{"id":1464,"date":"2009-08-13T04:26:10","date_gmt":"2009-08-13T08:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/2009\/08\/13\/devil-woman-song\/"},"modified":"2013-10-16T03:20:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T07:20:40","slug":"devil-woman-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/2009\/08\/13\/devil-woman-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Devil Woman Song?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>In 1976 Cliff Richard recorded the song &#8220;Devil Woman&#8221;. It was a big hit, reaching number nine on the UK charts. In the USA it made it as far as number six on the Billboard Hot 100. That was Richard&#8217;s biggest hit ever in the United States. Let&#8217;s learn more about this famous song.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c354d1e329b235f1862b41000f5a4d18\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* Guitar_inpost_300x250 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3631424768\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Terry Britten wrote it.\u00c2\u00a0 He was a well known song writer whose work was performed by people like Michael Jackson.\u00c2\u00a0 He had some other hits such as &#8220;What&#8217;s Love Got to Do with It&#8221;.\u00c2\u00a0 Terry played the guitar on Cliff Richard&#8217;s recording of Devil Woman.\u00c2\u00a0 The song was recorded at the famous Abbey Road, a frequent recording studio used by the Beatles.<\/p>\n<p>The Devil Woman song tells a story. A stray cat with evil eyes curses a man.\u00c2\u00a0 He becomes concerned and eventually seeks the help of a medium, a gypsy woman, to remove the curse.\u00c2\u00a0 But it turns out the cat didn&#8217;t curse him.\u00c2\u00a0 The gypsy cursed him in order to bring him to her.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>Not many songs tell a straightforward story like that heard in Devil Woman.\u00c2\u00a0 In other words they are very simple songs.\u00c2\u00a0 They have a minimum of instruments and generally simple tunes.\u00c2\u00a0 One of these simple songs is Devil Woman.\u00c2\u00a0 The instruments used to record the song include a guitar, an electric piano, drums and percussion.\u00c2\u00a0 And of course the singer.<\/p>\n<p>For a pop song Devil Woman has unique combination of major and minor chords.\u00c2\u00a0 Songs at the time didn&#8217;t use more than an octave like it did.<\/p>\n<p>Devil Woman has been covered by others.\u00c2\u00a0 One of these is the Accused.\u00c2\u00a0 The group began in Washington in 1981.\u00c2\u00a0 Their music is splatter rock.\u00c2\u00a0 Their music includes sounds from well known horror movies.\u00c2\u00a0 This often includes lyrics sung as shrieks.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005 Cradle of Faith covered Devil Woman. This was an extreme metal band from England. Their songs were in the style of the band had said any kind of metal. 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