975) "Department of Youth" (1975)

Background

It is a ballad about a woman in an abusive marriage. The song is often mistakenly presumed to be about menstruation, and that has limited its play on radio and in other public forums. As a single by Cooper, it was released as just "Only Women".

Prior to the release of Welcome to My Nightmare in the US, a shortened version of the song was released as a single and was alternatively titled "Only Women" by Atlantic Records due to protests by feminist groups.[2] The album version of the song features more orchestral movements than the single, and also runs longer than the 45 at 5:49.

According to co-writer Dick Wagner, the song's musical riff and vocal melody were developed several years earlier during his tenure with the late-1960s Michigan-based band the Frost, but Wagner had never liked his lyrics and the song was never recorded. He played the riff for Cooper, and the two developed new lyrics for the eventual Welcome to My Nightmare recording.[3]

Critical reception

Billboard staff responded warmly to this single. The lyric of it was described as "stunning".[4]

Chart performance

It is one of Cooper's biggest hits, reaching number 1 on the Canadian RPM national singles chart[5] and number 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1975. It is from his album Welcome to My Nightmare. It was the first of several ballad releases by Cooper that reached the top 20 of the Hot 100 singles chart.

Julie Covington version

Julie Covington's cover of the song reached #12 on the UK charts when it was released as a single.^{[citation needed]} It was later included on the 2000 re-release of her eponymous 1978 album

Other covers

Other covers include Guns 'N' Roses, Glenn Hughes, Paul Gilbert, and Ike & Tina Turner. A cover by the band Favorite Angel would peak at number 69 on the Hot 100 in September 1990.[11]

References

External links

• Alice Cooper - Only Women Bleed on YouTube

На других языках

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- [en] Only Women Bleed

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[es] Only Women Bleed

Only Women Bleed es una canción de Alice Cooper que trata sobre una mujer casada que sufre abusos por parte de su marido. La canción llegó a estar en el puesto número 12 en Estados Unidos.

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