If I Were Your Woman (song)
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| “If I Were Your Woman” | |||||
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| Single by Gladys Knight & the Pips from the album If I Were Your Woman |
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| B-side | "The Tracks of My Tears" | ||||
| Released | 1970 | ||||
| Genre | Soul | ||||
| Length | 3:14 | ||||
| Label | Motown | ||||
| Writer(s) | Gloria Jones, Clay McMurray, Pam Sawyer | ||||
| Producer | Clay McMurray | ||||
| Gladys Knight & the Pips singles chronology | |||||
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"If I Were Your Woman" is a classic song recorded by R&B vocal group Gladys Knight & the Pips. Released from the album of the same title, it spent one week at #1 on the Soul Singles chart in January of 1971. It was also successful on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, peaking at #9.
[edit] Chart positions
| Charts | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard Soul Singles | 1 |
[edit] Cover versions
There have been numerous cover versions, most notably by Stephanie Mills. Her version peaked at #19 on the Hot Black Singles chart in 1988.
Alicia Keys recorded a medley of "If I Were Your Woman" and Isaac Hayes' 1969 version of Dionne Warwick's 1964 song "Walk on By" for her 2003 album The Diary of Alicia Keys, entitled "If I Was Your Woman/Walk on By". Keys would later record a full version of the song in 2005 for her live album Unplugged; it received a nomination for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance at the 2006 Grammy Awards.
The song has been sung twice on American Idol. In the first season, Tamyra Gray sang it during the top seven week for the 1970s theme and in the seventh season, Syesha Mercado sang it during the top ten week for the "Year They Were Born" theme.
| Preceded by "Groove Me" by King Floyd |
Billboard's Hot Soul Singles number-one single January 23, 1971 |
Succeeded by "Groove Me" by King Floyd |
