Androgynous (song)

"Androgynous" is a song by The Replacements featured on their 1984 album Let It Be. The song, which has been described as "decades ahead of its time"[1] describes in positive terms a romantic relationship between two gender non-conforming individuals, and suggests that in future perhaps such relationships will be more accepted.

"Androgynous"
Single by Crash Test Dummies
from the album The Ghosts That Haunt Me
Released1991
GenreRock
Length3:11
LabelBMG/Arista
Songwriter(s)Paul Westerberg
Producer(s)Steve Berlin
Crash Test Dummies singles chronology
"The Ghosts That Haunt Me"
(1991)		 "Androgynous"
(1991)		 "The First Noel"
(1992)

The song was covered by Crash Test Dummies and released as the third and final single from their 1991 debut album The Ghosts That Haunt Me.

Joan Jett also covered the song on both her albums Naked and Sinner.

Jubilee also covered the song. Their version appeared as the B-side on their first single, "Rebel Hiss".

In 2015, the song was covered by Joan Jett again, along with Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! and Miley Cyrus, for Cyrus's Backyard Sessions video series to support the Happy Hippie Foundation, an organization founded by Cyrus to support homeless LGBT youth. The song was also covered by Ezra Furman on the 2016 EP Songs by Others.

UK indie band Peace (band) use the first part of the song as an intro to their song I'm A Girl on occasion.

Towards the end of the song, you can hear Paul Westerberg sing the words "Jefferson's Cock". Occasionally, The Replacements would play gigs in Minneapolis under this name, with the band members wearing dresses.

Music videos

Crash Test Dummies' music video for "Androgynous" features the band performing at a fair attended by many gender queer individuals. Joan Jett's music video features Jett singing the song as a story from a children's book in a library in front of a group of young children, with the details and the characters of Dick and Jane from the song portrayed in the video. The video features fellow musician John Doe as Dick, the author of the book, and with Jett portraying Jane. U.S. Bombs singer Duane Peters also has a cameo as young Jane's father.

Charts

Crash Test Dummies version

Chart Peak
position
Canadian RPM 100 73

References
  1. Watch Miley Cyrus, Laura Jane Grace, and Joan Jett Cover The Replacements' "Androgynous", Noisy, Vice Media, September 5, 2015


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