"All Women Are Bitches" is a single by the Toronto band

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. The lyrics were written by

Caroline Azar Caroline Azar is a director and playwright. She was the lead singer, keyboardist and co-lyricist/composer of the band Fifth Column. Career The all-women punk band Fifth Column began in the mid-1980s in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band self-rel ...

and G.B. Jones and the music was composed by Fifth Column. It was produced by Walter Sobczak at Wellesley Sound Studios in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The song first appeared as a single released by

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in 1992. It was the 33rd single in the K Records ''International Pop Underground'' series. It was reviewed in the UK music publication ''

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'' by

Everett True Everett True (born Jeremy Andrew Thackray on 21 April 1961) is an English music journalist and musician. He became interested in rock music after hearing The Residents, and formed a band with school friends. He has written and recorded as The ...

and voted 'Single of the Week'. The song was also on the Fifth Column album '' 36-C'', released by K Records in 1994. It was also included on the 1993 K Records compilation, '' International Hip Swing''. "All Women Are Bitches" was covered and re-imagined by Lesbians on Ecstasy as "Bitchsy" in 2004, appearing on their self-titled debut album. In 2005, "Bitchsy" was featured in the TV series ''

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''. "Bitchsy" and "All Women Are Bitches" were remixed and

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together by

Kids on TV Kids on TV was a Canadian punk music, punk-house music, house queercore band from Toronto, active from 2003 to 2013. The group consisted of John Caffery on bass and vocals, Minus Smile on drums, electronics and vocals, Chris 'Wolf' Mills on guita ...

in 2005,Schmidt, Andy, "Interview: Kids on TV", ''Toronto Indie.com'' Oct 2007
and appeared on the Lesbians on Ecstasy remix album, ''Giggles in the Dark''.

Personnel

- vocals *

Beverly Breckenridge Beverly Breckenridge is a musician, composer, and actress from Toronto, Ontario. She played bass for the bands Fifth Column and Phono-Comb. In 1986, Beverly Breckenridge joined the post-punk band Fifth Column. Beverly's first appearance on film ...

- bass * G.B. Jones - guitar *Chaz Salmon - guitar *Joel Wasson - drums *Caroline Azar, Beverly Breckenridge, Jena von Brücker, G.B. Jones - background vocals

References

External links

"All Women Are Bitches" featured on ''Jeff Roy's Singles Club''
{{authority control 1992 songs 1992 singles Fifth Column (band) songs