Woman, Woman

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"Woman, Woman"
Woman Woman - 45rpm cover.jpg
1968 45rpm dust cover
Single by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
from the album Woman, Woman
B-side "Don't Make Promises"
Released19 September 1967
RecordedAugust 16, 1967 (1967-08-16) [1]
Genre Pop
Length3:17
Label Columbia 44297
Songwriter(s) Jim Glaser, Jimmy Payne
Producer(s) Jerry Fuller
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap singles chronology
"Woman, Woman"
(1967)
"Young Girl"
(1968)

"Woman, Woman" is the debut single by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, from their 1968 debut album Woman, Woman . [2] It was written and composed by Jim Glaser and Jimmy Payne, and uses session musicians from The Wrecking Crew. [3] Like most of the band's hits, it is a ballad centered around Gary Puckett's soulful vocals. The lyrics are from the perspective of a man who senses that his wife is dissatisfied with him sexually, and fears that she is going to start cheating on him. The song went to number 3 on Cash Box and number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1968. [4]

The band recorded the song in August 1967, [5] and it was released as their debut single in September. It was certified as a million-selling Gold disc in February 1968. [6] The B-side was a cover of the Tim Hardin song "Don't Make Promises."

An international success, the song went to number 1 in Canada in 1967 and also reached number 7 in Australia. [7] In the UK, the song peaked at number 48 in 1968. [8]

Cover versions

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