Kravitz's album 5. Kravitz's version is slower and softer than the original, without the signature guitar solo; he later said to Randy Bachman that the reason why he skipped the lead guitar part was "I couldn't get the sound. I couldn't get the tone." The cover reached the top 20 in Australia, Finland, Iceland, New Zealand, and Spain, as well as number 26 in Canada and number 49 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The music video (directed by Paul Hunter) featured actress Heather Graham (who starred in The Spy Who Shagged Me); the original political themes of the song were largely replaced by sex appeal. In 1999, the Guess Who joined Kravitz and his band for a live performance of "American Woman" at the MuchMusic Video Awards. Awards |- | 2000 | 42nd Annual Grammy Awards | Best Male Rock Vocal Performance | |} Track listings US 7-inch jukebox vinyl A. "American Woman" B. "Fly Away" UK and European CD single "American Woman" (single version) – 3:50 "Fields of Joy" (live) – 4:20 Australasian CD EP "American Woman" (single version) – 3:50 "Straight Cold Player" (live) – 3:42 "Thinking of You" (Hexum Dancehall remix) – 5:58 "Fields of Joy" (live) – 4:20 Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications and sales Release history Other cover versions "American Woman" has been covered by a number of artists. In 1982, Swiss hard rock band Krokus included a cover on their album One Vice at a Time. Butthole Surfers created a drum-heavy experimental version for their 1986 album Rembrandt Pussyhorse. Anal Cunt recorded a grindcore version for their 1995 album Top 40 Hits. Use in film It was featured in Sam Mendes's film American Beauty, performed by main character Lester Burnham (played by Kevin Spacey). Sam the Eagle performed a karaoke version of this song in a Muppets viral video, until he stops in protest of its lyrics, and finds that it is a Canadian song even more upsetting. It was used in the HBO trailer for the film Game Change. A version sung by an older man was used in the film The Cable Guy (1996). It was heard during the ending credits of the Witchblade TV film (2000), starring Yancy Butler and based on the Top Cow comic book series. American Woman was featured in the second instalment of the Austin Powers film trilogy, The Spy Who Shagged Me, with Heather