Woman to Woman (Joe Cocker song)

This article is about the song by Joe Cocker. For other uses, see Woman to woman (disambiguation).

"Woman to Woman" is a song written by Joe Cocker and Christopher Stainton.^[1] It was released on Cocker's 1972 album Joe Cocker and reached the top in the singles chart of Spain.^{[citation needed]} The song was billed as Joe Cocker with The Chris Stainton Band.

Recordings that sampled this song

The song has been heavily sampled in hip hop, ^[2] for example, "Funky" by Ultramagnetic MCs (1987), "Knick Knack Patty Wack" by EPMD (1989), "Blast from the Past" by Ultramagnetic MCs (1992), "New Jack Swing II" by Wreckx-N-Effect, "California Love" by Tupac featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman (1995), "Honey" by Moby (1999), "Astro Black" by Quasimoto (2000), "He's Unbelievable" by Sarah Connor (October 29, 2002), and "We Keep It Rockin'" by Maino featuring Swizz Beatz, Jadakiss, Jim Jones and Joell Ortiz (2010).

Video game soundtrack

It was also included in the soundtrack for the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, on the K-DST radio station, where Tommy "The Nightmare" Smith (Axl Rose) introduces the song with the words, "I think you're gonna love this record... or you would if you were man enough." In 2014, the song was removed from the game remastered versions for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, iOS, Android, Steam and Rockstar Games Launcher. It was not included on either of the remastered versions from Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition.

References

1. "www.45cat.com". 45cat.com. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
2. Bakare, Lanre (December 22, 2014). "Singer Joe Cocker's unlikely influence on hip-hop". The Guardian.