Women in Uniform

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"Women in Uniform"
Single by Skyhooks
from the album Guilty Until Proven Insane
B-side
  • "Don't Take Yur Lurex to the Laundromat"
  • "Do the Hook"
ReleasedFebruary 1978
Recorded1978
GenreGlam rock[1]
Length4:21
LabelMushroom Records
Songwriter(s)Greg Macainsh
Producer(s)Eddie Leonetti
Skyhooks singles chronology
"Party to End All Parties"
(1977)
"Women in Uniform"
(1978)
"Megalomania"
(1978)

"Women in Uniform" is a 1978 song by Australian glam rock band Skyhooks and taken from their fourth studio album Guilty Until Proven Insane. It went to number 8 in Australia and number 73 in the United Kingdom.

Track listings[change | change source]

Australian 7" single (K-7062)/ 12" single (X 11810)

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Women in Uniform"   4:21
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "Don't Take Yur Lurex to the Laundromat"   3:19
2. "Do The Hook"   2:17

United Kingdom 7" single (United Artists Records – UP 36508)

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Women in Uniform"   4:21
Side two
No. Title Length
1. "BBBBBoogie"   3:21

Iron Maiden version[change | change source]

"Women in Uniform"
Single by Iron Maiden
B-side
  • "Invasion"
  • "Phantom of the Opera" (live)
  • "Drifter" (live)
Released27 October 1980 (1980-10-27)
Recorded1980
GenreHeavy metal
Length3:08
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Greg Macainsh
Producer(s)Tony Platt
Iron Maiden singles chronology
"Sanctuary"
(1980)
"Women in Uniform"
(1980)
"Twilight Zone" / "Wrathchild"
(1981)

In 1980, British heavy metal band Iron Maiden released a cover version of "Women in Uniform". It was released on the Australian version of their second studio album Killers. It went to number 35 in the United Kingdom

Track listing[change | change source]

7" single
Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Women in Uniform" (Skyhooks cover) 3:08
Side two
No. Title Length
2. "Invasion"   2:38
12" single
Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Women in Uniform" (Skyhooks cover) 3:08
Side two
No. Title Length
2. "Invasion"   2:38
3. "Phantom of the Opera" (Live at the Marquee, London, England, 4 July 1980) 7:12
German 12" single
Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Women in Uniform" (Skyhooks cover) 3:08
Side two
No. Title Length
2. "Drifter" (Live at the Marquee, London, England, 3 April 1980) 6:00
3. "Phantom of the Opera" (Live at the Marquee, London, England, 4 July 1980) 7:12

References[change | change source]

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo (17 March 2013). "Top 10 '70s Glam Rock Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 20 July 2019.