Power of a Woman (song)

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"Power of a Woman"
Eternal Power of a Woman CD Single Cover.jpg
Single by Eternal
from the album Power of a Woman
B-side "Hurry Up"
Released9 October 1995 (1995-10-09)
Length3:56
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Ronnie Wilson
  • Dennis Charles
Eternal singles chronology
"Crazy"
(1994)		"Power of a Woman"
(1995)		"I Am Blessed"
(1995)

"Power of a Woman" is a song by British R&B girl group Eternal. It was written by the songwriting duo of Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers, and was released as the first single from their second studio album, Power of a Woman . It was also the group's first release as a trio after the departure of Louise Redknapp. "Power of a Woman" peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart and became the group's fifth top-10 single. In Australia, the song became the group's second top-10 single, reaching number eight in April 1996.

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Critical reception

James Masterton for Dotmusic wrote that the new track "is less of an immediate pop hit that some of its predecessors, instead being a rather dark yet no less brilliant R&B track. That alone is enough to make it the biggest new hit of the week". [1] Pan-European magazine Music & Media noted that the British trio "manages to sound both forceful and feminine at the same time. Their seductive voices blend in well with the contemporary R&B-influenced production." [2] A reviewer from Music Week rated it five out of five and picked it as Single of the Week, calling it "a sinuous, piano-propelled R&B number, with US appeal stamped all over it." [3] James Hamilton from the magazine's RM Dance Update described it as a "powerfully wailed and cooed excellent US-style jillswinger". [4]

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single, directed by Randee St. Nicholas.[ citation needed ]

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the Power of a Woman album booklet. [10]

Studio

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [23] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United Kingdom9 October 1995
  • CD
  • cassette
 [24]
Japan8 November 1995Mini-CDEMI [25]

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