Roxy Music : Jealous Guy
In February of 1981, Roxy Music released "Jealous Guy", a cover of the John Lennon song from Imagine. At the time Lennon had three songs in the UK Top 40 ("Woman" at #1, "Imagine" at #4 and "Give Peace A Chance at #33) and two albums in the Top 10 ( Double Fantasy at #1 and Imagine at #5). On March 14, it would top the UK charts, becoming the first and only UK#1 hit for Roxy Music.
The first time Roxy Music performed ‘Jealous Guy’ was 20 December 1980 at Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany.
“We were due to play a show in Germany at a big arena,’ Bryan Ferry told Noise 11. “We thought we should do something special because we were all John Lennon fans. His version is beautiful, very poignant. Donny Hathaway also did a very good version”.
“Jealous Guy” was a perfect fit for Ferry’s persona of the world-weary roué and for Roxy Music’s adult rock, which they had by that stage in their career buffed to an icy, immaculate sheen," writes the Financial Times. "Their 1981 cover remains definitive."
“Our version caught the public’s imagination. It was a big record in Europe for us. It has become a standard for me and Roxy Music,” Bryan said.
The B side is an early version of "To Turn You On", which would appear on Avalon.
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