| Christian Woman | |
| Cover: | File:Cover_of_Christian_Woman_single.jpg |
| Type: | Single |
| Artist: | Type O Negative |
| Album: | Bloody Kisses |
| Released: | 1993 |
| Recorded: | 1993 |
| Studio: | Systems Two, Brooklyn |
| Genre: | Gothic metal |
| Length: | 8:58 |
| Label: | Roadrunner Records |
| Producer: | Peter Steele Josh Silver[1] |
| Prev Title: | Black No. 1 (Little Miss Scare-All) |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | Summer Breeze |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
"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]
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.
All songs written by Peter Steele