"Christian Woman" is a single by gothic metal band Type O Negative from their 1993 album Bloody Kisses. It is one of two songs (the other being "Black No. 1") that people credit with propelling the band into the mainstream.[2] The song is inspired by a real woman with whom lead singer and songwriter Peter Steele was once romantically involved. Steele told Revolver, "She was a Roman Catholic, much as I am, but she would get off on breaking the rules a little bit. She would ask me to dress up as a priest and, well, I guess you can just imagine what would happen after that. So, I guess you could say I have a bit of a priest infection."[3]

"Christian Woman"
Single by Type O Negative
from the album Bloody Kisses
Released1993
Recorded1993
StudioSystems Two, Brooklyn
GenreGothic metal
Length8:58
LabelRoadrunner Records
Songwriter(s)Peter Steele
Producer(s)Peter Steele
Josh Silver[1]
Type O Negative singles chronology
"Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)"
(1993)
"Christian Woman"
(1993)
"Summer Breeze"
(1995)

Music videos

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Two music videos exist for this song. The most well-known video, directed by Jon Reiss,[4] uses the radio edit of the song, which is four minutes and twenty-four seconds long. The other video uses the longer album version of the song, which has a significantly longer runtime of eight minutes and fifty-eight seconds. Both videos are available on the 1998 video album After Dark.

Track listing

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All songs written by Peter Steele

No.TitleLength
1."Christian Woman" (New & Unimproved Version)4:24
2."Christian Woman" (Butt-Kissing, Sell-Out Version)4:24
3."Suspended In Dusk" (Previously Too Embarrassed To Release)8:37

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Wiederhorn, Jon (2018-08-17). "Why Type O Negative's 'Bloody Kisses' "Sounds Like Nothing Before and Nothing After"". Revolver. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  2. ^ Stingley, Mick (2010-04-15). "Type O Negative Frontman Peter Steele Dies". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  3. ^ Revolver Staff (2018-08-16). "'BLOODY KISSES': 10 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW TYPE O NEGATIVE'S MASTERPIECE". Revolver. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  4. ^ VH1 (1999-12-22). "Type O Negative - "Christian Woman"". VH1. Archived from the original on 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2020-05-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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