When a Woman

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"When a Woman"
Gabrielle - When A Woman (CD 1).jpg
Single by Gabrielle
from the album Rise
B-side "Make You Wanna Holler"
Released5 June 2000 (2000-06-05) [1]
Studio
Length3:12
Label Go! Beat
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Richard Stannard
  • Julian Gallagher
Gabrielle singles chronology
"Rise"
(2000)
"When a Woman"
(2000)
"Should I Stay"
(2000)

"When a Woman" is a song by English recording artist Gabrielle. It was written by Gabrielle along with Richard Stannard and Julian Gallagher and released as the third single from her third album, Rise (1999), on 5 June 2000. The song reached number six on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the second-highest-charting single from the album as well as Gabrielle's eighth top-10 hit.

Contents

Track listings

UK CD1 (GOBCD 27) [2]
No.TitleLength
1."When a Woman" (album version)3:13
2."When a Woman" (Seb Fontaine mix—12-inch edit)5:19
3."When a Woman" (Bini & Martini power mix—12-inch edit)6:16
4."When a Woman" (Restless Natives groove mix featuring MC DT)4:54
UK CD2 (GOLCD27) [3]
No.TitleLength
1."When a Woman"3:12
2."Rise" (acoustic version)3:55
3."Make You Wanna Holler" (The R'n'B Joyride mix)4:40
UK 12-inch vinyl (GOBX27) [4]
No.TitleLength
1."When a Woman" (Seb Fontaine mix)7:20
2."When a Woman" (Bini & Martini power mix—12-inch edit)7:49
3."When a Woman" (Restless Natives groove mix featuring MC DT)4:52
4."When a Woman" (Bini & Martini XX-Large dub)9:51
UK cassette single (GOBMC27) [5]
No.TitleLength
1."When a Woman"3:12
2."Rise" (acoustic version)3:55
European maxi-CD single (561 951-2) [6]
No.TitleLength
1."When a Woman" (album version)3:11
2."When a Woman" (Restless Native groove mix)4:51
3."When a Woman" (Seb Fontaine mix)5:18
4."Makes Me Wanna Holler"4:44
5."Rise" (acoustic version)3:52

Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Rise album booklet. [7]

Studios

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [20] Silver200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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