Woman in Love
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| Single by Barbra Streisand from the album Guilty |
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| B-side | "Run Wild" | ||||
| Released | 1980 | ||||
| Format | Vinyl record (7") | ||||
| Recorded | February 1980 (Middle Ear, Miami Beach) [1] |
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| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 3:49 | ||||
| Label | Columbia | ||||
| Producer | Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson | ||||
| Barbra Streisand singles chronology | |||||
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"Woman in Love" is a popular 1980 song by Barbra Streisand from the album Guilty. After the success of the Bee Gees in 1977/1978 there was some time to perform songwriting for other artists and Barbra Streisand asked Barry Gibb to write an album for her. [2] This album ultimately became the most successful album. "Woman in Love" was written by Barry and Robin Gibb and became the most successful song of Streisand's music career and spent a total of three weeks at the #1 position on the Billboard chart and also three weeks at number one on the UK chart. It went on to reach the top on almost all of the charts it entered.
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[edit] Track listing
| Side | Title | Length |
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| A | "Woman in Love" | 3:48 |
| B | "Run Wild" | 4:05 |
[edit] Charts
| Chart | Date | Position |
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| United States | October 1980 | #1 (3 weeks) |
| United Kingdom | October 25, 1980 | #1 (3 weeks) |
| The Netherlands | October 18, 1980 | #1 (6 weeks) [3] |
| Australia (Kent Report) | November 15, 1980 | #1 (2 weeks) |
| Austria | January 1, 1981 | #1 [4] |
| Switzerland | November 16, 1980 | #1 (4 weeks) [5] |
| Norway | November 1980 | #1 (12 weeks) [6] |
| Sweden | November 28, 1980 | #1 [7] |
| Ireland | October 10, 1980 | #1 [8] |
| Germany | December 1980 | #1 (4 weeks) [9] |
| ARC Weekly Top 40 | October 18, 1980 | #1 (4 weeks) |
| Spain | December 1980 | #1 |
| Italy | January 1981 | #1 |
| France | January 1981 | #1 (7 weeks) |
[edit] Personnel
| Barbra Streisand | Lead vocals |
| Barry Gibb | Lead vocals, guitar, arrangement |
| Richard Tee | Keyboards, piano |
| Harold Cowart | Bassguitar |
| Steve Gadd | Drums |
| Joe Lala | Percussion |
| Denise Maynelli | Background vocals |
| Myrna Mathews | Background vocals |
| Marti McCall | Background vocals |
| Pete Carr | Guitar |
[edit] Cover versions
On February 13, 2006 Liz McClarnon, from Atomic Kitten, released a cover of "Woman in Love" as her first solo single. The track was produced by Robin Gibb who co-authored the song. Before this, Dana International , and a Taiwanese group, S.H.E. had covered this song. [10] The single peaked at #5 in the UK Top 40.
[edit] Track listing
| # | Title | Length |
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| CD 1 | ||
| 1. | "Woman in Love" | 3:39 |
| 2. | "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" | 2:59 |
| CD 2 | ||
| 1. | "Woman in Love" | 3:39 |
| 2. | "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" | 2:59 |
| 3. | "Someone like Me" (original demo) | 2:02 |
| 4. | "Woman in Love" (Dancing DJs remix) | 8:46 |
| 5. | "Woman in Love" video | 3:39 |
[edit] Charts
| Chart | Data | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | February 19, 2006 | #5 |
| Australia | 2006 | #77 |
| Ireland | February 16, 2006 | #21 [8] |
| Bulgarian Airplay Chart | May 8, 2006 | #11 |
| Spain | October 22, 2006 | #16 (2) [11] |
| World Singles Official Top 100 | February 25, 2006 | #33 [12] |
[edit] CoCo Lee
Woman in Love was also covered by CoCo Lee in 1995.
[edit] Young Divas
The Australian group, Young Divas, also covered this song on their debut album in 2006.
[edit] The Bluetones
British band The Bluetones also covered this song on their B-side of 2002 single "After Hours". It was also included on the band's 2006 compilation A Rough Outline: The Singles & B-Sides 95 - 03.
[edit] Anna Vissi
The famous Greek diva Anna Vissi recorded a Greek version of the song for her album "Ναι" ("Yes") in 1980.
[edit] Mireille Mathieu
A famous French singer Mireille Mathieu recorded a French Version ("Une Femme Amoureuse") of the song in 1981.
[edit] Filippa Giordano
In 2006, the Italian singer Filippa Giordano released in Mexico her album "Primadonna", including 2 Spanish tracks, one of them a cover of "Woman in Love" called "Me he enamorado de ti". The song was used in Mexico for the opening of the Mexican telenovela "Cuando Seas Mia".
[edit] References
- ^ Gibb Songs: Guilty (1980) (Accessed: Aug 9, 2006)
- ^ Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, 500 nr.1 hits uit de Top 40, 9023009444 (Book in Dutch)
- ^ Dutch Top 40 Week 42 in 1980 (Accessed Aug 7, 2006)
- ^ Official Austrian Charts "Woman in Love" page. Note: This is a biweekly chart(Accessed Oct 29, 2006)
- ^ Official Swiss Charts (Accessed Aug 12, 2006)
- ^ Norwegian Charts "Woman in Love" page (Accessed Oct 29, 2006)
- ^ SwedishCharts.com "Woman in Love" page (Accessed Oct 29, 2006)
- ^ a b IrishCharts.ie Irish chart search (Accessed: November 2, 2006)
- ^ Infinity charts German Top 20 - The Chart Of December 1980 (Accessed: November 2, 2006)
- ^ Gibb Songs: Projects (2005-) (Accessed Jan 2, 2006)
- ^ Cadena.es, Chart for October 22, 2006 (Accessed: October 15, 2006)
- ^ Top-40 Charts, Liz McClarnon Woman in Love page (Accessed: October 15, 2006)
A Polish singer of Greek roots Eleni recorded a Polish cover of this song titled "Zrobię ten błąd" (I'll Make that Mistake). The lyrical idea is completely different from the original version.
[edit] External links
| Preceded by "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen |
Billboard Hot 100 number-one single October 25, 1980-November 8, 1980 |
Succeeded by "Lady" by Kenny Rogers |
| Preceded by "Don't Stand So Close to Me" by The Police |
UK number-one single October 25, 1980 |
Succeeded by "The Tide Is High" by Blondie |
| Preceded by "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen |
ARC Weekly Top 40 number one single October 18, 1980 - November 8, 1980 |
Succeeded by "Lady" by Kenny Rogers |
