One Good Woman

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"One Good Woman"
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Single by Peter Cetera
from the album One More Story
B-side "One More Story"
ReleasedJuly 1988
Length4:38
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Peter Cetera
  • Patrick Leonard
Peter Cetera singles chronology
"I Wasn't the One (Who Said Goodbye)"
(1987)		"One Good Woman"
(1988)		"You Never Listen to Me"
(1988)
Music video
"One Good Woman" on YouTube
Professional ratings
Review scores
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"One Good Woman" is a song by Peter Cetera, formerly the lead singer of the rock band Chicago. Cetera co-wrote and co-produced the track with Patrick Leonard, and the song was included on Cetera's third studio album, One More Story (1988).

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Background

The song was originally written for the Tom Hanks film Big . Peter Cetera was shocked that the song was not chosen to be included in the soundtrack. In fact, Cetera later stated that the lyrics reflected the story line of the movie. [2] Instead, it became the lead single from his One More Story album and reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in October 1988. It also spent four weeks atop the Billboard adult contemporary chart, holding Taylor Dayne's "I'll Always Love You" off that top spot for the last two of them. [3] ("I'll Always Love You" would beat "One Good Woman"'s peak on the Hot 100 by one position, reaching No. 3). [4]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [5] 4
US Billboard Adult Contemporary [6] 1
Canada RPM Top Singles1
UK Singles Chart [7] 82

Year-end charts

Chart (1988)Position
United States (Billboard) [8] [9] 69

See also

References

  1. ↑ One Good Woman at AllMusic. Retrieved August 26, 2025.
  2. ↑ The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 338.
  3. ↑ "Billboard Hot 100: Week Ending September 24, 1988". Billboard, Inc. September 24, 1988. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  4. ↑ "The Billboard Hot 100: Week Ending September 24, 1988, 1984". Billboard, Inc. September 24, 1988. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications), page 113.
  6. ↑ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications), page 338.
  7. ↑ Official Charts Company info OfficialCharts.com. Retrieved 5 September 2009.
  8. ↑ "1988 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 100, no. 52. December 24, 1988. p. Y-20.
  9. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 – 1988" . Retrieved October 3, 2016.
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