"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" was a popular single by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show. It was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.
Written by Even Stevens, When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman first appeared on the band's 1978 album Pleasure and Pain. Riding the disco wave in 1979 it belatedly became an international hit, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA and doing even better in the UK where it spent three weeks at number one in November 1979. The song was subsequently added to the band's 1979 album A Little Bit More.
The song also featured throughout the 2005 Rockstar game The Warriors.
| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Kent Music Report | 20 |
| Austrian Top 40 | 14 |
| Belgian VRT Top 30 | 2 |
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks | 7 |
| Canadian RPM Country Singles | 22 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 4 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 2 |
| Euro Hit 50 | 7 |
| German Media Control Chart | 8 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 1 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 2 |
| Spanish Singles Chart | 11 |
| U.K. Singles Chart | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks | 5 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs | 68 |
| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 23 |
| Dutch Top 40 | 14 |
| German Media Control Charts | 28 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 13 |
| U.K. Singles Chart | 5 |
| Belgian VRT Top 30 | 24 |
| Preceded by "One Day at a Time" by Lena Martell |
UK Singles Chart number-one single November 17, 1979 (3 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Walking on the Moon" by The Police |