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Home > The Music > The Singles > Roxy Music > Jealous Guy

Lyrics to Jealous Guy

Lyrics to the song Jealous Guy
as recorded by Roxy Music.

Lennon)

I was dreaming of the past 
And my heart was beating fast
I began to lose control
I began to lose control

I didn't mean to hurt you 
I'm sorry that I made you cry
I didn't mean to hurt you 
I'm just a jealous guy

I was feeling insecure 
You might not love me anymore
I was shivering inside 
I was shivering inside

I didn't mean to hurt you 
I'm sorry that I made yoy to cry
I didn't want to hurt you 
I'm just a jealous guy

I was trying to catch your eyes 
Thought that you were trying to hide
I was swallowing my pain 
I was swallowing my pain

I didn't mean to hurt you 
I'm sorry that I made you cry
I didn't mean to hurt you 
I'm just a jealous guy

Jealous Guy

Single

Words & Music by John Lennon

Roxy Music recorded as a tribute to John Lennon after his murder in December 1980. The band did what was intended to be a one off performance as a tribute to Lennon at a show in Dortmund on 19th December 1980 less than 2 weeks after his death.

This was a song Bryan Ferry had always intended to record at some point and felt this was a fitting time to do so. It became Roxy Music's only UK number 1 on 10th March 1981, maintaining the top spot for 2 weeks. This was the second longest number 1 (after Bohemian Rhapsody) at the time of its release at a length of 6:10.

The song was added to the live set during the 1980/81 tour and has featured in every Roxy Music or Bryan Ferry solo tour since including Live Aid in 1985.

It was released as a 7" in most countries with a new song To Turn You On as the b-side. (Same Old Scene in Hungary) To Turn You On track was remixed and found its way on to the Avalon album a year later. Jealous Guy was released as a 12" in Germany and there were some one sided white label test pressings made in UK. In 1988 Virgin released some archive tracks as CD singles of several of their artists. Roxy were to be featured in this series with a release of Jealous Guy with South Downs & Lover appearing on CD for the first time. This was released as both a 3"CD and 5" CD

Song Musicians

• Bryan Ferry Vocals and co-producer
• Phil Manzanera Guitar
• Andy Mackay Sax
• Andy Newmark Drums
• Gary Tibbs Bass
• Rhett Davies Co-producer
• Gallery Recording Studio The musicians have never been credited for this track on any Roxy Music product.

Jealous Guy is on the following Roxy Music and Solo Albums

• Roxy Music Japan DJ Promo
• Bryan Ferry DJ Promo Japan
• The Ultimate Collection
• The Thrill Of It All
• More Than This
• Tokyo Joe
• More Than This (USA)
• Slave To Love (Ballads) Sweden
• Slave To Love (Ballads)
• Slave To Love (Ballads) Japan
• The Best Of Roxy Music
• The Platinum Collection
• The Complete Roxy Music
• Roxy Music - Non Album Tracks
• Bryan Ferry Live 2015

Chart Info

CHART HISTORY

17 Feb 1981      21
24 Feb            6
03 Mar            3
10 Mar            1
17 Mar            1
24 Mar            3
31 Mar            7
07 Apr           18
14 Apr           34
21 Apr           47
28 Apr           54
(Chart run of 11 weeks)

Thanks to Johnny Reece for the research.