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"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.[1] It is her fourth of four Platinum records, and is considered her greatest international hit.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6][7]

Music video

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.

Track listing

Side Title Length
A "Woman in Love" 3:48
B "Run Wild" 4:05

Personnel

Charts

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Certifications and sales

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Liz McClarnon version

Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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.

Track listings

UK CD single[35]

  1. "Woman in Love"
  2. "I Get the Sweetest Feeling"

Scandinavian CD single[36]

  1. "Woman in Love" (radio edit)
  2. "Woman in Love" (Dancing DJs remix)
  3. "Woman in Love" (K-Klub remix)
  4. "Woman in Love" (Soul Seekerz dub)

Australian and New Zealand maxi-single[37]

  1. "Woman in Love" (radio edit)
  2. "Woman in Love" (K-Klass Klub remix)
  3. "Woman in Love" (Soul Seekerz dub)
  4. "Woman in Love" (Dancing DJs remix)

Charts

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Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[38]
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Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom February 13, 2006 CD All Around the World [39]
Australia April 17, 2006 [40]

Barry Gibb version

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"Woman in Love" is the first demo Barry Gibb recorded for Barbra Streisand's album Guilty. This composition by the Gibb brothers Barry and Robin would become the album's very successful first single.[41] It was due to this demo that Barry Gibb became the first male artist to sing the song, though it was originally recorded for Streisand to perform alone on her album.

Personnel

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Lister, David, "Pop ballads bite back in lyrical fashion", The Independent, 28 May 1994
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