Women (Foreigner song)

"Women" is the fourth single taken from the third album, Head Games by the band, Foreigner. It was written by Mick Jones, and released in February 1980. The song's B-side, "The Modern Day" is also sung by its writer, Jones.

"Women"
Single by Foreigner
from the album Head Games
B-side"The Modern Day"
ReleasedFebruary 1980 (US) [1]
Recordedearly 1979
GenreHard rock
Length3:25
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Mick Jones
Producer(s)Roy Thomas Baker, Mick Jones, Ian McDonald
Foreigner singles chronology
"Love on the Telephone"
(1979)		 "Women"
(1980)		 "I'll Get Even with You"
(1980)

Billboard Magazine praised the "strong vocals and hot guitar licks" but criticized the womanizing lyrics.[2] Cash Box said that "slashing lead guitars...lead the way into the hardcore boogie beat, with Lou Gramm's rough 'n' tumble vocals, for another pop, AOR winner."[3] Rolling Stone Magazine critic David Fricke described it as a "presumably tongue-in-cheek misogynous chant" that is "powered by guitarist-songwriter Mick Jones' jackhammer riffing and Dennis Elliott's ham-fisted drumming" but "free of..,pomp-art, heavy-metal flourishes."[4] It reached No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100.[5]

Jones said of the song:

You know, it was supposed to be a fun song, tongue-in-cheek a little bit. But yeah, it’s one of the band’s favorite songs to play. Throughout all of the years, it always comes up, you know, the fans bring it up sometimes. There’s certainly a nice little strut to it.[6]

References
  1. "Foreigner singles".
  2. "Top Singles Picks" (PDF). Billboard Magazine. February 9, 1980. p. 62. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  3. "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. February 9, 1980. p. 17. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  4. Fricke, David (November 29, 1979). "Head Games". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  5. "Foreigner Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  6. Wardlaw, Matt (September 11, 2015). "Mick Jones Looks Back at 40 Years of Foreigner's 'Head Games'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2022-01-08.


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