Woman in Love

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This article is about the Barbra Streisand song. For the D. H. Lawrence novel, see Women in Love. For the 1969 film, see Women in Love (film).
"Woman in Love"
Image:Barbra Streisand Woman In Love.jpg
Single by Barbra Streisand
from the album Guilty
Released 1980
Format Vinyl record (7")
Recorded February 1980
(Middle Ear, Miami Beach) [1]
Genre Pop
Length 3:49
Label Columbia Records
Producer Barry Gibb, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson
Barbra Streisand singles chronology
"Kiss Me in the Rain"
(1980) 		"Guilty"
(1980)

"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.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

Side Title Length
A "Woman in Love" 3:48
B "Run Wild" 4:05

[edit] Charts

Chart Date Position
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

[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

Image:Woman In Love.jpg
Liz on the cover of her first solo single

On February 13 2006 Liz McClarnon, formerly 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
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 [11]
Bulgarian Airplay Chart May 8, 2006 #11
Spain October 22, 2006 #16 (2) [12]
World Singles Official Top 100 February 25, 2006 #33 [13]

[edit] Liz McClarnon

Liz McClarnon, ex-member of Atomic Kitten also covered the song

[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] Anna Vissi

The famous Greek Diva Anna Vissi recorded a Greek Version of the Song for her Album for her Album "X" in 2002.

[edit] Mireille Mathieu

A famous French singer Mireille Mathieu recorded a French Version ("Une Femme Amoureuse") of the song in 1981.

[edit] Jordin Sparks

Jordin Sparks performed "Woman in Love" during the May 8, 2007 episode of American Idol, which featured Barry Gibb as guest mentor to the final 4 contestants remaining on the show's sixth season.

[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

  1. ^ Gibb Songs: Guilty (1980) (Accessed: Aug 9, 2006)
  2. ^ Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, 500 nr.1 hits uit de Top 40, 9023009444 (Book in Dutch)
  3. ^ Dutch Top 40 Week 42 in 1980 (Accessed Aug 7, 2006)
  4. ^ Official Austrian Charts "Woman in Love" page. Note: This is a biweekly chart(Accessed Oct 29, 2006)
  5. ^ Official Swiss Charts (Accessed Aug 12, 2006)
  6. ^ Norwegian Charts "Woman in Love" page (Accessed Oct 29, 2006)
  7. ^ SwedishCharts.com "Woman in Love" page (Accessed Oct 29, 2006)
  8. ^ IrishCharts.ie Irish chart search (Accessed: November 2, 2006)
  9. ^ Infinity charts German Top 20 - The Chart Of December 1980 (Accessed: November 2, 2006)
  10. ^ Gibb Songs: Projects (2005-) (Accessed Jan 2, 2006)
  11. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named irish
  12. ^ Cadena.es, Chart for October 22, 2006 (Accessed: October 15, 2006)
  13. ^ 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
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