Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him#"Everyman... Everywoman..."

Music lecturers Ben Urish and Ken Bielen described Ono's original version on Double Fantasy as having a "reggae feel."{{cite book|title=The Words and Music of John Lennon|author1=Urish, Ben |author2=Bielen, Ken |pages=80, 92–93, 105|year=2007|publisher=Praeger|isbn=9780275991807}} They regard the theme of the song to be the "preordained nature of soul mates" although the lyrics acknowledge that one might not find their soul mate in this lifetime. They point to the line "Why do I run, when I know you're the one" as recognizing that people may be hesitant to accept the inevitability of their soul mate. Beatle biographer John Blaney feels that the theme restates much of what Ono had already sung on the album in "Beautiful Boys."{{cite book|title=Lennon and McCartney: together alone: a critical discography of their solo work|author=Blaney, John|pages=143, 147, 166, 167|year=2007|publisher=Jawbone Press|isbn=978-1-906002-02-2}} According to Ono, the song is "about love."

Ultimate Classic Rock critic Michael Gallucci rated this version to be Ono's 5th best song, preferring it to the version with only Lennon's vocals.{{cite web|title=Top 10 Yoko Ono Songs |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/yoko-ono-songs/|author=Gallucci, Michael|accessdate=2022-06-05|publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=18 February 2013}}

A new version of the song was created for the compilation album Every Man Has a Woman. It stripped away Ono's lead vocal, while bringing Lennon's backing vocal up in the mix, thus making it effectively a John Lennon song. Ono can still be heard singing effectively backup in parts of the refrain. Besides eliminating Ono's lead vocal, this version also eliminates a short instrumental part.

Urish and Bielen speculate that Lennon created this mix before he died in anticipation of putting together an album of other artists performing Ono's songs as a birthday present to her. The song had been recorded on an alternate copy on September 22, 1980 during the mixing of Double Fantasy. Although the recording was available, it was not included on the original release of Milk and Honey in 1984.

It was released as a single with B-side featuring "It's Alright" by Ono and Sean Lennon. In fact, this was the last unreleased or "new" John Lennon song to be released as a single; it failed to chart in the United Kingdom but charted at #52 on the Mainstream Rock chart in the United States.{{cite web|title=Chart History - John Lennon: Mainstream Rock Airplay|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/john-lennon/chart-history/|accessdate=2022-06-05|publisher=Billboard}}{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|date=13 October 1984|page=20|title=Top Rock Tracks|accessdate=2022-06-05|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1984/BB-1984-10-13.pdf}} This version was included on the 1990 Lennon compilation album Lennon. It was also released as a bonus track on the CD reissue of Milk and Honey in 2001.{{cite web|title=Milk and Honey [Bonus Tracks]|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/milk-and-honey-bonus-tracks--mr0001393885|accessdate=2022-06-05|publisher=AllMusic|author=Ginell, Richard S.}}

In 2007, the song was re-released as a UK-only 12" single on the Mynx record label where it was coupled with Elvis Costello's cover version of Yoko Ono's song "Walking on Thin Ice".{{cite web|title=Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him / Walking on Thin Ice|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/989273-John-Lennon-Elvis-Costello-Every-Man-Has-A-Woman-Who-Loves-Him-Walking-On-Thin-Ice|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=2022-06-05}}

Blaney criticized this version for using Lennon's harmony vocal as a lead vocal, which, according to Blaney "it is not."

This is the personnel according to the John Lennon Website.{{Cite web|title=Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him|url=http://www.johnlennon.com/music/singles/every-man-has-a-woman-who-loves-him/|access-date=2020-07-22|website=John Lennon|language=en-GB}}

• John Lennon – vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Yoko Ono – vocals
• Earl Slick – guitar
• Hugh McCracken – guitar
• Tony Levin – bass guitar
• George Small – keyboards
• Ed Walsh – Oberheim
• Andy Newmark – drums
• Arthur Jenkins – percussion
• George "Young" Opalisky – saxophone

• ;UK 7" single{{cite web|title=John Lennon – Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him (Vinyl) a Discogs|url=http://www.discogs.com/John-Lennon-Every-Man-Has-A-Woman-Who-Loves-Him/release/2505404|work=Discogs|publisher=Zinc Media, Inc|access-date=29 July 2011}}

:A. "Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him" (by John Lennon) – 3:32

:AA. "It's Alright" (by Sean Lennon) – 2:26

{{Infobox song

| name = Everyman... Everywoman...

| type = single

| artist = Yoko Ono

| album = Open Your Box

| released = 2004

| genre = Rock, dance

| label = Mind Train, Twisted Records

| writer = Yoko Ono

| producer = John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Jack Douglas

| prev_title = Hell in Paradise

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = You're the One

| next_year = 2007

}}

"Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him" was later released as a single by Yoko Ono in 2004 under the title "Everyman... Everywoman...". The lyrics were altered for this version to allow for same-sex relationships. A remix version by Blow-Up was later included on Ono's 2007 remix album Yes, I'm a Witch.{{cite web|title=Yes, I'm a Witch|accessdate=2022-06-05|publisher=Allmusic|author=Jurek, Thom|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/yes-im-a-witch-mw0000557545}} Allmusic critic Thom Jurek called the Blow-Up remix "a full-on psychedelic rave-up worthy of the Kinks circa 1965.

• Digital download{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/everyman-everywoman/302576204|title=Everyman... Everywoman... – Single by Yoko Ono|work=iTunes Store US|date=17 February 2009|publisher=Apple Inc.|access-date=29 July 2011}}

1. "Everyman... Everywoman..." (Basement Jaxx Classix MAN2MAN Mix) – 4:02
2. "Everyman... Everywoman..." (Murk Space Miami Mix) – 5:17
3. "Everyman... Everywoman..." (Dave Audé Radio Edit) – 3:51
4. "Everyman... Everywoman..." (Blow-Up Radio Edit) – 3:57
5. "Everyman... Everywoman..." (Basement Jaxx Night Dub) – 5:45
6. "Everyman... Everywoman..." (Ralphi Rosario Main Mix) – 8:04
7. "Everyman... Everywoman..." (DJ Vibe Mix) – 8:05
8. "Everyman... Everywoman..." (Passengerz Ono Mixshow) – 6:24
9. "Everyman... Everywoman..." (Dave Audé Dub) – 8:27
10. "Everyman... Everywoman..." (Basement Jaxx Club Mix 2) – 7:11
11. "Everyman... Everywoman..." (Blow Up Plastic Mix) – 5:42
12. "Everyman... Everywoman..." (Basement Jaxx Classix Mix) – 4:00

• List of number-one dance singles of 2004 (U.S.)

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