"Pissed-Off Chick" Songs

Dont Come Home Drinking, with Loving on Your Mind
Ones On The Way
The Pill
You Aint Woman Enough To Take My Man - all by Loretta Lynn (heck I think most of LL’s stuff is about angry women)
Your So Vain - Carly Simon

Going on a Manhunt - form Flashdance

She just covered it. Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns wrote the song, and Erma Franklin (Aretha’s older sister) first recorded it. Franklin’s version is clearly far superior to Joplin’s, IMO.

Annette Hanshaw: “There Ain’t No Sweet Man That’s Worth the Salt of My Tears.”

Billie Holiday: “I Cried For You.”

A Moroccan lady named Samira Saïd has a good handful of them. One of the most blatant is “Ma Khalas”.

Video: - YouTube
Lyrics translation: Samira Said - ما خلاص (Ma 7'alas) lyrics + English translation

I can’t believe I forgot to mention a few by Heart. If Looks Could Kill really sounds like Ann Wilson is gonna kick some guy’s ass. A better known one is Barracuda. I didn’t really get what the lyrics were about until I saw the Wilson sisters being interviewed - basically their reaction to some smarmy record producer and the men in the recording industry in general- but the music conveys all you need to know.

Great idea for a thread! I’m loving this.

Yoko Ono - “Give Me Something” “What a Mess” “I Felt Like Smashing My Face in a Clear Glass Window” "What a Bastard the World IsYang Yang
Donna Summer - “She Works Hard for the Money
Blackie & the Rodeo Kings - “Another Free Woman Gets to Walk Away
Ani Difranco - “Face up and Sing” “Every State Line
Beyoncé - “Me, Myself and I
Amy Ray - “Lucystoners
Gillian Welch - “Caleb Meyer
Mylène Farmer - “Fuck Them All

Excellent selection! Followed by “Get Out of This House

OH!

Not a song about a woman upset about a man, but she’s sure as hell pissed off at the Man.

I should link it, but can’t get YouTube at work - please, please, please google Mississippi Goddamn by Nina Simone.

Your wish, my command.

I think you win- she’s righteously pissed.

More recently:

Alanis Morrisette You Oughta Know

Natalie Merchant Jealousy

Garbage has a bunch of good ones:

Vow

“You burn me out but I’m back at your door/Like Joan of Arc coming back for more”

“Not my Idea”

Lots of good ones so far let’s see if i can find a few others not listed

CHVRCHES - Recover
Sleater Kinney - Bury Our Friends

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rkFLM0KdYQ

Ellen MacIlwaine singing just about anything. Once I heard this woman sing I threw out all my Janis Joplin LPs. Killer slide guitarist, also.

Hound Dog Blues - Big Mama Thornton

Lisa Loeb

“He Thinks He’ll Keep Her” – less angry, more disillusioned

Rolling In The Deep

Christina Perri - Jar of Hearts
Adele - Set fire to the rain

I don’t know you at all, but I’m crushing on you seriously. Anyone who knows Big Mama is A-ok with me! :smiley:

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