"You're a Woman" | ||||
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Single by Bad Boys Blue | ||||
from the album Hot Girls, Bad Boys | ||||
B-side | "You're a Woman (Instrumental)" | |||
Released | April 1985 | |||
Genre | Eurodisco | |||
Length | 3:57 | |||
Label | Coconut | |||
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"You're a Woman" is a song by Bad Boys Blue, released in April 1985 as the second single from their debut studio album, Hot Girls, Bad Boys (1985). It was a hit across Europe, reaching number 8 in West Germany, number 1 in Austria and number 2 in Switzerland. [1]
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In 1987, the song was covered under the title "The Last Night (最後一夜)" with different lyrics in Cantonese and English and released as a single by Hong Kong pop singer Prudence Liew.
It was the second single from the album Prudence Liew . [16] The track featured a heavy dance beat that proved to be very popular with the Hong Kong disco scene. The popularity of this song propelled Liew's status in the music scene and it is still considered to be her signature song. [17]
"You're a Woman '98" | ||||
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Single by Bad Boys Blue | ||||
from the album Back | ||||
B-side | "You're a Woman (Rap Remix 1998)" | |||
Released | 2 June 1998 | |||
Studio | Coconut (Hennef) | |||
Genre | Synth-pop | |||
Length | 3:48 | |||
Label | Coconut | |||
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Bad Boys Blue released a new version of the song under the title "You're a Woman '98" as a single in 1998. It was the lead single from their album Back. This re-release reached number 52 in Germany and number 4 in Finland. [19]
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Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [6] | 17 |
Germany (Official German Charts) [21] | 52 |
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