"Evil Woman" was an international top-ten single in 1975/1976 for which of these bands?

"Evil Woman" is a song recorded by Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) and written by lead vocalist Jeff Lynne. It was first released on the band's fifth album, 1975's "Face the Music".

When released as a single in late 1975, the song became the band's first worldwide hit. The song placed in the top 10 on both sides of the Atlantic in early 1976. It was released again in 1978 on "The ELO EP".

Lynne wrote the song quickly when "Face the Music" was almost complete but he didn't think they had a good lead single. Lynne said:

"I wrote this in a matter of minutes. The rest of the album was done. I listened to it and thought, "There’s not a good single." So I sent the band out to a game of football and made up "Evil Woman" on the spot. It was inspired by a certain woman, but I can’t say who. She’s appeared a few times in my songs".

The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan. Their music is characterised by a fusion of pop and classical arrangements with futuristic iconography. After Wood's departure in 1972, Lynne became the band's sole leader, arranging and producing every album while writing nearly all of their original material. From this point until their first break-up in 1986, Lynne, Bevan, and keyboardist Richard Tandy were the group's only consistent members.