"Evil Woman", sometimes titled "Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Games with Me)", is a song by Minneapolis–St. Paul–based band

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, on their 1969 album ''Crow Music''. It reached number 19 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 pop chart and number 65 in Australia.

Chart performance

Black Sabbath version

Covered in 1969 by

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and released in England as the band's first single on 2 January 1970, the song also appeared on the original version of the band's self-titled debut album, although it was replaced by its

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, "Wicked World", on the later,

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versions of the album. When the band's debut album started to become successful in the UK, the single was re-released on 26 March 1970. It was not officially released in North America until 2002, when it was included on the compilation album '' Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978''. It was later included on another compilation album, "''Black Sabbath: The Ultimate Collection''", released in 2016.

Other versions

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recorded the song - titled "Mujer Diabla" - backed with "Convención Cowboy"; it was released as a single in Argentina on

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1.056.998. It was also released in Australia as "Cowboy Convention" / "Evil Woman" on RCA Victor PPX-1003.''Boletín Oficial'' ''de la República Argentina. 1970 1ra sección'', NUMERO 22.0222 ANO LXVIII
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References

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