Christian Woman

"Christian Woman" is a single by gothic metal band Type O Negative from their 1993 album Bloody Kisses. It is one of two songs (the other being "Black No. 1") that people credit with propelling the band into the mainstream.^[2] The song is inspired by a real woman with whom lead singer and songwriter Peter Steele was once romantically involved. Steele told Revolver, "She was a Roman Catholic, much as I am, but she would get off on breaking the rules a little bit. She would ask me to dress up as a priest and, well, I guess you can just imagine what would happen after that. So, I guess you could say I have a bit of a priest infection."^[3]

"Christian Woman"
Single by Type O Negative
from the album Bloody Kisses
Released	1993
Recorded	1993
Studio	Systems Two, Brooklyn
Genre	Gothic metal
Length	8:58
Label	Roadrunner Records
Songwriter(s)	Peter Steele
Producer(s)	Peter Steele Josh Silver[1]
Type O Negative singles chronology
"Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All)" (1993) "Christian Woman" (1993) "Summer Breeze" (1995)

Music videos

Two music videos exist for this song. The most well-known video, directed by Jon Reiss,^[4] uses the radio edit of the song, which is four minutes and twenty-four seconds long. The other video uses the longer album version of the song, which has a significantly longer runtime of eight minutes and fifty-eight seconds. Both videos are available on the 1998 video album After Dark.

Track listing

All songs written by Peter Steele

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Christian Woman" (New & Unimproved Version)	4:24
2.	"Christian Woman" (Butt-Kissing, Sell-Out Version)	4:24
3.	"Suspended In Dusk" (Previously Too Embarrassed To Release)	8:37

Personnel

• Peter Steele – lead vocals, bass guitar
• Kenny Hickey – guitar, backing vocals
• Josh Silver – keyboard, synthesizer, effects and programming, backing vocals
• Sal Abruscato – drums, percussion