Women

by Daisy Chute

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Released following International Women's Day March 2023, Women is a song about the safety of women walking home at night. It's about how we talk about violence against women. It's about our victim-blaming culture which focuses on the ways women should change instead of the ways our society should.

The idea for the song 'Women' came to me as I was watching a documentary about women's marches through the ages; it struck me that the phrase 'women unite, reclaim the night' suggested it was down to us as women to change our situation, rather than focussing on stopping the perpetrators of these crimes or relying on our government and police force to deliver justice. Whilst I realise this phrase is meant to be empowering, it's part of a wider messaging that somehow women need to change their behaviours - the clothes they wear, how they get home at night, learning self-defence techniques - instead of the people who are responsible for these actions learning what they're doing is wrong and there are (or should be) consequences for their actions.”

lyrics

Walking home at night I see
the worried feet that wore this path before me
A beaten path we’ve beaten down
A moonlit glare, an almost silent sound

I call upon the sky to try and
see what lies ahead, to deliver to my bed
My shaking body and its dread

They tell us Women, women unite
They tell us Women, reclaim the night
They tell us women, put up a fight

I turn around, I see you there
Your vacant eyes behind a steady stare
Are you the last that I will see
Am I another number soon to be

I summon up a part of me
That no one usually sees
To give my body what it needs
To stop the buckle of my knees
And wrap my fist around my keys

They tell us Women, women unite
They tell us Women, reclaim the night
They tell us women, Don’t let down your hair
They tell us women, Change what you wear

Oh messaged received
She is to blame
She’s never believed
She lives with the shame
And as they forget every name they still tell us
women, Women unite
Women reclaim the night

But who tells the guilty, to stop what they do
And who tells the silent, their words matter too
Who tells the dismissive, that this is assault
And who tells the victim, this isn’t your fault

No they tell us women, women unite
And they tell us women, reclaim the night
It isn’t the women, who started this fight

credits

released March 9, 2023
Written by Daisy Chute
Produced by Anneliese Shaw
Mixed by Michael Pearce
Engineered by Roberto Sacco
Mastered by Katie Tavini
Artwork by Alice Beberman Chute

Musicians:
Daisy Chute: lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Anneliese Shaw: backing vocals, percussion, various instruments
Midori Jaeger: cello
Elisabeth Flett: violin
Michele Stodart: electric bass, u-bass
Emma Holbrook: drums
Michael Pearce: piano

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Daisy Chute London, UK

Daisy Chute is a folk-americana songstress & banjo-wielding multi-instrumentalist. Daisy’s musical roots are born out of her transatlantic Scottish/American heritage & she has been compared to artists like Joni Mitchell, Simon&Garfunkel & Eva Cassidy. Daisy writes award-winning intelligent songs with stories, and performs them with spine-tingling vocals, rich harmonies & intricate instrumentation. ... more

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May 8

The Kitchen Garden Cafe

Birmingham, UK
May 9

The Greystones

Sheffield, UK
May 11

Pound Arts

Corsham, UK
May 17

Gosforth Civic Theatre

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
May 22

St Lawrence's Church Biddulph

Stoke On Trent, UK
May 23

The Water Rats

London, UK
May 24

The Plough Arts Centre

Great Torrington, UK
May 25

The Tolmen Centre

Falmouth, UK

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