Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress

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single song

"Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" is a 1972 rock song by The Hollies, known for its swamp-rock style, driving guitar riff, and storytelling lyrics about a Prohibition-era raid.

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Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist The Hollies NERFINISHED ⓘ
chartPositionAustralia 2 ⓘ
chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 32 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 2 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
genre rock ⓘ
swamp rock ⓘ
hasAlternateTitle Long Cool Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBPM ~132 ⓘ
hasCertification RIAA gold single in the United States ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact classic rock radio staple ⓘ
one of The Hollies’ best-known US hits ⓘ
hasEra early 1970s rock ⓘ
hasInstrument bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
rhythm guitar ⓘ
hasKey G major ⓘ
hasLength approximately 3:00 ⓘ
hasMusicalFeature driving guitar riff ⓘ
swamp-rock style ⓘ
hasNotableComparison often compared to Creedence Clearwater Revival style ⓘ
hasNotableLyric "Just a 5'9" beautiful tall" ⓘ
"Long cool woman in a black dress" NERFINISHED ⓘ
"Saturday night I was downtown, working for the FBI" ⓘ
hasSongStructure verse-chorus form ⓘ
includedInAlbum Distant Light NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOf The Hollies discography ⓘ
label Epic Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parlophone NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalist Allan Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ
lyricTheme FBI raid on a speakeasy ⓘ
Prohibition-era raid ⓘ
narrativeStyle storytelling lyrics ⓘ
performer The Hollies NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Ron Richards NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordedIn 1971 ⓘ
releaseDate 1972 ⓘ
side A-side ⓘ
writer Allan Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roger Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roger Greenaway NERFINISHED ⓘ

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