"Woman in Love" | ||||
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Single by Barbra Streisand | ||||
from the album Guilty | ||||
B-side | "Run Wild" | |||
Released | August 16, 1980 | |||
Recorded | February 1980 | |||
Studio | Middle Ear (Miami) [1] | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:49 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Gibb-Galuten-Richardson | |||
Barbra Streisandsingles chronology | ||||
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"Barbra Streisand - Woman in Love (Audio)" on YouTube |
"Woman in Love" is a song performed by Barbra Streisand and taken from her 1980 album Guilty . The song was written by Barry and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, who received the 1980 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. [3] It is her fourth of four Platinum records, and is considered her greatest international hit. [4]
After the success enjoyed by the Bee Gees in the late 1970s, the band was asked to participate in musical endeavors for other artists, and Streisand asked Barry Gibb to write an album for her. [5] This album ultimately became Guilty. "Woman in Love", as the lead single, became one of the most successful songs of Streisand's music career. It reached the number-one position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Streisand's fifth (and last to date) number-one hit on that chart. It replaced Queen's big-selling hit "Another One Bites the Dust", spent three weeks at number one, and was itself replaced by "Lady" by country singer Kenny Rogers. It also spent five weeks atop the adult contemporary chart, her sixth number one on that tally. [6] The song also proved very popular internationally, reaching number one in many countries, including on the UK Singles Chart. The song sold more than 2.5 million copies up to December 1981, according to Billboard . [7] In 2023, American Songwriter and The Guardian ranked the song number one and number seven, respectively, on their lists of the greatest Barbra Streisand songs. [8] [9]
The music video for the song included clips from A Star Is Born , starring Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, and from other movies she made in the 1970s.
Side | Title | Length |
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A | "Woman in Love" | 3:48 |
B | "Run Wild" | 4:05 |
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
All-time charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [52] | Gold | 35,000‡ |
France (SNEP) [53] | Platinum | 1,000,000* |
Germany (BVMI) [54] | Gold | 500,000^ |
Italy (FIMI) [55] | Gold | |
Japan | — | 60,000 [24] |
United Kingdom (BPI) [56] | Gold | 780,000 [57] |
United States (RIAA) [58] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
"Woman in Love" | |
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Single by Liz McClarnon | |
A-side | "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" |
Released | February 13, 2006 |
Length | 3:35 |
Label | |
Songwriter(s) | |
Producer(s) |
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Atomic Kitten member Liz McClarnon covered "Woman in Love" after the band's split in 2005. Produced by original songwriter Robin Gibb—whom McClarnon accompanied on his 2005 tour—the cover was released in February 2006 as McClarnon's debut solo single. In the United Kingdom, the song was released as a double A-side with a cover of Jackie Wilson's 1968 hit "I Get the Sweetest Feeling". The double A-side peaked at number five on the UK Singles Chart on February 19, 2006, staying in the top 100 for six weeks. Elsewhere, "Woman in Love" reached number 21 in Ireland and became a minor hit in Australia, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
McClarnon would go on to record another song entitled "Lately", but the track was not released as a single.
UK CD single [59]
Scandinavian CD single [60]
Australian and New Zealand maxi-single [61]
Chart (2006) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA) [62] | 77 |
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [63] | 2 |
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [64] | 9 |
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [65] with "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" | 20 |
Ireland (IRMA) [21] | 21 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [66] | 77 |
Scotland (OCC) [67] with "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" | 2 |
UK Singles (OCC) [68] with "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" | 5 |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | Ref. |
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United Kingdom | February 13, 2006 | CD | All Around the World | [69] |
Australia | April 17, 2006 | [70] |
"Woman in Love" | |
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Song by Barry Gibb | |
from the album The Guilty Demos | |
Released | November 2006 |
Recorded | October 1979 |
Studio | Criteria (Miami, Florida) |
Genre | R&B |
Length | 3:53 |
Label | iTunes |
Songwriter(s) | Barry & Robin Gibb |
Producer(s) | Barry Gibb |
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