Yes, I'm a Witch
2007 remix album by Yoko Ono
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Yes, I'm a Witch is a remix album by Yoko Ono released on February 6, 2007 by Apple Records and Astralwerks. Artists invited to contribute were asked to select a song from Ono's back catalogue, and were then presented with all the necessary elements to create a remix or cover version. According to the press release, nearly every artist retained only Ono's vocals and created entirely new backing tracks.
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| Released | February 6, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Length | 63:03 | |||
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The song choices span Ono's career from her early experimental work with John Lennon in the late 1960s through to her more conventional pop-rock solo career in the 1970s and 1980s. The album draws its title from a 1974 Ono song featured on her album A Story, a track which is featured on the album in a reworked version by the Brother Brothers.
A follow-up compilation of dance remixes, Open Your Box, was released on April 24.
In July 2015, Pitchfork announced a sequel to Yes, I'm a Witch—titled Yes, I'm a Witch Too—with collaborations and remixes from Miike Snow, Portugal. The Man, Death Cab for Cutie, Penguin Prison, Peter Bjorn and John, Tune-Yards, Moby and others, released on February 19, 2016 on Manimal Vinyl.
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 76/100[1] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Blender | |
| The Guardian | [3] |
| Mojo | [4] |
| NME | [5] |
| Pitchfork | 7.4/10[6] |
| Rolling Stone | [7] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Yoko Ono.
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Witch Shocktronica Intro" | Hank Shocklee | 1:47 |
| 2. | "Kiss Kiss Kiss" | Peaches | 3:18 |
| 3. | "O'Oh" | Shitake Monkey | 3:38 |
| 4. | "Everyman Everywoman" (first released in 2004 as "Everyman Everywoman (Blow-Up Radio Edit)") | Blow-Up | 4:01 |
| 5. | "Sisters, O Sisters" | Le Tigre | 2:47 |
| 6. | "Death of Samantha" (first released in 2003 on the "Will I"/"Fly" remix single[8]) | Porcupine Tree | 4:35 |
| 7. | "Rising" | DJ Spooky | 4:13 |
| 8. | "Nobody Sees Me Like You Do" | The Apples in Stereo | 3:56 |
| 9. | "Yes, I'm a Witch" | The Brother Brothers | 3:48 |
| 10. | "Revelations" | Cat Power | 3:52 |
| 11. | "You and I" | The Polyphonic Spree | 3:26 |
| 12. | "Walking on Thin Ice" | Jason Pierce (from Spiritualized) | 5:07 |
| 13. | "Toyboat" | Anohni and Hahn Rowe | 4:24 |
| 14. | "Cambridge 1969/2007" | The Flaming Lips | 5:37 |
| 15. | "I'm Moving On" | The Sleepy Jackson | 4:55 |
| 16. | "Witch Shocktronica Outro" | Hank Shocklee | 0:30 |
| 17. | "Shiranakatta (I Didn't Know)" (first included on the 2004 Benefits Compilation "Genocide in Sudan"[9]) | Craig Armstrong | 3:09 |
- All other tracks previously unreleased
Charts
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard Top Electronic Albums | 11 |
Release history
| Country | Date | Format | Label | Catalog | Ref. |
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| Europe & United States | February 2007 | CD | Astralwerks | ASW 79287 | |
| Japan | 11 April 2007 | TOCP-70222 | [10] | ||