She's a Lady

"She's a Lady" is a song written by Paul Anka and performed by Tom Jones, and released in 1971. It is his highest charting U.S. release, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. It is one of Tom Jones's most famous recordings. The song reached #4 on Billboard's Easy Listening survey and spawned a hit album. The "B" side of this single was "My Way", which also had lyrics by Paul Anka. In Canada, the single went all the way to #1 on the RPM 100 national singles chart.^[1]

Lead guitar on the track was played by Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page.

The song featured on the soundtrack to the 1995 film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar and was re-released in Europe in 1995. The single included remixes by US DJ Junior Vasquez.

Cover versions

• Between 1972 and 1974, this song was covered by Singapore-based female singer Ervinna, backing music by the Charlie & His Boys, on her LP album Golden Hits Of 20th Century Vol. 6 with White Cloud Record of Singapore.
• The song was covered in 1978 by Filipino singer Sam Sorono (1950–2008) on his Sings Tom Jones' Greatest Hits LP album with EMI Records.
• The song was covered in 2001 by Hong Kong singer Sammi Cheng in her Cantonese Studio Album Shocking Pink.
• The song was covered and released as a single in 2007 by Dutch singer Jeroen van der Boom.
• The song was covered by Ali Campbell (ex UB 40) and Shaggy in 2009, on the album Flying High.
• The song was covered by the Hungarian metal band Superbutt in 2011, released on their album Music For Animals

Appearances in other media

Film:

• 1993 film Wilder Napalm.
• 1996 film Bound.
• 1998 film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
• 1998 film Così ridevano.
• 1999 film Agnes Browne.
• 2003 film Bend it like Beckham.
• In the film Flushed Away, Roddy sings this song to Rita's mouse family for her grandmother thinks he's Tom Jones.
• In The Wild Thornberrys Movie as Darwin dresses as a girl to trick the girls so they will not find out he's a chimpanzee.
• On the soundtrack to the 2000 film Miss Congeniality.
• The song was also used in the intro of Tyler Perry's 2009 film Madea Goes to Jail.

Television:

• The song was featured in the 2003 episode of Futurama "Bend Her".
• The song was used in the 2009 Trop50 orange juice commercial featuring Kyra Sedgwick.
• The song is also used in TV spots for the British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances.

Other:

• This song is currently the introduction for Kate Voegele on her 'Lift Me Up' tour.

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