The Other Woman (song)

"The Other Woman"
Single by Ray Parker, Jr.
from the album The Other Woman (Ray Parker, Jr. album)
B-side "Stay the Night"
Released March 1982
Genre Pop rock, rock and roll
Length 3:46
Label Arista
Songwriter(s) Ray Parker, Jr.
Producer(s) Ray Parker, Jr.
Ray Parker, Jr. singles chronology
"That Old Song"
(1981)		 "The Other Woman"
(1982)		 "Let Me Go"
(1982)

"That Old Song"
(1981)		 "The Other Woman"
(1982)		 "Let Me Go"
(1982)

"The Other Woman" is the title track from The Other Woman (Ray Parker Jr. album) by Ray Parker Jr.. It was his first hit single without his longtime group, Raydio. Released as a single in March 1982, it peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, number two on the Hot Black Singles chart,[1] number twenty-four on the dance chart,[2] and number thirty-three on the Adult Contemporary chart.[3] Overseas, it spent one week at number one on the Australian charts.

Personnel

Chart history

Chart (1982) Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report 1
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[4] 6
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 4
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 24
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 33
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles 2
  • The music video for "The Other Woman"" features Apollonia Kotero as one of the dancers. She would later co-star with artist Prince in the box-office hit Purple Rain.

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 449.
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 199.
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 189.
  4. ↑ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.


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