Yes, I'm a Witch
{{about|the 2007 Yoko Ono album|the 1974 Yoko Ono song|A Story|the 2016 Yoko Ono album|Yes, I'm a Witch Too}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Yes, I'm a Witch
| type = remix
| artist = Yoko Ono
| cover = Yoko Ono Yes, I'm a Witch .jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2007|2|6}}
| recorded = 2006
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| length = 63:03
| label = {{hlist|Astralwerks|Apple}}
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| prev_title = Blueprint for a Sunrise
| prev_year = 2001
| next_title = Open Your Box
| next_year = 2007
}}
Yes, I'm a Witch is a remix album by Yoko Ono released on February 6, 2007 by Apple Records and Astralwerks. Artists invited to contribute were asked to select a song from Ono's back catalogue, and were then presented with all the necessary elements to create a remix/cover of their desire. According to the press release, nearly every artist chose only the vocals, and created entirely new backing tracks to demonstrate the versatility of Ono's compositions.
The song choices span Ono's career from her early experimental work with John Lennon in the late 1960s through to her solo career in the 1970s and 1980s. The album draws its title from a 1974 Ono song featured on her album A Story, a track which is featured on the album in a reworked version by the Brother Brothers.
A follow-up compilation of dance remixes, Open Your Box, was released on April 24.
In July 2015, Pitchfork announced a sequel to Yes, I'm a Witch—titled Yes, I'm a Witch Too—with collaborations and remixes from Miike Snow, Portugal. The Man, Death Cab for Cutie, Penguin Prison, Peter Bjorn and John, Tune-Yards, Moby and others, released on February 19, 2016 on Manimal Vinyl.
{{Album ratings
| MC = 76/100{{cite web|title=Yes, I'm a Witch Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/yes-im-a-witch|work=Metacritic|access-date=9 August 2011}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Jurek|first=Thom|title=Yes, I'm a Witch – Yoko Ono|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r945885/review|pure_url=yes}}|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|access-date=9 August 2011|date=2007}}
| rev2 = Blender
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}
| rev3 = The Guardian
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|title=CD: Yoko Ono, Yes, I'm a Witch|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/feb/16/popandrock.shopping|work=The Guardian|access-date=9 August 2011|date=16 February 2007}}
| rev4 = Mojo
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|last=Paytress|first=Mark|title=How to make music: Yoko Ono Yes, I'm a Witch |work=Mojo|date=March 2007|page=92}}
| rev5 = NME
| rev5Score = {{Rating|6|10}}{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Alex|title=NME Album Reviews – Yoko Ono: Yes, I'm A Witch |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/yoko-ono/8184|work=NME|access-date=9 August 2011|date=16 February 2007}}
| rev6 = Pitchfork
| rev6Score = 7.4/10{{cite web|last=Abebe|first=Nitsuh|title=Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Yoko Ono: Open Your Box|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9871-yes-im-a-witch/|work=Pitchfork|access-date=9 August 2011|date=7 February 2007}}
| rev7 = Rolling Stone
| rev7Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Fricke|first=David|title=Yes, I'm a Witch by Yoko Ono|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/yes-im-a-witch-20070206|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=9 August 2011|date=6 February 2007}}
}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| all_writing = Yoko Ono
| title1 = Witch Shocktronica Intro | extra1 = Hank Shocklee | length1 = 1:47
| title2 = Kiss Kiss Kiss | extra2 = Peaches | length2 = 3:18
| title3 = O'Oh | extra3 = Shitake Monkey | length3 = 3:38
| title4 = Everyman Everywoman | extra4 = Blow-Up | length4 = 4:01 | note4 = first released in 2004 as "Everyman Everywoman (Blow-Up Radio Edit)"
| title5 = Sisters, O Sisters | extra5 = Le Tigre | length5 = 2:47
| title6 = Death of Samantha | extra6 = Porcupine Tree | length6 = 4:35 | note6 = first released in 2003 on the "Will I"/"Fly" remix single{{cite AV media notes|others=ONO|title=Will I / Fly|year=2003|type=liner notes|publisher=Twisted America Records|id=TWD-50026}}
| title7 = Rising | extra7 = DJ Spooky | length7 = 4:13
| title8 = Nobody Sees Me Like You Do | extra8 = The Apples in Stereo | length8 = 3:56
| title9 = Yes, I'm a Witch | extra9 = The Brother Brothers | length9 = 3:48
| title10 = Revelations | extra10 = Cat Power | length10 = 3:52
| title11 = You and I | extra11 = The Polyphonic Spree | length11 = 3:26
| title12 = Walking on Thin Ice | extra12 = Jason Pierce (from Spiritualized) | length12 = 5:07
| title13 = Toyboat | extra13 = Anohni and Hahn Rowe | length13 = 4:24
| title14 = Cambridge 1969/2007 | extra14 = The Flaming Lips | length14 = 5:37
| title15 = I'm Moving On | extra15 = The Sleepy Jackson | length15 = 4:55
| title16 = Witch Shocktronica Outro | extra16 = Hank Shocklee | length16 = 0:30
| title17 = Shiranakatta (I Didn't Know) | extra17 = Craig Armstrong | length17 = 3:09 | note17 = first included on the 2004 Benefits Compilation "Genocide in Sudan"{{cite AV media notes|others=Various Artists|title=Genocide in Sudan|year=2004|type=liner notes|publisher=Waxploitation|id=80119-01202-2}}
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- All other tracks previously unreleased
Charts
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!Chart (2007) !Peak |
| US Billboard Top Electronic Albums
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References
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External links
- [http://www.shitakemonkey.com Shitake Monkey website]
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070206182015/http://www.a-i-u.net/witch.html Press release on a-i-u.net]}}
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