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Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress (1972) - Everyone Thought It Was Creedence

Aura Vault· 40.4K subscribers

25d ago · English audio

"After a bottle of wine and a brandy, Allan and I returned to work on a song." — Roger Cook, on the day in June 1971 that "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" was written. A full blues rock rendition of "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress" (The Hollies, 1972), with complete lyrics on screen. Acoustic guitar, weeping electric lead and tight drums. Archival footage from Vietnam and the United States, 1972–1973. A song…

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87Avg. views / hour · 6.1h window
6.8KMedian · 27 videos

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This score was measured on Sun, 01 Nov 2026 15:53:10 GMT. Current view counts may differ.

24.4K views ÷ a 6.8K baseline = 3.6×. Compared with 27 earlier videos from the same channel, matching the format recorded at scoring time. Older-upload baseline: reference videos had at least as long to gain views. This comparison is not age-matched.

YouTube snapshot: Sun, 01 Nov 2026 22:00:41 GMT. Counters may have changed.

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Channel-balanced percentile: 58

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84 videos from 39 other channels, with each channel weighted equally. Same format and language, with 10,000–99,999 subscribers. Observed at 605 hours after publication, within ±48 hours.

The comparison uses this broader topic because the specific niche has too few examples. This describes the collected sample, not all of YouTube. Updated Sun, 01 Nov 2026 23:39:10 GMT.

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