Women in Uniform

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This song is a cover, originally performed by Skyhooks on the 1978 album Guilty Until Proven Insane. It was released as a single, with Invasion as a B-side. The band was… Read More

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Women in Uniform Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Beehive hairdo, 45 on the hip
Patrolwoman Saunders, don't you give her no whip
She took me to the station for a breathtest
Then back to the bedroom for some house-arrest

[Chorus]
Women in uniform, sometimes they look so cold
Women in uniform, but, ooh, they feel so warm

[Verse 2]
Coming back to London on a 747
Stewardess made me feel like I'm in heaven
Looking up the aisle to see what I could see
She leaned over said: "give it to me?"

[Bridge]
White apron, brown leather shoes
The nurse at the clinic left my heart all bruised
Gave me a massage, sprained my right
Now she takes my temperature every night

[Chorus]
Women in uniform, sometimes they look so cold
Women in uniform, but, ooh, they feel so warm
Women in uniform, women in uniform
Women in uniform, women in uniform

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[Verse 3]
Commando raid on the Lebanese border
Sergeant Anita, she gives the order
Khaki jacket and a love gun
Baby, I surrender, let's have some fun

[Chorus]
Women in uniform, sometimes they look so cold
Women in uniform, but, ooh, they feel so warm

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Women in uniform, sometimes they look so cold
Women in uniform, but, ooh, they feel so warm
Women in uniform, women in uniform
Women in uniform, women in uniform
Women in uniform, Khaki, white and blue
Women in uniform, coming after you
(Women, women, women in uniform)
(Women, women, women in uniform)
Women in uniform, sometimes they look so cold
Women in uniform, oh yeah, oh yeah
Women in uniform, Khaki, white and blue
Women in uniform, nice to get my hands on you
Women in uniform, ah! They look so cold
Women in uniform, but look out, look out!
Women in uniform, sometimes they look so cold
Women in uniform, but...

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Genius Annotation

This song is a cover, originally performed by Skyhooks on the 1978 album Guilty Until Proven Insane. It was released as a single, with Invasion as a B-side.

The band was advised to cover the song in 1980 by their publishing company Zomba, which brought in AC/DC producer Tony Platt to try and get a hit single. Platt and former guitarist Dennis Stratton tampered with the song’s mix to give a more commercial sound, much to Steve Harris' dismay, who remixed the track himself to create the heavy version he wanted. Despite this, the band has often said that they disliked the single. Weirdly, the song was made into the band’s first music video, which can be viewed below.

[We decided] never, ever, ever to allow anyone outside to fuck around with our music again.

-Steve Harris

The single does sport a great album art cover though, with Margaret Thatcher holding a Sterling SMG trying to ambush the band’s mascot Eddie. This was her second appearance on the band’s singles, at first on Sanctuary, where Eddie stabbed her.