Album This song officially appears on the McCartney - Archive Collection Official album.
Timeline This song was officially released in 2011
Timeline This song was written, or began to be written, in 1971, when Paul McCartney was 29 years old)
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
Circa 1970
Home recordings (aka "The Piano Tape")
Circa 1974
“Women Kind” is a demo officially released as part of the 2011 reissue of the “McCartney” album. The liner notes mention that Paul McCartney recalls it as dating from the “McCartney” period. However, a reproduction of a 1971 scrapbook included in the 2018 “Wings Wild Life – Archive Collection” suggests that the demo was actually recorded in 1971, rather than 1970.
The track had previously circulated on bootlegs, notably on a compilation known as “The Piano Tape,” which features a collection of Paul McCartney’s piano demos recorded between 1970 and 1974.
The exact date that this track was written and recorded is unknown, though Paul remembers it is from the McCartney period. It was taken from a safety copy of a demo cassette which was lost or stolen.
From the liner notes of “McCartney – Archive Collection“, 2010
Women kind
They have a terrible time
From the age of 10, they're chased by men
Oh, what a crime
The women kind
They have a terrible time
From the age of 10, they’re chased by men
Whoa, what a crime
Burn your bra
They are bright
And it will come
When the time is right
Right, fellas?!
Right!
Women kind, oh
They have a terrible time
It's from the age of 10, they're chased by men
Committing a crime
Go on girls;
Burn your bras
Stand upright, right fellas?
Right!
The men will come
When the time is right
Right, fellas?
Right!
Women kind
They have a terrible time
From the age of 10, they’re chased by men
Oh, what a crime
Oh, what a crime against women kind!
McCartney - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2011
2:10 • Demo • A • Stereo • "The exact date that this track was written and recorded is unknown, though Paul remembers it is from the McCartney period. It was taken from a safety copy of a demo cassette which was lost or stolen."
Paul McCartney : Piano, Producer, Vocals
Recording : Circa 1970 or 1971
McCartney - Ultimate Archive Collection
Bootleg • Released in 2015
2:10 • Demo • A • Stereo • "The exact date that this track was written and recorded is unknown, though Paul remembers it is from the McCartney period. It was taken from a safety copy of a demo cassette which was lost or stolen."
Paul McCartney : Piano, Producer, Vocals
Recording : Circa 1970 or 1971
Bootleg
Bootleg • Released in 1992
Bootleg • Released in 2007
One Hand Clapping - Ultimate Archive Collection
Bootleg • Released in 2015
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Esteban Schimpf • Oct 15, 2022 • 3 years ago
This song was a disappointment for me to hear. Paul is one of my favorite artists and to hear him mock women and their struggle in such a puerile and disrespectful way was embarrassing! To suggest that women become sexual objects and the purview of the male gaze at the age of 10 was repulsing.
I know that this album came out a long time ago and that attitudes about gender equality aren't what they are today but that does not mean that they weren't wrong. There were many many artists in the 1970's who weren't behaving like young school boys when it came to the music that they created...it's sad to see that Sir Paul was.
Disappointedly from Los Angeles,
Esteban Schimpf
The PaulMcCartney Project • Oct 17, 2022 • 3 years ago
Thks for your comment, Esteban. I personally didn't read the lyrics as mocking women - I read them more literally. But in any case, this song is no more than a demo that, in my opinion, and from a music point of view only, is really avoidable. Cheers
Russell • Feb 14, 2023 • 3 years ago
Could this have been a response to John and Yoko's "Woman is the Nigger of the World"?
