Scent of a Woman (song)
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| Single by Cheap Trick | ||||
| from the album Special One | ||||
| Released | 2003 | |||
| Format | CD | |||
| Genre | Rock, Power Pop | |||
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3:54 (edit) 4:48 (album version) |
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| Label | Big3 Records Cheap Trick Unlimited |
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| Songwriter(s) | Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson | |||
| Producer(s) | Chris Shaw, Cheap Trick | |||
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CDr cover of "Scent of a Woman"
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"Scent of a Woman" is a single by American rock band Cheap Trick, released as the lead single from their 2003 album Special One. It was the band's first single in four years, from their first studio album in six years.
Released as the band's first single for four years and the leading single from Special One, the promotional single aimed for radio station play only. Although it didn't chart on any Billboard Chart, it was the number one most added R&R mainstream rock track in America during the week of its release to radio.
Continuing the band's independence after avoiding major record labels by establishing their own record company Cheap Trick Unlimited, the band's Special One album was released to both mixed and positive critical reception. However, "Scent of a Woman" was claimed to be Cheap Trick's best single since the 1978 power pop classic "Surrender".
The song was written by Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander and Tom Petersson. It was produced by both the band and Chris Shaw. Including the rest of the Special One album, the song was recorded in March 2002, and was mastered at Masterdisk.
The single was released in America only as a promotional CD single, where it aimed solely at radio station play. Two different CD singles were released in total. The main CD single featured two tracks. An edit of "Scent of a Woman" was the featured track, whilst the full version (from the album) of the song was the second track.
A second single was released on CDr - produced by Big3 prior to the distribution of the main promotional CD. This release had a custom printed disc with a custom picture insert, and featured four tracks in total. A live version of "Scent of a Woman" was the first track, along with the LP version as the second, whilst a live version and the LP version of "My Obsession" were the third and fourth tracks. "My Obsession" would be the album's second single shortly after. Although the single named the second track as the LP version of "Scent of a Woman", it was in fact the edited version.
Both releases featured artwork, with the main CD single using a similar design to the album cover, using a red spiraling background and a drawing of a woman and a man. The CDr single featured artwork which highlighted a close-up of each band member in front of a circular black and white checkered background.
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