Get Your Hands off My Woman

"Get Your Hands off My Woman"
Single by the Darkness
from the album Permission to Land
B-side	"The Best of Me"
Released	24 February 2003
Recorded	2002
Genre	Hard rock, glam metal
Length	3:18
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Justin Hawkins, Dan Hawkins, Frankie Poullain, Ed Graham
Producer(s)	Pedro Ferriera
The Darkness singles chronology
"Get Your Hands off My Woman" (2003) "Growing on Me" (2003)

"Get Your Hands off My Woman" is the debut single by the English rock band the Darkness. The song was released in February 2003 as the lead single from the group's debut studio album, Permission to Land. Although the single went on to win a Metal Hammer "Golden God" award for best single, it has become the band's lowest charting single worldwide. Credited to all four members of the group, the song supposedly reflected personal experiences of lead vocalist Justin Hawkins. "Get Your Hands off My Woman" became a sing-along favourite at concerts by the Darkness, in part due to its parodic obscenity. The song was covered by Ben Folds on his 2004 EP Super D.

Track listing

• CD single

1. "Get Your Hands Off My Woman" – 3:18
2. "The Best of Me" – 3:30
3. "Get Your Hands Off My Woman" (Clean Radio Version) – 3:07

• 7" Vinyl

1. "Get Your Hands Off My Woman" – 3:18
2. "The Best of Me" – 3:30

Chart performance

Chart (2003)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	43

External links

• News story on the Darkness, including discussion of "Get Your Hands off My Woman"
• Review of concert by the Darkness, including "Get Your Hands off My Woman" Archived 6 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine from New Times Broward-Palm Beach