- Album This song officially appears on the McCartney - Archive Collection Official album.
Related sessions
This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions
Circa 1970
Home recordings (aka "The Piano Tape")
Circa 1974
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Song facts
“Women Kind” is no more than a demo, officially released as part of the 2011 reissue of the “McCartney” album – as mentioned in the liner notes:
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.
The track was previously available on a bootleg, called “The Piano Tape”, containing a collection of piano demos recorded between 1970 and 1974.
Last updated on March 26, 2022
Lyrics
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!
Officially appears on
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
- Session Recording:
- circa 1970
- Studio :
- Cavendish Avenue, St.John's Wood, London, UK
Bootlegs
McCartney - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2015
2:10 • Demo • A • "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
- Session Recording:
- circa 1970
- Studio :
- Cavendish Avenue, St.John's Wood, London, UK
Unofficial album • Released in 1992
Unofficial album • Released in 2007
One Hand Clapping - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2015
Live performances
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
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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
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
Could this have been a response to John and Yoko's "Woman is the Nigger of the World"?