Single:
Evil Woman entered the Australian singles chart* on 2 February 1976 and peaked at #23.
Album:
The song is on Face the Music which entered the Australian albums chart* on 9 February 1976 and peaked at #30.
Songwriter:
Jeff Lynne
Producer:
Jeff Lynne
Record label of Australian release:
Polydor
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikpedia:
According to Jeff Lynne, Evil Woman was the quickest he had ever written, in thirty minutes, originally as a ‘filler’ for the group’s Face the Music album.
The lyric “There’s a hole in my head where the rain comes in” in the song is a tribute to The Beatles’ song Fixing a Hole.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Woman_(Electric_Light_Orchestra_song)
Lyrics:
You made a fool of me
But them broken dreams have got to end
Hey woman, you got the blues
Yes you ain′t got no one else to use
There’s an open road that leads nowhere
So just make some miles between here and there
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