| Womanhood | ||||
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| Released | July 1978 | |||
| Recorded | April 1978 | |||
| Studio | Columbia (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 28:23 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Billy Sherrill | |||
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| Singles from Womanhood | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
Womanhood is a studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Tammy Wynette, released in July 1978 by Epic Records. [4]
The album peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. The album's first single, "I'd Like to See Jesus (On the Midnight Special)", peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard Country Singles chart, while the second single, "Womanhood", peaked at No. 3.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Womanhood" | Bobby Braddock | 2:51 |
| 2. | "That's What Friends Are For" | Ed Penney, Rob Parsons | 2:45 |
| 3. | "You Oughta Hear the Song" | Roger Bowling, Jody Emerson | 2:55 |
| 4. | "What's a Couple More" | Dennis William Wilson | 2:39 |
| 5. | "The One Song I Never Could Write" | Wayland Holyfield | 3:20 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I'd Like to See Jesus (On the Midnight Special)" | Robert Seay, Dorval Lynn Smith | 2:51 |
| 2. | "Mem'ries" | Linda Hargrove, Susan Hargrove | 2:50 |
| 3. | "Standing Tall" | Larry Butler, Ben Peters | 3:03 |
| 4. | "Love Doesn't Always Come (On the Night It's Needed)" | Tammy Wynette, Joan Dew | 2:27 |
| 5. | "50 Words or Less" | Danny Hogan, Frank Newberry | 2:42 |
Adapted from the album liner notes.
| Year | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Country Albums (Billboard) [5] | 14 |
| Year | Single | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | "I'm Like to See Jesus (On the Midnight Special)" | Country Singles (Billboard) [6] | 26 |
| 1978 | "Womanhood" | Country Singles (Billboard) [7] | 3 |
"Womanhood" is a song written by Bobby Braddock, and recorded by American country music artist Tammy Wynette. In Braddock's 2015 memoir, A Life on Nashville's Music Row, he described it as "a song about a girl having a tearful talk with God about losing her virginity." Braddock initially discarded the song after writing it but was convinced by his fiancée to play it for his music publisher.
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