Androgynous (song)

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1984 song by the Replacements

"Androgynous"

Song by the Replacements
from the album  Let It Be
Released| 1984
Length| 3:11
Label| Twin/Tone Records
Songwriter(s)| Paul Westerberg
Producer(s)| Steve Fjelstad, Peter Jesperson, Paul Westerberg

"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 expresses hope that in the future such people and their personal relationships will be more accepted.

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

Crash Test Dummies' music video for "Androgynous" features the band performing at a fair attended by many genderqueer 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.

## Personnel

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Personnel taken from Let It Be liner notes[2]

* Paul Westerberg – vocals, piano, sandblock percussion, production

## Covers

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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 her 2016 EP Songs by Others.

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

## Charts

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Crash Test Dummies version

Chart  | Peak
position

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Australia (ARIA)[3] | 198
Canadian RPM 100 | 73

## References

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1. ^ Watch Miley Cyrus, Laura Jane Grace, and Joan Jett Cover The Replacements' "Androgynous", Noisy, Vice Media, September 5, 2015
2. ^ Let It Be (liner notes). The Replacements. 1984.`{{cite AV media notes}}`: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
3. ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing July 6, 1992". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved July 6, 2024.

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The Replacements

* Paul Westerberg
* Tommy Stinson
* Chris Mars
* Bob Stinson

* Slim Dunlap
* Steve Foley

Studio albums|

* Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash
* Hootenanny
* Let It Be
* Tim
* Pleased to Meet Me
* Don't Tell a Soul
* All Shook Down

Live albums|

* The Shit Hits the Fans
* For Sale: Live at Maxwell's 1986

Compilation albums|

* Boink
* All for Nothing / Nothing for All
* Don't You Know Who I Think I Was?
* Dead Man's Pop

EPs|

* The Replacements Stink
* Songs for Slim

Songs|

* "I Will Dare"
* "Unsatisfied"
* "Androgynous"
* "Bastards of Young"
* "Swingin Party"
* "Can't Hardly Wait"
* "Alex Chilton"
* "I'll Be You"
* "Merry Go Round"

Related articles|

* Discography
* 3oclockreep
* Bash & Pop
* Perfect
* Back by Unpopular Demand
* Peter Jesperson
* Twin/Tone
* Color Me Obsessed
* Kevin Bowe

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